Gresham's Law
Gresham's Law

Author: John Guy

Publisher: Profile Books

Published: 2019-06-20

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 1782835415

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Thomas Gresham was arguably the first true wizard of global finance. He rose through the mercantile worlds of London and Antwerp to become the hidden power behind three out of the five Tudor monarchs. Today his name is remembered in economic doctrines, in the institutions he founded and in the City of London's position at the economic centre of the earth. Without Gresham, England truly might have become a vassal state. His manoeuvring released Elizabeth from a crushing burden of debt and allowed for vital military preparations during the wars of religion that set Europe ablaze. Yet his deepest loyalties have remained enigmatic, until now. Drawing on vast new research and several startling discoveries, the great Tudor historian John Guy recreates Gresham's life and singular personality with astonishing intimacy. He reveals a calculating survivor, flexible enough to do business with merchants and potentates no matter their religious or ideological convictions. Yet his personal relationships were disturbingly transactional. He was a figure of cold unsentimentality even to members of his own family. Elizabeth I found herself at odds with Gresham's ambitions. In their collisions and wary accommodations, we see our own conflicts between national sovereignty and global capital foreshadowed. A story of adventure and jeopardy, greed and cunning, loyalties divided, mistaken or betrayed, this is a biography fit for a merchant prince.

The Life of Sir Thomas Gresham, Founder of the Royal Exchange
The Life of Sir Thomas Gresham, Founder of the Royal Exchange

Author: Charles MacFarlane

Publisher: Andesite Press

Published: 2015-08-11

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781297640803

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The Queen's Merchant
The Queen's Merchant

Author: Jim D Jordan

Publisher:

Published: 2021-03-03

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13:

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Sir Thomas Gresham 1519-1579, born in London, descended from an ancient Norfolk family. father, Sir Richard Gresham, a leading city merchant and Lord Mayor of London, was knighted by King Henry VIII for negotiating favorable loans with foreign merchants. Like his father, Sir Thomas Gresham was an English Merchant and financier who acted on behalf of King Edward VI (1553-1558) and Elizabeth I (1558-1603). After the accession of Elizabeth I to the throne, he spent most of his time in London when he wasn't traveling on diplomatic and financial missions for the Queen. He accumulated a great fortune as a banker, mercer, and merchant.Sir Thomas Gresham was the founder of the Royal Exchange, and he endowed Gresham College in London, both of which still exist today.By applying his knowledge and principals to England's financial empire, he restored the debased currency of England and thereby reduced or in some cases eliminated the Crown's debts. The now Well-known financial principal called "Gresham's Law" gets its name from him, which states: "Bad money drives out good."

The Life And Times Of Sir Thomas Gresham, Founder Of The Royal Exchange
The Life And Times Of Sir Thomas Gresham, Founder Of The Royal Exchange

Author: John William Burgon

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781021862495

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Sir Thomas Gresham was an English merchant and financier who lived in the 16th century. He is best known for his role in the establishment of the Royal Exchange in London, which was the first purpose-built commercial building in England. The Life and Times of Sir Thomas Gresham provides a detailed biography of the man, covering both his personal life and his many accomplishments in the fields of trade and finance. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Life of Sir Thomas Gresham, Founder of the Royal Exchange
The Life of Sir Thomas Gresham, Founder of the Royal Exchange

Author: Charles MacFarlane

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13: 9781230249773

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter vii. the troubles in the low countries. Sir Thomas Gresham, who could now do very little in the Low Countries, was absent in England, and busied about erecting the Bourse, or Royal Exchange; but his careful servant Richard Clough was at Antwerp, taking care of his household goods and other property, and he was looking out of the window of his master's house when the most famous iconoclastic riot of modern ages commenced. At five o'clock in the evening on the 21st of August, 1566, as the Catholic priests were thinking of singing complines, in the church of Our Lady (the Cathedral of Antwerp), a company rushed into the church, and began to sing psalms as they were sung at the field-preachings. At the beginning it was but a small company, consisting chiefly of dirty boys of the town. The Margrave and some other lords went to the church and rebuked them, but all in vain: for as soon as the lords turned their backs, the boys " to it again," and the company increased. Then, at about six o'clock, the Reformers broke up the choir, and utterly destroyed most of the church books. After this work of destruction, they fell upon the image of Our Lady, which had been carried about the town in procession on the preceding Sunday, and they defaced the image and utterly ruined the chapel of Our Lady. While this was doing, and while other image-breakers were going through the streets towards other churches, the respectable citizens stood before the doors of their houses " in harness," looking upon the fellows as they passed, but doing nothing to prevent or check them. When Gresham's servant thought it safe so to do, he quitted his master's house, and went with thousands of the substantial men of Antwerp to see what stir was in the churches. Clough...