A vivid, richly informative biography of the medieval entrepreneur, social reformer and -influencer- at court.
The extraordinary story of Richard Whittington, from his arrival in London as a young boy to his death in 1423, against a backdrop of plague, politics and war; turbulence between Crown, City and Commons; and the unrelenting financial demands of Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V, to whom Whittington was mercer, lender and fixer.
A man determined to follow his own path, Whittington was a significant figure in London-s ceaseless development. As a banker, Collector of the Wool Custom, King-s Council member and four-time mayor, Whittington featured prominently in the rise of the capital-s merchant class and powerful livery companies. Civic reformer, enemy of corruption and author of an extraordinary social legacy, he contributed to Henry V-s victory at Agincourt and oversaw building works at Westminster Abbey. In London, Whittington found his -second-
