SurveyGower

Life:

c.1330

born as the son of a gentry-family owning land in Yorkshire and Kent

1360

first records about financial and legal transactions

c.1370

first records of friendship with Chaucer

1377

moves to the priory of St. Mary Ovarie's, Southwark

May 1378

Chaucer's attorney during his voyage to Italy

Jan 1398

licence granted for marriage to Agnes Groundolf

c.1400

beginning of blindness

1408

died at the age of about 78, buried in St. Saviour's, Southwark

Work:

a.1374

Cinkante Balades (French)

1376-78

Mirour de l'Omme (or Speculum Meditantis; French)

1379-81

Vox Clamantis (Latin)

c.1390

Confessio Amantis (English)

1393

Revision of Confessio Amantis

1399

Cronica Tripertita (sequel to the Vox Clamantis added after the deposing of Richard II, finally condemning the king)

c.1400

To King Henry IV: In Praise of Peace

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Life:
c.1330	born as the son of a gentry-family owning land in Yorkshire and Kent
1360	first records about financial and legal transactions
c.1370	first records of friendship with Chaucer
1377	moves to the priory of St. Mary Ovarie's, Southwark
May 1378	Chaucer's attorney during his voyage to Italy
Jan 1398	licence granted for marriage to Agnes Groundolf
c.1400	beginning of blindness
1408	died at the age of about 78, buried in St. Saviour's, Southwark

Work:
a.1374	Cinkante Balades (French)
1376-78	Mirour de l'Omme (or Speculum Meditantis; French)
1379-81	Vox Clamantis (Latin)
c.1390	Confessio Amantis (English)
1393	Revision of Confessio Amantis
1399	Cronica Tripertita (sequel to the Vox Clamantis added after the deposing of Richard II, finally condemning the king)
c.1400	To King Henry IV: In Praise of Peace