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John Kay was a fifteenth-century English poet who described himself as the versificator regis (which would develop into the position of Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom) to Edward IV of England. If it ever existed, none of his poetic work remains.

References

1. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Laureate" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 282; see middle of first para. W. Hamilton classes Chaucer, Gower, Kay, ......as "volunteer Laureates."
2. Howland, Frances Louise Morse (1895). The laureates of England: Ben Jonson to Alfred Tennyson. Frederick A. Stokes.
3. "English Poets Laureate: First Versifier to Hold the Office was John Kay". The Pittsburgh Press. 17 February 1902. p. 7.

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