# Simkin — The Canterbury Tales character guide

> Simkin in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** quoth Simkin, Disdainful Simkin

**First appearance:** 0005-the-reeve-s-tale

## Who they are

A proud miller in the Reeve's Tale.

## In the story

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

The dishonest miller who steals grain from the students and is outwitted in turn.

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

The proud and thieving miller of Trompington; he steals the clerks' flour and later gets drunk.

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