Thomas Offley
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Sir Thomas Offley was a Sheriff of London and Lord Mayor of London during the reign of Queen Mary I of England. A long-serving alderman of London, he was a prominent member of the Worshipful Company o
Brass (1539) to Nicholas Leveson the elder, Sheriff of London 1534–35, and wife Dionysia Bodley (died 1560): St Andrew Undershaft.
Monument to Sir Thomas and Dame Joan Offley in the church of St Andrew Undershaft, 1582.
George Barne (died 1558)
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Sir George Barne was an English businessman in the City of London who was active in developing new trading links with Russia, West Africa and North America, far outside what had been traditional Engli
Thomas Offley
…Aldgate ward in 1550, which he represented continuously thereafter until his death in 1582. In 1553 he was (as one of six aldermen required of the Mayor George Barne) summoned by the Duke of Northumberland to sign the King's Letters Patent for altering the royal succession. In the first year of the reign of Queen…
A hobby horse with morris dancers at Richmond, London (painting, c. 1620)
Edward VI granting the Bridewell Charter to Sir George Barnes in June 1553 (Coloured print by George Vertue, 1750)
The Tower of London in 1625 (Hollar)