| Thomas Chatterton - 1803 - 608 pages
...longeth unto Fame. The Third Book of Fame. Chaucer, when of the Inner Temple, as appears by the record, was fined two shillings for beating a Franciscan Friar in Fleet Street. Speghte. These Extracts are worth preserving, as they evidence Chatterton's acquaintance with Speghte... | |
| George Burnett - 1807 - 944 pages
...a record mentioned by Speght, in his Life of Chaucer, as seen by one Master Buckley; which states, that " Geoffrey Chaucer was fined two shillings for beating a Franciscan friar in Fleet-street." It does not appear, however, that he ever practised the law. From the 30th year of his... | |
| George Burnett - 1807 - 508 pages
...a record mentioned by Speght, in his Life of Chaucer, as seen by one Master Buckley; which states, that " Geoffrey Chaucer was fined two shillings for beating a Franciscan friar in Fleet-street." It does not appear, however, that he ever practised the law. From the 30th year of his... | |
| 1821 - 770 pages
...probably called him a cockney poet. Mr. Buckley says, he saw a record in the Inner Temple, " in which Geoffrey Chaucer was fined two shillings for beating a Franciscan friar in Fleet-street;" but I doubt whether St. Francis had any disciples in England at that time. Leland says,... | |
| 1821 - 772 pages
...probably called him a cockney poet. Mr. Buckley says, he saw a record in the Inner Temple, " in which Geoffrey Chaucer was fined two shillings for beating a Franciscan friar in Fleet-street ;" but I doubt whether St. Francis had any disciples in England at that time. Leland says,... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 388 pages
...the Inner Temple; for, not many years since, Master Buckley did sec a record In the same house, where Geoffrey Chaucer was fined two shillings for beating a Franciscan Friar, in Fleetstreet." If this circumstance could be proved, it would be sufficient evidence of Chaucer's birth... | |
| Great Britain. [Appendix. - Miscellaneous.] - 1836 - 416 pages
...of the law ; for he tells us that a Mr. Buckley had seen a record of the Inner Temple which stated, that Geoffrey Chaucer was fined two shillings for beating a Franciscan friar in Fleetstreet ; and Leland has also mentioned, that he was in the habit of attending the law colleges,... | |
| Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1838 - 524 pages
...most scrupulous adherence to truth. Chaucer might not he certain as to the precise year of his hirth ; and, in that case, it was natural to fix on the nearest...engaged in the practice of the law in after-life, as tated by Leland, is shown by Mr. Tyrwhitt to be terly inconsistent with his employments under the crown.... | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer - 1841 - 482 pages
...feeble authority of an anecdote related by Speght, that Chaucer, during his residence in the Temple, " was fined two shillings for beating a Franciscan friar in Fleet Street." During this period, Chaucer translated Boethius ' De Consolatione Philosophise,' during the middle... | |
| Thomas Chatterton - 1842 - 426 pages
...longeth unto fame. The Third Book of Fame. Chaucer, when of the Inner Temple, as appears by the record, was fined two shillings for beating a Franciscan Friar in Fleet street. Speght. * From a MS. in Chatterton's hand-writing in the British Museum. 684 Account of (lie jFamilg... | |
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