Possible Clues:

• Thanks to Shakespeare the herald will get on with it
• Thanks to the poet, we know pilgrims met here
• Territorials taking up dull brown coat
• Jerkin
• Herald's coat (acknowledgment to Shakespeare)
• Chaucer inn
• So wearing for the herald, thanks to Shakespeare
• It's so wearing for the herald to give thanks to Shakespeare
• Sleeveless garment
• The herald wears it, thanks to Shakespeare