Don't Run He'll Find You
He Is The Summoner
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/canterbury/characters.html.
The summoner would supoena people to appear before an ecclesiastical court and must say why they are to be summoned to court. His power was inquisitorial.
http://www.shmoop.com/canterbury-tales-prologue/the-summoner.html
He was not very popular. they were a ecclesiastic villain who was no less moral than anyone breaking cannon laws. summoners were condemned for extortion in 1342 by council of London and by Parliament in 1378.
http://www.shmoop.com/canterbury-tales-prologue/the-summoner.html
The summoner could lie in court to get people to be excommunication and people high in church were corrupt because they had high education levels and were intelligent.
http://www.shmoop.com/canterbury-tales-prologue/the-summoner.html
Caucer leaves out details of the Summoner's wife, implying she is not important.
http://bookstove.com/classics/analysis-of-the-summoner-from-chaucers-canterbury-tales/
A modern day occupation that mirrors the occupation that the Summoner does would be a Process Server. A process server delivers legal documents to individuals involved in a court case.
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MLA Citiation
Shmoop Editorial Team. "The Summoner in The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue & Frame Story." Shmoop. Shmoop University, Inc., 11 Nov. 2008. Web. 23 Feb. 2016.
"About Process Serving, Service of Process." ServeNow.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2016.