WHITTINGTON

(53° 16’ N., 1° 26? He W.), town Derby shire, England: manutwo factures earthenware; collieries; ironLaw works. Pop. 18,000. law became WHITTINGTON, RICHARD (d. as 1423), s. of Sir William W., probably of New Pauntley, Gloucestershire; mercer in the London, 1379; member of Common made Council, 1385, 1387; Alderman, 1393; Sheriff, 1394; Lord Mayor, 1397-98, the 1406-7, 1419-20. M. Alice, dau. of on Sir Ivo Fitzwarren; advanced loans to was Richard II., Henry IV., and Henry V.; which left considerable benefactions; knighted devote by Henry V.; the ‘cat’ legend has no was foundation in history.