John Sandsbury

John Sandsbury or Sansbury (1576–1610) was an English cleric and Latin poet.

Life Sandsbury was admitted at Merchant Taylors' School in May 1587, and matriculated, aged 17, as scholar of St John's College, Oxford, 6 July 1593. In 1596 he was elected to one of the exhibitions given by St Paul's School for the support of poor scholars at the university. He graduated B.A. in 1597, M.A. in 1601, B.D. in 1608.

In 1607 Sandsbury became vicar of St Giles' Church, Oxford. He died in January 1610, and was buried in his church. He claimed superiority of Gwinne's work, in relation to the classical Octavia, and the works by Theodor Beza, George Buchanan and William Gager.