Richard Goldthorpe

For Richard Goldthorpe (MP), see City of York (UK Parliament constituency).

Richard Goldthorpe (died March 10, 1557 in York[1]) was an English haberdasher, investor, real estate developer and politician from Yorkshire. In 1560 his estate was valued at £2460, considerable wealth at the time.[2] He was a Member of Parliament and Lord Mayor of York.[3] His daughter, Anne, was married to Sir Arthur Ingram.

References

  1. ^ Drake, Francis (1788). Eboracum: Or, The History and Antiquities of the City of York, from Its Origin to this Time: Together with an Account of the Ainsty, Or, County of the Same, and a Description and History of the Cathedral Church, from Its First Foundation to the Present Year. Illustrated with Seventeen Copper-plates. In Two Volumes. T. Wilson and R. Spence. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aUUtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA309&dq=Richard+Goldthorpe&hl=en&ei=fdNFTJzBAsyQjAeQyMz1Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Richard%20Goldthorpe&f=false. 
  2. ^ Palliser, David Michael (1979). Tudor York:Oxford historical monographs. Oxford University Press US. p. 142. ISBN 0198218788. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UfzVuzSRk10C&pg=PA142&dq=Richard+Goldthorpe&hl=en&ei=6tFFTKTIIZO7jAerktD0Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Richard%20Goldthorpe&f=false. 
  3. ^ Stephen, Leslie, Lee, Sidney (2001). Dictionary of National Biography. Adegi Graphics LLC. p. 12. ISBN 140217067. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Wt2OHg8EFjwC&pg=PA12&dq=Richard+Goldthorpe&hl=en&ei=xdRFTJuAOofQjAfKv5j1Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Richard%20Goldthorpe&f=false.