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| Keywords: John.gower.southwark.london.arp.jpg The tomb of John Gower in Southwark Cathedral Southwark London England <br> The information notice about the tomb reads <br> This is the tomb of John Gower d 1408 Poet Laureate to Richard II and to Henry IV Gower has been called the first English poet because when most literary people wrote in French or Latin he wrote also in English He had a house and chapel within the precincts of the Augustinian Priory St Mary Overie to the north of this Cathedral Church He left money for the founding of a chantry chapel in which he was buried This chapel which stood on the north side of the nave was destroyed but the present tomb stands on or near the site on which it was originally built <br> The head of the effigy rests on three books Gower wrote Vox Clamantis in Latin Speculum Meditantis in French and Confessio Amantis in English Photographed by Adrian Pingstone in June 2005 and placed in the public domain 2005-06-10 own assumed Arpingstone Medieval church monuments in England Church monuments in Surrey Church monuments in Southwark Cathedral Chantry chapels in England John Gower | ||||
