Thomas Chaucer
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Thomas Chaucer 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 nobili
Memorial brass of Thomas Chaucer in Ewelme Church, Oxfordshire
Alice Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk was an English noblewoman and patron of the arts, granddaughter of the English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Married three times, she eventually became a Lady of the Most No
Thomas Chaucer
…of Lancaster, was half-brother to Thomas Chaucer's Beaufort first cousins. Thomas was able to buy Donnington Castle in Berkshire for his only daughter Alice de la Pole. Early in life, Thomas Chaucer married Matilda (or Maud) Burghersh, second daughter and coheiress of Sir John Burghersh, nephew of Henry Burghersh…
Alice de la Pole, detail from her effigy in Ewelme Church, Oxfordshire
Monument (north side) to Alice Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk, St Mary's Church, Ewelme