# The Canon's Yeoman — The Canterbury Tales character guide

> The Canon's Yeoman in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0069-the-canon-s-yeoman-s-tale

## Who they are

A servant of a canon who tells a tale of alchemy.

## In the story

### [The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_canterbury_tales_se/chapters/the-canon-s-yeoman-s-tale)

The narrator of the tale, a servant to the canon who exposes the secrets of alchemical fraud.

### [The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_canterbury_tales_se/chapters/the-canon-s-yeoman-s-tale)

Describes the canon's deceptive practices and the priest's gullibility.

### [The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_canterbury_tales_se/chapters/the-prologue)

Reveals the secrets of alchemy and his master's deceit, leading to the Canon's flight.

### [The Canon's Yeoman's Tale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_canterbury_tales_se/chapters/the-tale)

Narrates his personal experience with alchemy and tells the tale of a false canon.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_canterbury_tales_se/chapters/endnotes)

His tale is noted in the discussion of manuscript placement.

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