Gulielmus Peregrinus

Not to be confused with Guilielmus Peregrinus.

Gulielmus Peregrinus (fl. c. 1190 – 1207), also known as Gulielmus de Canno or William the Pilgrim, was an English epic poet and versificator regis ("king's poet") to Kings Richard I and John.^[1]

References

↑ "Octogenarian Laureate". Time (TimeWarner, Inc.). November 7, 1927. Retrieved May 2, 2009.

Poets Laureate of the United Kingdom

Court poets of Medieval England Richard Canonicus (12th century) Gulielmus Peregrinus (c. 1189–1207) Master Henry (13th century) Andrew Baston (14th century) Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1374–1400) John Kay (15th century)

Poets Laureate of the Kingdom of England Bernard André (c. 1485–1509) John Skelton (c. 1513–1529) Edmund Spenser (c. 1590–1599) Samuel Daniel (1599-1616/1619) Ben Jonson (1616/1619-1637) William Davenant (1638–1668) John Dryden (1668-1688/1689) Thomas Shadwell (1689–1692) Nahum Tate (1692–1715)

Poets Laureate of the Kingdom of Great Britain Nicholas Rowe (1715–1718) Laurence Eusden (1718–1730) Colley Cibber (1730–1757) William Whitehead (1757–1785) Thomas Warton (1785–1790) Henry James Pye (1790–1813)

Poets Laureate of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Robert Southey (1813–1843) William Wordsworth (1843–1850) Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1850–1892) Alfred Austin (1896–1913) Robert Bridges (1913–1930)

Poets Laureate of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland John Masefield (1930–1967) Cecil Day-Lewis (1968–1972) John Betjeman (1972–1984) Ted Hughes (1984–1998) Andrew Motion (1999–2009) Carol Ann Duffy (2009–)