On 23 November 2003, a blue plaque was installed on the wall of Copyprints Ltd, the oldest building in Talbot Yard, describing the historical significance of the Tabard Inn and celebrating Southwark's cultural links with Geoffrey Chaucer.

Geoffrey was the oldest son of Duke Conan I and Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou.

In 1173 he had four legitimate sons, from oldest to youngest: Henry, called the " Young King ", Richard ( later called " the Lionheart "), Geoffrey, and John " Lackland ", all of whom stood to inherit some or all of these possessions.

According to Geoffrey of Monmouth's influential pseudohistory Historia Regum Britanniae, the realm was named after the legendary king Locrinus, the oldest son of Brutus of Troy.

In the oldest records vair is represented by means of straight horizontal lines alternating with wavy or nebuly lines ( sometimes blazoned as vair ondé or vair ancien ); this is seen in the lining of the cloak depicted on the tomb of Geoffrey V of Anjou ( see image ).

Alice Chaucer was a daughter of Thomas Chaucer, Speaker of the Commons on three occasions, Chief Butler of England for almost thirty years, and granddaughter of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer.

Direct descendants of Ebenezer Howard include his cricket manager grandson Geoffrey Howard as well as his great granddaughter, the poet and publisher Joy Bernardine Howard.

Geoffrey fitz Peter, who had married Beatrice de Say, granddaughter of the first earl's sister and eventual heir to the Mandeville honour, gained the earldom in 1199.

His own marriage took place on 11 November 1430, ( date of licence ), to ( as her third husband ) Alice ( 1404 – 1475 ), daughter of Thomas Chaucer of Ewelme, Oxfordshire, and granddaughter of the notable poet Geoffrey Chaucer and his wife Philippa ( de ) Roet.

At the time of the marriage, the Salisbury inheritance was not guaranteed, as not only was Earl Thomas still alive, but in 1424 he re-married ( to Alice Chaucer, granddaughter of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer ).

Geoffrey Fitz Peter, the husband of Beatrice's granddaughter and namesake, Beatrice de Say, was a prominent man at court and used his position to push his wife's claim.

Their granddaughter Beatrice de Say took some of the Mandeville inheritance to her husband, Geoffrey fitz Peter.

16 April 1652 ), daughter of John Fortescue and paternal granddaughter of one of the only two married daughters of Sir Geoffrey Pole and Constance Pakenham.

Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley married Cecily Willoughby, granddaughter of Katherine Neville, Duchess of Norfolk, by whom he had issue: Eleanor, Margaret, Jane ( Joan ), Catherine, Joyce, Dorothy, Elizabeth, Constancia, Alice and John ( John Sutton, 3rd Baron Dudley ), Edward, Thomas, William, Arthur, Geoffrey, and George.

Alice was the daughter of Thomas Chaucer, Speaker of the House of Commons and granddaughter of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer.

Over the next thirteen years, she bore Henry five sons and three daughters: William, Henry, Richard, Geoffrey, John, Matilda, Eleanor, and Joan.

13th-century depiction of Henry II of England | Henry II and John's siblings: ( l to r ) William IX, Count of Poitiers | William, Henry the Young King | Henry, Richard I of England | Richard, Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony | Matilda, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany | Geoffrey, Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile | Eleanor, Joan of England, Queen of Sicily | Joan and John

John had a number of illegitimate children by various mistresses, including nine sons – Richard, Oliver, John, Geoffrey, Henry, Osbert Gifford, Eudes, Bartholomew and probably Philip – and three daughters – Joan, Maud and probably Isabel.

He was also an elder brother of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany ; Leonora of England, Queen of Castile ; Joan of England ; and John, Count of Mortain, who succeeded him as king.

He had one older brother, William IX, Count of Poitiers ( d. 1156 ), and his younger siblings included Matilda, Duchess of Saxony ; Richard I of England ; Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany ; Eleanor, Queen of Castile ; Joan, Queen of Sicily ; and John of England.

The capital cities host such internationally renowned cultural institutions as the Sydney Opera House and National Gallery of Victoria, and Australia has contributed many artists to music and film internationally, from hard rock's AC / DC to opera's Joan Sutherland, to Hollywood actors Geoffrey Rush and Nicole Kidman.

Well-known Australian classical performers include: sopranos Dame Joan Sutherland, Dame Joan Hammond, Joan Carden, Yvonne Kenny, Sara Macliver and Emma Matthews ; pianists Roger Woodward, Eileen Joyce, Michael Kieran Harvey, Geoffrey Tozer, Geoffrey Douglas Madge, Leslie Howard and Ian Munro ; guitarists John Williams and Slava Grigoryan ; horn player Barry Tuckwell ; oboist Diana Doherty ; violinists Richard Tognetti and Elizabeth Wallfisch ; cellists John Addison and David Pereira ; organist Christopher Wrench ; orchestras like the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra ; and conductors Sir Bernard Heinze, Sir Charles Mackerras, Richard Bonynge, Simone Young and Geoffrey Simon.

She was also an older maternal half-sister to William IX, Count of Poitiers, Henry the Young King, Matilda, Duchess of Saxony, Richard I of England, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, Leonora of England, Joan of England and John of England.

Many soon-to-be-famous faces pop up, including: Lionel Jeffries (" Murder Ahoy " and " Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ", Leslie Philips, Jane Asher, Anne Reid ( Coronation Street and Dinnerladies ), Edward Mulhare ( The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and Knight Rider ), Patrick Troughton ( the Second Doctor ), Irene Handl, Desmond Llewelyn ( Q in the Bond films ), Sam Kydd, Sid James, Joan Sims and Bernard Bresslaw ( Carry On films ), Leo McKern ( Rumpole of the Bailey ), Alfie Bass ( The Army Game ), Sylvia Kay ( Just Good Friends ), Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell ( Steptoe and Son ), Barbara Mullen ( Dr Finlay's Casebook ), Richard O ' Sullivan ( Man About the House ), Geoffrey Bayldon ( Catweazle ), Billie Whitelaw, Ronald Allen, Gordon Jackson.

The then Marquess of Tavistock married on 20 June 1961 at St Clement Danes in London Henrietta Joan Tiarks ( born London, 5 March 1940 ), daughter of Henry Frederick Tiarks III ( born Woodheath, Chislehurst, 8 September 1900-died Marbella, 2 July 1995 ), a merchant banker with Schroders, who had married firstly on 27 April 1930 ( divorced in 1936 ) Lady Millicent Olivia Mary Taylour ( died 24 December 1975 ), daughter of Geoffrey Taylour, 4th Marquess of Headfort ; Henry Frederick Tiarks married secondly ( 3 October 1936 ) Ina Florence Marshman Bell ( born London, 5 November 1903-died Marbella, 10 April 1989 ), an actress known as Joan Barry, who had married firstly Henry Hampson.

* Geoffrey Bilson Award: Joan Clark, The Dream Carvers

* Geoffrey Bilson Award: Joan Clark, The Word for Home

She married firstly Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, and secondly, Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou, having issue by the second.

Geoffrey V of Anjou married Mathilde in the cathedral, where Henry II Plantagenet, king of England, was baptized.

Matilda had been married to Henry V, the Holy Roman Emperor, which gave her the title of Empress, but her husband died in 1125 and she was remarried in 1128 to Geoffrey, the Count of Anjou, whose lands bordered the Duchy of Normandy.

Duke of Normandy, married Sybil of Conversano, daughter of Geoffrey of Conversano.

He married attorney Lisa Hoffman ( née Gottsegen ) in October 1980 ; they have four children – Jacob Edward ( born March 20, 1981 ), Rebecca Lillian ( b. March 17, 1983 ), Maxwell Geoffrey ( born August 30, 1984 ), and Alexandra Lydia ( born October 27, 1987 ).

Fulk's son from a previous marriage, Geoffrey was married to Empress Matilda, Henry I of England's designated heir as England's next queen regnant.

During the context of events told by The English Patient, she had been married to Geoffrey for only a year.

The day after they get married, she and Geoffrey fly to the desert to join Almásy's expedition crew.

However, she was then married to Geoffrey, Count of Anjou in a union which her father hoped would produce a male heir and continue the dynasty.

Married firstly before 1244 Maurice IV, seigneur de Craon ( 1224 – 1250 ), by whom she had issue ; she married secondly, Geoffrey de Rancon.

Robert married Sybilla of Conversano, daughter of Geoffrey of Brindisi, Count of Conversano ( and a grandniece of Robert Guiscard, another Norman duke ) on the way back from Crusade, one child:

Their daughters were actresses Viola Tree ( who married theatre critic Alan Parsons ) and Felicity Tree ( who married Sir Geoffrey Cory-Wright, third baronet ) and poet Iris Tree ( who married Curtis Moffat, becoming Countess Ledebur ).

On 11 June 1128 Geoffrey married Empress Matilda, the daughter and heiress of King Henry I of England by his first wife Edith of Scotland, and widow of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor.

Geoffrey also had illegitimate children by an unknown mistress ( or mistresses ): Hamelin ; Emme, who married Dafydd Ab Owain Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales ; and Mary, who became a nun and Abbess of Shaftesbury and who may be the poetess Marie de France.

Her youngest son Geoffrey Pole also married well: to Catherine, daughter of Sir Edmund Pakenham, and inherited the estate of Lordington.

In 1913 he married Margaret Keynes, daughter of the economist John Neville Keynes, and sister of the economist John Maynard Keynes and the surgeon Geoffrey Keynes.

Duke of Normandy, married Sybil of Conversano, daughter of Geoffrey of Conversano.

Matilda had been married to Henry V, the Holy Roman Emperor, from which she later claimed the title of Empress, but her husband died in 1125 and she was remarried in 1128 to Geoffrey, the Count of Anjou, whose lands bordered the Duchy of Normandy.

Matilda was also unpopular because she was married to Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou, a traditional enemy of England's Norman nobles.

* Agnes, who married Geoffrey II Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea

After Matilda was widowed in 1125, she returned to her father, who married her to Geoffrey, Count of Anjou.

Fulk abdicated his county seat of Anjou to his son Geoffrey and left for Jerusalem, where he married Melisende on 2 June 1129.

According to Geoffrey of Monmouth's fanciful Historia Regum Britanniae, the British king Vortigern married Rowena, the daughter of Hengist, with the civitas of the Cantiaci ( Kent ) as the bride-gift.