Editing Thomas Gresham (section)

===Later services to the Crown===
On the accession of [[Mary I of England|Queen Mary]] in 1553, Gresham fell out of favour at [[Court of St James's|Court]] for a short time with [[Alderman]] William Dauntsey displacing him. But Dauntsey's financial operations proved unsuccessful and Gresham was soon reinstated; and as he professed his zealous desire to serve the Queen, and manifested great adroitness both in negotiating loans and in smuggling money, arms and foreign goods, not only were his services retained throughout her reign (1553–1558), but besides his salary of twenty shillings ''per diem'' he received grants of [[church lands]] to the yearly value of 200 pounds.

Under [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth]]'s reign (1558–1603), besides continuing in his post as financial agent of the Crown, Gresham acted as Ambassador Plenipotentiary to the [[Royal court|Court]] of [[Margaret of Parma|Duchess Margaret of Parma]], [[List of governors of the Habsburg Netherlands|Governor of the Netherlands]], and was appointed a [[Knight Bachelor]] in 1559 prior to his departure. The unsettled times preceding the [[Dutch revolt]] compelled him to leave [[Antwerp]] on 10 March 1567; but, though he spent the remainder of his life in London, he continued his business as merchant and government financial agent in much the same way as he had always done.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} 

Queen Elizabeth also found Gresham's abilities useful in a variety of other ways, including acting as [[gaoler]] to [[Lady Mary Grey]] (sister of [[Lady Jane Grey]]), who, as a punishment for marrying [[Thomas Keyes]] the sergeant-porter, was imprisoned in his house from June 1569 to the end of 1572.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}