Speght is also the source of the famous tale of Chaucer being fined for beating a Franciscan friar in Fleet Street, as well as a fictitious coat of arms and family tree.
Speght er også kilden til den berømte historie om at Chaucer blev dømt for at have givet en franciskanermunk tæsk i Fleet Street, samt at han fik lavet et fiktivt våbenskjold og stamtræ.