Who is the Friar?

From Chaucer's description of the friar in the Prologue, we learn many important things:

-wanton

-merry

-festive

-limiter

-festive

-charismatic

-Highly liked

-intimate in deals with franklins

-licentiate with Order

-easy/penance-giving

-Tippett always stuffed with pocket knives and pins to give young/pleasing wives

-singer

-flirtatious

-intervenor

-lisp

-passionate when singing

-named Hubert

"A friar there was, a wanton and merry, a limiter, a very festive man. In all Four Orders* is no one that can equal his gossip and well spoken speech...His two eyes twinkled in his head as bright as do the stars within the frosty night. This worthy friar was named Hubert."