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Richard Gresham (1484 - 1548)

Richard Gresham
Born in Holt, Norfolk, Englandmap
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Husband of — married 1511 in London, Englandmap
Husband of — married after 1533 [location unknown]
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Died at about age 64 in Bethnal Green, London, Englandmap
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Biography

Sir Richard Gresham (c.1485 – 21 February 1549) was an English mercer, Merchant Adventurer, Lord Mayor of London, and Member of Parliament. He was the father of Sir Thomas Gresham.

  • SIR RICHARD GRESHAM, KNIGHT
  • Birth: 1490 in Holt, Norfolk, England
  • Death: 21 FEB 1548 in England
  • Father: JOHN GRESHAM b: c 1455 in Holt,Norfolk,England
  • Mother: ALICE BLYTH b: in Stratton,England
  • Marriage 1 AUDREY LYNN b: 1478 in England
  • Marriage 2 THOMASYN THURSTON neé WORSOPP
  • Marriage 3 ISABEL PYKE (maiden name unknown)

Sir Richard first married Audrey Lynn and they had four children together before Audrey died in 1522. His second wife was Thomasyn, the widow of Richard Thurston and daughter of John Worsopp, and his third wife was Isabel, the widow of John Pyke. The evidence for Thomasyn comes from Court of Chancery proceedings where the plaintiffs included "Richard Gresham of London, mercer, and Thomasyn, his wife, late the wife of Richard Thurston of London, broderer"[1], and the will of Richard Thurston where he made his wife Thomasyn, and her father John Worsopp, exectutors of his will[2]. The evidence for Isabel is discussed in the profile of Barnard Jenyn who married the daughter of John and Isabel Pyke.[3]

It should be noted that the Dictionary of National Biography combined Thomasyn and Isabel into a single person, and every article on Sir Richard since then has repeated the error.

Sir Richard left a very long will, dated 20 Feb 1548, making many bequests to tenants on his land as well as to important members of the royal court. [4]He also made bequests to and mentioned the following family members:

  • my son Sir John Gresham and Dame Frances his wife
  • my son Thomas
  • my wife Isabel
  • my daughter Elizabeth Gresham
  • my daughter Dame Christian
  • my brother Henry Kyng and his wife
  • my cousin Francis, his children, late of Walsingham
  • my cousin Chandler's children
  • Richard Chandler
  • my brother Mr Thomas Gresham
  • my daughter in law Ann Gresham
  • my cousin Richard Byllingford
  • my cousin Edmond Byllingford and his wife
  • my cousin Thomas Howe and his wife
  • my cousin William Hardyng and his wife
  • my cousin Eudall (?) and his wife
  • my nephews and nieces, children of my brother John Gresham, William, James, John, Edmond, Ursula, Ellyn and Elizabeth the elder

He requested burial in the church of St Lawrence Jewry.

Richard was buried on 24 February 1548 in St Lawrence Jewry, City of London, London, England.[5]

Sources

  1. National Archives C 1/516/35.
  2. National Archives PROB 11/21/8.
  3. Thank you to Karen Sims for uncovering these facts.
  4. Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
    The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 32
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 5111 #928011 (accessed 13 January 2023)
    Will of Richardi Tresham, granted probate on 20 May 1549. Died about 1549 in London.
  5. Burial: "London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
    London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P69/Law1/A/002/Ms06975
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 1624 #7105692 (accessed 13 January 2023)
    Richard Gresham burial (died in about 1548) on 24 Feb 1548 in St Lawrence Jewry, City of London, London, England.

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