Gresham founded the Royal Exchange in 1565 in the City of London.

He was a top merchant and financier.

So was his father Richard, who was a Merchant Adventurer and later Lord Mayor of London.

to King Henry VIII.

We are told they were an old Norfolk family, but there is no evidence of that.

More likely they were Jews.

Exposing the Jews – Library of Rickandria

Supplying velvets to Kings and Princes was a primary line of the Jews.

Also, it is admitted that Thomas had been living in Antwerp, where he was Royal Agent for both Edward VI and Queen Mary.

So, the Gresham family probably came from Holland, or farther east.

All the prominent Greshams, including Thomas' uncle John, were top members of the Worshipful Company of Mercers, which lists first in the order of precedence of the Livery Companies (guilds) of the City of London.

Mercers were importers of silks and velvets from the East and were historically Jewish.

The Jews had been relegated to this profession centuries earlier, and not only had made a fortune at it but had made a monopoly of it.

You couldn't become a top mercer unless you were Jewish.

What was a Merchant Adventurer?

This was a guild of overseas merchants, a precursor to the later East India Company.

The British East India Company, American Revolution, & a Whole Lot More – Library of Rickandria

It was basically the same thing, run by the same families—mostly very rich Jewish merchants.

At first, the guild specialized in cloth, which is more indication of what I just told you.

The top cloth merchants were Jews, and this is admitted and always has been.

What is the Royal Exchange?

Royal Exchange, London - Wikipedia

Read the Wikipedia page on it and you won't find out.

It is total misdirection, telling you everything except what the Exchange was.

You are left thinking it was a place to buy alcohol.

It was based on the Dutch Bourse, which was like a stock exchange/retail mall, except that it didn't deal in stocks.

It dealt in the objects and securities of the times.

It was basically the building in which the wealthy Jews and Aristocrats could come together, the Jews finding ways to finance the projects of the Aristocrats.

Other lesser exchanges took place in the more forward rooms, we may assume, but in the large back rooms, the major deals went down.

Well, we have seen the name Gresham before, haven't we?

Do you remember where?

It was in my previous paper, on C. S. Lewis.

There’s Something Wrong with C. S. Lewis & it isn’t what you thought – Library of Rickandria

His wife was the Jewish Joy Davidman, and her first husband was William Gresham.

His ancestry is scrubbed, but I suggested he was probably Jewish.

This just tends to confirm that.

My guess is he is in a pretty direct line from these Greshams, which explains his fame.

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Genealogy: Thomas Gresham (1519-1579) (basecamp.com)

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Genealogy: Thomas Gresham (1519-1579) – Library of Rickandria