André, Bernard (c. 1450–c. 1522)

Blind French poet at the court of Henry VII and Henry VIII of England. Born at Toulouse, he arrived in England in late 1485. His first English patron may have been Richard Foxe but he was soon employed at the royal court; he was a central figure of what he himself called Henry VII's grex poetarum (flock of poets). He wrote mainly in Latin, producing poems on royal occasions, as well as a Vita Henrici Septimi/Life of Henry VII (c 1502).