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    Gresham, James

    Male - Abt 1526


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    • Name Gresham, James 
      Born Of Walsingham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Died Abt 1526  Little Walsingham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I06621  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 19 May 2015 

      Father Gresham, William,   b. Of Walsingham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1500 
      Mother Porter, Agnes,   b. Of Holkam, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1520, Of Little Walsingham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F01945  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Wynne, Agnes,   d. 27 Feb 1535, St Mary's Walsingham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F02019  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
      • 6 Nov. 1523. James Gresham, of Little-Walsingham . Appoints his wife Agnes his executrix. Leaves his sisters Margery and Susan, 20*. each. His son and heir was Paul; to Giles, his second son, he bequeathed 20 marks if he became a priest, and 20/. if he continued a layman : there was also another son, and two daughters; the elder of whom, Anne, was to receive 20/. on her marriage. Mentions his uncle, John Gresham of Holt. " I will," says the testator, " that my Executors do fynde a honest preste to sing for my soul, and my friends' souls in the said parish church [of Little Walsingham] by the space of one year I make and ordeyne the sayd Annes* my wiff, [and] my brother Nicholas Wynne, myn executors ; and my cosyng, Master Thomas Gresham, supervisor.
        [Proved 30 Oct. 1526. Ibid. Alpe, quire xxxv.]


        National Archives: C 1/572 Richard Stone. v. James Gresham, steward of the Queen's manor of Little Walsingham.: Refusal to admit complainant as tenant of messuages in Knyghtstrete, Little Walsingham, bought of John Fuller when Robert Lovell, knight, held them.: Norfolk. Covering dates 1518-1529 Held by National Archives. PRO