The lives of the professors of Gresham College: to which is prefixed the life of the founder, Sir Thomas Gresham. With an appendix, consisting of orations, lectures, and letters, written by the professors, with other papers serving to illustrate the lives / By John Ward.

  • John Ward
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1740
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Credit: The lives of the professors of Gresham College: to which is prefixed the life of the founder, Sir Thomas Gresham. With an appendix, consisting of orations, lectures, and letters, written by the professors, with other papers serving to illustrate the lives / By John Ward. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NORFOLK. I. loHN GkESHAM® of Grefliam In the county of Norfolk, lived tinder the reigns of Edward the third and Richard the fecond, in the latter part of the fourteenth century. II. Iames Gresham of Holt in Norfolk efquire [ fon of Iohn ] married firft Margaret, daughter of William Billingford of Blackford in Norfolk efquire j by whom he had two fons, yohn and William. He afterwards married Mary daughter of William Rookwood and Eliza¬ beth the daughter of Thomas Hales efquire j by whom he had three foils named Willia^n^ the eldeft born at Norwich, and Sufan a daughter. Who all died young. III. Iohn Gresham of Holt efquire [eldeft fon of Iames by his firft vvife] manied Alice, daughter of Alexander Blyth of Stratton efquire, and heir to her three brothers, John, William, and Ralph j by whom he had four fons and one daughter, William^ Thomas^ Richard Margaret married to Henry King of London, and yohn. William Grejham of Holt efquire [eldeft fon of Iohn] married Ellen, daughter of Richard Bodley, widow of * * Copland by whom he had two daughters, both named Alice'*, one of whom married to John Marf]i% the other to * Middleton. He died in the year 1547. ' Thomas Grejlmn [fecond fon of Iohn] a prieft, parfon of South Repps in Norfolk, prebendary of Winchefter, and chancellor of Litchfield died in 1558. ^ LONDON. IV. Sir Richard Gresham » [third fon of Iohn] married firft Au¬ drey ”, daughter of William Lynne of Northamptonfhire j by whom he had two fons and two daughters*, yohn^ Thomas^ Margaret married to Sir John Thynne ' of Long Leat in Wilts, and Elizabeth He after¬ wards married Ifabell daughter of Worpfall % relid of * * Taverfon^ and died 20 February 1548, as did.his lady in 1565. V. Sir Iohn Gresham [ elder fon of Sir Richard ] married Frances p, daughter and heir of Sir Henry Thwaytes of Lownd in the county of York; by whom he had Elizabeth his only childmarried to » In Mr. Le Neve’s genealogy this John >> Died 28 December 1522. Grejham is laid to have been the fon of Ed^ward ' But fee his epitaph in the Life ofSirT.Q p 2 G7_ejham of Aylmerton in Norfolk, called the fon In the Englijh baronets Ihe is called ChrSia- of Edward de Grefe. tia. Ubi fupra. _ In ths Englijh baronets,YQ\.ii,^.ioi, Mary ‘ Ancellor to the lord vifcount Weymouth. IS called his firft wife, and Margaret his fecond. Eng, bar. ibid. ® Brother of Sir Stephen Hales. ™ Died unmarried in 1548. , '* That they were both named Alice, fee the pro- Or Sopfall. bate of their mother’s will, dated 22 Jnne 1553. ° Knighted in Muffelburgh feild, in Scotland, ® Vifitation oj Norfolk, begun 26 July 1563. 28 September 1547. MJ. in Caius coll. Cambridge. P Died in Oaober 1580. Life of Sir T. G. p. i. q She was, while living, heir apparent to her Knighted m 1531, and lord mayor of Lon- uncle. Sir Thomas Grelham ; but died before don in 1537. 5 November 1573. See his Life, p. 24.