Sir Richard Gresham, Merchant, former Lord Mayor of London, Member of Parliament
Dates: By 1486-1549
Biography
Sir Richard Gresham was a prominent London merchant and civic officer who acquired former monastic property during the Tudor Dissolution.
Notes / Sources
The manor connection is supplied by the published Aldburgh Hall descent, not by Gresham genealogy alone.
Research sources:
- Landed Families of Britain and Ireland, 'Beckwith (later Bury) of Aldburgh Hall', descent of Aldburgh Hall; National Archives, Major Accessions to Repositories 1994, MIC 2945, Aldburgh (Masham) and district deeds and related documents, circa 1154-1597. — https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2022/10/526-beckwith.html
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