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Sir Thomas Gresham

<p>The Gresham family <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crest(heraldry)" title="Crest (heraldry)">crest</a> is: <i>On a Mount Vert a Grasshopper Or</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gresham#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> (a golden grasshopper on a green mound); it is displayed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresham_College" title="Gresham College">Gresham College</a>, which he founded, and also forms the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weathervane" class="mw-redirect" title="Weathervane">weathervane</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Exchange(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Exchange (London)">Royal Exchange</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a>, also founded by him in 1565. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faneuil_Hall" title="Faneuil Hall">Faneuil Hall</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, has also borrowed this <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraldry" title="Heraldry">heraldic device</a>. The Gresham <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a> is blazoned: <i>Argent, a Chevron Erminés between three Mullets pierced Sable</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gresham#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup></p>

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