LIST OF PLATES
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THE HOCCLEVE PORTRAIT OF CHAUCERFrontispiece
From the Painting in “The Regement of Princes”
FACING PAGE
LONDON BRIDGE, ETC., IN THE 16TH CENTURY15
From Vertue’s Engraving of Aggas’s Map
WESTMINSTER HALL32
From a Photograph by J. Valentine & Sons
A TRAVELLING CARRIAGE35
From the Louterell Psalter
WESTMINSTER ABBEY AND PALACE IN THE 16TH CENTURY72
From Vertue’s Engraving of Aggas’s Map
WESTMINSTER ABBEY73
From a Photograph by S. B. Bolas & Co.
THE TOWER, WITH LONDON BRIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND82
From MS. Roy. 16 F. ii. f. 73
A TOOTH-DRAWER OF THE 14TH CENTURY92
From MS. Roy. VI. E. 6, f. 503 b
ALDGATE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS, AS RECONSTITUTED IN W. NEWTON’S “LONDON IN THE OLDEN TIME” 101
A PARTY OF PILGRIMS148
From MS. Roy. 18 D. ii. f. 148
CANTERBURY170
From W. Smith’s Drawing of 1588. (Sloane MS. 2596)
EDWARD III.173
From his Tomb in Westminster Abbey
PHILIPPA OF HAINAULT181
From her Tomb in Westminster Abbey
SIR GEOFFREY LOUTERELL, WITH HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER194
From the Louterell Psalter (Early 14th Century)
SEAL OF UPPINGHAM SCHOOL216
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN A 14TH CENTURY CLASSROOM216
From MS. Roy. VI. E. 6, f. 214
WILLIAM OF HATFIELD, SON OF EDWARD III. AND PHILIPPA224
From his Tomb in York Minster (1336)
BODIAM CASTLE, KENT245
THE PLOUGHMAN268
From the Louterell Psalter (Early 14th Century)
THE CLERGY-HOUSE AT ALFRISTON, SUSSEX, BEFORE ITS RECENT RESTORATION298
WESTMINSTER ABBEY—VIEW FROM NEAR CHAUCER’S TOMB313
From a Photograph by S. B. Bolas & Co.
CHAUCER AND HIS ENGLAND