He has also to thank Dr. F. J. Furnivall, Messrs. E. Kelsey and H. R. Browne of Eastbourne, and the Librarian of Uppingham School, for kind permission to reproduce seven of the illustrations; also the Editor of the _Home and Counties Magazine_ for similar courtesy with regard to the plan of Chaucer's Aldgate included in a 16th-century survey published for the first time in that magazine (vol. i. p. 50).

CHAPTER XI "CANTERBURY TALES"--THE _DRAMATIS PERSONÆ_ 137

Chaucer and His England — Part 2

CHAPTER XII "CANTERBURY TALES"--FIRST AND SECOND DAYS 151

Chaucer and His England — Part 2

CHAPTER XIII "CANTERBURY TALES"--THIRD AND FOURTH DAYS 160

Chaucer and His England — Part 2

CHAPTER XVI HUSBANDS AT THE CHURCH DOOR 202

MEDIEVAL COCK-FIGHTING, ACTUAL AND METAPHORICAL 18 _From Strutt's "Sports and Pastimes"_

MEDIEVAL MUMMERS 110 _From Strutt's "Sports and Pastimes"_

PILGRIMS IN BED AT INN 139 _From T. Wright's "Homes of other Days"_

THE SQUIRE OF THE "CANTERBURY TALES" 146 _From the Ellesmere MS. (15th century)_

THE WIFE OF BATH 162 _From the Ellesmere MS._

PEACOCK FEAST OF LYNN 177 _From Stothard's Facsimile of the Original Brass_

A KNIGHT AND HIS LADY 203 _From Boutell's "Monumental Brasses"_

A BEVY OF LADIES 220 _From T. Wright's "Womankind in Western Europe"_

THE HOCCLEVE PORTRAIT OF CHAUCER _Frontispiece_ _From the Painting in "The Regement of Princes"_

LONDON BRIDGE, ETC., IN THE 16TH CENTURY 15 _From Vertue's Engraving of Aggas's Map_

WESTMINSTER HALL 32 _From a Photograph by J. Valentine & Sons_

A TRAVELLING CARRIAGE 35 _From the Louterell Psalter_

WESTMINSTER ABBEY AND PALACE IN THE 16TH CENTURY 72 _From Vertue's Engraving of Aggas's Map_

WESTMINSTER ABBEY 73 _From a Photograph by S. B. Bolas & Co._

THE TOWER, WITH LONDON BRIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND 82 _From MS. Roy. 16 F. ii. f. 73_

A TOOTH-DRAWER OF THE 14TH CENTURY 92 _From MS. Roy. VI. E. 6, f. 503 b_

ALDGATE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS, AS RECONSTITUTED IN W. NEWTON'S "LONDON IN THE OLDEN TIME" 101

A PARTY OF PILGRIMS 148 _From MS. Roy. 18 D. ii. f. 148_

CANTERBURY 170 _From W. Smith's Drawing of 1588. (Sloane MS. 2596)_

EDWARD III. 173 _From his Tomb in Westminster Abbey_

PHILIPPA OF HAINAULT 181 _From her Tomb in Westminster Abbey_

SIR GEOFFREY LOUTERELL, WITH HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER 194 _From the Louterell Psalter (Early 14th Century)_