Richard Whittington, known to many as Dick Whittington, was the hero of modern pantomime. Born to a disgraced knight in Gloucester, he travelled to London seeking his fame and fortune.Whittington lived through five reigns – Edward III, Richard, II, Henry IV, Henry V and Henry VI – and was personally known and regarded by all these Medieval monarchs. A fabulously wealthy mercer and prosperous wool merchant, he became the most important benefactor to the City of London. His projects numbered funding a refuge for unmarried women; instituting a novel piped water system; creating a grand latrine that discharged into the River Thames; rebuilding Newgate Gaol; improving Guildhall Library; repairing London Bridge; and creating a College of Priests with an Almshouse that still flourishes today at Felbridge, Sussex. He also financed Henry V’s French campaign that culminated in the spectacular victory at the Battle of Agincourt.… But what of his ubiquitous cat?

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Gregory Holyoake is a professional author, actor and schoolteacher who lives in Deal, Kent. He has been a photo-journalist for over fifty years and his work has appeared regularly in publications including ‘Country Life’, ‘Country Homes and Interiors’, ’Illustrated London News’, ‘Heritage’, ‘This England’, ‘The Lady’, ‘The Observer’ and ‘Evening Standard’ magazine. Formerly he was chief photo-journalist for the county magazine ‘Kent Life’.

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A collection of second-hand antique and vintage books. The inventory focuses on Church history; Reformation History; Renaissance History; History of THeology; History of the Middle Ages; Medieval Education and Learning; History of spirituality in the Middle Ages; Monastic History of the Middle Ages; Women's Studies, Middle Ages; History of the Netherlands; and Dutch Religious Literature of the Middle Ages. Also available new items: (multiple copies) They Farmed Well. The Dutch-Canadian Agricultural Community in Nova Scotia, 1945-1995 G. H. Gerrits. Kentville, N.S.: Vinland Press, 1996. 183 pp. Bibliography. Illustrated Examines the reasons for emigrating to Nova Scotia; various aspects of the immigrants? background in the Netherlands; government and other programs available to them in Nova Scotia to purchase farms; their contributions to agriculture in Nova Scotia. Immigration, Settlement, and the Origins of the Christian Reformed Church in the Maritime Provinces of Canada, c. 1950 ? c. 1965 G. H. Gerrits. Kentville, N.S.: Vinland Press, 2015. 310 pp. Bibliography. Index. Illustrated When Reformed Protestants from the Netherlands first settled in the Maritimes around 1950, the American-based Christian Reformed Church, which has Dutch roots, sent so-called home missionaries and fieldmen to the Maritimes to organize the Reformed Protestants into congregations. The financial assistance offered to the immigrant farmers ? and the bulk of them were farmers ? by the government of Nova Scotia, in particular, made this province an attractive place to settle and also drew Dutch immigrant farmers from other parts of Canada, especially Ontario after they had settled there first.

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