# The Manciple — The Canterbury Tales character guide

> The Manciple in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Manciple, Manciple

**First appearance:** 0000-the-prologue

## Who they are

A shrewd purchaser for a law school who tells a tale.

## In the story

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

Teller of this fable about Phoebus and the crow.

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

Mocks the Cook's drunken state, offers him wine to avoid conflict, and is urged by the Host to tell his tale.

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

Tells the fable of Phoebus and the crow, concluding with a moral about keeping one's tongue.

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

The Manciple has just finished his tale as the chapter opens.

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