Comment by garblegarble

According to wikipedia[1], the salary in 1668 was £200 (equivalent to £43,000 today[2]), and it increased to £5,750 in the 1950s.

1:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poet_Laureate_of_the_United_Ki...

2: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/in...