No. 1404
Richard Renger
d. 1239MerchantEurope · 1239Most named place: London
Richard Renger was a London vintner and was elected Mayor of London five times. Renger’s family descended from a Norman servant of the first Norman bishop of London, and his father gathered a lot of property in London. Much of Richard’s wealth was inherited from his father. Richard was five times elected to be the Mayor of London; in 1223, 1224, 1225, 1226, and in 1238.
At his death in 1239, Renger was worth perhaps £10,000, equivalen to more than £3.8bn in 2010.
