Thomas Horsley

Thomas Horsley (1462–ca.1545) was a Northumberland corn merchant and merchant adventurer,[lower-alpha 1] who by the start of 16th century was a prominent citizen of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England.[2] As well as becoming a local magistrate, he was Sheriff of Newcastle in 1512 and its Lord Mayor in 1514, 1519, 1524–5 (for consecutive years) and 1533.[3][4] In various official capacities, Horsley played an active role in defending the town's mercantile interests, and in 1522, during the Anglo-Scottish Wars, also served as a captain in forces of the English crown under the command of Lord Conyers.[2] He is remembered today primarily as the founder of Newcastle's Royal Grammar School.[5][6]

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Notes
  1. This was the name given to an English merchant who traded with the Low Countries (i.e. Brabant, Flanders, Holland and Zeeland).[1]

References
  1. Sutton, Anne F. (2009). "The Merchant Adventurers of England: The Place of the Adventurers of York and the North in the Late Middle Ages". Northern History. 46 (2): 219–229. doi:10.1179/174587009X452314. ISSN 0078-172X. S2CID 159533793.
  2. Brodie, J. B.; Laws, A. R. (1925). The Story of the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne. Newcastle upon Tyne: Northumberland Press Ltd.
  3. Bourne, Henry (1736). The Ancient and Present State of Newcastle upon Tyne. London: William White. pp. 221–3. OCLC 722366647. OL 21851966M. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  4. "Lord Mayors, Mayors and Sheriffs since 1216" (PDF). Newcastle City Council. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  5. Hamilton, Nicholas, ed. (1868). National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 3 (div. VIII). London: Virtue. p. 30. OCLC 887681707. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  6. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1840). The Penny Cyclopedia. Vol. 16. London: William White. p. 188. OCLC 504841079. Retrieved 24 March 2020.


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