Roet
Sir Payne Roet,
or "Paon de Roet",
"Paganus" in Latin,
of
Guienne region, SW France.
He was
bur in the old
St.Paul's Cathedral, London.
He
had issue:
- Philippa Roet, born 1348.
She mar Geoffrey Chaucer
[the poet, born 1340].
She died 1387, age 39 yrs.
Chaucer died 1400, age 60 yrs.
He was
bur Westminster Abbey, London.
His burial founded Poets' Corner.
- Catherine Roet,
or Katherine,
born 1350.
She mar 1stly, pre-1367,
to Sir Hugh de Swynford and had issue.
Sir Hugh died 1372.
She
mar 2ndly, 1396, to her long-time lover John of Gaunt
and had issue.
They had a long affair and had issue since 1373
(her a widow, him an adulterer).
They had to wait to marry until his wife died.
Tomb of Sir Payne Roet.
In the
old St.Paul's Cathedral, London.
The cathedral was destroyed in the
Great Fire of London 1666.
Memorial to Sir Payne Roet in St.Paul's Cathedral.
From
p.55
of
[Dugdale, 1658].
It is not clear where this memorial was.
Sources yet to be consulted
