Paternal Family Tree: Gresham
Around 1547 Thomas Gresham was born to William Gresham [aged 35] and Beatrice Guymon.
Around 1572 Thomas Gresham [aged 25] educated at St Alban Hall, Merton College, Oxford University.
In 1579 [his father] William Gresham [aged 67] died.
On 23rd August 1587 Thomas Gresham [aged 40] and Mary Lennard [aged 38] were married.
On 23rd July 1603 King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 37] created a number Knights at the Royal Gardens Whitehall Palace:
Henry Savile 1st Baronet [aged 24], William Morgan [aged 43], George Carew, Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden [aged 46], Richard Musgrave 1st Baronet [aged 18], James Calthorpe [aged 44], Thomas Gresham [aged 56], George Fane of Burston [aged 22], Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 23], Robert Chichester [aged 25], William Pope 1st Earl Downe [aged 29], Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet [aged 15], Thomas Berkeley [aged 28], Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu [aged 40], William Herbert 1st Baron Powis [aged 30], Anthony Irby [aged 26], Drue Drury of Eccles and Rollesby in Norfolk and Arnold Lygon [aged 45].
24th July 1603 Richard Browne [aged 64].
In 1604 Thomas Gresham [aged 57] was elected MP Gatton.
In 1614 Thomas Gresham [aged 67] was elected MP Gatton.
On 7th December 1620 [his wife] Mary Lennard [aged 71] died in Titsey Place Oxted, Surrey.
In 1621 Thomas Gresham [aged 74] was elected MP Gatton.
In 1625 Thomas Gresham [aged 78] was elected MP Bletchingley.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
In 1630 Thomas Gresham [aged 83] died.
[his son] Edward Gresham was born to Thomas Gresham and Mary Lennard.
[his father] William Gresham and [his mother] Beatrice Guymon were married.
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Gresham 
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Gresham
Grandfather: John Gresham
father: William Gresham
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Ipswell
Grandmother: Mary Ipswell
mother: Beatrice Guymon