[24] _Rot. Orig._ 48 Ed. III. 31. [25] The tinctures are not indicated either upon the drawing of Sir R. Gower’s coat of arms in MS. Harl. 3917 or on the seal, but the coat seems to be the same, three leopards’ faces upon a chevron. The seal has a diaper pattern on the shield that bears the chevron, but this is probably only ornamental. [26] ‘Et dicunt quod post predictum feoffamentum, factum predicto Iohanni Gower, dictus Willelmus filius Willelmi continue morabatur in comitiva Ricardi de Hurst et eiusdem Iohannis Gower apud Cantuar, et alibi usque ad festum Sancti Michaelis ultimo preteritum, et per totum tempus predictum idem Willelmus fil. Will. ibidem per ipsos deductus fuit et consiliatus ad alienationem de terris et tenementis suis faciendam.’ _Rot. Parl._ ii. 292. [27] _Rot. Claus._ 43 Ed. III. m. 30. [28] _Rot. Claus._ 42 Ed. III. m. 13 d. [29] _English Writers_, vol. iv. pp. 150 ff. [30] See _Calendar of Post Mortem Inquisitions_, vol. ii. pp. 300, 302. [31] So also the deeds of 1 Ric. II releasing lands to Sir J. Frebody and John Gower (Hasted’s _History of Kent_, iii. 425), and of 4 Ric. II in which Isabella daughter of Walter de Huntyngfeld gives up to John Gower and John Bowland all her rights in the parishes of Throwley and Stalesfield, Kent (_Rot. Claus._ 4 Ric. II. m. 15 d), and again another in which the same lady remits to John Gower all actions, plaints, &c., which may have arisen between them (_Rot. Claus._ 8 Ric. II. m. 5 d). [32] _Rot. Franc._ 1 Ric. II. pt. 2, m. 6. [33] See also Sir N. Harris Nicolas, _Life of Chaucer_, pp. 27, 125. [34] _Rot. Claus._ 6 Ric. II. m. 27 d, and 24 d. [35] _Rot. Claus._ 6 Ric. II. pt. 1, m. 23 d. [36] _Rot. Claus._ 7 Ric. II. m. 17 d. [37] _Duchy of Lancaster, Miscellanea_, Bundle X, No. 43 (now in the Record Office). [38] ‘Liverez a Richard Dancastre pour un Coler a luy doné par monseigneur le Conte de Derby par cause d’une autre Coler doné par monditseigneur a un Esquier John Gower, vynt et sys soldz oyt deniers.’ [39] _Duchy of Lancaster, Household Accounts_, 17 Ric. II (July to Feb.). [40] _Register of William of Wykeham_, ii. f. 299b. The record was kindly verified for me by the Registrar of the diocese of Winchester. The expression used about the place is ‘in Oratorio ipsius Iohannis Gower infra hospicium suum’ (not ‘cum’ as previously printed) ‘in Prioratu Beate Marie de Overee in Southwerke predicta situatum.’ It should be noted that ‘infra’ in these documents means not ‘below,’ as translated by Prof. Morley, but ‘within.’ So also in Gower’s will. [41] Lambeth Library, _Register of Abp. Arundel_, ff. 256-7.