Samuel Gardiner (born 1563 or 1564), was the author of A Booke of Angling or Fishing.
An analysis of the book is given in Bibliotheca Piscatoria (p. 103), by Hone, and by the writer in The Angler's Note-Book (2nd ser.
1 (Gardiner, Samuel; adm. 1581 age 17; of Norwich; matr.
1581; BA 1586, MA 1589, DD 1601; R. of Rainham, Norfolk 1581, V. of Ormesby 1588-1631, R. of Gt.
Dunham 1599-1616, Lecturer at St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich 1620-32) (source: LC authority file) The following works were also written by Gardiner: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Watkins, Morgan George (1889).