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Have you killed me, false thief?Chaucer Geoffrey
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It's like being attacked by a RAT!Chaucer Geoffrey
3 Quotes & Sayings By Chaucer Geoffrey
Geoffrey Chaucer was born in the year 1343, in London, England. He was son of John Chaucer, a London merchant, and Agnes de Roet. The exact date of his birth is not known, but it was probably between October 1341 and June 1342. His father died when he was four years old, and the family moved to Yorkshire where his mother took charge of the young Geoffrey's education
At age 11 or 12 he was sent to live with his uncle, William de la Pole in Lincolnshire where he was taught grammar by Peter Thwaytes, a member of the Lincoln Cathedral Choir. He also studied Latin under Richard Rolle in Louth. When she was 14 years old his mother married John of Gaunt; however, she soon became involved with John Holland who later became King of England.
He entered Knight School at thirteen but left at 17 because of ill health. At eighteen he went to Paris to study law but failed the exam (he did not know French). He returned home and entered Lincoln's Inn to study law again; however, he left after four months.
Next he went to Oxford University where he took the degree B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) in 1367. His mother died in 1368 and he inherited property (including his family's London home on Cheapside) from her estate worth £5,000 a year.
In 1372 his father's will assigned him an annuity of £40 per year from the manors of Halesworth and Saffron Walden in Essex and Cambridgeshire, plus rents from Chillingham Castle, Cawston Hall, Ripon Castle and other properties worth £7 a year for life. He went back to law school at Lincoln's Inn but did not complete his legal studies there either; finally he decided that the legal profession would not provide him with a secure future so he returned to writing poetry which had been his lifelong hobby since boyhood. In 1373 he produced The House of Fame which is considered one of his greatest works.
In 1374 King Edward III ordered an inquiry into complaints made by some members of Parliament about Chaucer's "Seven Sages" which were presented as incompatible with "the laws, customs and liberties" enjoyed by Englishmen; they were told that they could not be prosecuted for treason because they did not actually exist! In 1377 Chaucer married Philippa Roet daughter of Peter Roet who owned Hales