title: Historiographer Royal (England)
text: # Historiographer Royal (England)
  
  In England the office of Historiographer Royal, a historian under the official patronage of the royal court, was created in 1660 with an annual salary of £200 and a butt of sack.
  
  ## Historiographers Royal
  
  Holders of the office included:
  
  * 1660–1666: James Howell
  * 1670–1689: John Dryden, simultaneously also poet laureate
  * 1689–1692: Thomas Shadwell, simultaneously also poet laureate
  * 1692–1714: Thomas Rymer
  * 1714–1727: Thomas Madox
  * 1727–1737: Robert Stephens
  