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Evidence
Francis Gurney's Norwich commercial life and Lestrange agency, 1612–1636
Daniel Gurney recorded that Francis Gurney's "commercial life began at Norwich," and the Hunstanton Hall account book of Sir Hamon Lestrange shows Francis acting as "a sort of agent, or banker" for the Lestranges, with payments running from January 1612 to May 1636. Thoms independently noted the frequent mentions of Francis Gurney the merchant in Alice Lady Lestrange's Hunstanton accounts.
Date: January 1612 – May 1636
Related context
- Provides context for Evidence Francis Gurney identified: sixth son of Henry Gurnay of Great Ellingham and West Barsham, b. 1581Francis's Norwich commercial base is why the family was in Norfolk at all in the 1610s.
Sources
- Gurney, Daniel. The Record of the House of Gournay, Part III. London: J. B. Nichols and J. G. Nichols, 1848., Part III (1848), p. 524, and pp. 529–532, Appendix LXXXV (Hunstanton Hall account-book extracts)
- Thoms, William J., ed. Anecdotes and Traditions, Illustrative of Early English History and Literature, Derived from MS. Sources. Camden Society, old series, vol. 5. London: Printed for the Camden Society by J. B. Nichols and Son, 1839., prefatory notice, pp. xviii–xx
Topic file location: Identity — Candidate B: Norfolk parentage
Technical details
- Research item:
G13-RI-000148 - Graph revision:
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This is one research item from the John Gurney research graph; the fuller narrative treatment is in the linked topic above and the research library.