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Memorials of the Guild of Merchant Taylors
… in literature, and there were few English poets, from Chaucer to those of the present day, with whom he was not …
The Environs of London
… St. Katherine's and Shadwell 17. STRATFORD BOW. P. 492. Chaucer, in his prologue to the Canterbury Tales, mentions …
Old and New London
… of the greatest of English poetsShakespeare, Milton, and Chaucer; and the summit of the monument, twenty-six feet from … the Milton stands between Tragedy and History, and the Chaucer with Comedy and History on each side. The principal … of Milton faces the spectator coming down Park Lane; while Chaucer, his tablets and stile in hand, greets him with a …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… and gravels resting on London Clay; only in the section at Chaucer Road was there any suggestion of a covering … the pear-shaped specimens from Ealing and Hanwell. At Chaucer Road, however, unrolled flakes were found underneath …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… from the Thames. cent. A.D. c. 2nd Gunn. T.853/1-4 Chaucer Road (centring on TQ. 20358037): Romano-British …
Survey of London Monograph
… having medallion portraits of famous Londoners, such as Chaucer, Dryden, and Macaulay, but Knott objected that these …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… of Argent a saltire gules charged with a scallop or. Roet (Chaucer) Gules three wheels or. Russell Argent a lion gules …
A Dictionary of London
… for arms. The word " artelleries " occurs in this sense in Chaucer's " Tale of Melibeus " and " artery " might be a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as constable. 82 A notable constable was Thomas Chaucer, possibly the son of the poet, appointed in 1411; he … constables. Reg. Repingdon, i. 208, 209 n.; G. G. Coulton, Chaucer and His England, 31, 73. Pipe R. 1167 (P.R.S. xi), …
Old and New London
… the roadway passes directly through the College garden. Chaucer, in his "Canterbury Tales," gives an unfavourable …