Proper noun
Thynne
A surname.
Francis Thynne noted some of these inconsistencies in his Animadversions, insisting that Chaucer was not a commoner, and he objected to the friar-beating story. Source: Internet
Yet Thynne himself underscores Chaucer's support for popular religious reform, associating Chaucer's views with his father William Thynne's attempts to include The Plowman's Tale and The Pilgrim's Tale in the 1532 and 1542 Works. Source: Internet
Thynne had a successful career from the 1520s until his death in 1546, when he was one of the masters of the royal household. Source: Internet