Professor Marion Turner

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759 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 29 May

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As his career goes on.

Though that marriage didn't happen.

Yeah, he was paid by the day.

Well, it helps us to know a lot about him because we can know how many days he was absent from England because of the daily page.

So John of Gaunt, fourth son of Edward III.

Chaucer probably met him when he was working for Elizabeth.

We know they were at the same place then.

And John of Gaunt was so important really mainly because when Edward III died, his eldest son had pre-deceased him.

So his grandson, the 10-year-old Richard II, becomes king.

Obviously, a 10-year-old can't really become king, can't do much.

So his uncle, John of Gaunt, was the one who was really in charge.

So John of Gaunt was really running things.

Yeah, not officially, but was largely running things.

So from 1377 for several years.

John of Gaunt had also married Blanche of Lancaster, who was the greatest heiress in the kingdom.

So we now often talk about the Duchy of Lancaster.

So this is when the Lancaster lands, right?

start coming into the royal family.

So John then becomes Duke of Lancaster.

But he has all this wealth, as I say, not only because he's son of the king, but because he made a very good marriage.

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