c.1330
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John Gower born.
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c.1343
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Geoffrey Chaucer born.
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1365
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Gower purchases Aldingdon Septvauns in Kent. Works perhaps as a lawyer.
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1368
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Gower acquires Sir Robert Gower's manor of Kentwell (Suffolk).
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1373
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Gower sells both properties.
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c.1376-1379
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Gower composes Mirour de l'Omme
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1377
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Death of King Edward III.
Ten year-old King Richard II ascends.
Gower moves to the priory at St. Mary Overies. Begins work on Vox Clamantis.
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1378
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Holds power of attorney along with Richard Forester over Chaucer's estate, while Chaucer visits the continent.
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1381
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The Peasants' Revolt.
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1382
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Gower is granted the manors of Feltwell (Norfolk) and Moulton (Suffolk) by Guy de Rouclyf; he rents them out to Thomas Blakelake, parson of St. Nicholas, Feltwell, and others for £40 quarterly.
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c.1385
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Chaucer dedicates Troilus and Criseyde to "moral
Gower."
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c.1386
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Begins work on Confessio Amantis.
Chaucer begins The Legend of Good Women.
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1387
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The Lords Appellant defeat
King Richard II and strip him of any real power.
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1389
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Richard II turns 21 and dismisses Gloucester's council.
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1390
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Gower completes the first
recension of Confessio Amantis, dedicating it to Richard II and Chaucer.
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1390-1392
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Revises Confessio Amantis; removes praise for Richard II and adds a Prologue dedicating the work to Henry of Lancaster.
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1393
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The third recension of Confessio Amantis. Henry of Lancaster gives Gower the gift of an ornamental collar.
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1394-1397
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Gower composes some Latin poems.
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1397
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Traitié, a sequence of ballads in French.
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1398
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Marriage to Agnes Groundolf in January.
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1399
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Richard II deposed. Ascension of King Henry IV.
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1399-1400
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Gower writes and dedicates
his Cinkante Balades to King Henry IV. Loses his sight.
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1400
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Death of Chaucer.
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1408
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Death of Gower.
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