 Much of the parish of Gresham belongs to Robert Batt, lord of the manor of eighteen villages.The estate at Gresham has been in his family since 1620.The village is also the ancestral home of the famous Norfolk family of Gresham, whose members included Sir John Gresham, founder of Gresham's School, and Sir Thomas Gresham, founder of Gresham College and the Royal Exchange.