Cassibelan Burton was an English translator.

Burton was the only son of William Burton

William Burton (antiquary, died 1645)

William Burton was an English antiquarian, best known as the author of Description of Leicestershire.-Life:...

, the historian of Leicestershire

Leicestershire

Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...

, by his wife Jane, daughter of Humfrey Adderley of Weddington

Weddington

Weddington can refer to:* Sarah Weddington, attorney in the Roe vs. Wade case* Weddington, North Carolina* Weddington, Nuneaton, an area Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England...

, Warwickshire

Warwickshire

Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...

. He was born on 19 November 1609, but nothing is known of his education.

He translated Martial into English verse, but the translation remained in manuscript. His friend Sir Aston Cokaine thought highly of it. He inherited his father's collections in 1645, and handed them over to Walter Chetwynd

Walter Chetwynd

Walter Chetwynd FRS , of Ingestre Hall, was an antiquary and politician.He was the only child of Walter Chetwynd , the eldest son of Walter Chetwynd , who built Ingestre Hall. He was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1657, but returned his native Staffordshire and occupied various local offices...

, 'to be used by him in writing "The Antiquities of Staffordshire."' Anthony Wood

Anthony Wood

Anthony Wood or Anthony à Wood was an English antiquary.-Early life:Anthony Wood was the fourth son of Thomas Wood , BCL of Oxford, where Anthony was born...

states that he was extravagant. He died on 28 February 1682.