Canterbury Tales

5. A barge captain from Dartmouth
6. Although he writes all of the tales, Chaucer describes himself telling two tales as one of the pilgrims.
8. A mendicant who takes confessions from the well-to-do for a price, and spends the money on himself rather than to benefit the poor
10. An archer and possibly a forester
15. A practitioner of astrology and humorism
16. A close companion of the summoner who sells indulgences and phony religious relics
17. Son of the knight, a finely dressed and artistically talented bachelor
20. An alchemist and confidence trickster who encounters the pilgrims on the road, then rides away when his yeoman speaks too freely
21. A seemingly successful Hanseatic trader who is deeply in debt
23. A woman with impeccable table manners who wears a brooch reading Amor vincit omnia (love conquers all)

1. Companion of the man of law, a pleasure-seeking landowner who dines on every kind of food and drink
2. A gluttonous, lecherous, intemperate man who notifies people to appear at ecclesiastical courts
3. Three priests in the prioress's party
4. A benevolent and virtuous town pastor
7. A wealthy lawyer known as much for his personal extravagance as for his professional skill
9. A valiant and experienced crusader who lives by the code of chivalry
11. A five-time widow who has traveled throughout the world
12. A purchasing agent to an Inn of Court
13. A feudal accountant from Bawdeswell
14. A servant of the craft-workers
16. The parson's brother, who loves God and his neighbor and plows poor men's fields for free
18. Owner of the Tabard Inn, where the pilgrimage starts. He agrees to travel on the pilgrimage, promising to judge the tales, and disputes between the pilgrims.
19. An avid hunter and horseman who disdains the rules of his order
21. A brawny and profane tradesman who overcharges and steals from his customers
22. An Oxford-educated scholar