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Name:
Philippa Roet (Chaucer)
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Birth:
1340
Father:
Payne de Roët, King at Arms
Mother:
Catherine d'Avesnes
Death:
1386 aged 46
Remarks:
BIOGRAPHICAL: who also counted one Geoffrey Chaucer among her household

BIOGRAPHICAL: inducting them all into the confraternity of Lincoln Cathedral

BIOGRAPHICAL:
«i»"In the south wall of the nave, under a modern arch, is an interesting semi-effigial slab of early fourteenth century date, with the bust of a lady in a wimple, and a cross paty below. This was disc overed under the nave floor during the late restoration."«/i»

Identification of the tomb as hers is based solely upon the carving of a Roet wheel badge on the effigy's chest, almost exclusively used by Katheryn Swynford or her relatives

married Geoffrey Chaucer


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