1. John Markley And Cody Danks

2.  His birth is unknown but was born in 1343.  As a lad he was taken in by Elizabeth, the countess of Ulster.  1359 he went to the war of France.  Became a prisoner but then freed because of King Edward III’s ransom for him.  1367 secretly married Philippa  Then he joined the royal service.

3.  He become an esquire of the king.  In 1368 he wrote one of his first famous poems “The Book of the Duchesse” in honor of the wife of John the Gaunt.  June 1370 he went on a ship for the king and no one knows where he went.  Returned around 1372 from Florence and Padua on a secret king business.  1374 he was living life rich with a ton of money coming in from many different things.  Feb 1377 he was sent to Paris to for peace negotiations between England and France,

4.  He moved to ports of London after returning from Paris.  After moving to ports of London he spend his day writing poem and tales.  His most famous ones are “Tale of Glisilde” and “Canterbury Tales.”  Then spent his days rich, and writing, and died in 1400.

5.  Jokinen, Anniina. "The Life of Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343-1400) [Chaucer Biography]." Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature. 3 Sept. 2006. Web. 01 Nov. 2010..