Hendor was a house-carle and servant of Idril Celebrindal during the First Age. It is told that she carried Eärendil, when he was a child, from ruined Gondolin when they, Tuor, and others were attacked by wolf-riders.
References
- The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, chapter 3: "The Fall of Gondolin"