Ashton, John, b. 1834 · London, Chatto and Windus · leaf 401
, and the Grey Friars, repaired St.Bartholomews Hospital, and materially contributed towardsthe rebuilding of the nave of Westminster Abbey. These arethe bare facts of his life. His cat still remains a mystery. Ithas been said that he made money by carrying coals in vesselscalled cats or cattes.… … The History of Sir Richard WJdttington. 381 book, The Model Merchant of the Middle Ages, defends theordinary story on these grounds : I St. From the ancient and generally received tradition ; 2nd. From the scarcity and value of domestic cats at thatperiod; 3rd. From its not being a solitary…
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