1. Mary, dau. and heir

of William* Ipswell
of London, Mercer,
and Marion his wife.
(Will dated 22 Jan.,
proved in the P.C.C.
15 Feb. 1506.) Under
age 1506. Died 21

Sept. 1538. Bur. in
St. Mary's Church,
Aldermanbury.
Brought her husband
property in Bow
Brickhill, Little Brick-
hill, and Fenny Strat-
ford, co. Bucks.
ARMS.-Azure, a fess
dancetté Ermine be-
tween six griffins'
heads erased Or.

Sampton,

and relict of Edward Dormer of Fulham, Midd., Esq. (Will dated 21 Jan. 1538, proved in the P.C.C. 12 Jan. 1539.) Buried in St. Michael's Church, Bassishaw, 9 Jan. 1576. Ad. P.C.C. 2 Jan. 1577. N.I.

Sir John Gresham, Kt., of Titsey, co. Surrey. Born at Holt, Norf. Was of the Fishmongers'=2. Katherine, d. of. Company. Admitted a Mercer 1517. Purchased the Manor of Titsey 5 May 1535. Sheriff of London 1537. Knighted 1537. Lord Mayor of London 1547, when he revived the pageant of the "Marching Watch" on Midsummer Eve. Founded the Grammar School at Holt 1546. Lent £40,000 to the Crown in 1546. One of the Commissioners under Bishop Bonner for persecution upon the six articles. Died of fever at his house in Bassinghawe, London, 23 Oct.; buried in the Church of St. Michael, Bassishaw, 25 Oct. 1556. Mon. to him there destroyed in the Fire of London. For account of his funeral, see Stowe's 'Survey,' ed. 1720, book i., pp. 258-9. Wills dated 12 Feb. 1552 and 18 Sept. 1554, proved in the P.C.C. 26 Nov. 1556. (28, Kitchen.) Inq. p.m. 15 Feb. 1557 and 20 Sept. 1558. Grant of Augmentation of Arms 20 Sept. 1537.

and John

ARMS.-Argent, a demi-lion rampant within a bordure Sable bezanty; impaled with those of Sir John Gresham over the door of School at Holt.

From the margin of her will in P.C.C.

2. Mary Gresham, b. 17 Aug. 1523.
Mar. at St. Mary Aldermanbury 24
Jan. 1539-40 Sir Thomas Rowe, Kt.,
of Hackney, Lord Mayor of London
1568, who died in London on Satur-
day, 2 Sept., bur. in Hackney Church
18 Sept., 1570. Mon. to him there.
Will dated 2 May 1569, proved in the
P.C.C. 31 Oct. 1570. (29, Lyon.)
Her will dated 21 March 1579, proved
in the P.C.C. 18 Jan. 1582-3. (1,
Rowe.) Desires to be buried in Ch.
yard of St. Botolph's, Bishopgate.t

3. Katherine, b... May 1524. Ob. inf.

1. William Gresham. (See Pedigree C, p. 170.)

4. James Gresham.

5. John Gresham of North End, Fulham, Midd., and Mayfield, Sussex, Living in Bishopgate Street 1562. Born 18 July 1526. Mercer. Born 14 March 1528. Admitted of the Sells Mayfield to Sir Thomas Gresham, Kt., 3 Jan. 1567. M.P. for Inner Temple Feb. Horsham 1570. Buried in vault of Sir Thomas Gresham in St. Helen's, Living 12 Bishopgate, 3 Dec. 1578. Ad. in the P.C.C. 21 Jan. 1585-6. 1549. March 1550. Died before 1552, s.p.

1. Joan, dau. of Augustin Hynde, Alderman of London, died 10 Aug. 1554; will dated 23 June, admon. granted 16 Aug. 1554 (6, More); by Elizabeth, dau. of John Lee of Stanford, co. Linc., afterwards wife of Sir John Lyon, Kt., Alderman of London. Her will dated 10 Jan. 1566; pr. in the P.C.C. 21 Jan. 1569. (1, Lyon.) Mar. 1st, 14 April 1550, at St. Peter Cheap, Thos. Starkey of London, Mercer, whose will, dated 6 July, was pr. in the P.C.C. 5 Nov. 1552 (1, Tasshe); he buried in St. Lawrence, Old Jewry, 3 Aug. 1552. 2nd, John Loveys, Citizen and Mercer of London; living his wife 23 June 1554; pr. his will, dated 10 July 1560. on 26 Aug. following. 3rd, Edmond Gresham, before 1566; living his wife May 1566. Died before 1578.

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Elizabeth, dau. and h. of Edward Dormer, Esq.,
Citizen and Haberdasher of London and of
Fulham (whose will (1, Alenger), dated 21 Jan.
1538, was pr. in the P.C.C. 12 Jan. 1539), and of
Katherine, afterwards 2nd wife of Sir John
Gresham, Kt. Under age in 1538. Mar. at St.
Michael's, Bassishaw, 17 July 1553. She re-
married Wm. Plumbe of North End, Fulham,
who died 9 Feb. 1593, æt. 60. His will dated
20 July 1593, pr. in the P.C.C. 1 Mar. 1593-4.
(24, Dixey.) She died 1615. Will dated 2 Sept.,
pr. in the P.C.C. 22 Nov. 1615. (95, Rudd.)
See Monument in Tower of Fulham Church.

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6. Edmond Gresham of Sanderstead, Surrey, and Thorpe Market,=2. Judith, dau. of Norf. Born 12 Aug. 1530. Lived in Bow Churchyard in London. Buried at Thorpe Market 31 Aug. 1586. Brass to him in Church there. Will dated 28 July, codicil 15 Aug., 1586; pr. in the P.C.C. 9 Nov. 1586. (Windsor, 64.) Inq..p.m. 7 June 1587.

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Shep

perd. Mar. at St. Margaret's, Westminster, 16 Dec. 1578. She remar. at St. Bartholomew, Exchange, 28 Nov. 1586 Wm. Rookwood, Esq. Both living 4 March 1596.

Sir Richard Gresham, Kt., of Thorpmarket. Born July 1565. Admitted of Inner Temple Nov. 1584. Mar. at Saxham Parva, Suffolk, 28 May 1588. Died at Norwich. Bur. in St. Luke's Chapel, Norwich, 21 Jan. 1627. Will dated 21 April 1624, proved at Norwich 29 March 1627.

1. Isabell, dau. . Holt, of and relict of

Gibbons.

Susanna, under age 1624. Died unmar.

Bur. in St. Luke's Chapel, Norwich,26 Nov. 1660.

Anne, dau. of Thomas Crofts of Saxham Parva, by Phillis his wife. Died 26 Feb. 1634, bur. in Norwich Cathedral 28 Feb. Monumental stone in the Jesus Chapel, now gone. Administration in P.C.C. 31 March 1634-5.

Edmond Gresham.* Bur. in St. Luke's Chapel, Norwich, 1 July 1649.

Anne. Abraham Bucke. before Living 1624. 1624. Living N.I. 1649.

Mar. Will dated 29 June, pr. at Norwich 3 Nov. 1649. Mar. Margery (her 6th husband). She died 7 Sept. 1646, bur. in Norwich Cathedral 8 Sept.† Stone in South Transept now gone. Will dated 4 March 1644, proved at Norwich 15 Dec. 1646.

1. Thomas Gresham. Bapt. in parish of St. Ethel-2. Judith, dau. of Sir Wm. Garrard of bert, London. Died at Fulham on Tuesday, 11 July 1620. Will dated 8 July 1619, proved in the P.C.C. 17 July 1620. (Soame, 74.) Inquis. p.m. 9 Jan. 18 Jac. I. and 19 Jac. I. states that he died on 6 July.

Humphry Davis. Penelope Gresham, under age in 1615. Mar. at St. Benet's, Paul's Wharf, 28 June 1619.

Dorney, Bucks, Kt., who died 17 Nov. 1607. Will, dated 1 Mar., was pr. in the P.C.C. 24 Dec. 1607. (95, Huddleston.) (By Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Thomas Rowe, Kt., and Mary his wife, dau. of Sir John Gresham.) Married probably before 1607. She remarried at St. Giles in the Fields 24 April 1639 William Morley. Died 21 Dec. 1660.

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Ju. Morley

= 14 lb. Soe Edmund Gresham weighed 24 stone * "Edmund Gresham weighed 335 lbs. 3 hundred a quarter and 7 pounds. 1 stone horseman's weight: horseman's weight and nine pounds over p. relationem D'ni Will'i Denny mil." (Extract from Pocket Book of Sir Wm. More Losely MSS.) †The Register says 8 Dec. The inscription on her monumental slab (now gone) gave her death on 7 Sept.

(See p. 167.)

1. William Gresham, Esq., of Titsey, co. Surrey, b. 25 April 1522. Admitted of Lincoln's Inn 8 March 1541. Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex 1564 and 1577. A Commissioner of General Musters for co. Surrey May 1569. Built New Hall, Limpsfield, and enlarged the Mansion House at Titsey. Died at Limpsfield (alii in St. Lawrence, Old Jewry) 21 June 1579. Buried at Titsey; brass in church there. Will dated 20 May 1572, proved in the P.C.C. 14 July 1579. (30, Baker.) Inquis. p.m. 29 Oct. 1579. Portrait of him at Titsey Place by Cornelius Ketel on panel dated 1579, and coat of arms in carved oak, with Gresham and Ipswell quarterly, with initials W. G.

Beatrice, dau. of Thomas Guybon of King's Lynn, co. Norf., Esq. (will dated 16 Feb., proved in the P.C.C. 6 May 1570. Lyon, 14. "I give to my daughter Gresham a nest of gilte gobletts"). Died at Titsey 22 May, buried there 27 May 1604. Brass to her in Will dated 20 Feb. 1603, proved Titsey Church. 2 June 1604. (Harte, 58.) Inquis. p.m. 21 Aug. 1604.

ARMS.-Or, a lion rampant Sable, debruised with a bend Gules, charged with three escallops Argent.

1. James Gresham. Died unmarried. Admon. in the P.C.C. 17 June 1564 and 21 May 1576.

2. Sir William Gresham, Kt. (heir male of his cousin Sir Thomas Gresham, Kt.). A Student in Gray's Inn. Admitted at St. Alban's Hall, Oxford, circ. 1575. Knighted at Whitehall 23 July 1603. Lived sometime at Intwood, Norf. Held a Court as Lord of that Manor 1591. Lived at Croydon, Surrey, where he died "A foole 8 May 1624, æt. 69. Buried at Titsey 11 May 1624. Admon. P.C.C. and never borne to doe himself any good." (Ex relatione Robti Gunsley, Rectoris de Titsey.-Coke's Entries, p. 35, No. 28.) Squandered all his large landed estates, including Fountains Abbey.

William Gresham

Elizabeth, dau. of Ralph Finch of Kingsdown, Kent. Married before 3 Nov. 1583. Died at Croydon 9 Dec. 1632. Buried in Parish Church there 12 Dec.* Monument on South wall now gone.

John 4. John Gresham. Dead before 1572.

Elizabeth Gresham. Died at Croydon unmarried 1650, æt. 50. Will dated 27 May 1645, proved in the P.C.C. 20 Feb. 1650. (Grey, 22.)

* The Parish Register of Croydon gives her burial Nov. 12. It is clearly an error for Dec. 12, the previous entry being Nov. 19. The inscription on her monument at Croydon gave her death on 9 Dec.

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