Ashton, John, b. 1834 · London Chatto and Windus · leaf 397
-. Ithas been said that he made money by carrying coals in vesselscalled cats or cattes. Mr. Riley, who edited the famous Liber Albus (which compilation we owe to Whittington),suggests that his fortune was made by achats, which was theFrench name for trading ; and Mr. Lysons, in his charming … The History of Sir Richard Whittington. 381 hook, 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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