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William Gregory (lord mayor)

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Sir
William Gregory
Lord Mayor of London
In office
1451–1452
Preceded byNicholas Wyfold
Succeeded byGeoffrey Fielding
Personal details
Bornc. 1400
Mildenhall, England
Died1467
London, England
ChildrenTwo daughters

Sir William Gregory (c. 1400 in Mildenhall - 1467 in London) was Lord Mayor of London[1] from 1451 to 1452.[2]

Biography

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The son of Roger Gregory of Mildenhall[3] and an alderman of the Skinners Company, he made generous bequests to the church of Ss Anne and Agnes, Gresham Street, Aldersgate.[4]

He was a wealthy man, and, in 1461, founded a chantry at Ss Anne and Agnes from the rents of some property in the parish which he had purchased from a widow, Margaret Holmehegge, and two other persons. On 6 November 1465, he made his will, by which it appears that he had been three times married (his wives were named Joan, Julian, and Joan respectively), had two daughters and had nine grandchildren at the time of his death in January 1467.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Suffolk History, suffolkhistory.com. Accessed 28 December 2022.
  2. ^ "About William Gregory, Lord Mayor of London". Geni. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  3. ^ "County of Suffolk: its history as disclosed by existing records and other documents, being materials for the history of Suffolk, gleaned from various sources - mainly from MSS., charters, and rolls in the British Museum and other public and private depositories, and from the state papers and publications of the record commissioners, the deputy keeper of the public records, and of the master of the rolls Vol 4" Copinger, W.A: London, Henry Sotheran & Co, 1904.
  4. ^ Profile, London Metropolitan Archives (lma.gov.uk). Accessed 28 December 2022.
  5. ^ Profile, British-history.ac.uk. Accessed 28 December 2022.
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