Sir Thomas Gresham (1519-1579).

[1017]Memorandum[EI]:—Mr. Shirman, the attorney, at Inneholders-hall, hath a copie of Sir Thomas Gresham's will[EJ], which procure.

Notes.

[EI] Aubrey in MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 8, gives in trick the coats:—(a), 'argent, a chevron ermine between 3 mullets pierced sable: crest, a grasshopper: motto, Fortun amy [Sir Thomas Gresham, 1601]': and (b), 'or, on a bend vert 3 bucks' heads caboshed argent.'

[EJ] Twice alluded to in MS. Aubr. 8, viz., (fol. 8) 'Copie out Sir Thomas Gresham's will from Mr. Shirman'; (fol. 12) 'Sir Thomas Gresham, knight: quaere copie of his will from Mr. Shirman, attornie.'


Fulke Greville, lord Brooke (1554-1628).
Robert Greville, lord Brooke (1607-1642/3).

[1018]Sir Fulke Greville, lord Brokes, adopted a parke-keeper's sonne his heire, who (I thinke) had but one eie: vide de hoc in Dr. Heylen's Historie of the church of England ... Vide Sir William Davenant's life[1019] in part 1st <i.e. in MS. Aubr. 6>.

Poems, in folio, London, printed....