GRAFTON, Richard (c.1507-73), of London.

Family and Education

b. c.1507, s. of Nicholas Grafton of Shrewsbury, Salop. m. (1) Anne Crome (d.1560), of Salisbury, Wilts., 4s. inc. Richard 1da.; (2) 5 Jan. 1562, Alice, da. of Sir John Ayliffe (Olyffe), at least 2s. suc. fa. 1525 or later.Aged 45 ‘or thereabouts’ in 1552, St.Ch.3/4/49. This biography rests on DNB, J. A. Kingdon, Thomas Poyntz and Richard Grafton, and Richard Grafton, Citizen and Grocer of London. Machyn’s Diary (Cam. Soc. xliii), 236; Reg. Christ Church, Newgate Street, 19, 192; PCC 26 Ketchyn.

Offices Held

Warden, Grocers’ Co. 1555 – 56, master 1564; printer to Prince Edward by 1545, to the King 1547 – 53; master, Bridewell hospital 1559, 1560.Wardens of the Grocers’ Co. ed. Grantham, 19–20; CPR, 1547–8, p. 187.

Parlimentarian

GRAFTON, Richard (c.1507-73), of London.

Main residence: London.

Author

H.M.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

GRAFTON, Richard (c.1507-73)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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