Canterbury Character Flashcards
Knight
Worthy noble and polite
3 duels, 15 mortal battles
Never said any rude word
Squire
Fresh like may
Embroidered clothes as mead of white and red flower
Himble courteous willing to serve
Yeoman
Green coat hood
Close cropped head , brown face
Woodcraft, elegant dagger , Christopher medal
5th monk
Outrider, loved hunting
Verile man
Sleeve Squirrel fur
Pin of gold to pin hood
Shining face , head, rolling eyes
Loved fat swan
6th Friar ( Huberd )
Married young w at own cost
Landowners, women familiar
Knew singing , playing rote
Neck= lily white, champion fighter
Merchant
Forked beard , beaver hat
Speak slow
Want sea guarded and is in debt
8th clerk
Horse lean as rake
threadbare coat
Speak only which is needed
Seargeant of law
Wise , very very busy
Great land buyer
Know every statute legal document
Franklin
Daisy white beard
Loved wine dipped bread , big eater
Mp. Lord at court and a sheriff
Haberdasher carpenter, weaver, dryer, tapestry maker
Fraternity guild
Silver mounded knife
Suitable to be alderman
Shipman
From dartmouth
Stole wine, knew inlets and harbour
Ship - maudelayne
Wife of bath
Deaf skilled clothmaker
Kerchief 10 pounds
Stockings scarlet red, gap tooth
Spar shoes
Remedies and tricks of love
Poor parson
Scholar rich in thought
Offerings to poor
best priest
Plowman
Good worker , dung ,
Wore tabard sleeveless jacket
Miller
Won wrestling prizes
Fox like red beard, warty nose , black wide nostrils, furnace mouth, gokd thumb
Knew bag pipe
Manciple
Knew buying provisions,
More than 30 masters
Reeve
Choleric man, rich than master
Lean leg no calf , pleased his lord
Horse - scot
From northfolkbnear bawdeswelle
Summoner
Fire red cherubim face ,
skin diseases, Quart wine concubine,
The question is what point of the law applies?
Purse is the archdeacons hell
Pardoner (of Rouncivale)
Hair wax yellow ,unbound , no hood
Sewn veronika on cap
No beard, goat voice,
may be homosexual
St peter piece of sail, pig bones
Relics 1 day money, noble eclesiast
Best offertory singer - win silver
