Sir Henry Maleverer, generally called Henry of
Cornhill, was a
grocer
A grocery store (American English, AE), grocery shop (British English, BE) or simply grocery is a store that primarily retails a general range of food Product (business), products, which may be Fresh food, fresh or Food preservation, packaged ...
in the times of
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. He was a
crusader, and was appointed by the
King of Jerusalem as the guardian of "
Jacob's well."
His life was documented as a famous
Londoner in ''
Nine Worthies of London'' by
Richard Johnson in 1592.
It is said that he went to the
Holy Land
The Holy Land; Arabic: or is an area roughly located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern Bank of the Jordan River, traditionally synonymous both with the biblical Land of Israel and with the region of Palestine. The term "Holy ...
as a volunteer.
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References
English businesspeople
Christians of the Crusades
12th-century English people