Mr. Speight is of opinion that one Richard Chaucer was his father, and that one Elizabeth Chaucer, a nun of St. Helen's, in the second year of Richard II. might have been his sister, or of his kindred.

Mr. Speight says this lady was given him in marriage by Edward III.

Mr. Speight in his life of Chaucer, printed in 1602, mentions a tale in William Thynne's first printed book of Chaucer's works more odious to the clergy than the Plowman's Tale.

With sentiments of great respect, I am, dear sir, yours, etc., J. SPEIGHT.

SPEIGHT, HAROLD E. B. The life and writings of John Bunyan; with an introd.

Harold E. B. Speight (A); 27Feb56; R165522.

SPEIGHT, HAROLD E. B. The life and writings of John Bunyan; with an introd.

Harold E. B. Speight (A); 27Feb56; R165522.

Harry Speight, Tramps and Drives in the Craven Highlands (London, 1895), p. 162.