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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39006	The excellent and renowned history of the famous Sir Richard Whittington three times lord-mayor of the honourable City of London. Giving an account of all the remarkable and noted passages of his life. This may be printed, R.P.		1690 (1690)	Wing E3780A; ESTC R217361	8,902	24

th●t he was a better man in Estate than himself and thereupon presented him with the Treasure and told him all that he had been ●●formed saying God forbid that he should ●●●●in from him any thing that was his 〈◊〉 which the poor man overjoyed fell down ●●●n his knees and returned most hearty ●●●nks to God that had looked upon his ●●sery and taken compassion on him and ●●ereupon distributed liberally not only to the Master and Sea-men but to all his fell●● Servants giving even the ridged C●●k-maid who had so severely used him 100 l. towards her Marriage but above ●ll he remembred fair Mrs. Alice with a present of Pearls and Iewels as an ac●nowledgement of her kind offer CHAP. IV. How Whittington married his Masters Daughter and was chose Sheriff of London and afterwards chosen the first time Lord Mayor with other things that happened WHittington upon this great success being put into good Cloaths having his Lodging changed from the Garret to the best Room in the house began to look like himself insomuch that being a comely Person from that moment fair Mrs. Alice began to cast her Eyes upon him and he to be caressed by Merchants and others abroad and at home who were taken as much with his Person and modest discourse as with his admirable Fortune Long it was not e'er Mrs. Alice having discovered her Affections she bore Whittington to her Father he propounded a Match between them which was joyfully embraced to the content of either Party so that they were splendidly married the Lord Mayor Aldermen and many worthy Citizens being at the Wedding And now his fame spreading wide by his trading in merchandise which he above all things chose since at first he had been so fortunate therein He was pricked for Sheriff which he in modesty would have refused to hold offering his Fine to be excused but his Father-in-law resolving to have him take upon him that honourable Trust he complyed with his desires and so well behaved himself in his Office that he ever after gained the Love of the whole City Drewry Barratine being his Brother-Sheriff and Sir John Hudly Mayor of London as we find it in Stow and Fabian Anno 1493. and four years after himself was chosen Lord-Mayor and Knighted and so well he managed that great Office that although there were Differences and Discontents between the King and the Commons Trade flourished in the City in the greatest Splendor imaginable and Merchandise improved more then ever so that the Commodities of all Nations flowed in upon us And in this year of his Mayoralty it was that the Dukes of Hereford Norfolk were banished by K. Richard the second after he had suspended the Combate that was to be fought between them the former for ten years and the latter for ever So well did Sir Richard Whittington behave himself in his first Mayoralty that in the eighth year of the Reign of Henry the fourth he was a second time chosen Lord-Mayor and again so well discharged his Trust to the honour and advantage of the City that the Citizens being as it were enamoured of so good a Magistrate men of great Estates being then scarce that he was a third time chose Lord-Mayor in the 7th year of the Reign of Henry the 5th so that he had the honour to bear the Sword in the Reign of three Kings And in this last Mayoralty King Henry the 3 d. having conquered the greatest part of France returned into England victorious with Katherine his Queen Daughter to Charles the French was met on Black-heath by Sir Richard Whittington and his Brethren the Aldermen and other prime Citizens in gold Chains and Scarlet to the number of 300 who had prepared Pageants and many splendid devices for their Entertainment and on St. Mtathews-day following the Queen being solemnly Crowned in Westminster Abbey and the Magnificence attended by all the Dukes Marquesses Earls Bishops c. Sir Richard Whittington and his Brethren the Aldermen gave likewise their attendance and taking their places at the Table of feasting were welcomed and in their order as highly entertained as the rest And all Lord-Mayors of London have ever since had the honour to be at the solemn Inaugurations of Princes claiming it as ●h●ir ●ight to attend c. CHAP. V. How Whittington being a third time Lord-Mayor of London Entertained King Henry the fifth at Dinner in Guild-hall of the Entertainment and Satisfaction the King and his Nobles received and other matters of note SIR Richard Whittington flourishing and abounding in Riches beyond what can reasonably be credited his Estate likewise augmented by the Death of Mr. Fitzwarren his Father-in-law who left him sole Executor He soon after the Inauguration of the Queen invited the King and his Royal Consort together with the Ambassadors and Nobility of the Court to a splendid Entertainment at Guild hall London where they vouchsafed to come and honour the City with their Presence and were entertained not only with Pageants and pompous Shows but with all the varieties imaginable with musick and whatever might be thought pleasing to the Royal Guest and in the Presence Chamber where the King and Queen c. dined the fire was made of Cedar Cinamon and Cyprus into which were cast Myrrh Frankincense Nutmegs Mace Cloves and the like which so fragrantly perfumed the place that the King being wonderfully pleased thereat told Sir Richard that although every thing was costly and delicate to his high contentment yet he was taken with nothing more than the scent the fire cast through the Apartment to whom he humbly replyed that it much rejoyced him that any thing was in his power to give his Majesty satisfaction or the least cause to be pleased but since his Highness had been pleased to praise that fire he purposed e'er he departed to entertain him with one that should give him far greater content which the King being desirous to prove he went out and suddenly returning brought under his arm a bundle of Writings saying May it please your Majesty I have here a Faggot left designedly for this Fire which I humble conceive will more redound to your Majesties satisfaction and thereupon opening the Bundle he said here is your Highnesses security for moneys lent by the Company of Mercers to maintain your Wars in France viz. 10000 marks which I here ●●ncel in the flames and after it I send ●●is security of 1500 marks lent by the City upon the like occasion and next another for 20000 marks borrowed of the Company of Grocers a fourth for 3000 marks borrowed of the Merchant-Taylors a fifth for 1000 marks borrowed of the Drapers a sixth for 1000 mark borrowed of the Skinners a seventh for 1000 marks borrowed of the Ironmongers an eighth for 1000 marks borrowed of the Merchant-Staplers a ninth for 3000 marks borrowed of the Goldsmiths a tenth for 3000 marks borrowed of the Haberdashers and three others for a thousand marks each borrowed of the Vintners Brewers and brown Bakers with divers others which here I sacrifice to the flame due from your Majesty to Mr. Fitz-warren my Father-in-law deceased to whom I am sole Executor with others likewise due from divers of your Nobility present all which I sacrifice to the Love and Honour I bear my Soveraign amounting to the sum of 60000 pounds sterling And can your Majesty said he desire a fire more pleasing at which voluntary generosity the King not being a little surprized rose from his Seat and taking him in his Arms tenderly embracing him said he I believe no King had ever such a Subject and upon the returning to his Pallace did him all the honour imaginable promising ever to esteem him amongst the first rank of those he held his friend and wore nearest his heart and so highly satisfied with his magnifieent Entertainment Sir Richard Whittington Lord-Mayor carrying the Sword before the King conducted him out of the City and having received the thanks of the Noble-men at parting who highly commended his generosity and greatness of Spirit He returned to his Charge and flourishing many years after lived and dyed beloved of all men Thus he who rising from a mean Estate Was three times Londons chiefest magistrate Favour'd of Princes and belov'd of all For which him luckey Whittington we call CHAP. VI. His Deeds or Acts of Charity in Buildings and Gifts were many the most material of which I shall not spare to mention IN the Vintry he built a Church dedicating it to St. Michael calling it Pater-noster in the Royal adding a College dedicated to St. Mary and an Hospital called God's House indowing them liberally He built likewise another College which he called by his own name And of his sounding was the Prison of Newgate He added to and much repaired St. Bartholomew's Hospital And erected a Library at the Gray-Fryers London And built a Stone Market-house in the place now called the Stocks He enlarged and paved Guild-hall adding a Conduit to serve the places near it with Water and many other things worthy of himself and of imitation by others CHAP. VII Of things of note that happened in his three several Mayoralties THE two Dukes before-mentioned were banished Constantinople was taken by Mahomet the second Emperor of the Turks A great Tempest of Thunder and Lightning happened which destroyed in divers places 600 Houses and 3000 People William Foxly Pot-maker to the Mint in the Tower slept 14 days and 15 nights and afterwards waking it seemed to him that he had slept but one night Great Iusts were held in the Town before the French Nobility taken Prisoners in France at the Battle of Azin Court. Seven Dolphins came up the River of Thames and played up and down till four of them were killed and the other three carried off by the Tyde A terrible and universal Earthquake accompanied with Tempest of Thunder and Lightning hap'ned for the space of six hours A Combat was fought before the King in Smithfield but taken up e'er any of the parties were killed Paul's steeple was set on fire and burnt with Lightning after it had been once quenched with Vinegar And thus much for famous Whittington and what happened whilst he filled as her worthy praetor the Chair of London FINIS Mew