Thomas
"of Brockham"
Gresham
Born about in Titsey, Surrey, England
Ancestors 
Son of Edward Gresham Kt.
and Mary (Clerke) Gresham
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died before
before about age 39
in Fleet Prison, London, England [uncertain]
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Biography
Born about 1615 Thomas Gresham was son of Sir Edward Gresham and his first wife, Mary Clerke.[1] His mother died when he was still young and his father took another wife, Mary Campion. Thomas was educated at Queen's College, Oxford, graduating on 9 November 1632 aged 17. [2]
Thomas married and was father of a daughter, Joan.[1] Disinherited by his father he saw the family fortune go to his younger half-brother, Marmaduke, when their father died.[1]
Thomas died in The Fleet and was buried at St Faith's on 6 January 1655. [2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cokayne, Complete Baronetage, v.3 p. 99 fn c
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 British History Online Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714. Originally published by University of Oxford, Oxford, 1891. Greenhill-Gysby
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Mary Gresham
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Mary Gresham
I think Fleet Prison was in London. He was married and had one child I believe. Thanks, Mary
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Mary Gresham
Didn't Thomas die in Fleet Prison? Thanks, Mary
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