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Chaucer’s disputed legacy: new discoveries

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The King's Bench Quick Claim

There's a question mark over the character and actions of this very famous poet as a result of these two lawsuits. We never set out to try and find these documents, I think it's the main thing to try and say. It was just we're having a chat, my co-author Sebastian Sebecchi and I have been talking for many years about Chaucer life records. And we've come up with snippets here and there. So do you want to go into the story of what you found and ideally how you found it would be interesting?

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