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Sir Richard Whittington Lord Mayor of London (1881)
Sir Richard Whittington Lord Mayor of London - 1881 Author:Walter Besant Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: APPENDIX II. The following is a list of some of the noble and great families descended from citizens of London :— Earl of Coventry—John Coventry, mercer, M... more »ayor in 1425. Rich—Earl of Warwick and Holland. Richard Rich, mercer, Sheriff, 1441. Holies—Earls of Clare and Dukes of Newcastle (extinct, 1711)—Sir William Holies, Mayor, 1540. Lord Leigh—Sir Thomas Leigh, Mayor in 1558. Earl of Chtchester (extinct)— Do. do. Pleydell Bouverie—Edward de Bouverie, Turkey merchant; died 1694. Lord Ducie—Sir Robert Ducie, Mayor in 1631. Lord Banning of Sudbury—Paul Banning, Sheriff, 1593. Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex—Lionel Cranfield. Ingram, Viscount Irwin—Hugh Irwin, tallow chandler; died 1612. Sir Stephen Brown, grocer, Mayor, 1438, 1448, father to Sir Antony Brown, Viscount Montague, 1854. Legge, Lord Dartmouth — First Earl descended from Legge, Lord Mayor, 1347, 1354. Sir Geoffrey Bullen, Mayor, 1458, grandfather to Thomas, Earl of Wiltshire, who was the father of Anne Bullen. First Lord Campden—Sir Baptist Hicks, mercer. Built Hicks's Hall. Capel, Earl of Essex—Sir William Capel, draper, Mayor, 1503 ; first set up a cage in every ward for the punishment of idle people. Michael Dormer, Mayor, 1542—from him Lord Dormer. Edward Osborn, Mayor, 1583—Duke of Leeds. Earl Craven, descended from Sir William Craven, Mayor, 1611. Lord Dudley and Ward, descended from William Ward, jeweller to Henrietta. APPENDIX III. List or Books Belonging To John Carpenter MenTioned In His Will. The following list is taken from Brewer's " Life of Carpenter." It is curious as showing the literature read by grave and studious citizens at the time of Whittington. 1. "Alanus de Anticlaudianus." The " Anticlaudianus" was a Latin poem in nine books, treating of...« less