Life:

 

c.1330

born as the son of a gentry-family owning land in Yorkshire and Kent

1360

first records about financial and legal transactions

c.1370

first records of friendship with Chaucer

1377

moves to the priory of St. Mary Ovarie's, Southwark

May 1378

Chaucer's attorney during his voyage to Italy

Jan 1398

licence granted for marriage to Agnes Groundolf

c.1400

beginning of blindness

1408

died at the age of about 78, buried in St. Saviour's, Southwark

 

 

Work:

 

a.1374

Cinkante Balades (French)

1376-78

Mirour de l'Omme (or Speculum Meditantis; French)

1379-81

Vox Clamantis (Latin)

c.1390

Confessio Amantis (English)

1393

Revision of Confessio Amantis

1399

Cronica Tripertita (sequel to the Vox Clamantis added after the deposing of Richard II, finally condemning the king)

c.1400

To King Henry IV: In Praise of Peace

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