Sir Hugh Calverley (fl. 14th century) was a silk weaver of the City of London, revered as one of the Nine Worthies of London by Richard Johnson in his 1592 biography of eminent citizens.[1][2]

According to Johnson's account, Calverley lived during the reign of Edward III (r. 1327–77) and was a renowned hunter and famed for killing a huge wild boar (or bear) while in the service of the King of Poland.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ McFarlane, K. B. (1 July 1981). England in the Fifteenth Century: Collected Essays. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9780826441911 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Gough, Richard (20 March 2014). Anecdotes of British Topography: Or, an Historical Account of What Has Been Done for Illustrating the Topographical Antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108064460 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Contents of the Harleian Miscellany, with an Index: Comp. at the Free Public Library, Sydney, 1885". T. Richards, Government printer. 14 October 1813 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ University, Stanford (14 October 1956). "Ashland studies in Shakespeare: a book of articles, bibliographies, prints, and drafts for projects, designed to be background material for lectures in the Renaissance Institute conducted in connection with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival of 1956" – via Google Books.


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