CHAUCER’S ANCESTORS KEPT IPSWICH TAVERNS
LIGHT ON POET’S LIFE Results of investigations into Chaucer’s associations with Ipswich were given in the High Court by a prominent Suffolk antiquary, Mr. Vincent Burrough Redstone. He was giving evidence in the case concerning the removal of some buildings close to St. Lawrence Church, Ipswich, and speaking of the famous three taverns in Tavern Street, said they were mentioned in documents as far back as 1280. His interest in the district was in trying to trace the domicile of Chauceis and his inquiries had resulted in finding that Chaucer’s grandfather’s brother kept “The Holly,” one ot the three taverns, and that his grandfather kept the tavern on the opposite side of the street. A legal document has established the fact that Chaucer’s father was “John Chaucer, citizen and vintner of London,” who owned a house in Thames Street, by Waibrook.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 317, 30 March 1928, Page 11
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146CHAUCER’S ANCESTORS KEPT IPSWICH TAVERNS Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 317, 30 March 1928, Page 11
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