Show english Engl th poets poet laureate the origin of the poet of england Is involved ln obscurity in early days the word laureate came to mean in engli english sh eminent it wa was thus generally although although not always applied in a literary sense Bled medieval leval kings had bad poets poet sor or minstrels attached to their households who received pensions although their appointment was not official in this way den ben jonson was looked upon as the first laureate but tile ti title seems never to have bave been reilly really conferred on him john dev den was the first english poet to receive the title by letters patent in ID 1070 from that kimt tl roetha the post became a reg |