Sir Thomas Gresham and the Tudor Court

This lecture will explore Sir Thomas Gresham’s service to three tudor Monarchs during the turbulent politics of mid-Tudor England.

A lecture by Professor Alexandra Gajda, Jesus College Oxford
14 November 2019 6PM GMT

This lecture will explore Gresham’s service to the crown during the turbulent politics of mid-Tudor England. Gresham served three Tudor monarchs, and his career exemplifies the reliance of the Tudors on the intellectual gifts and financial capital of ‘new men’ in an age of religious transformations and expanding government and warfare.  But his public career was dependent on the court itself, and the personal relationships he forged both with the preeminent statesmen of the age and with Queen Elizabeth herself

[GreshamCollege]

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[scottgresham]

As a descendant of Sir Thomas Gresham, this is the most enlightening history lesson I've had this year.

[InnawoodsAnon]

As a Gresham myself (descended from Sir John Gresham instead of Richard, Father of Sir Thomas) I found this endlessly fascinating. Thank you!