Geoffrey Chaucer was a British Author born in the early 1300’s he was born somewhere in London but no one knows what month and day he was born, because there was no one old enough to vouch about his birthdate to the exact day. He was born into a unwealthy family, his father was a well known and famous wine merchant. That is what made Chaucer and his mom and dad a well talked about family. While his mother Agnes Copton just stayed at home while Chaucer’s father brung in all the money to support his wife and his only son. Agnes Copton came from a rich family; what started out as a small family turned into a bigger one eventually. Geoffrey Chaucer was married one time in his life, his spouse’s name was Philippa Roet. They were both with each other for almost 20 years. Within those nearly 20 years they had 4 children, 2 daughters and 2 sons. The sons names were Thomas, and Lewis Chaucer; and there daughters names were …show more content…
He maintained that job for years to help put money into his pocket. In 1359 Geoffrey Chaucer joined England’s Army, even though that Chaucer had just joined the army he still went out and fought with the rest of his baton. Not much longer after he joins the army he is captured in Northeastern France and he was ransomed off, but he was soon let go. After he spent time fighting in the army he went and became part of the court system. He was under King Edward as a valet. A couple of years later King Edward III died and his grandson took over in his place which was beneficial to Geoffrey Chaucer because he was very close his grandson. While he had all of this going on he still went back and served in England’s Army for a second tour after his first experience fighting under John Gaunt. As he began to bring all of the extracurricular activities came to an end he started writing poetry that further led to him writing books for enjoyment for himself as well as