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-