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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting
… his tenements in the City of London to be sold by John le Chaucer, his brother, 55 and his debts paid. Dated London, 7 … Strictly speaking, half-brother. See note to Richard le Chaucer's will, infra, Roll 77 (59). I.e., Low Sunday. Austin …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting
… for life. Dated London, 24 May, A.D. 1349. Roll 77 (58) Chaucer 21 (Richard), vintner.To be buried in the church of … Mary de Aldermariecherche, and a shop acquired from John Chaucer, brother 41 and executor of Thomas Heyroun, late … that the Mary here mentioned as the wife of Richard Chaucer and mother of Thomas Heyroun had been previously …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… as in hir clothing, Sche was al clothed in perré and gold. Chaucer, 'The Monkes Tale,' 313-5. The only objection to its …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… and certain others which he had by sale and grant of John Chaucer, brother 1 and executor of Thomas Heyroun, late … speaking half-brother. See note to will of Richard Chaucer, Part I. p. 590. See also will of Thomas Hayron, directing John le Chaucer to sell his estate for discharge of debts, Part I. p. …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… of costly material studded with precious stones, such as Chaucer describes in his translation of the 'Romance of the … found in Riley's 'Memorials' (p. 178). Among his pilgrims Chaucer mentions (Prologue): An haberdasher and a carpenter, …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… a bequest of collobium meum de FaldyngHust. Roll 114 (76). Chaucer describes the West-country Shipman as clad In a goune …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… Thomas of Waterings" (Strype's Stow), in Southwark. Cf. Chaucer, Prologue to the 'Canterbury Tales,' 825-826: And …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… next after the Feast of Purification of V. Mary [2 Feb.]. Chaucer (Nicholas), pepperer.To be buried in the church of S. …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… "borel" or "burel." "Borel men" or "folk," as mentioned by Chaucer and other early English writers, says Riley, were … hardly seems to accord with the following extract from Chaucer: For, sire and dame, trustith me right wel, Our …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… with the hair on (Lat. pellicium). The term is used by Chaucer for a warm wrapper. Caxton says in the 'Book of …