Dr Richard Asquith
@richardasquith.bsky.social
Historian and researcher. Vintners’ Company archivist, secretary of the Yorkist History Trust and Harlaxton Medieval Symposium. Urban history, death, piety, trust, and executors in pre-Reformation England; also early modern art. Often at Berkeley Castle.
You’re very welcome!
October 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
You’re very welcome!
There’s no evidence, as far as I’m aware, that Chaucer himself was a Vintner - but his father, grandfather, and other relatives certainly were. One of our treasures is a 1352 deed for the site of the hall that names John Chaucer as a witness
October 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
There’s no evidence, as far as I’m aware, that Chaucer himself was a Vintner - but his father, grandfather, and other relatives certainly were. One of our treasures is a 1352 deed for the site of the hall that names John Chaucer as a witness