Henry Maleverer

Sir Henry Maleverer, generally called Henry of Cornhill, was a grocer in the times of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.[1] He was a crusader, and was appointed by the King of Jerusalem as the guardian of "Jacob's well."[2]

His life was documented as a famous Londoner in Nine Worthies of London by Richard Johnson in 1592.[3]

It is said that he went to the Holy Land as a volunteer.[4]

References
  1. Frey, Albert (1888). Sobriquets and Nicknames. Ticknor. p. 251.
  2. Brewer, E. The Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, Wordsworth, 2001, p. 1150
  3. Hibbert, Christopher (Editor) The London Encyclopaedia (3rd Edition), Pan Macmillan, 2011. p.589
  4. Harley, Edward (1747). A Copious and exact Catalogue of Pamphlets in the Harleian Library, etc. Few MS. notes. p. 81.
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