Traveled on diplomatic missions to France, Spain and Italy. Buried in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner. Was a civil servant (controller of customs for London (1374-1386) and clerk of the king's works (1389-1391)) under Edward III and Richard II. Brother-in-law of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, made famous in "Richard II" by William Shakespeare. Geoffrey and John's wives, Philippa and Katherine de Roet, were sisters. He had four children: Thomas Chaucer, born 1369, Speaker of the... imdb
Traveled on diplomatic missions to France, Spain and Italy. Buried in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner. Was a civil servant (controller of customs for London (1374-1386) and clerk of the king's works (1389-1391)) under Edward III and Richard II. Brother- www.imdb.com/name/nm0154257/