Chaucer

By HClayton
  • Birth of Chaucer
    Jan 1, 1343

    Birth of Chaucer

    Born in 1343 AD.
  • Upbringing
    Feb 1, 1343

    Upbringing

    Chaucer's father was quite well off, a wine merchant.
  • Chaucer and the plague
    Jan 1, 1348

    Chaucer and the plague

    At the age of 5 the plague struck England but Chaucer survived.
  • Jan 1, 1357

    Chaucer becomes a serveant

    At the age of 14 Chaucer became a serveant for the Countess of Ulster
  • Chaucer captured
    Mar 9, 1360

    Chaucer captured

    Chaucer is captured by the French at the siege of Reims. In March 1360, he is ransomed for 16 pounds.
  • Jan 1, 1365

    Chaucer gets married

    Chaucer marries Phillipa Roet
  • Jan 1, 1367

    Chaucer's son

    Birth of Chaucer's first son Thomas
  • Jan 1, 1380

    Chaucer's 2nd son

    Birth of Chaucer's second son Lewis
  • Writing the Canterbury Tales
    Jan 1, 1387

    Writing the Canterbury Tales

    Chaucer began to write the Canterbury Tales. There are 24 tales altogether about a pilgrimage to Thomas of Beckett. He worked on the tales for the rest of his life, but they were never finished.
  • Death
    Mar 9, 1400

    Death

    Chaucer probably died in 1400 aged approximately 57. He was buried in Westminister abbey.