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25 Dec. 1364 At Christmas, 38 Edw. III, William, son and heir of Sir William de Septvans, enfeoffed John Gower and his heirs of a moiety of the manor of Aldington (Kent) and certain marshes called ‘Lokelyng’ and ‘Herlyng’ in Iwade (Kent), in return for 80 marks (£53 6 s. 8 d.).
After his death in 1408, Gower was interred in an ostentatious tomb in the Priory church (now Southwark Cathedral), where it remains today. Macaulay provides much information and speculation about Gower. Some of his conclusions are inferences drawn from the trilingual writings of Gower.
May 26, 2022 · In the autumn of 1392 Gower was vigorous enough to make a journey to York, and in Michaelmas term 1399 he appeared in person as a plaintiff in lawsuits in the court of Common Pleas at Westminster.
Jan 24, 2023 · King Richard II was finally deposed by parliament in 1399, replaced by Henry Lancaster as Henry IV. Soon afterwards, Gower composed a sequel to Vox Clamantis, the Cronica tripertita (i.e. Tripartite Chronicle), in which he condemned the vices of King Richard II and his court.
Welcome to the Luminarium John Gower page. Here you will find a biography, a chronology, and online texts of Gower's works. The site also has essays and articles, as well as links to study resources and a list of books helpful for further study.
Gower's Circle. A kinsman of Sir Robert Gower, John Gower evidently had the benefits of a good education and may have studied law. From the 1360s, he used his connections, legal knowledge and business acumen to acquire landed estate in Kent and East Anglia.
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John Gower was Chaucer's friend and fellow poet. He wrote his early works in Latin (Vox Clamantis) and French (Mirour de l'omme, Cinquante balades) and turned to English, he says (in the Prologue to the Confessio Amantis), at the command of Richard II, who was worried that there were so few books in that language.
