Answer:He likes the Knight because the Knight's character represents all a Knight is supposed to represent: "truth, honor, generousness and courtesy". The Oxford Cleric is another of Chaucer's preferred pilgrims.
The reason that all of the travelers are going to Canterbury is to pay their respects to Saint Thomas a Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury. In the year 1170 Becket was killed by the order of King Henry II.
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