Chaucer's Yeoman and Richard II's Archers of the Crown.

Author / Editor
Thompson, Kenneth J.

Title
Chaucer's Yeoman and Richard II's Archers of the Crown.

Published
Chaucer Review 56.3 (2021): 280-95.

Description
Focuses on the Yeoman of GP, suggesting that the figure may have been based on Richard II's archers of the crown. Examines the life of Thomas Forster of Drybek, one of these archers, catalogues biographical information about him, and suggests he is a possible exemplar for the Yeoman.

Chaucer Subjects
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations