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    Gresham, John

    Male Abt 1460 - Abt 1556  (~ 96 years)


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    • Name Gresham, John 
      Born Abt 1460  Of Holt, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Died Abt 1556  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I04847  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 19 May 2015 

      Family Blyth, Alice,   b. Abt 1470, Of Stratton, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1500  (Age ~ 31 years) 
      Children 
      +1. Gresham, William,   b. Abt 1490, Of Holt, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 20.03.154748, St Pancras, Camden, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 325 years)
      +2. Gresham, Richard,   b. Abt 1492, Of Holt, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 24 Feb 1549, Of St Lawrence Jewry, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years)
       3. Gresham, Thomas,   b. Abt 1496, Of Holt, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8-9 1558, Of Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 62 years)
      +4. Gresham, John,   b. Abt 1497, Of Holt, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 23 Oct 1556, St Martin Orgar and St Clement Cheapside, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years)
       5. Gresham, Margery,   b. Abt 1500,   d. Aft 1556  (Age ~ 57 years)
      Family ID F01513  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
      • Same family?
        Yorkshire Fines Hilary TErm 29 Elizabeth 1586-87
        William, Ld. Burghley, Treasurer of England Henry Thoresby, gent., and Jane his wife Lands in Tanfeild, West Tanfeild, and Auldburgh. A warrant against the heirs of Richard Gresham, kt., deceased, and against John Gresham, kt., William Gresham, esq., his son, and William and Thomas Gresham, the sons of William Gresham, esq., and their heirs.

        From: 'Yorkshire Fines: 1587', Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]: part 3: 1583-94 (1889), pp. 67-86. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=49701 Date accessed: 25 November 2009.
        Feet of Fines yorkshire 1597,
        John Sagar and Richard HigsonWilliam Gresham, esq., and Elizabeth his wifeMessuage and 2 cottages with lands in Netherdale. A warrant against the heirs of Richard, John, and Thomas Gresham, kts., deceased, and against Thomas Gresham, esq., and his heirs

        From: 'Yorkshire Fines: 1597', Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]: part 4: 1594-1603 (1890), pp. 61-87. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=49716 Date accessed: 25 November 2009.
        The following material re Lord Mayor 1547-1548 John Gresham relates to the families of several London Lords Mayor
        Descendants of John Gresham sp: Alice Blyth
        2. Levant trader, Lord Mayor London Sir John Gresham (c.1547;d.1556) sp: Catherine Sampson wife2 sp: Mary Ipswell wife1 3. William Gresham, heir sp: Beatrix Guybon 3. Ellyn Gresham (b. 1533; d. 1567) sp: MP William Uvedale (b. 1528; d. 1569) 3. John Gresham sp: Elizabeth Dormer 3. Mary Gresham sp: Merchant adventurer, Lord mayor, Sir Thomas Rowe (c.1569) 4. Robert Roew (c.1551) sp: Elinor Notknown 5. Coloniser, EICo trader, Sir Thomas Rowe (b. 1581; d. 1644) sp: Eleanor Cave (m. 1613) 4. Elizabeth Rowe sp: Sir William Garrard (d. 17 Nov 1607) 4. London Lord Mayor William Roe (c.1590) 4. London Lord Mayor Sir Henry Rowe (c.1607) sp: Miss Notknown 5. Susan Rowe wife2 (c. 19 Sep 1582; d.16 Jan 1645/1646) sp: Gov EICo, London Alderman William Halliday (b. 1610; d. 14 Feb 1623/1624) 6. Miss Halliday sp: Sir Henry Mildmay
        2. London Lord Mayor Sir Richard Gresham (c.1537;d.20 Feb 1548) sp: Audrey Lyne wife1 3. Sir John Gresham sp: Frances Thwaites 4. Elizabeth Gresham sp: Sir Henry Neville 3. Financier, economist Sir Thomas Gresham, Bart2 (b.1519;d.1579) sp: Anne Fernley legal wife sp: Miss Notknown 4. Anne Gresham wife1 sp: Sir Nathaniel Bacon 5. Anne Bacon sp: MP Sir John Townshend (b.1568;d.1603) 5. Elizabeth Bacon sp: Sir Thomas Knyvet 5. Winifred Bacon sp: Sir Robert Gawdy sp: Miss Notknown 4. Anne Gresham wife1 3. Christian Gresham wife1 sp: MP, Mercer Sir John Thynne (b.1513/1515;m.1548;d.1580) 4. MP Thomas I Thynne (b.1566;d.1625) 3. Sir John Gresham sp: Frances Thwaites 4. Elizabeth Gresham 2. William Gresham
        :.

        ? Any connection? Son?
        Abbreviation of the Will of Thomas Gresham, 1470.* 1 June 1470. Thomas Gresham Citizen and Hatter of London. Body to be buried in the Church of St. Michael Corahill near tomb of late wife Cecilie. Bequest to the Church of St. Mary of Newton (Newington) Surrey. To wife Alice Jewels which were hers before her marriage. Daughter Margerie wife of John Bradeshawe Haberdasher. Sons Thomas and Robert Gresham. All lands in Gresham Co. Norfolk to be sold after his death and the money arising therefrom to be bestowed for his soul. Rent of lands in Little Thurrock Essex to accrue for son Robert till his age of twenty-one. Thos. Danyell Dyer and Henry Quarles Hatter Executors and Master William Aleyn Overseer. Proved 22 Jan. 1472. [Reg. Wilde, cxv^]

        C. 2957. Demise by Thomas Gresham the younger, of London,hatter, to Ellen Halle of London, widow, and to Thomas Gresham the elder,citizen and hatter of London, of a messuage, land, meadow and wood, and13s. 4d. yearly rent, in Harowe and Great [Stanmore] by Eggeswere.20 May, 36 Henry VI. Seal, broken.

        From: 'Deeds: C.2916 - C.3000', A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds: Volume 3 (1900), pp. 309-318. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64346 Date accessed: 08 January 2012.