on 26 August 1561 Thomas and his wife Anna, daughter of Jan Pauli van Loon alias van Turnhout, med. doctor, bought a house, now three dwellings, on Lombardenvest, later in 1563 expanded with 'De Stad Thienen'. He did extensive business with parties in Paris and in Danzig (Gdank). His brother Hendrick was merchant in Danzig; at the request of Eliseus Libaerts, Thomas, jeweller, 30, testified on 13 August 1562, that they together shipped significant sums of money on Ascension Day last, at Stockholm as payment of the King of Sweden's parade armour; On 21 April 1563, he authorised Augustinus Crockaert, merchant in Lubeck, to possibly recover the jewels stolen from Joris Weyperlinck outside Stettin on 27 October 1562, during which raid Weyperlinck was shot dead. This consignment of jewels included the famous ‘sabelshooft’ with 34 diamonds; an important collection of jewels, property of goldsmiths Christoffel Volckmaer and Symbrecht Beyer was also stolen at the time. The owners threaten with a lawsuit if he doesn't pay up. Thomas and Anna made their will on 31 December 1564. In 1566 Thomas van de Gheere and his wife were suspected of adhering to the New religion and were summoned as were Jan van Galen and Jan le Gillon Prims (Prims VI, A, 68). (Van Hemeldonck 2005)