Richard Johnson (c. 1573 – c. 1659) was a British romance writer.
All that is known of his biography is from internal evidence in his works: he was a London apprentice in the 1590s, and a freeman after 1600.
His other stories include: The Crown Garland of Golden Roses set forth in Many Pleasant new Songs and Sonnets (1612) was reprinted for the Percy Society in 1842 and 1845.
It includes the earliest surviving printed version of the story of Dick Whittington and His Cat.
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