Created the Royal Exchange in 1566 where the Gresham family crest, a grasshopper, can be seen. Son of Richard Gresham who was a Lord Mayor of London but Thomas never was.
See A for a full report on The Gresham’s of Norfolk and London.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Thomas Gresham
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Holborn Viaduct - Gresham
{On a granite plaque below the statue:} Sir Thomas Gresham, born c.1519, die...
Sir Thomas Gresham - Old Broad Street
In a house on this site lived Sir Thomas Gresham, 1519 - 1579. The Corporati...
Thomas Gresham - Royal Exchange - lost
These zoomed-in images come from "A View of the Inside of the Royal-Exchange ...
Other Subjects
Rawthmell's Coffee House
Braxton's Coffee House (1702) at no.24 Henrietta Street became Rawthmell's Coffee House in 1715 and later moved to no.25, where the (R)SA first met. The image shows the painting by Anna Katrina Zi...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Roman warehouse
The picture source says "Near the Courage Brewery Site archaeologists found the complete wooden floor of a riverside warehouse. Nothing like this has been found anywhere else. The basement would ha...
1 memorial
Thomas Davies
The bookseller and author who, in 1763, introduced Dr Samuel Johnson to James Boswell at his house in Russell Street. He took to bookselling after failing as an actor.
1 memorial
Angel Inn, near Smithfield Angel Inn
We can't identify this pub.
1 memorial
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