Family and Education
b. c. 1507, 1st s. of Nicholas Grafton of Shrewsbury, Salop. m. (1) Anne Crome (d.1560) of Salisbury, Wilts., 4s. inc. Richard Grafton II 1da.; (2) 1562, Alice, da. of Sir John Ayliffe, grocer, at least 2s. suc. fa. c.1525.
Offices Held
Freeman, Grocers’ Co. 1534, warden 1555 – 56, 1563–4. master 1564; printer to Prince Edward, later King Edward VI by 1545, royal printer 1547 – 53; master, Bridewell hospital 1559–61.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: London.
Notes
Except where otherwise noted this biography is based upon the following: J. A. Kingdon, Incidents in the Lives of Thomas Poyntz and Richard Grafton (1895) and Richard Grafton, Citizen and Grocer of London (1901); Machyn Diary, ed. Nichols, (Cam. Soc. xlii), 90, 108, 205, 236, 262, 406; Stow’s Surv. London, ed. Kingsford, i.; Wardens of Grocers’ Co. ed. Grantham, 19; DNB.
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Commons 1558-1603
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GRAFTON, Richard I (c.1507-75)
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