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... became ) a yeoman of the chamber , being granted in 1367 a pension of twenty marks for his services , and raised in or before 1369 to the rank of one of the king's esquires of less degree . During the next ten years he was employed on ...
... became ) a yeoman of the chamber , being granted in 1367 a pension of twenty marks for his services , and raised in or before 1369 to the rank of one of the king's esquires of less degree . During the next ten years he was employed on ...
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... became a justice of the peace for Kent in 1385 and knight of the shire in 1386 . At the end of that year he lost both his controllerships , and was henceforth less prosperous , save for two years ( 1389-91 ) during which he was clerk of ...
... became a justice of the peace for Kent in 1385 and knight of the shire in 1386 . At the end of that year he lost both his controllerships , and was henceforth less prosperous , save for two years ( 1389-91 ) during which he was clerk of ...
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... became a master of his craft . At the outset he was handicapped , not only by his lack of originality and constructive power , but by having to feel his way in the use of words his " English , " he tells us more than once , was ...
... became a master of his craft . At the outset he was handicapped , not only by his lack of originality and constructive power , but by having to feel his way in the use of words his " English , " he tells us more than once , was ...
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... became blind , and spent the last years of his life in the priory of St. Mary Overy , where he died in 1408. His tomb may still be seen in St. Saviour's , Southwark ; it was originally an elaborate one , and the head of the poet's ...
... became blind , and spent the last years of his life in the priory of St. Mary Overy , where he died in 1408. His tomb may still be seen in St. Saviour's , Southwark ; it was originally an elaborate one , and the head of the poet's ...
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... became a priest about 1397 , and had much earlier become attached to the Benedictine abbey of Bury , where most of his days seem to have been spent . The traditions of his life declare that he was educated at Oxford , and travelled on ...
... became a priest about 1397 , and had much earlier become attached to the Benedictine abbey of Bury , where most of his days seem to have been spent . The traditions of his life declare that he was educated at Oxford , and travelled on ...
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