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	Richard (Dick) Whittington - Early port - Port Cities
		Richard Whittington’s fortune was used for many charitable purposes, including almshouses (housing for poor people), a library, and also public works such as improvement to the water supply and a public lavatory.
		The legend of Dick is commemorated by the Whittington Stone on Highgate Hill, from where Dick is supposed to have heard the City’s bells.
		Born in Gloucestershire, the younger son of William Whittington, lord of the Manor of Pauntley in Gloucestershire.
	www.portcities.org.uk /london/server/show/ConFactFile.16/Richard-(Dick)-Whittington.html (0 words)

	Purr-n-Fur UK: The Tale of Dick Whittington and his Cat (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The popular myth is that Dick, who hailed from Gloucestershire, was orphaned at a young age, and as there was no one to look after him and he was very poor, he decided to go to London to seek his fortune.
		Dick had only his cat to give, and although he loved her dearly and would have to put up with the rats again, he gave her to the captain to sell or trade.
		The story of Dick Whittington, thrice Mayor of London, has survived over the centuries and still appeals to people, perhaps because of the idea that they also could dream of going to the big city and making their fortune: certainly London remains a magnet for all kinds of people hoping to better their position.
	www.purr-n-fur.org.uk /fabled/whitt/whittington.html (1252 words)

	Dick Whittington (London Walks)
		The legend of “Dick Whittington and his Cat” is one of England’s most famous folk tales, and there is evidence to suggest that the pantomime version of the story, that still delights audiences today, was being played in much the same form in the 17th century.
		Dick was a poor boy who lived in the days of Edward 111 and who came to London expecting to find the streets “paved with gold”.
		Alice Whittington pre-deceased her husband and, since they had no children, when he died in 1423, his fortune went to benefit his fellow citizens and to maintain the large number of charities that he had begun during his lifetime.
	www.london-walks.co.uk /63/dick-whittington.shtml (646 words)

	Dick Whittington \| EPA History \| US EPA (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dick Whittington, a veteran of 24 years in Texas state and local environmental affairs, was sworn in today as the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Region 6 office, which includes Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
		Whittington was deputy director of the Texas Department of Water Resources from 1977 until assuming his new EPA position.
		Whittington, 53, is a native of Liberty County, Texas, and a veteran of the Army Corps of Engineers.
	www.epa.gov /history/admin/reg06/whittington.htm (390 words)

	Dick Whittington
		This enables him to be identified as the third son of Sir William Whittington of Pauntley in Gloucestershire, a knight of good family, who married after 1355 Joan, daughter of William Mansel, and widow of Thomas Berkeley of Cubberley.
		Whittington sat in the common council as a representative of Coleman Street Ward, was elected alderman of Broad Street in March 1393, and served as sheriff in 1393-94.
		The Richard Whittington of history is thus very different from the Dick Whittington of popular legend, which makes him a poor orphan employed as a scullion by the rich merchant, Sir Hugh Fitzwarren, who ventures the cat, his only possession, on one of his master's ships.
	www.nndb.com /people/219/000103907 (820 words)

	McManus. Tales Told in Twilight. Dick Whittington and his Cat
		Dick, without much ado, told the wagoner his plan, and begged him for a lift until he was sufficiently rested to allow him to walk again.
		Dick took his prize up to his loft, and kept her in an old wicker basket out of the cook's sight, as he feared she would do the cat a mischief.
		All through this dreadful period Whittington's cat was kept alive and well, and this no doubt was owing to the great care taken of her by the captain himself, who had not forgotten the interest Ahce had expressed to him about the cat.
	www.kellscraft.com /mcmtwilight/twilight04.html (2333 words)

	Dick Whittington
		Dick Whittington may be a singing pantomime character today, but 600 years ago he was a clever businessman who became the Lord Mayor of London.
		Whittington knew the market for luxury cloth and made a killing at the royal court where Richard II was particularly partial to expensive gold cloth.
		Dick was overjoyed and he would have been completely happy in the Fitzwarren home if not for the cook, who took every opportunity to punish him.
	www.thewhittingtons.org.nz /dick_whittington.htm (1531 words)

	Oldham Coliseum Theatre - THE TRUE DICK WHITTINGTON
		Whittington served an apprenticeship, and eventually became a ‘mercer, dealing in valuable cloth from abroad, such as silks, velvets and cloth of gold.
		Whittington supplied large quantities to King Richard II (who owed Whittington £1000 when he was deposed in 1399) and to King Henry IV.
		Dick Whittington was a poor boy from Gloucestershire who walked to London to seek his fortune.
	www.coliseum.org.uk /default.asp?id=75 (912 words)

	Dick Whittington and His Cat - an English folktale
		Richard Whittington was a real person, the son of a knight and himself a rich merchant in London.
		Dick had a little room of his own where he could have been very happy if it had not been for the rats.
		Dick was astonished - but he did as the bells said and went back to Mr.
	www.longlongtimeago.com /llta_folktales_dickwhittington.html (0 words)

	Dick Whittington
		Dick Whittington, a poor boy from Gloucestershire, goes to London to seek his fortune, but he can't find a job.
		Dick, Tommy, Alice and Sarah are wandering around, marvelling at this strange place ("Can you understand the people here?" "Look, they bow to each other all the time!") and not knowing where to go.
		Dick is now rich so he asks Alice to marry him, and she says yes.
	tanuki.org.uk /dickw.html (1353 words)

	Myths, Legends, Fantasy... - Dick Whittington and His Cat
		Dick Whittington was a real historical character and was Lord Mayor of London three times (1397-98, 1406-07 and 1419-20).
		Dick tried and tried, and at last he was lucky.
		Although Dick was very hungry, he gave some of his fish to the cat.
	elt.britcoun.org.pl /elt/m_dick.htm (748 words)

	Dick Whittington Tickets — Dick Whittington Pantomime, Dick Whittington and his Cat Panto (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dick Whittington tickets are ideal for fans of the traditional pantomime who know the story of future 3-time Lord Mayor of London heading to the city to seek his fortune with his trusty cat right behind him.
		Dick Whittington tickets let you enjoy a pantomime headed by Sam Kelly, playing Alderman Fitzwarren, whose credits include theatre productions of The Two Ronnies and Under the Whaleback, as well as Vicar of Dibley and Only Fools and Horses star Roger Lloyd Pack, who’s playing Sarah the Cook.
		In light of the Dick Whittington pantomime, the Barbican’s first ever panto performance, the centre is presenting a dressing up afternoon, and a dressing up evening for a more adult crowd.
	www.viewlondon.co.uk /dick-whittington-tickets_index.html (304 words)

	Dick Whittington - Definition, explanation
		Dick Whittington is a character in British pantomime, very loosely based on the real-life Richard Whittington.
		There are several versions of the traditional story, which tells how Dick, a boy from a poor family, sets out for London to make his fortune, accompanied by his cat.
		In one version of the tale, he travels abroad on a ship, and wins many friends as a result of the rat-catching activities of his cat; in another he sends his cat and it is sold to make his fortune.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/d/di/dick_whittington.php (289 words)

	Dick Whittington Panto Script - read complete scripts for pantomimes at Lazy Bee Scripts
		Read the complete Dick Whittington panto script on line.
		Dick Whittington is a pantomime in two acts with a run time approximately 2 hours.
		The script is displayed in a Java applet which takes time to load (depends on modem speed).
	www.lazybeescripts.co.uk /pantomimes/Dick_Whittington_Version_3.htm (119 words)

	Guild Players \| Dick Whittington
		We are all familiar with the homely tale of poor country boy Dick Whittington finding fame and fortune in London through the rat catching activities of his cat in far away lands.
		Richard Whittington was born in 1350, the son of a Gloucestershire Knight.
		There is no evidence that Dick Whittington ever kept a cat, and as a son of a wealthy nobleman he was never really poor.
	www.guildplayers.org.uk /productions/past00/dickwhittington.php (0 words)

	Dick Whittington, Legend, Whittington Castle
		Richard was the third son of Sir William Whittington of Pauntley, Gloustershire and he married Sir Ivo Fitz-waryn’s daughter, Alice.
		Whittington sat in the city common council in 1385 and 1387 as a representative of Coleman Street Ward.
		When Adam Bamme, the mayor of London, died in June 1397, Whittington was appointed by the King to succeed him and in 1398-99, Whittington was elected as mayor.
	www.shropshiretourism.info /castles/whittington/dick_whittington.htm (380 words)

	Dick Whittington - Encyclopedia.com
		Whittington, Dick (Richard) (1358–1423) English merchant, Lord Mayor of London on several occasions between 1397 and 1420.
		Dick Whittington helps his village after 600 years.
		Dick Whittington & The Farepak Hamper; Apanto starring some of the people who have graced my columns during 2006.(Features)
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1O142-WhittingtonDick.html (462 words)

	Press Invite: Dick Whittington summer school show Friday 8 July
		The Dick Whittington programme culminates in a morning of medical presentations by the students on patients they have met, which will take place on Friday 8 July 2005 in Archway, North London.
		This year, the Dick Whittington Summer School is hosting 40 students from less affluent socio-economic backgrounds who are spending a week at University College London's Archway campus along with the Whittington Hospital in North London.
		The Dick Whittington Summer School is funded by Islington Pathfinder, Sutton Trust and University College London.
	www.ucl.ac.uk /media/library/dickwhittington (0 words)

	Dick Whittington: The Man Behind the Legend - Associated Content
		Dick Whittington, far from being a fictional character in a children’s story, was very much a real person.
		Far from being a poor boy from Gloucestershire, Dick or Richard Whittington was a younger son of Sir William Whittington, Lord of Pauntley in Gloucestershire.
		Richard Whittington was sent to become apprenticed to Ivo Fitzwarren, a wealthy mercer or dealer in expensive cloth, such as silk, velvet, and cloth of gold.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/37930/error (499 words)

	Dick Whittington - Moviefone
		Dick Whittington (also Dick Wittington) is a character in a British pantomime,...
		Dick Whittington and His Cat is a pantomime in two acts with a run time...
		Follow Dick Whttington as he journeys to London with his cat.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/dick-whittington/76068/main?_pgtyp=pdct (85 words)

	Dick Whittington
		Dick is lucky enough to get a job at Alderman Fitzwarren's shop and is pleased to be working there with the Alderman's daughter Alice.
		Dick and his cat make their way to the docks and set off to sea, but with the determination to return in glory and splendour one day.
		Dick and his cat return to London in glory and Alderman Fitzwarren, glad to now have a son in law with money, happily watches Alice become Mrs.
	www.ltmpantomime.com /pages/detailed/dickwhit.html (212 words)

	Dick Whittington
		The Pantomime 'Dick Whittington' is one of the few home grown stories, along with 'The Babes In The Wood'.
		The story is based on the real life Richard Whittington, who unlike his pantomime character was not poor, being the third son of Sir William Whittington of Gloucester.
		In the tale Dick and his cat journey to Morocco, where 'Tommy' as the cat is traditionally known rids the country of rats, earning Dick half the Sultan's wealth as a reward.
	www.its-behind-you.com /dickwhittington.html (0 words)

	Dick Whittington (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dick Whittington and His Cat, from 'Peeps Into The Past', Published c.
		The legend is that Dick Whittington, a poor country boy, came to London with his cat seeking his fortune.
		The relationship deteriorated to such an extent that a corporate fine of £100,000 (an enormous sum at the time) was levied on the city and the mayor and sheriffs were dismissed, leaving London under direct royal control.
	www.allinfoaboutlondon.com /index.php?page=106 (617 words)

	PeoplePlay UK - Dick Whittington
		The first performance of Dick Whittington was at Covent Garden in 1814.
		Dick Whittington was based on a real character who lived in the 15th century and was Lord Mayor of London three times.
		In the early versions of the pantomime the balloon scene was the Harlequin chase scene and the characters of Dick and Alice would transform into Harlequin and Columbine hotly pursued by Pantaloon.
	www.peopleplayuk.org.uk /guided_tours/pantomime_tour/the_origins_of_pantomime_stories/dick.php (0 words)

	Dick Whittington
		Like many people of my vintage, I was a child at a pantomime when I first learnt of Dick Whittington and his famous cat.
		Richard Whittington (c1358- 1423) was the youngest son of the wealthy Sir William Whittington of Pauntley in Gloucestershire.
		Whittington was a generous benefactor in his lifetime (for example, he built a library at Greyfriars, established a ward at St. Thomas’ Hospital for unmarried mothers and rebuilt the Church of St. Michael Paternoster Royal), and an even more munificent one in his will.
	www.bikwil.com /Vintage30/Dick-Whittington.html (270 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dick Whittington (also Dick Wittington) is a character in a British pantomime, very loosely based on the real-life Richard Whittington, who was born, probably in Gloucestershire, in the late 1350s and died in London in 1423.
		Dick Whittington and His Cat: "A pantomime [1] by Stuart Ardern." ("Read the complete Dick Whittington panto script on line.
		Dick Whittington and His Cat is a pantomime in two acts with a run time approximately 1 hour 45 minutes.") Accessed December 1, 2006.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Dick_Whittington (379 words)

	Dick Whittington, a CurtainUp London review
		Summer Stollen is upright and appealing as thigh slapping Dick and Derek Elroy grooms his fur and dispatches the rat population.
		The children in the audience were so involved with the action, the suspension of disbelief for them was total as they called words of encouragement to Dick Whittington and exposed or disparaged the villains.
		The Dame's clothes are delightfully extravagant, a reminder of the fine silks and fabrics the original Sir Richard Whittington traded in as a mercer in the fourteenth century.
	www.curtainup.com /dickwhittington.html (755 words)

	Dick Whittington
		Alice fancies young Dick and the cat is trying to make friends with the cook.
		Poor Dick gets the blame and is forced to sail off and seek his fortune in far-away Morocco.
		Dick's cat solves his problems and the travellers set off for London once more.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~derek01/dickcast.htm (218 words)

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