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Thomas Chaucer | |
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Speaker of the House of Commons | |
In office 25 August 1407 – 19 December 1411 | |
Monarch | Henry IV of England |
Preceded by | Sir John Tiptoft |
Succeeded by | Unknown, next known is William Stourton |
In office 19 November 1414 – 1415 | |
Monarch | Henry V of England |
Preceded by | Sir Walter Hungerford |
Succeeded by | Sir Richard Redman |
In office 1421–1421 | |
Monarch | Henry V of England |
Preceded by | Roger Hunt |
Succeeded by | Richard Baynard |
Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire | |
In office 1401–1402 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Barantyn |
Succeeded by | Sir Peter Bessels |
In office 1406 – May 1413 | |
Preceded by | Sir William Lisle |
Succeeded by | Sir William Lisle |
In office Nov 1414 – Mar 1416 | |
Preceded by | Sir John Brayton |
Succeeded by | Thomas Stonor |
In office 1421–1421 | |
Preceded by | John Danvers |
Succeeded by | John Danvers |
Chief Butler of England | |
In office 1404–1434 | |
Preceded by | Unknown, last known is John Payn |
Succeeded by | Sir John Tiptoft |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1367 Oxfordshire, England |
Died | 18 November 1434 Ewelme, Oxfordshire, England |
Political party | None |
Spouse | Matilda Chaucer (née Burghersh) |
Children | Alice de la Pole, Duchess of Suffolk |
Parent(s) | Geoffrey Chaucer Philippa Roet |
Residence | Oxfordshire |
Thomas Chaucer (c. 1367 – 18 November 1434) was an English courtier and politician. The son of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer and his wife Philippa Roet, Thomas was linked socially and by family to senior members of the English nobility, though he was himself a commoner. Elected fifteen times to the Parliament of England, he was Speaker of the House of Commons for five parliaments in the early 15th century.