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Philippa de Roet (also known as Philippa Pan or Philippa Chaucer; c. 1346 [1] – c. 1387) was an English courtier, the sister of Katherine Swynford (third wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster – a son of King Edward III) and the wife of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer.
Thomas Chaucer (c. 1367 – 18 November 1434) was an English courtier and politician. The son of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer and his wife Philippa Roet , Thomas was linked socially and by family to senior members of the English nobility, though he was himself a commoner.
Geoffrey Chaucer (/ ˈ tʃ ɔː s ər / CHAW-sər; c. 1343 – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. [1] He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". [2]
Chaucer married Philippa (Pan) de Roet in 1366, and Lancaster took his mistress of nearly 30 years, Katherine Swynford (de Roet), who was Philippa Chaucer's sister, as his third wife in 1396. Although Philippa died c. 1387 , the men were bound as brothers and Lancaster's children by Katherine—John, Henry, Thomas and Joan Beaufort —were ...
Perkyn is released by his master and moves in with a friend who also loves to drink, and whose wife is a shopkeeper whose real occupation is that of a prostitute. After the tale, The Host later calls upon the Cook for another, but he is too drunk [ 2 ] and, after he falls from his horse and is helped back up, the Manciple tells a tale.
Perrers is thought to have served as the prototype for Geoffrey Chaucer's Wife of Bath in The Canterbury Tales. [14] She was also a major patron of Chaucer. [ 15 ] [ clarification needed ] Her influence on literature may also have extended to William Langland 's Lady Mede in Piers Plowman . [ 16 ]
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Katherine seems to have been well liked by Philippa and her Lancastrian siblings and played an important role in Philippa's education. Katherine had close ties with Geoffrey Chaucer, since her sister, Philippa Roet, was Chaucer's wife. John of Gaunt became Chaucer's patron, and Chaucer spent much time with the family as one of Philippa's many ...