Family and Education
3rd but 2nd surv. s. of William Gresham (d.1579) of Titsey, Surr. and Beatrice, da. of Thomas Guybon of King’s Lynn, Norf.; bro. of William†. educ. St. Alban Hall, Oxf. by 1572. m. 23 Aug. 1587, Mary (d. 2 Dec. 1620), da. of John Lennard of Chevening, Kent, wid. of Guildford Walsingham of Scadbury, Kent, 6s. (3 d.v.p.) 4da.. Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. iv. 90; C142/186/14; Al. Ox.; G.L. Gower, Gen. of the Fam. of Gresham, 13-16, 171. Kntd. 23 July 1603. J. Nichols, Progs. of Jas. I, i. 218. d. 1 July 1630. Gower, 15.
Offices Held

J.p. Surr. by 1596 – d., Kent by 1614–d.; SP13/Case F/11, f. 27v; C66/1988, 2527. commr. subsidy, Surr. 1608, 1622, 1624, SP14/31/1; C212/22/21, 23. aid 1609, SP14/43/107. 1612, Harl. 354, f. 68v. inquiry, Wandle river, Surr. 1610, M.S. Giuseppi, ‘River Wandle in 1610’, Surr. Arch. Colls. xxi. 176. survey brewhouses, Surr. 1620, APC, 1619–21, p. 203. collector, Palatine Benevolence 1622; SP14/135/62. collector and commr. Forced Loan, Surr. 1626 – 27; commr. Forced Loan, Kent 1627. T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; E401/1386, mm. 34, 56; C193/12/2, ff. 27, 57v.

Main residence: Limpsfield, Surr.
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Commons 1604-1629
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GRESHAM, Sir Thomas (-d.1630)

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