Contents introduction chapter I. Forebears and early years

Later life of Geoffrey Chaucer.

The 1380s started with terrible note for Chaucer. On 4 May 1380, he was said in law papers, being charged with the raptus of Cecilia Chaumpaign. Whereas a few researchers have taken raptus to cruel attack or assault, the case settled rapidly, taking off his notoriety intact. In 1382, whereas proceeding to work as a comptroller of benefit, he was moreover designated comptroller of the negligible traditions for wine and other stock, remaining in both the position till 1386. Leaving London In 1385, whereas he was still the comptroller of custom as well as benefit, he moved to Kent, and was named a Equity of the Peace for Kent within the month of October. By at that point, he had orchestrated for appointees to carry on his obligation at the comptrollers offices.⁵
Most researchers accept that Geoffrey Chaucer had predicted the political change that was to take after and so he made course of action for taking off London. His wifes sick wellbeing, coming about in her passing in 1387, might also have affected him to require the decision.In, Admirable 1386, he got to be the Knight of the Shire for Kent, and gone to the Parliament in that capacity in October. Within the same month, his house in London was rented to another man and in December, the names of his successors as comptrollers of custom and benefit were announced. In 1386, as Lord Richard misplaced his control over the domain, Chaucer as well fell from beauty. In spite of the fact that in 1387, he was reappointed Equity of the Peace for Kent, he was not returned to the Parliament. Besides, with the passing of his spouse, her annuities were ceased, causing a few hardship. In 1388, he had to confront a arrangement of obligation suits, which constrained him to offer his illustrious benefits for a lump entirety sum.
Within the same year, numerous of his companions within the regal court were executed, causing a awesome bargain of distress. Between 1381 and 1388, in show disdain toward of the troublesome period, Chaucer created a expansive volume of works, a few of which were of tall arrange.Shockingly, none of them reflected the display political turmoil, driving to the suspicion that Chaucer concentrated on composing to require his intellect off the loathsome situation. Some of the major works, which he composed amid this period, are accepted to be Troilus and Criseyde' The Parlement of Foules, The Legend of Great Women and The Canterbury Tales. The final say work is considered his magnum creation.From 1389 to 1391, after Richard II had rose to the position of royalty, Chaucer held a depleting and unsafe position as Receptionist of the Works. He was ransacked by outlaws twice whereas on the work, which as it were served to assist compound his money related stresses. To form things indeed more awful, Chaucer had halted accepting his benefits. Chaucer in the long run surrendered the position for a lower but less upsetting arrangement as sub-forester, or nursery worker, at the Kings stop in Somersetshire. When Richard II was ousted in 1399, his cousin and successor, Henry IV, took feel sorry for on Chaucer and reinstated Chaucers previous benefits. With the cash, Chaucer was able to rent an loft within the cultivate of St. Marys Chapel in Westminster, where he lived unassumingly for the rest of his days.⁶
Whereas still working as comptroller, Chaucer shows up to have moved to Kent, being designated as one of the commissioners of peace for Kent, at a time when French attack was a plausibility. He is thought to have begun work on The Canterbury Stories within the early 1380s. He too got to be a part of parliament for Kent in 1386, and gone to the 'Wonderful Parliament' that year. He shows up to have been show at most of the 71 days it sat, for which he was paid £24 9s. On 15 October that year, he gave a testimony within the case of Scrope v. Grosvenor. There's no encourage reference after this date to Philippa, Chaucer's spouse, and she is assumed to have passed on in 1387. He survived the political changes caused by the Rulers Appellants, in spite of the truth that Chaucer knew a few of the men executed over the issue very well. On 12 July 1389, Chaucer was designated the receptionist of the king's works, a sort of foreman sorting out most of the king's building projects.
No major works were started during his residency, but he did conduct repairs on Westminster Royal residence, St. George's Chapel, Windsor, proceed building the wharf at the Tower of London, and construct the stands for a competition held in 1390. It may have been a troublesome work, but it paid well: two shillings a day, more than three times his compensation as a comptroller. Chaucer was moreover designated guardian of the hold up at the King's stop in Feckenham Timberland in Worcestershire, which was a generally privileged appointment.
In September 1390, records say that Chaucer was ransacked and conceivably harmed whereas conducting the trade, and he halted working in this capacity on 17 June 1391. He started as Appointee Forester within the illustrious timberland of Petherton Stop in North Petherton, Somerset on 22 June. This was no sinecure, with upkeep an vital portion of the work, in spite of the fact that there were numerous openings to infer profit. Richard II allowed him an yearly benefits of 20 pounds in 1394 (generally £25,000/US$33,000 in 2018 money), and Chaucer's title blurs from the authentic record not long after Richard's oust in 1399.
The final few records of his life appear his annuity reestablished by the unused lord, and his taking a rent on a home inside the near of Westminster Nunnery on 24 December 1399.Henry IV recharged the awards alloted by Richard, but The Complaint of Chaucer to his Handbag clues that the awards might not have been paid. The final say of Chaucer is on 5 June 1400 when a few cash was paid which was owed to him. Chaucer kicked the bucket of obscure causes on 25 October 1400, in spite of the fact that the as it were prove for this date comes from the etching on his tomb which was raised more than 100 a long time after his passing. There's a few speculation that he was killed by foes of Richard II or indeed on the orders of his successor Henry IV, but the case is totally circumstantial. Chaucer was buried in Westminster Nunnery in London, as was his right owing to his status as a occupant of the Abbey's near. In 1556, his remains were exchanged to a more lavish tomb, making him the primary essayist entombed within the zone presently known as Poets' Corner.