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Richard Whittington [Dick Whittington]
(1350 c.-1423)

NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Whittington, Richard, d. 1423
DNB:    Whittington, Richard [Dick] (c.1350-1423), merchant and mayor of London
LBT ID: DiWhitt1423    VIAF ID: 62788092    LOC ID: n50020371
B/BAP:   1350
DIED:   1423
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Thrice lord mayor of London; he was the subject of a popular legend in which the mayor makes his fortune by the sale of his cat.
REFERENCES TO Richard Whittington [Dick Whittington]:
Charles Lamb to Thomas Manning, 15 February 1802 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)
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Lord Byron to Richard Belgrave Hoppner, 20 June 1819 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)
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Charles Lamb to John Rickman, 3 October 1828 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)
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Sydney Smith to Sarah Austin, 6 March 1841 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)
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