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Sons of Ben were followers of Ben Jonson in English poetry and drama in the first half of the seventeenth century .. Ben Jonson. Ben Jonson. English poetry. English poetry. drama. English drama. These men followed Ben Jonson 's philosophy and his style of poetry .. Ben Jonson. Ben Jonson. Their poetry was closest in style to Ben Jonson 's .. Ben Jonson. Ben Jonson. These men , unlike Jonson , were loyal to the king .. Sons of Ben were the dramatists who were overtly and admittedly influenced by Jonson 's drama , his most distinctive artistic achievement .. drama. English drama. Joe Lee Davis listed eleven playwrights in this group  : Richard Brome , Thomas Nabbes , Henry Glapthorne , Thomas Killigrew , Sir William Davenant , William Cartwright , Shackerley Marmion , Jasper Mayne , Peter Hausted , Thomas Randolph , and William Cavendish .. Richard Brome. Richard Brome. Thomas Nabbes. Thomas Nabbes. Henry Glapthorne. Henry Glapthorne. Thomas Killigrew. Thomas Killigrew. William Davenant. William Davenant. William Cartwright. William Cartwright ( dramatist ). Shackerley Marmion. Shackerley Marmion. Jasper Mayne. Jasper Mayne. Peter Hausted. Peter Hausted. Thomas Randolph. Thomas Randolph ( poet ). William Cavendish. William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The term , or the alternative `` Tribe of Ben , '' was a self-description by some of the Cavalier poets who admired and were influenced by Jonson 's poetry , including Robert Herrick , Richard Lovelace , Sir John Suckling , and Thomas Carew .. Robert Herrick. Robert Herrick ( poet ). Richard Lovelace. Richard Lovelace. John Suckling. John Suckling ( poet ). Thomas Carew. Thomas Carew. Jonson and his followers congregated at London taverns , especially the Apollo Room in the Devil Tavern , near Temple-Bar .. Above the mantelpiece in this room Jonson inserted a marble slab engraved with his Leges Conviviales , or ` Rules of Conviviality ' .. These were Jonson 's rules for the group .. Written in Latin , they were modelled on Horace and Martial .. Translations were reprinted throughout the following century .