Darn! Blast!Chaucer died 1400 and was writing at the the court of Edward III and his successor! So i wasn't advancing English a century. Chaucer is regarded as the first major english writer to write in English and his first major work was a royal commission most likely.
Duh, 1500 would overlap Henry VIII. That's absurd. That's one of the stupidest mistakes I've made on this board in a while. Gah!
Sorry.