In 1565, which centre for commerce was created by Sir Thomas Gresham?
Thomas Gresham Thomas Gresham Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder (; c. 1519 – 21 November 1579), was an English merchant and financier who acted on behalf of King Edward VI (1547–1553) and Edward's half-sisters, queens Mary I (1553–1558) and Elizabeth I (1558–1603). In 1565 Gresham founded the Royal Exchange in the City of London. Born in London and descended from an old Norfolk family, Gresham was one of two sons and two daughters of Sir Richard Gresham, a leading City merchant mercer and Lord Mayor of London, who was knighted by King Henry VIII for negotiating favourable loans with foreign merchants. Gresham
Thomas Gresham (died 1630) Thomas Gresham (died 1630) Sir Thomas Gresham (c. 1547 – 1630) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1604 and 1622. Gresham was the eldest son of William Gresham (1512–1579) and his wife Beatrice Guybon and the grandson of Sir John Gresham, who was Lord Mayor in 1547. He was educated St Alban Hall, Oxford, about 1572.. On his father's death in 1579, Gresham inherited estates in and around Surrey, including Titsey Place. He was knighted in the Royal Gardens of Whitehall before the coronation of King James I on 23 July 1603.