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Dick Whittington and His Cat is the English folklore surrounding the real-life Richard Whittington (c. 1354–1423), wealthy merchant and later Lord Mayor of London. The legend describes his rise from poverty-stricken childhood with the fortune he made through the sale of his cat to a rat-infested country. However, the real Whittington did not come from a poor family of common stock, and there is no compelling evidence supporting the stories about the cat, or even whether he owned one.
- "History of Whittington and his cat, anonymous chapbook edition (c. 1815-1825)
- "History of Whittington and his cat", anonymous chapbook edition (1852)
- "The History of Whittington", anonymous retelling in The Blue Fairy Book (ed.) by Andrew Lang (1889)
- "Whittington and his Cat" by Joseph Jacobs, in his English Fairy Tales (1890)