Whittington, Richard
Other Business Names:
- Whittington, Dick
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Financial services
Private loan financing inc individuals & businesses
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Merchanting & trade, international & inland
Raw wool trading & trade
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Merchanting & trade, international & inland
Silk, velvet & other luxury fabrics trading & trade inc mercery & tapestry
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Merchanting & trade, international & inland
Woollen textiles trading & trade
Notes:
Richard 'Dick' Whittington, c1350-1423, is well known for his civic career, latterly as Lord Mayor of London. He derived his great wealth and influence from his business as a mercer and moneylender. By 1379 he was a noted trader in fabrics and associated made up luxury goods, probably participating in exports of wool, woollen cloth and also silks, linens, etc. Supplier to the Court and Royal Wardrobe. By 1388 also an important money lender to the King and aristocracy
Publications:
- English Merchants. Memoirs in illustration of the progress of British commerce by Bourne, H R Fox
- Paved with Gold. The life and times of the real Dick Whittington by Holyoake, Gregory
- Richard Whittington and his sales to the Great Wardrobe in the years 1392 to 1394 by Staniland, Kay
- 'Richard Whittington. The man behind the myth' in A E J Hollaender & W Kellaway (eds), Studies in London History. Presented to Philip Edmund Jones by Barron, Caroline M
- Wealth of England. The medieval wool trade and its political influence, 1100-1600 by Rose, Susan
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Whittington, Dick
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Financial services Private loan financing inc individuals & businesses
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland Raw wool trading & trade
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland Silk, velvet & other luxury fabrics trading & trade inc mercery & tapestry
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland Woollen textiles trading & trade
Notes:
Richard 'Dick' Whittington, c1350-1423, is well known for his civic career, latterly as Lord Mayor of London. He derived his great wealth and influence from his business as a mercer and moneylender. By 1379 he was a noted trader in fabrics and associated made up luxury goods, probably participating in exports of wool, woollen cloth and also silks, linens, etc. Supplier to the Court and Royal Wardrobe. By 1388 also an important money lender to the King and aristocracyPublications:
- English Merchants. Memoirs in illustration of the progress of British commerce by Bourne, H R Fox
- Paved with Gold. The life and times of the real Dick Whittington by Holyoake, Gregory
- Richard Whittington and his sales to the Great Wardrobe in the years 1392 to 1394 by Staniland, Kay
- 'Richard Whittington. The man behind the myth' in A E J Hollaender & W Kellaway (eds), Studies in London History. Presented to Philip Edmund Jones by Barron, Caroline M
- Wealth of England. The medieval wool trade and its political influence, 1100-1600 by Rose, Susan