Sir Thomas Gresham, Merchant, financier and royal agent, royal financier, founder of Gresham College
Dates: c. 1519-1579
Biography
An Elizabethan merchant and financier who acquired substantial former monastic and Crown property, including the Adderley estate according to the modern Adderley Hall account.
Notes / Sources
The source describes the estate transfer but does not provide the exact conveyance date.
Research sources:
- Gareth Williams, “Adderley Hall,” in The Country Houses of Shropshire, Cambridge University Press/Boydell and Brewer, published online 2023, discussing the post-Dissolution estate descent. — https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/country-houses-of-shropshire/adderley-hall/0164FE4B653445BC813C5385C4C2B9B1
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