MAURICE, MAURICES, MAURICIUS. Maurice is Custance's son in The Man of Law's Tale. Chaucer follows Trevet, who names his heroine's son Morys. [Alla: Custance: Donegild: Hermengyld]

Maurice is OF from Latin Mauritius, of which Mauricius is a variant. Maurice appears once medially, MLT 1063, and once in final rhyming position, MLT 1086; Mauricius appears once, initially, MLT 723. Maurices, the ME genitive case, appears once, initially, MLT 1127.