Characters in Canabery

The Knight: This knight had been all over the world fighting in the Crusades. He was brave but now he was on his way to the pilgrimage. "Though so strong and brave, he was very wise."

Squire: He was lover and bachelor yet he was feminine and very joyful.
"Singing he was, or whistling, all the day;He was as fresh as is the month of May"



Yeoman: He was very well dressed. With many thing s to protect himself with.
"And at one side a sword and a buckler, And at the other side a dagger bright,"

Prioress: She was Nun and very classy.
"That no drop could fall upon her breast.In courtesy she had delight and zest."

Monk: He was into outside sports and on many journeys he went. "An outrider; hunting was his sport;"



Friar: He arranged marriages and spoke very well. "He had arranged many a marriage"


Merchant: He was a very worthy man that had won many and would not talk of when he had lost. "Stressing the times when he had won, not lost."


Clerk: He was an open guy to teach and top learn. "And gladly would he learn and gladly teach."


Sergeant of the Law: He was good writer and knew the law word by word. "And every law he knew entirely by rote."


Franklin: He always had food in his house. He had been sheriff and tax auditor. "His house was never short of food and pies."


Haberdasher, Carpenter, Arras-Maker,Dyer, Weaver: They were men with weapons made of silver. " weapons were not cheaply shaped with brass,But all with silver;"


Cook: He was a very good cook. He could cook, bake or fry anything. " And he could roast and boil and broil and fry, And prepare a stew, and bake a tasty pie."


Shipman: On his ship he had been against the hard currrents, and had been burt on the face by the sun shinning so bright. "His currents and the dangerous watersides,"


The Phycisian: He was a good doctor and knew cause for everything sickness. "He cared for and saved a patient many times"


The Wife of Bath: She was deaf but was very good at weaving , married she was and a mother of five. "Married in church, husbands she had five,"


Parson: He was poor man but rich in the holy that went to church and taught what he knew. "But rich he was in holy thought and work."


Plowman: He was a hard worker, paid his taxes and was a man of God. " a true worker was he,He loved God most, and that with his whole heart"


Miller: He was man that worked hard but stole fromthe ones he sold to for his selfish reasons. "He could steal corn and three times charge his fee;"


Manciple: He kept up with food that was bought in the markets. " That he knew the markets, watched them closely"


Reeve: He looked over many people for doing work for him on his own cottage. "His cottage was a good one, on a heath"


Summoner: He was in charge of getting people to go to court. " "The purse is the archdeacon's hell," said he."

Pardoner: He was a man that was greedy for money, he listen to peoples conffession and sold fake relstone ( which was suppose to be someone holy).