Sir William Gregory (c. 1400 in Mildenhall – 1467 in London) was Lord Mayor of LondonSuffolk History, suffolkhistory.com. Accessed 28 December 2022. from 1451 to 1452.
Biography The son of Roger Gregory of Mildenhall"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. and an alderman of the Skinners Company, he made generous bequests to the church of Ss Anne and Agnes, Gresham Street, Aldersgate.Profile, London Metropolitan Archives (lma.gov.uk). Accessed 28 December 2022.
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.Profile, British-history.ac.uk. Accessed 28 December 2022.
See also List of lord mayors of London
References
External links Mildenhall Parish Council St Anne & St Agnes, Gresham Street The Skinners Company