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Richard II himself, whose patronage of Chaucer is certain, in the end attempted rigorously to suppress Lollardry; and Henry IV, the politic John of Gaunt's yet more politic son, to whom Chaucer owed the prosperity enjoyed by him in the last year of his life, became a persecutor almost as soon as he became a king.
Poor fellow's been very strange lately, Gaunt's been pressing him again worse than ever, even threatened him with the Marshalsea. Consequently, the flowing bowl has continually brimmed Chichester's doing, of course, and he seems to consider you his mortal enemy, and in short, I think it only right to put you on your guard." "You mean against Chichester?" "I mean against Barrymaine!"
The church is a small E.E. building with a W. tower, on the face of which is a series of twelve panels bearing the inscription, Pray for the souls of Henry Hine and Agnes his wyffe, A.D. 1522. Stockland Bristol, which derives its name from the fact that it formed part of the endowment of Gaunt's Hospital, in Bristol, is a parish 7 m. N.W. from Bridgwater.
At the western end of this ridge, and about three miles up the Test from Mottisfont, are the villages of Horsebridge and King's Somborne on the southern confines of what was once John of Gaunt's deer park.
Bully for the parson!" said Squire Pratt. "Parson 'listed?" said the reporter. "They and the women led off in this war. I'm glad of it, brings out the pith in 'em." "I dunno," said Dyke, looking round. "Gaunt's name brought in a dozen; but It's a dirty business, the war. I wish 'n somebody's hands hed stayed clean of it." "It's the Lord's work," said Pratt, with a twang, being a class-leader.
The effeminacy of dress that characterised the reign of Richard the Second was a constant theme of contemporary authors. Shakespeare, writing two hundred years after, makes the king's fondness for gay apparel and foreign fashions a point in the play, from John of Gaunt's reproaches down to Richard's own speech in the third act on his deposition from the throne.
As he spoke he glanced from Billy Button's naked feet and threadbare clothes to his own glossy Hessians and immaculate garments, and Barnabas saw him wince as he turned towards the door of Jasper Gaunt's house. Now when Barnabas would have followed, Billy Button caught him suddenly by the sleeve. "You are not going there?" he whispered, frowning and nodding towards the house. "Yes."
Next year, the discontent of the estates came to a head after the failure of John of Gaunt's march from Calais to Bordeaux. The commons, by that time definitely organised as an independent house, answered the demand for fresh supplies by requesting the lords to appoint a committee of their number to confer with them on the state of the realm.
Standing in the senior's place, and calling over the roll, was Tom Channing, the acting senior for a few brief hours. Since Gaunt's departure, the previous day, Tom Channing had been head of the school; it lay in the custom of the school for him so to be. Would his place be confirmed? or would he lose it? Tom looked flurried with suspense.
I knew there would be no fight; and perhaps Champion, too, was disappointed. Noblemen have been rather scarce at Birch's but the heir of a great Prince has been living with the Doctor for some years. He is Lord George Gaunt's eldest son, the noble Plantagenet Gaunt Gaunt, and nephew of the Most Honorable the Marquis of Steyne.
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