Gresham, Richard

Abt 1492 - 1549  (~ 57 years)

• Name	Gresham, Richard
  Born	Abt 1492	Of Holt, Norfolk, England
  Gender	Male
  Buried	24 Feb 1549	Of St Lawrence Jewry, London, England
  Person ID	I04583	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 May 2015

  
  

  Father	Gresham, John,   b. Abt 1460, Of Holt, Norfolk, England ,   d. Abt 1556, England  (Age ~ 96 years)
  Mother	Blyth, Alice,   b. Abt 1470, Of Stratton, Norfolk, England ,   d. Aft 1500  (Age ~ 31 years)
  Family ID	F01513	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lynn, Audrey,   b. Abt 1495, Of Southwick, Northhampton, England ,   bur. 28 Dec 1522, St Lawrence Pountney, London, England  (Age ~ 27 years)
  Married	Abt 1516	England
  Children	1. Gresham, Margaret,   b. Abt 1516, Of London, England ,   d. Bef 1549, England  (Age ~ 33 years) + 2. Gresham, John,   b. Abt 1518, Of Milk Lane, London, England ,   d. Abt 1560, England  (Age ~ 42 years) + 3. Gresham, Thomas,   b. Abt 1519, Of London, England ,   bur. 21 Nov 1579, St Helen's Bishopgate, London, England  (Age ~ 60 years)   4. Gresham, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1521, England ,   d. 26 Mar 1552, London, England  (Age ~ 31 years)
  Family ID	F01432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Worsopp, Isabella,   b. Abt 1502, England ,   bur. 18 Apr 1565, St Lawrence Pountney, London, England  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Married	Aft 1523	London, England
  Children	+ 1. Gresham, Christian,   b. Abt 1525, England ,   d. Abt 1565, Of Longleat, Wiltshire, England  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Family ID	F01433	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Lord Mayor of London. May be buried 24.02.1549 in St Olave Jewry? Name: Sir Richard Gresham Knight Burial Date: 24 Feb 1548 Parish: St Lawrence Jewry County: London Borough: City of London Record Type: Burial Lord Mayor of 1537, Richard Gresham, father of the founder in 1566 of the Royal Exchange, Sir Thomas Gresham (1519-1579). Burke's Extinct Baronetcies for Gresham, p. 227. Brenner, Merchants and Revolution, p. 55. R. G. Lang, ?Social Origins and Social Aspirations of Jacobean London Merchants?, Economic History Review, 2, V, 27, 1974., pp. 28-47. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage for Bacon, regarding ancestors of the Lords Townshend. The Lord Mayor of 1537, Sir Richard Gresham (died 1548), was brother of Lord Mayor John Gresham. Richard Gresahm: Wikepedia Gresham was born at Holt, Norfolk, a member of an ancient Norfolk family (see the article on his brother John Gresham). By his first wife, Audrey Lynn (who died 28 Dec. 1522), he was the father of Sir Thomas Gresham.[1] His daughter Christian married the first Sir John Thynne, steward of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, who built Longleat.[2] Gresham is thus an ancestor of the Marquesses of Bath. Gresham was admitted a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Mercers in 1507.[3] As a mercer, he was in partnership with his brother, John Gresham, in exporting textiles and importing grain from the continent. He supplied King Henry VIII with arras, velvets, and satins. Most of his trade was with the Low Countries, which were the most significant area for English overseas trade for most of the sixteenth century, and he amassed a large fortune. He became Sheriff of London and Middlesex in 1531[4] and was knighted the same year. On 19 May 1536, he was present at the execution of Anne Boleyn in the Tower of London. He was elected as Lord Mayor of London in 1537,[5] and on his death bed Cardinal Wolsey called him his "fast-friend". Gresham paid for the Cardinal's funeral. He was elected as member of parliament for the City of London in 1539 and 1545. Register of St. Lawrence Jewry. Baptisms. 1539. Nov. 2. Francis, son of John Gresham. 1554. Sep. 6. Richard, son of Thomas Gresham. Burials. 154|. Feb. 24. Sir Richard Gresham, Kn. 1565. May 24. The Lady Isabel Gresham. Register of St. Helen's, Bishopsgate St. Burials. 1578. Mr. John Gresham, gentleman, the Third day of December, Anno D'ni 1578. 1579. S' Thomas Gresham, Knight, was buryed the xv"» day of December, Anno St. Lawrence Jewry, London. On a tomb in the east wall of St. Lawrence Jewry, destroyed by the fire in 1666 (Ward's 'Lives of the Gresham Professors,' p. 8, and Stow's Survey of London,' p. 285) :- "Here Lyeth Sir Richard Gresham, Knight, sometimes Lord Maior of London, and Audrey his first wife, by whom hee had Issue Sir John Gresham and Sir Thomas Gresham, Knights, William and Margaret; which Sir Richard deceased the xx. day of February An. Domini MDXLvni., and the third yeere of King Edward the Sixth his Reigne, and Audrey deceased the xxviii day of December, An. Dom. MDXxn." Text: Inquisition taken at the Guildhall, 01 Dec [1537], 29 Henry 8th, before Richard Gresham, knight, Mayor and escheator by virtue of his office, by the oath of Patrick Cornysshe, Richard Maddox, Stephen Rowland, John Lewte, Robert Wansworth, Thomas Kery, William Archer, John Aleyn, John Barton, Guy Benett, John Ramsey, William Bull, William Mosseman, Andrew Chesham, William Hyllyard, Robert Johnson, and John Varnon, who say that Book: Burials. Collection: London: - Abstracts of Inquisitiones Post Mortem, City of London, 1485-1561 Sir Richard Gresham, Kt. [Chancery Inquis. p.m. 4 Ed. VI., 2nd Pt. No. 56.] Inquisition taken at Norwich in 'Le Shierhowse' 8 March 4 Ed. VI. (1550) upon the death of Sir Richard Gresham Kn. The Jurors say that he was seised in his demesne as of fee of tlie manors of Hardwike Swaynestrop Keswicke Intwood Swardeston and Mulberton with the appurtenances and of the advowsons of Swainestropp and Keswick. (Here his Will is set out). That the manor of Hard wike was held of the King by the fourth part of a knight's fee and was of the clear annual value of £13 6s. Sd., that the manors of Swainestropp Avas held by the sixteenth part of a knight's fee and was worth £23 12s. bd., that the manor of Keswick was held of the heirs of Hubert de J\Iulton and was Avorth £25 2s. lO^d., that the manor of IMulberton was held of Robert Benhale by the service of one knight's fee and was worth £39 14s. id., that the manors of Intwood and Swarde ston Avere held of the King as of the Duchy of Lancaster by the service of a fourth part and a twelfth part of a knight's fee and were worth £49. That the said Sir Richard Gresham died on 21 Feb. 3 Ed. VI., that Sir John Gresham the younger K* is his son and next heir and of the age of thirty years and upwards. They say further that he was seised of a Watermill in Tasbrougli and Freton worth £6 a year. That the Lady Isabella Gresham widow late the wife of the said Sir Richard takes the rents and profits of Mnlberton for the term of her life. [Chancery Inqnis. p.m. 4 Ed. YI., 2nd Pt. No. 77.] Inquisition taken at Bungaye, co. Suifolk, 5 March 4 Ed. VI. (1550) upon the death of Sir Richard Gresham K*. The Jurors say that he was seised in his demesne as of fee of the manors of Rokells Kawlyns and Battisforde late of the Bishop of Norwich and of the manor or Comandry "of Sir John of Battisforde and of the manor of Bavent Combes and of the advowsons of Ryngseli and of the Vicarage of Battisforde and of GO messuages 500 acres of land 200 of meadow 400 of pasture 100 of wood 20 of moor furze and heath and of £20 14s. rent in Ryngsell Charles Rokelles Eawlyns Battisforde S^ John's of Battisforde Combes AVattesham Bavent- combes Barkyng Badleycombes Fynborowe Ryngsell parva Bryssett magna and Elocton in the County of Suffolk. (Here his Will is set out). That the manors of Ryngsell Charles Rokells Rawlyns and the premises in the same Battesforde Combes Waltesham and Barkyng Avere held of the King by the service of one knight's fee and the eighth part "of a knight's fee and were worth £101 7s. iHd. That the manor of Bavent Combes with the" appurtenances was held by the service of the sixtieth part of a knight's fee and by the rent of 12 shillings yearly and was worth £13 12s. lOd. that the premises in Battisforde, Badley, Combes, Fynborowe, parva Ryngsell, Brysett magna, AVattesham and Flocton were held of the King by the service of the sixtieth part of a knight's fee and by rent of 25s. H^/. and were worth £18 Os. lOd. That the manor of Battesforde late of the Bishop of Norwich was held of the King by the service of the fortieth part of a knight's fee and by rent of 27s. U^d. and was worth £85 and no more. Further that he bequeathed to his kinsman Richard Billingforde and to such wife as he should happen to marry for the term of their lives an annual rent of £10 issueing out of his manor of Battisforde and that the said Richard is still living at Bungaye. That the said Sir Richard Gresham died on 21 Feb. 3 Ed. VI., that Sn' John Gresham is his son and heir and was at the time of the taking of this Inquisition thirty years old and upwards. [Chancery Inquis. p.m. 5 Ed. VI., 1st Pt. No. 50.] Inquisition taken at the Castle of York 7 April 5 Ed. Yl. (1551) upon the death of Sir Richard Gresham K'. The Jurors say that he was seised of the manors of Bremben alias Brcmbery Benley in Ellerdale and Eldborough Malham liytton Kylnesey Merkington alias Morker Bound upon the wold Sutton alms Sutton Grange Bordeley alias Bordeley baronye with the rights tithes and appurtenances in the County of York, and of a moiety of the Manor and Church of 'Nonkelyng and of the Rectors of Swyne with the chapel, and of one messuage and of the site of the late Monastery of Fountaynes and the Barkehowse, and of 500 messuages 8 water mills 4 dove houses 5000 acres of land 800 acres of meadow 4000 acres of pasture 2000 acres of wood 5000 acres of moor 10,000 acres of furze and heath and of £6 10s. rent with the appurtenances in Brcmbery Massam Kyrby Malsharte Tanfelde Malham Bound on the AVold Ryppen Staniley Beverley in Netherdale ArnclytFe Horton in Rybblesdale Burnishale Kyrby in Mallam dale Nonkelyncr Swyne and Spaldyngton. (Here the will is set out). Recites a Fine made in Hilary Term 1 & 2 Ed. VI. whereby Sir Richard Gresham and Isabella his wife conveyed to Sir John Gresham K' his son the manor of Sutton and divers tenements in Ryppon, the Rectory of Swyne, a moiety of the Rectory and Manor of Nonkelyng, for the term of his life with divers remainders over. They further say that all the premises with the site of Fountaynes, the Manors of Brember Massam Kyrkbye Malshart Tanfcld Morker «?/as Merkyngton Beverley in Nether- dale Aldburghe Malham Bordeley Kylnsey Lytton Sutton the Rectory of Swyne and a moiety of the Manoi- and Rectory of Nonkelyng (the premises separately pm-chased of the Earl of Rutland Sir Ralph EUcrker K' and Edmund AYryght only excepted) were held of the King in chief by knight's service by a Eent to the King and his successors of £57 19.s. O^d. annually at the feast of St. Michael and were of the annual value of £579 lis. S^d. that the manor of Lound and tenements in Lound bought of Sir Ealph Ellerker K* were held of the King as of his Manor of Topclyf by knight's service and were worth £16 14s. id. That the tenements in Lounde bought of the Earl of Rutland of Thomas Johnson and of Edmund AVright were held of the King as of his manor of To])clyf by knight's service and were worth £6. That said" Sir Richard Gresham K^ died on 21 Feb. 3 Ed. VI., that Sir John Gresham K*^ is his son and heir and was of the age of thirty-four years at the time of the taking of this Inquisition.