Hawes, Stephen (c. 1475–c. 1523)

English poet. His principal works are two long moral allegories, The Example of Virtue (1504) and The Pastime of Pleasure (1509) written in the tradition of John Lydgate.

Hawes was probably born in Suffolk. He was educated at Oxford and travelled in Europe afterwards. He was attached to the court of Henry VII, gaining entry by his knowledge of English poetry and literature.