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The researches of Sir Harris Nicolas, Dr. Furnivall, Mr. Selby and others have provided us with a considerable mass of detailed information regarding the life and career of Geoffrey Chaucer. Since the publication of Nicolas's biography of the poet prefixed to the Aldine edition of Chaucer's works in 1845, the old traditional biography of conjecture and inference, based often on mere probability or the contents of works erroneously ascribed to Chaucer, has disappeared and in its place has been developed an accurate biography based on facts. In the sixty-five years since Nicolas's time, however, a second tradition--connected in some way with fact, to be sure--has slowly. | Chaucer s Official Life 1 Chaucer s Official Life The Project Gutenberg EBook of Chaucer s Official Life by James Root Hulbert Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this Project Gutenberg file. Please do not remove it. Do not change or edit the header without written permission. Please read the legal small print and other information about the eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file. Included is important information about your specific rights and restrictions in how the file may be used. You can also find out about how to make a donation to Project Gutenberg and how to get involved. Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers Since 1971 These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers Title Chaucer s Official Life Author James Root Hulbert Release Date September 2004 EBook 6565 Yes we are more than one year ahead of schedule This file was first posted on December 28 2002 Edition 10 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHAUCER S OFFICIAL LIFE Produced by Sergio Cangiano David Moynihan Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. CHAUCER S OFFICIAL LIFE BY JAMES ROOT HULBERT NOTE In making reference to books and manuscripts I have attempted to use abbreviations which seem reasonably clear. Perhaps the least intelligible are C. R. which stands for Close Rolls and L. R. which stands for Life Records of Chaucer Chaucer Soc. Wherever possible I have referred to prints rather than to original manuscripts because the printed calendars are much more accessible. In a work which has involved the copying of innumerable references many of which are to documents in the Public Record Office not available Chaucer s Official Life 2 to me as I