[MR] On Titles (and Chaucer)

[GREG FABIC]

Dave Montuori damont at wolfstar.com wrote:
>Perhaps not for that specific creative act, but for
>achievement in the 
>arts, yes. Geoffrey Chaucer is a well known example.

AND

Kevin Brock kevinmbrock at earthlink.net wrote:
>I think Chaucer's entitlement was something like a
>bottle of wine a year, 
>wasn't it? Not to completely disregard your point, I
>just don't recall 
>offhand him getting any real award for his poetry.

Chaucer also held many and diverse offices.
Another thing I would point out regarding Chaucer, is
that he was not without Royal connections. He was
married to  one of the Queen's ladies, Philippa
Roet(sp), who was the sister of Catherine Roet(sp),
who was the mistress of John of Gaunt, Duke of
Lancaster, and became his third wife. (Henry the VII
is decended from their *legitimized* children, the
Beauforts.)

Don't you just love these twists in history?

Livia of Ravenswode, GD, QoC (for those who like their
alphabet soup)