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Geoffrey Chaucer

 

In 1389 Geoffrey Chaucer was appointed Clerk of the Works at Berkhamsted Castle and other royal properties. It is not known how much time he spent at Berkhamsted, but he certainly knew John of Gaddesden; who lived in nearby Little Gaddesden, the model for his Doctor of Phisick in ‘The Canterbury Tales’.  

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