Roet

Who Philippa was by birth is doubtful, but it seems likely that she was Philippa Roet, daughter of Sir Payne Roet, who hailed, like the queen herself, from Hainault -- hence her connection with the queen -- and sister of Catherine Roet who became the mistress and then the third wife of John of Gaunt -- hence the favour in which the poet and his family stood with the Lancastrians.

A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand

It seems again very probable, though not absolutely certain, that Thomas Chaucer, who used at different times both the Chaucer and the Roet arms, Speaker of the House of Commons under Henry V., a man of great influence, was one of the children of the poet.

A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand

Roet was desolate to announce that his cook, a Japanese, whose dishes were, in his employer's estimation, absolute inspirations, had decamped and taken with him everything of value he could lay hold of; and more than desolate, that he was forced to postpone the pleasure of welcoming the Marchesa di Sant 'Andrea at his table.

The Cook's Decameron: a study in taste, containing over two hundred recipes for Italian dishes W. G. Waters

Roet had another daughter, Catherine, widow of Sir Hugh

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

It was apparently founded on the circumstance that Thomas Chaucer, the supposed son of the poet, quartered the Roet arms with his own.

Chaucer Adolphus William Ward 1880

Roet, one of the ladies of the Duchess of Lancaster, whose sister

A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature 1853

Besides the endangered apes there are also 12 portraits personalising the orangutans in the zoos and laboratories that Roet had worked with over the past 15 years.

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Roet depicts the changing relationship between humans and their nearest living animal relatives in her works, a result from years of research studying the apes.

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It’s a fictional account of the life of Katherine de Roet who was John of Gaunt’s mistress for many years, bearing him 5 children.

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