Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder was an English merchant and financier who acted on behalf of King Edward VI and Edward's half-sisters, queens Mary I and Elizabeth I. In 1565 Gresham founded the Royal Exchange in the City of London. Wikipedia
Born: 1519, London, United Kingdom
Died: November 21, 1579 (age 60 years), London, United Kingdom
Children: Anne Gresham
Cousins: Ursula Gresham and John Gresham
Grandchildren: Anne Townshend, Winifred Bacon, Elizabeth Bacon, and more
Books
An Exact Copy of the Last Will and Testament, of Sir Thomas Gresham, Kt. to Which Are Added, an Abridgement of an Act of Parliament, Passed in the Twenty Third of Q. Elizabeth, A. D. 1581
A Brief Memoir of Sir Thomas Gresham [by M. Hackett] with an Abstract of His Will, and of the Act of Parliament, for the Foundation and Government of Gresham College
1833
The Last Will and Testament of Sir Thomas Gresham