In the General Prologue the narrator mentions about thirty pilgrims who come together in the Tabard Inn. Some of them do not tell a story, and one, the Canon's Yeoman, joins the party on the way. The list below is ordered according to their appearance in the Prologue:

The Knight The Clerk The Plowman The Squire The Man of Law The Miller The Yeoman The Franklin The Manciple The Prioress The Five Guildsmen The Reeve The 2nd Nun The Cook The Summoner The Three Priests The Shipman The Pardoner The Monk The Physician The Host The Friar The Wife of Bath Chaucer The Merchant The Parson The Canon's Yeoman

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