Christopher Croker

Sir Christopher Croker (fl. 1360s/70s) was a vintner 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][3]

According to Johnson's account, Croker was apprenticed to a vintner of Gracechurch Street.[4][5] He later became a soldier, and was a companion and friend of Edward the Black Prince who assisted Pedro of Castile in maintaining his claim to the throne of Castile in the War of the Two Peters (England was involved in the years 1362–75).[6]

References

1. Timbs, John (October 14, 1866). "Things Not Generally Known, Familiarly Explained: A Book for Old and Young". Lockwood & Company – via Google Books.
2. Timbs, John (October 14, 1869). "Historic Ninepins: A Book of Curiosities, where Old and Young May Read Strange Matters". Lockwood & Company – via Google Books.
3. Nichols, John Gough (October 14, 1874). "The Herald and Genealogist". Nichols – via Google Books.
4. "The Welcome Guest". G. Fall. October 14, 1861 – via Google Books.
5. Chambers, Robert (October 14, 1872). "The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar, Including Anecdote, Biography, & History, Curiosities of Literature and Oddities of Human Life and Character". W. & R. Chambers – via Google Books.
6. Urdang, Laurence (December 1, 1992). Three Toed Sloths and Seven League Boots: A Dictionary of Numerical Expressions. Barnes & Noble Books. ISBN 9781566190503 – via Google Books.