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

Date:: 1740

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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$Sir Henry NevUl^ of Billingbere in the county of Berks, who liad by her a fon named Henry \ Sir John died in the year 1560 ^ r [younger fon ofSirRicHARD] married Anne, of Wilham Fernley of Weft Creting in Suffolk % and widow of William Read of Fulham in Middlefex efquire ; by whom he had his only fon, who died unmarried in 1564. Sir Thomas 21 November 1579, and his lady 23 November 1596, TITSEYsin SVRREY. Gresham [fourth fon of Iohn of Holtl had by Mary daughter and coheir of Thomas Ipfwell, his firft lady five fqns and fix daughters ; of whom I find mentioned, Mary married to Sii Thomas R^oe , Hellen to William Uvedall of Hantftiire, m/harn Urfula married to Thomas Levefon of Kent efquire. Cicely to Ger¬ man Cyoll a Spaniard Elizabeth to James Elliot, Job??, and Edmund. He afterwards married Catharine, daughter of * ^ Sampton, and widow of Edward <’ Dormer of Fulham in Middlefex efquire, and died 2 7 Octo¬ ber 1556; as the did in 1578. V. William Gresham of Titfey efquire [eldeft fon of Sir John] married Beatrice, daughter of Thomas Gibbon of King’s Lynne in Nor¬ folk ; by whom he had four fons and three daughters p, James Wil- ham Thomas John, Mary married to John Mitchel, Elizabeth, and Cicely married to Sir Henry Woodhoufe. He died 21 June i ryg and his widow 20 February 1603. William Grejham ’ of Titfey [fecond fon of William] married E izabeth 'daughter of Ralph Finch of Kent efquire; by whom he had Elizabeth, his only daughter and heir, who died at Croydon in Surrey unmarried. ^ VI. Sir Thomas Gresham ' of Titfey [third fon of William! m^arned Mary, daughter of John Lennard ‘ of Knoll in Kent widow Wallingham j by whom he had three fons and three daughters Jo/m, Edward, Thomas, Mary married to Sir Anthony Flinton, Eliza¬ beth to Sir Richard Cooper and Beatrice to Sir Thomas Holmeden. ® See his epitaph, ibid. p. 6. •* From whom is defcended the prefent Henr) Nevill Grey of Billingbere efquire. See Life of Sir T. G. p. 5. Knighted in 1559. ' Suffolk vijitation 1561, in Queen’s Col¬ lege library, Oxford. But in the Norfolk ■vifita- there, which was made in 1568, he is by miftake writen William Farely ofWeJi Chefler. f He was born before the death of his grand¬ father Sir Richard, being mentioned in his will. * The mannor of which was purchafed by Six John Grefham. See Life of Sir T, G. p. Knighted in *537, and lord mayor of Lon¬ don in 1547. ' Died 21 September 1588. I See his epitaph in the Life of Sir T. G. p. 5. ‘ Lord mayor ofLondon in 1568 ; and by this lady father of the famous Sir Thomas Roe, the embaflador. See Athen. Oxon. V. xi, c. 52. Or Lufon, father of Sir John. Sir Thomas Grelham left her a legacy of an hundred pounds by his will. Edmund. Le Neve’s genealogy. P See his epitaph in the Life 3^ Charles Gresham. “1 Knighted at Whitehall 23 July 1603. He was heir male of the family of SirTho.Grelliam. *' Died 9 December 1632. _ ^ Knighted at the fame place and time with his elder brother. Sir William. ' Ancellor to the late of earl of Suficx. Eng. bar. Ubifupra. “ Aubrey's Hif. and antiq. of Surrey V. iv, p. 139, from her epitaph. In both pedigrees (he is called the wife of Sir fho. Holmeden, and Bea~ trice the wife of Sir Rich. Cooper.$