Thomas, an English poet, was born in Northamptonshire in 1605. He was educated at Westminster and Cambridge, and was very early distinguished by his excellent genius. He gained the esteem and friendship of some of the greatest men of that age, particularly of Ben Jonson, who adopted him as one of his "sons." He has a good deal of fancy, and he writes melodious verse; but his poetry is bookish, and his love and gallantry is that of a college fellow and a reader of Ovid. He died under thirty in 1634.

His principal works are,—The Muses' Looking-Glass, a Comedy; Auyatas, or the Impossible Dowry, a pastoral acted before the king and queen; Aristippus, or the Jovial Philosopher; The Conceited Pedlar; The Jealous Lover, a Comedy; Hey for Honesty, down with Knavery, a Comedy; and several other poems.