GEOFFREY CHAUCER, 1367-1400
JOHN SCOGAN, 1400-1413
JOHN KAY, 1465-
ANDREW BERNARD, 1486-
JOHN SKELTON, 1509-1529
EDMUND SPENSER, 1590-1599
SAMUEL DANIEL,
MICHAEL DRAYTON,
BEN JONSON,
1600-1630

GEOFFREY CHAUCER,1367-1400
JOHN SCOGAN,1400-1413
JOHN KAY,1465-
ANDREW BERNARD,1486-
JOHN SKELTON,1509-1529
EDMUND SPENSER,1590-1599
SAMUEL DANIEL,
MICHAEL DRAYTON,
BEN JONSON,
1600-1630

II. The DRAMATIC, extending from the latter event to the demise of Laureate SHADWELL, in temp. Gulielmi III., 1692. Here we have

BEN JONSON, 1630-1637
WILL DAVENANT, 1637-1668
JOHN DRYDEN, 1670-1689
THOMAS SHADWELL, 1689-1692

BEN JONSON,1630-1637
WILL DAVENANT,1637-1668
JOHN DRYDEN,1670-1689
THOMAS SHADWELL,1689-1692

III. The LYRIC, from the reign of Laureate TATE, 1693, to the demise of Laureate PYE, 1813:--

NAHUM TATE, 1693-1714
NICHOLAS ROWE, 1714-1718
LAURENCE EUSDEN, 1719-1730
COLLEY CIBBER, 1730-1757
WILLIAM WHITEHEAD, 1758-1785
THOMAS WARTON, 1785-1790
HENRY JAMES PYE, 1790-1813

NAHUM TATE,1693-1714
NICHOLAS ROWE,1714-1718
LAURENCE EUSDEN,1719-1730
COLLEY CIBBER,1730-1757
WILLIAM WHITEHEAD,1758-1785
THOMAS WARTON,1785-1790
HENRY JAMES PYE,1790-1813

IV. The VOLUNTARY, from the accession of Laureate SOUTHEY, 1813, to the present day:--

ROBERT SOUTHEY, 1813-1843
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, 1843-1850
ALFRED TENNYSON, 1850-