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
Donnington Castle
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Donnington Castle is a ruined medieval castle, situated in the small village of Donnington, just north of the town of Newbury in the English county of Berkshire. It was founded by Sir Richard Abberbur
Thomas Chaucer
…son of John of Gaunt by his first marriage to Blanche 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…
Ruins of Donnington Castle
The twin-towered gatehouse
Donnington Castle 2020
Print by William Byrne, 1778