| PAGE | |
| MEDIEVAL COCK-FIGHTING, ACTUAL AND METAPHORICAL | [18] |
| From Strutt’s “Sports and Pastimes” | |
| PLANS OF MEDIEVAL DWELLINGS | [97] |
| MEDIEVAL MUMMERS | [110] |
| From Strutt’s “Sports and Pastimes” | |
| PILGRIMS IN BED AT INN | [139] |
| From T. Wright’s “Homes of other Days” | |
| THE SQUIRE OF THE “CANTERBURY TALES” | [146] |
| From the Ellesmere MS. (15th century) | |
| THE MILLER | [150] |
| From the Ellesmere MS. | |
| THE WIFE OF BATH | [162] |
| From the Ellesmere MS. | |
| THE FRIAR | [165] |
| From the Ellesmere MS. | |
| PEACOCK FEAST OF LYNN | [177] |
| From Stothard’s Facsimile of the Original Brass | |
| A KNIGHT AND HIS LADY | [203] |
| From Boutell’s “Monumental Brasses” | |
| A BEVY OF LADIES | [220] |
| From T. Wright’s “Womankind in Western Europe” |
LIST OF PLATES
| THE HOCCLEVE PORTRAIT OF CHAUCER | [Frontispiece] |
| From the Painting in “The Regement of Princes” | |
| FACING PAGE | |
| LONDON BRIDGE, ETC., IN THE 16TH CENTURY | [15] |
| From Vertue’s Engraving of Aggas’s Map | |
| WESTMINSTER HALL | [32] |
| From a Photograph by J. Valentine & Sons | |
| A TRAVELLING CARRIAGE | [35] |
| From the Louterell Psalter | |
| WESTMINSTER ABBEY AND PALACE IN THE 16TH CENTURY | [72] |
| From Vertue’s Engraving of Aggas’s Map | |
| WESTMINSTER ABBEY | [73] |
| From a Photograph by S. B. Bolas & Co. | |
| THE TOWER, WITH LONDON BRIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND | [82] |
| From MS. Roy. 16 F. ii. f. 73 | |
| A TOOTH-DRAWER OF THE 14TH CENTURY | [92] |
| From MS. Roy. VI. E. 6, f. 503 b | |
| ALDGATE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS, AS RECONSTITUTED IN W. NEWTON’S “LONDON IN THE OLDEN TIME” | [101] |
| A PARTY OF PILGRIMS | [148] |
| From MS. Roy. 18 D. ii. f. 148 | |
| CANTERBURY | [170] |
| From W. Smith’s Drawing of 1588. (Sloane MS. 2596) | |
| EDWARD III. | [173] |
| From his Tomb in Westminster Abbey | |
| PHILIPPA OF HAINAULT | [181] |
| From her Tomb in Westminster Abbey | |
| SIR GEOFFREY LOUTERELL, WITH HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER | [194] |
| From the Louterell Psalter (Early 14th Century) | |
| SEAL OF UPPINGHAM SCHOOL | [216] |
| CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN A 14TH CENTURY CLASSROOM | [216] |
| From MS. Roy. VI. E. 6, f. 214 | |
| WILLIAM OF HATFIELD, SON OF EDWARD III. AND PHILIPPA | [224] |
| From his Tomb in York Minster (1336) | |
| BODIAM CASTLE, KENT | [245] |
| THE PLOUGHMAN | [268] |
| From the Louterell Psalter (Early 14th Century) | |
| THE CLERGY-HOUSE AT ALFRISTON, SUSSEX, BEFORE ITS RECENT RESTORATION | [298] |
| WESTMINSTER ABBEY—VIEW FROM NEAR CHAUCER’S TOMB | [313] |
| From a Photograph by S. B. Bolas & Co. |
CHAUCER AND HIS ENGLAND
CHAPTER I
ENGLAND IN EMBRYO