Dormer was an influential Thame merchant. In 1473 he purchased the Lordship of Baldington Manor. Place House was the only stone-built house in Thame and sat on three acres of land that was to become the cattle market in 1951.

Dormer was a Merchant of the Staple at Calais (formed in 1319 to preserve a monopoly on the export of English wool) and amassed his wealth through the booming wool trade. He increased his land holdings around Thame by enclosing arable land and converting it to sheep pasture.

He had a private pew in the North Transept of St. Mary’s Church (later known as Dormer’s aisle). He is buried in a stone altar tomb with his two wives, by whom he had 25 children, including Michael who became Lord Mayor of London. He founded a

Dormer was an influential Thame merchant. In 1473 he purchased the Lordship of Baldington Manor. Place House was the only stone-built house in Thame and sat on three acres of land that was to become the cattle market in 1951.

Dormer was a Merchant of the Staple at Calais (formed in 1319 to preserve a monopoly on the export of English wool) and amassed his wealth through the booming wool trade. He increased his land holdings around Thame by enclosing arable land and converting it to sheep pasture.