These occupations of characters in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (c. 1387-1400) refer to the following:
summoner—an officer who summoned suspects before the ecclesiastical courts
canon’s yeoman—an attendant of a canon; a canon was a clergyman associated with a cathedral or large church
franklin—a prosperous country man of low birth
manciple—a steward of a community of lawyers reeve—a superintendent of a large farming estate
These occupations of characters in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (c. 1387-1400) refer to the following:
summoner—an officer who summoned suspects
before the ecclesiastical courts
canon’s yeoman—an attendant of a canon; a canon was a clergyman associated with a cathedral or large church
franklin—a prosperous country man of low birth manciple—a steward of a community of lawyers reeve—a superintendent of a large farming estate