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James Gresham from the Norfolk village of Holt became a London legal agent working for Sir William Paston, a prominent judge. The grasshopper emblem first appears in correspondence from London to the Pastons in Norfolk in the mid-1400’s.
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His son, James Gresham, of Holt, Norfolk, was Lord of the Manor of East Beckham, where he lived from 1442 to 1497, [1] In the mid-fifteenth century he also built a manor house in the centre of the small town of Holt. [6]
James Gresham was a lawyer and an agent for Judge William Paston's estates in north Norfolk, including Gresham. He continued to serve the family for many years. The Gresham family, like the Pastons, worked their way up the social order and also founded a school (Gresham's School in Holt).
Moorwood Drive and Denesway follow the boundaries of James Gresham's old grounds; Moorwood Drive actually is the old drive leading to the rear of Gallery House and Gallery Cottages. Its stone gatepost and part of its stone cobbled surface remain.
In 1544 he married Anne Ferneley, widow of the London merchant Sir William Read, but maintained residence principally in the Low Countries, basing his headquarters at Antwerp [1] in present-day Belgium (then the Spanish Netherlands), where he became renowned for his adept market-play.
James Gresham (b Fulham 1617 – d Haslemere 1689) was an English politician in the second half of the 17th century. Gresham came to live in Haslemere in 1650. He was called to the bar in 1652. He became a JP in 1660 and in 1676 he presented an almshouse to the town.
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Colin Alastair Gresham (1913-1989) was the son of James Gresham's youngest son, Frank James Gresham. He lived in Criccieth, North Wales, and wrote extensively on the history and archaeology of the Criccieth area; he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Wales in 1969.
