Life:
c.1340	born in London, son of John Chaucer, vintner
1357	page to the Countess of Ulster
1359	captured in France, later ransomed
1366	marries Philippa de Roet
1372-73	journey to Genoa and Florence
1374	Controller of the Customs in London
1378	missions to France and Lombardy leased a house over Aldgate
1386	Knight of the Shire for Kent Richard II removed him from office
1390	Clerk of the Kings Works at Windsor
1391-98	Deputy Forester in the King's forest
1399	pension increased by Henry IV
1400	died and buried in Westminster
Work:
1360-72	?The Romaunt of the Rose The Book of the Duchess (c.1369)
1372-80	The House of Fame the earlier Canterbury Tales (2nd Nun, Monk)
1380-86	Troilus and Criseyde (c.1385) Boece The Parliament of Fowls The Legend of Good Women
1387-99	the later Canterbury Tales The Treatise on the Astrolabe Minor Poems

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