The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1342 - 1400)

Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5191?docPos=1 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffry_Chaucer Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source)
 Relevant locations: Death place at Westminster, London
 References in Documents:
MS Book of the dean of Christ Church (MacGregor, ed.) 163 Galfredus Chaucer. Geoffrey Chaucer.
British Curiosities in Nature and Art (1713)

Westminster Abby] Monuments at the Abby hath many things in it curious and observable. As 1. The fine Glass-Painting. 2. The curious new Marble Altar-Piece. 3. The neatness of the Choir. 4. The curious Monuments fixed to the Walls and Pillars, round the Isles; as of Sir Cloudsly Shovell, (the Famous Admiral,) Mr. Stepny, a Foreign Embassador, &c. in the S. Isle. Of Divines, Antiquaries, Poets, &c. As Dr. Barrow, Dr. Oughtram, Dr. Busby, Dr. Horneck; Mr. Camden, Chaucer, Spencer, Drayton, Cowley, Shadwell, about the S. Stem of the Cross Isle. And not far from the W. end of the Church, and near the N. side is the Inscription, O Rare Ben Johnson, in Memory of that Poet.