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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… term was also applied to a cloak or mantle (Halliwell). In Chaucer's time sloppis meant a kind of breeches. "Slops" in …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… after its execution, and not from the time of his death. 3 Chaucer uses the term "herse" to denote the decorated bier or …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… fact of interest is the appointment in 1390 of Geoffrey Chaucer, esq., clerk of the works at Westminster Palace, the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… road, passes through the northern part of Blenheim Park. Chaucer, the father of English poets, lived, and is said by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… stone quoins; it was divided into two in the 1860s. 55 32. Chaucer's House In 1279 the site may have been that next to … from which it was held by Maud, relict of Sir Thomas Chaucer, at her death in 1437. 57 Sir Thomas (d. 1434), royal … persisted that the house belonged to the poet Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1380), Thomas's alleged father, 59 but the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1884. 22 Armorial glass commemorating the families of Chaucer and Golafre, both associated with the royal manor and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… later Park Lane, Brown's Lane, Rectory Lane, and probably Chaucer's Lane, while the large island of buildings dividing … Lane, from J. V. Harrison (d. 1854) of the White House. 53 Chaucer's Lane was probably 'the highway next to late Chaucer's place' in 1470. 54 The name Hoggerell Hill, usually …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as of Hailes (Glos.), although apparently established at Chaucer's House in Woodstock before 1547. 98 Andrews was … and barley worth 126, and grew hops. 41 Jerome Kyte of Chaucer's House also had a riverside malthouse in 1611, and … Fletcher's House and Henry Taylor and later the Priors at Chaucer's House were prominent maltsters. 18 Improved …
A History of the County of Oxford
… allegation that Woodstock was the home of Geoffrey Chaucer is unfounded. 85 Distinguished natives included the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to the court party, and Nicholas Baynton, resident at Chaucer's House from the 1670s, was like Lovelace a …