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Thomas seems to have done well from his father's standing as both a poet and also an administrator. This is despite suggestions that Geoffrey Chaucer had fallen out of favour with Henry IV who had recently seized power. He was Chief Butler Of England for almost thirty years, attended fifteen parliaments and was Speaker of the House five times, a feat not surpassed until the 18th Century . He married heiress Maud Burghersh around 1395 and was able to buy Donnington Castle for his only daughter Alice. In 1399, Henry IV gave him Wallingford Castle and the honour of Wallingford for life. Thomas Chaucer died at Ewelme on 18 November 1434 . Alice married William De La Pole, 1st Duke Of Suffolk and her grandson John De La Pole, Earl Of Lincoln was the designated heir of Richard III . John and several of his brothers were later executed when Richard lost power thereby ending the Chaucer family line. |