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Whittington

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Whit·ting·ton  (hwtng-tn, wt-), Richard 1358?-1423.
English merchant and mayor of London (1397-1399, 1406-1407, and 1419-1420) who loaned large sums of money to Henry IV and Henry V.
Whittington [ˈwɪtɪŋtən]
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(Biographies / Whittington, Richard (death date: 1423) M, English, BUSINESS: merchant, POLITICS: mayor) Richard, known as Dick. died 1423, English merchant, three times mayor of London. According to legend, he walked to London at the age of 13 with his cat and was prevented from leaving again only by the call of the church bells


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As for the animal that made the fortune of the ex-lord-mayor Whittington, I shall never forget the day that I was lying in the house about noon, everybody else being fast asleep; and happening to raise my eyes, met those of a big black spectral cat, which sat erect in the doorway, looking at me with its frightful goggling green orbs, like one of those monstrous imps that torment some of Teniers' saints
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
Since the time of noble Whittington, fair flower of merchants, bells have come to have less sympathy with humankind.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
The principal function of this retainer was to quarrel with the cook; in which respect he was a perfect Whittington, without his cat, or the remotest chance of being made Lord Mayor.
David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context
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