The Franklin, Food, and the Freemen of York

Author / Editor
Purdon, Liam O., and Julian N. Wasserman.

Title
The Franklin, Food, and the Freemen of York

Published
Chaucer Review 33 (1998): 112-15.

Description
Chaucer's somewhat unusual association of his Franklin with food may reflect the frequent migration of the Exchequer from Westminster to York and the prioritizing of the York food trade as a result. The Franklin may have been a York franklin who profited from the frequent moves.

Contributor
Wasserman, Julian N.

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale.