Life
Floyd entered New Inn Hall, Oxford, in 1589 and graduated with a BA degree in 1593; he later transferred to Jesus College, Oxford and took his MA degree in 1596 and BCL degree in 1599. He wrote ''The picture of a perfit common wealth, describing as well the offices of princes and inferior magistrates over their subjects, as also the duties of subjects towards their governors'' (1600), a study which concluded that monarchy was the best form of government. It was dedicated to Sir Thomas Egerton, the Lord Keeper. He also wrote some verses in Latin for the 1603 work ''Academiae Oxoniensis Pietas erga serenissimum … Jacobum … Regem''.References
Welsh non-fiction writers Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford Alumni of New Inn Hall, Oxford Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown {{Wales-writer-stub