Henry Maleverer

Sir Henry Maleverer, generally called Henry of Cornhill, was a grocer in the times of King Henry IV of England. He was a crusader, and was appointed by the King of Jerusalem as the guardian of “Jacob's well.”[1] His life was documented as a famous Londoner in Nine Worthies of London by Richard Johnson in 1592.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Brewer, E. The Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, Wordsworth, 2001, p. 1150
  2. ↑ Hibbert, Christopher (Editor) The London Encyclopaedia (3rd Edition), Pan Macmillan, 2011. p.589
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