From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #12144 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Thursday, September 7 2023 Volume 14 : Number 12144 Today's Subjects: ----------------- If You Still Feel Pain and Tingling, Thatās Actually Good News! ["Erased ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 11:25:28 +0200 From: "Erased Pain" Subject: If You Still Feel Pain and Tingling, Thatās Actually Good News! If You Still Feel Pain and Tingling, Thatbs Actually Good News! http://homedepotdewaltdrillsweeps.services/Z3WgJbc0Panbd0cDY_MsMOF5F29rzvOGQFWKfm4fdQ6kmbEDcA http://homedepotdewaltdrillsweeps.services/nuasVRRcPz0t2i0-RTWd_tSRQvie1Z9H2WJVAHZJATbqL5CsmQ While records concerning the lives of his contemporaries William Langland and the Gawain Poet are practically non-existent, since Chaucer was a public servant his official life is very well documented, with nearly five hundred written items testifying to his career. The first of the "Chaucer Life Records" appears in 1357, in the household accounts of Elizabeth de Burgh, the Countess of Ulster, when he became the noblewoman's page through his father's connections, a common medieval form of apprenticeship for boys into knighthood or prestige appointments. The countess was married to Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, the second surviving son of the king, Edward III, and the position brought the teenage Chaucer into the close court circle, where he was to remain for the rest of his life. He also worked as a courtier, a diplomat, and a civil servant, as well as working for the king from 1389 to 1391 as Clerk of the King's Works. In 1359, the early stages of the Hundred Years' War, Edward III invaded France and Chaucer travelled with Lionel of Antwerp, Elizabeth's husband, as part of the English army. In 1360, he was captured during the siege of Rheims. Edward paid B#16 for his ransom, a considerable sum equivalent to B#12,261 in 2021, and Chaucer was released. Chaucer crest A unicorn's head with canting arms of Roet below: Gules, three Catherine Wheels or (French rouet = "spinning wheel"). Ewelme Church, Oxfordshire. Possibly funeral helm of his son Thomas Chaucer After this, Chaucer's life is uncertain, but he seems to have travelled in France, Spain, and Flanders, possibly as a messenger and perhaps even going on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Around 1366, Chaucer married Philippa (de) Roet. She was a lady-in-waiting to Edward III's queen, Philippa of Hainault, and a sister of Katherine Swynford, who later (c.?1396) became the third wife of John of Gaunt. It is uncertain how many children Chaucer and Philippa had, but three or four are most commonly c ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #12144 ***********************************************