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Sir Richard Gresham (1494 – 1549) was an English merchant, Lord Mayor of London, and member of parliament. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Merchants function as professionals who deal with Trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves in order to produce Profit. The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city with special recognition For London as a whole see the main article London. The City of London is a geographically A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. He was the father of Sir Thomas Gresham. Sir Thomas Gresham (c 1519 &ndash 21 November, 1579) was an English Merchant and Financier who worked for King Edward VI of England

Family

Gresham was born at Holt, Norfolk, a member of an ancient Norfolk family (see the article on his brother John Gresham). Holt is a Market town and Parish in the English county of Norfolk. Norfolk (ˈnɔrfək is a low-lying county in East Anglia, England, United Kingdom. Sir John Gresham ( 1495 - 23 October, 1556) was an English Merchant, Courtier and Financier who worked for King Henry

By his first wife, Audrey Lynn (who died 28 Dec. 1522), he was the father of Sir Thomas Gresham. Sir Thomas Gresham (c 1519 &ndash 21 November, 1579) was an English Merchant and Financier who worked for King Edward VI of England [1]

His daughter Christian married the first Sir John Thynne, steward of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, who built Longleat. Sir John Thynne (c 1513 - 21 May 1580) was steward to Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (c } Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (c 1506 &ndash 22nd January 1552 was Lord Protector of England in the period between the death of Henry VIII in This article is about the stately home and related attractions [2] Gresham is thus an ancestor of the Marquesses of Bath. Marquess of Bath is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1789 for Thomas Thynne 3rd Viscount Weymouth.

Career

Gresham was admitted a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Mercers in 1507. The Worshipful Company of Mercers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. [3] As a mercer, he was in partnership with his brother, John Gresham, in exporting textiles and importing grain from the continent. Sir John Gresham ( 1495 - 23 October, 1556) was an English Merchant, Courtier and Financier who worked for King Henry He supplied King Henry VIII with arras, velvets, and satins. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of 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. Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. On 19 May 1536, he was present at the execution of Anne Boleyn in the Tower of London. Anne Boleyn (1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536 was the Queen of England as the second wife of Henry VIII of England. Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London (and historically as The Tower) is a historic monument in central London He was elected as Lord Mayor of London in 1537,[5] and on his death bed Cardinal Wolsey called him his "fast-friend". The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city with special recognition For London as a whole see the main article London. The City of London is a geographically Thomas Cardinal Wolsey (c1470–1471 – November 28 or November 29 1530 who was born in Ipswich Suffolk England was an English Statesman and a cardinal Gresham paid for the Cardinal's funeral.

He was elected as member of parliament for the City of London in 1539 and 1545. For details of Parliamentary elections in the City of London, to the Parliament of Great Britain (1707-1800 and the Parliament of the United Kingdom A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. For London as a whole see the main article London. The City of London is a geographically

References

  1. ^ Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee (1890). Dictionary of National Biography. Macmillan, Vol. XXIII, pp. 141-42.
  2. ^ Stephen (1890), p. 142.
  3. ^ Stephen (1890), p. 139.
  4. ^ Stephen (1890), p. 140.
  5. ^ Stephen (1890), p. 140.
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