Gurney Genealogy Library Updated 29 May 2026 by Allen Gurney

These research notes are provided as-is and contain supplementary working research.

Edmund Gurney / Edmund Gurnay (c.1577/8-1648) Notes

Collateral Gurney subject. Edmund Gurney, usually printed in his own books as Edmund Gurnay, was a Norfolk divine, Cambridge B.D., anti-Roman and anti-image writer, Rector of Edgefield and Harpley, son of Henry Gurney (G15) and Ellen Blennerhasset, and brother of Francis Gurney (G14). He is not a direct ancestor, but he is a high-value contextual figure for the Francis Gurney / John Gurney-1 research problem.[1][2][3]

2026-04-26 update summary

This replacement incorporates the now-accessible DNB/Wikisource entry and the user-supplied Grokipedia capture. The DNB entry materially improves the file by adding:

  • exact Cambridge chronology: Queens’ matriculation, B.A., Corpus fellowship, M.A., B.D., and 1607 fellowship suspension;
  • wife: Ellen;
  • probable son: Protestant Gurney / Gurnay, died young, with monument at Harpley;
  • burial: St Peter Mancroft, Norwich, 14 May 1648;
  • successor-at-Harpley detail: instituted the following day;
  • correction against identifying Edmund with Walker’s sequestered “Dr. Gurney” living in 1650;
  • the explicit note that Edmund spells his name Gurnay on his title pages while family members are usually described as Gurney.[1:1]

The user-supplied Grokipedia capture has been reviewed as a tertiary source. It is useful because it retains much of the DNB structure and adds interpretive summaries of Edmund’s anti-Catholic and anti-image arguments, but it also contains apparent errors or unsupported details, including a stray reference to Happisburgh instead of Edgefield and a conflicting Harpley patron reference to Sir Robert Barker. It should be catalogued, but not used as sole evidence for any contested point.[4]

Identity boundary

This file concerns Edmund Gurney / Gurnay (d. 1648), the Norfolk divine, not Edmund Gurney (1847-1888), the psychical researcher. The identity is anchored by DNB, Daniel Gurney, Thoms/L’Estrange, and Edmund’s own title pages.[1:2][2:1][3:1][5]

DNB’s opening identification is now the cleanest short form: Edmund was son of Henry Gurney of West Barsham and Ellingham, Norfolk, by Ellen, daughter of John Blennerhasset of Barsham, Suffolk.[1:3] This confirms the existing project placement under Henry Gurney (G15) and alongside Francis Gurney (G14).

Relationship to Francis Gurney (G14)

Edmund is a collateral G14 figure. The direct-line candidate is Francis Gurney of London, the Merchant Taylor; Edmund’s importance is that he was Francis’s brother. Daniel Gurney’s Part III pedigree and Heralds’ Visitation material place Edmund and Francis in the same Henry Gurney / Ellen Blennerhasset sibling group.[2:2] The Camden Society editor of L’Estrange’s anecdotes independently identifies “Parson Edmund Gurney” as brother to Francis and gives the Edgefield and Harpley career sequence.[3:2]

Use for John Gurney-1 research: contextual only. Edmund does not prove that John Gurney-1 was Francis’s son, does not identify an immigrant, and does not resolve the East Dereham / St Benet Fink question. He does strengthen the religious and social context around Francis’s natal family: one immediate brother was a Cambridge-trained, anti-Roman, anti-image clergyman with Puritan sympathies.

Birth year and family

The existing project file used 1577. DNB gives no birth year, only death year, parentage, education, marriage, and burial. The modern Harpley rectors register gives 1578 and says he was born into a large, well-read, devoutly Puritan gentry family at Great Ellingham.[1:4][6] Best current project practice: c.1577/8, with the exact year flagged.

DNB says Edmund was married; his wife’s name was Ellen; and he “apparently had a son called Protestant” who died young and had a monument at Harpley.[1:5] The Harpley rectors register adds that the epitaph stone for Protestant [Gur]nay may still be seen on the external south wall near the priest’s door, though damaged, and gives a transcription with the date 1623.[6:1]

Protestant Gurnay / Gurney

The Protestant child is potentially important for both genealogy and intellectual history. The given name “Protestant” is an unusually explicit confession of identity, and the epitaph’s anti-Roman language mirrors Edmund’s printed polemic. DNB gives the death as 1624; the Harpley transcription closes with “Anno Domino 1623.” This discrepancy should be kept open until the stone, parish register, and Daniel Gurney’s transcription are checked.[1:6][6:2]

Working facts:

Item Current reading Source status
Child’s name Protestant Gurney / Gurnay DNB says “apparently”; Harpley gives stone text as “Protestant [Gur]nay”
Date 1623 or 1624 DNB has 1624; Harpley stone transcription has 1623
Location Harpley, St Lawrence church Harpley register says external south wall near priest’s door
Parentage Apparently Edmund’s son DNB cautious; needs register / monument validation

Education and academic career

DNB gives the strongest compact academic chronology:

Date Event Source
30 Oct 1594 Matriculated at Queens’ College, Cambridge DNB
1600 B.A. DNB
1601 Elected Norfolk fellow of Corpus Christi College DNB
1602 M.A. DNB
1607 Suspended from fellowship for not being in orders; reinstated by the vice-chancellor DNB
1609 B.D. DNB
1614 Left Cambridge on presentation to Edgefield rectory DNB

The Harpley rectors register mostly overlaps but diverges in some dates and adds details: it gives matriculation as 1595, B.A. 1598/9, Corpus fellowship 1601-1614, Oxford incorporation in 1606, deaconing by the Bishop of Ely at Downham Market, and priesting in Norwich in 1614.[6:3] Because DNB and Harpley differ on the early Cambridge dates, the fact sheet should use DNB for the core academic chronology and treat Harpley’s additional ordination/Oxford details as leads for direct verification.

Clerical career: Edgefield and Harpley

DNB says Edmund left Cambridge in 1614 when presented to Edgefield, held Edgefield until 1620, and then received Harpley.[1:7] Thoms provides the patronage context: Richard Stubbe, Edmund’s uncle by marriage, presented him to Edgefield in 1614; in 1620 Sir William Yelverton presented him to Harpley; he appears to have held Harpley until 1648.[3:3]

The modern Harpley register elaborates the family-patronage chain: Edgefield’s patron was his uncle and godfather Sir Richard Stubbs of Sedgeford, and Sir William Yelverton of Rougham Hall was tied into the Stubbe/Yelverton family route.[6:4]

Caution: Grokipedia conflict

The user-supplied Grokipedia capture says in one section that Edmund departed Cambridge on presentation to “Happisburgh, Norfolk,” and elsewhere says he was Rector of Edgefield from 1614 to 1620. It also says Harpley was presented by Sir Robert Barker. The Edgefield reading is supported by DNB, Thoms, and Harpley; the Happisburgh and Barker statements should not be adopted without primary evidence.[4:1]

Puritan leaning and church conflict

DNB’s statement is cautious: Edmund “was inclined to puritanism, as appears from his writings.” It then gives the surplice anecdote: he was cited before the bishop for not using a surplice; when told he was expected always to wear it, he came home and rode a journey with it on. DNB also says he made the citation an occasion for publishing his tract vindicating the Second Commandment.[1:8]

The Harpley register gives a stronger local portrait: “The ‘Puritan Rector’”; rigorous anti-Roman writings; attempts to suppress alehouses; and a Wren-visitation tradition in which Edmund appears among East Anglian clergy censured or temporarily excommunicated during the enforcement of Laudian ritual requirements.[6:5] This is valuable but should be split from DNB’s tighter claims: the Wren/excommunication material is a later local synthesis that needs primary confirmation.

Death, burial, Covenant, and the Walker correction

DNB says Edmund died in 1648, was buried at St Peter Mancroft, Norwich, on 14 May 1648, and had his successor at Harpley instituted the next day. DNB infers from this that Edmund conformed to the Covenant and that the “Dr. Gurney” Walker mentions as a sequestered clergyman still living in 1650 was another person.[1:9]

This is an important correction for the project. It prevents conflation between Edmund Gurney / Gurnay of Harpley and any later or different Dr. Gurney in Walker’s Sufferings. The replacement fact sheet should make this explicit in research cautions rather than bury it in notes.

Works and bibliographic control

DNB’s works list is the baseline. Folger and OTA records improve bibliographic control and give title-page details.

Work DNB form Current external bibliographic support Notes
Corpus Christi Cambridge, 1619, 12mo; homily on Matthew 26:26 against transubstantiation Folger 1619 record; OTA public text record; Folger 1630 London reprint record The 1630 reprint styles him “Bach. Theol. P. de Harpley Norfolc.”[7][8][9]
The Romish Chain / The Romish chaine London, 1624 Folger and OTA records Folger styles him “parson of Harpley.”[10][11]
The Demonstration of Antichrist London, 1631, 18mo Folger 1631 record Folger title: “Bach. Theol. p. of Harpley Norfolke.”[12]
Toward the Vindication of Second Commandment Cambridge, 1639, 24mo; homily on Exodus 34:14; answers eight arguments for image worship Folger 1639 record Folger title confirms “Bachelour in Divinity, and minister of Gods word at Harpley in Norfolk.”[13]
Continuation / Gurnay Redivivus DNB: continuation appeared 1641 and was republished 1661 Folger records: 1660 second edition / reissue; originally 1641; J. Rothwel Keep 1660/1661 discrepancy open pending ESTC/Wing and scan review.[5:1]

Primary printed witness: Gurnay Redivivus (1660)

Folger’s catalog record is now a stronger public bibliographic anchor than the earlier intake-only note. It gives the 1660 title as:

Gurnay redivivus, or an appendix unto the homily against images in churches. : By Edm: Gurnay Bachelour in Divinity, and minister of Gods Word at Harpley in Norfolk.[5:2]

Folger also records the edition as “[The second edition],” says the work was originally published in 1641 as An appendix unto the homily against images in churches, and notes a same-year reissue with cancel title page.[5:3] DNB, by contrast, says it was republished in 1661.[1:10] The safest current wording is:

A continuation appeared in 1641; extant catalogued second-edition / reissue evidence exists for 1660 under the title Gurnay Redivivus; DNB reports a 1661 republication. Validate against ESTC/Wing and the specific scan before normalizing the date.

The tract’s genealogical value is narrow but real. It confirms the printed surname form Gurnay, Edmund’s B.D. status, his Harpley ministry, and his anti-image theology. It does not supply a pedigree or direct evidence for John Gurney-1.

The fuller source report preserves two additional facts worth retaining. First, the dedication names “Sir John Hobart, Knight and Baronet” and “Lady Frances his Wife,” which points to a Norfolk patronage or deference relationship but does not establish kinship. Second, the opening of the tract frames opposition to church images as both urgent and officially Anglican: images had to be opposed because of “the proneness of the times to advance them,” and because the Church of England’s homily against idolatry made it an act of authority rather than rashness to resist them.[14]

The report’s selected extracts also sharpen the theological profile. Gurnay argues against images not only as devotional aids but also as church ornaments and monuments. In the monument section, the tract prefers written memory, inward virtue, and recorded deeds over bodily likenesses in stone. That is useful intellectual context for Edmund’s anti-image stance, but it still remains contextual evidence: the tract does not name his parents, siblings, wife, children, or any link to the New England migration problem.[14:1]

DNB article: retained synthesis

DNB is concise but unusually dense. The following claims should be retained in project prose, with DNB as the source ID:

  • Parentage: Henry Gurney of West Barsham and Ellingham; Ellen Blennerhasset, daughter of John Blennerhasset of Barsham, Suffolk.
  • Cambridge career: Queens’ matriculation, B.A., Corpus fellowship, M.A., B.D., 1607 suspension and reinstatement.
  • Livings: Edgefield, then Harpley.
  • Puritan inclination: from writings and surplice incident.
  • Fuller characterization: excellent scholar; humorous or serious as disposed; not profane or injurious.
  • Death and burial: 1648; St Peter Mancroft, Norwich; 14 May.
  • Covenant / Walker correction: the sequestered Dr. Gurney living in 1650 was another person.
  • Household: wife Ellen; apparent son Protestant.
  • Works list and surname note: title pages use Gurnay; family usually described as Gurney.[1:11]

Grokipedia article: captured-source assessment

The user-provided Grokipedia capture is now part of this intake. It is useful as a tertiary digest but should remain below DNB, Folger/OTA catalog records, Thoms, Daniel Gurney, and primary parish/clerical records in evidentiary priority.[4:2]

Useful overlap

The Grokipedia capture correctly overlaps DNB on the main identity: Edmund/Gurnay as an English clergyman and anti-Catholic writer, son of Henry Gurney and Ellen Blennerhasset, Cambridge-educated, B.D., Rector of Edgefield and Harpley, author of anti-Catholic and anti-image works, buried 14 May 1648 at St Peter Mancroft, Norwich.[4:3]

Potential additions worth checking

  • Ordained deacon on 18 December 1608 in the Ely diocese.
  • Priest the following year / or priested in Norwich by 1614.
  • More explicit interpretive summaries of Corpus Christi, The Demonstration of Antichrist, and the Second Commandment works.
  • Discussion of the broader anti-Catholic and iconoclastic context.

These are plausible, but they should be verified through CCEd, diocesan registers, title pages, or scholarly literature before becoming hard claims.

Errors or conflicts to quarantine

  • One paragraph says Edmund left Cambridge for the rectory of Happisburgh. This conflicts with DNB, Thoms, and Harpley, all of which support Edgefield.
  • It names Sir Robert Barker as the Harpley patron. Thoms gives Sir William Yelverton, and the Harpley register’s patronage note points to the Stubbe/Yelverton chain.
  • It offers extended causal/philosophical summaries of Edmund’s anti-Catholic arguments. Those may be useful prose prompts, but they need confirmation from the texts themselves.

Camden/Thoms notice: Edmund in the Lestrange anecdote network

The Camden/Thoms prefatory notice identifies “Parson Edmund Gurney” as brother to Francis Gurney the London merchant and connects him to Sir Nicholas Lestrange’s anecdote manuscript. The notice says Edmund’s “facetiousness” appears in Anecdotes xi and cv; it identifies his presentation to Edgefield in 1614 by Richard Stubbe, his move to Harpley in 1620 on presentation of Sir William Yelverton, and his apparent holding of Harpley until 1648.[15]

This is a compact but useful independent bridge between Edmund’s clerical biography and the Lestrange/Gurney kin network. It also explains why Edmund appears in a manuscript of jokes and family anecdotes rather than only in formal clerical sources.

L’Estrange and West Barsham network

The Camden Society introduction to L’Estrange’s anecdotes remains worth retaining because it ties Edmund and Francis into the same Hunstanton/L’Estrange documentary world:

The Gurneys were Lady Lestrange’s maternal cousins; and they were also more distantly related to Sir Nicholas himself. Martha, daughter of Sir Edward Lewkenor, of Denham, and aunt of Lady Lestrange, was married to Thomas Gurney, Esq. of West Barsham, Norfolk, who died in 1614; leaving issue Edward Gurney, Esq. of the same place, who is the “Ned Gurney” of our book. He married Frances Hood, and died in 1641.

Thomas Gurney was a younger brother of Edward, and was living after the Restoration.

“My couz. Dol.” or Dorothy Gurney, was sister to “Ned,” and died single. Her will was proved in 1641.

Sir Nicholas Lestrange was himself related to the Gurneys, through his great-grandmother Elizabeth Gurney, the wife of Richard Stubbe, Esq. (married 25th Sept. 1561), and the aunt of Thomas Gurney, Esq. already mentioned.

Francis Gurney (No. 120) was an uncle of Edward, and a merchant in London. In an account-book at Hunstanton, apparently written by Alice Lady Lestrange, is frequent mention of Francis Gurney the merchant.

“Parson Edmund Gurney,” whose facetiousness is exhibited in the Anecdotes xi. and cv. (hereafter pp. 6, 59), was brother to Francis. He was presented to the rectory of Edgefield in Norfolk by his uncle (by marriage) Richard Stubbe, Esq. in the year 1614, and held it until 1620; in which year he was preferred to the rectory of Harpley in the same county, on the presentation of Sir William Yelverton; and he seems to have held the latter benefice until 1648.[3:4]

This passage reinforces the sibling identification and the Edgefield-to-Harpley chronology.

L’Estrange anecdote: a mathematician defined

Sir Nicholas L’Estrange’s collection preserves Edmund’s satirical definition of a mathematician. The joke belongs with Edmund’s clerical and literary profile: it shows the same witty, severe temperament that Thomas Fuller remembered in him.[16]

No. XI. — A Mathematician Defined.

Edm. Gurney used to say that a mathematitian is like one that goes to markett to buy an axe to breake an egg.

L’Estrange, No. 30. Ed. Gurney.

The following is Fuller’s account of the perpetrator of this satire upon mathematics: “Edmond Gourney, born in this county [Norfolk], was bred in Queen’s and Bene’t Colledge in Cambridge, where he commenced Bachelour of Divinity, and afterwards was beneficed in this shire. An excellent scholar, who could be humorous, and would be serious, as he was himself disposed; his humours were never profane towards God, or injurious towards his neighbours; which premised none have cause to be displeased, if in his fancies he pleased himself. Coming to me in Cambridge when I was studying, he demanded of me the subject whereon I studied. I told him, ‘I was collecting the witnesses of the truth of the Protestant religion through all ages, even in the depth of Popery, conceiving it feasible, though difficult, to evidence them.’ ‘It is a needless pains,’ said he, ‘for I know that I am descended from Adam, though I cannot prove my pedigree from him.’ And yet, reader, be pleased to take notice he was born of as good a family as any in Norfolk. His book against Transubstantiation, and another on the Second Commandment, are learnedly and judiciously written. He died in the beginning of our Civil War.”

The “Adam pedigree” quip is useful in a research companion because it cautions against overclaiming pedigree proofs beyond available evidence.

Research use for the John Gurney-1 problem

Edmund’s use is contextual, not probative:

  1. Francis Gurney (G14)'s immediate family included a Puritan-leaning Cambridge divine.
  2. That divine’s works are anti-Roman and anti-image in a way that aligns with later Puritan concerns.
  3. The same kin group was connected to the L’Estrange/Hunstanton and Stubbe/Yelverton networks.
  4. The family had both Norfolk gentry and London merchant branches in the same generation.
  5. This context is compatible with, but does not prove, a migration environment for John Gurney-1.

No claim should be made that Edmund directly influenced John Gurney-1, assisted migration, or supplies proof of John Gurney-1’s parentage.

Open questions and next checks

  1. Cambridge Alumni / Venn check. Confirm DNB’s dates and Harpley’s alternate dates through Alumni Cantabrigienses or Cambridge records.
  2. CCEd / diocesan ordination records. Verify deaconing date, priesting date, and any 1608/1614 discrepancy.
  3. Edgefield institution record. Confirm patron Richard Stubbe and exact institution date.
  4. Harpley institution record. Confirm patron Sir William Yelverton and exact institution date.
  5. St Peter Mancroft burial register. Verify 14 May 1648 burial entry.
  6. Protestant Gurnay stone. Photograph and transcribe the south-wall stone at Harpley; compare with Daniel Gurney and DNB.
  7. Wren visitation / excommunication. Identify the underlying list for the Harpley register’s claim.
  8. Gurnay Redivivus date problem. Resolve 1660 vs 1661 with ESTC/Wing and copy-specific title pages.
  9. Grokipedia validation. If Grokipedia remains in the source catalog, capture the article text and map each claim to a primary or older secondary source.

Source status summary

Source Current use Status
DNB, “Gurney or Gurnay, Edmund (d. 1648)” Core biographical authority for parentage, education, livings, surplice, burial, wife, Protestant, works, name spelling Add to sources.json; optionally create validation/corpus supplement
Thoms, Anecdotes and Traditions Identity, L’Estrange network, Edgefield/Harpley presentations, Fuller extract Already in sources.json
Daniel Gurney, Record Parts II-III and Supplement Family relationship, West Barsham/Keswick context, Puritan tendency, printed-work discussion Already in sources.json
GGM Benefice, Harpley Register of Rectors Local Harpley synthesis; Protestant stone; ordination and patronage leads; Wren-visitation lead Add to sources.json as secondary/local source
Folger catalog records Bibliographic control for printed works Add individual source entries or one grouped source note
OTA records Public text availability for Corpus Christi and The Romish chaine Add if corpus ingestion is planned
Grokipedia capture Tertiary digest; source comparison and error quarantine Catalogued in sources.json as captured tertiary source, not a core authority

  1. Charles Lethbridge Kingsford, “Gurney or Gurnay, Edmund (d. 1648),” in Sidney Lee, ed., Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 23 (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1890), Wikisource transcription. Source ID: dnb-edmund-gurney-1890. ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Daniel Gurney, The Record of the House of Gournay, Part III (London: J. B. Nichols and J. G. Nichols, 1848), pp. 523-524, pedigree and Heralds’ Visitation material for Francis Gurnay of London, including Henry Gurnay, Ellen Blennerhasset, Edmund, Anthony, and Francis. Source ID: dg-rec-pt3. ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. William J. Thoms, 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), pp. xviii-xx, Internet Archive. Source ID: thoms-anecdotes-traditions-1839. ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. “Edmund Gurney (divine),” Grokipedia article text supplied by user in conversation attachment, 2026-04-26. Source ID: grokipedia-edmund-gurney-divine. Treat as tertiary and validate against primary/older secondary sources before use for contested claims. ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  5. Edmund Gurnay, Gurnay redivivus, or an appendix unto the homily against images in churches (London: Printed for J. Rothwel, 1660), full-page scan at Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_gurnay-redivivus-or-an-_gurnay-edmund_1660/; Folger Shakespeare Library catalog record (secondary bibliographic control), https://catalog.folger.edu/record/154518. Source ID: gurnay-redivivus-1660. ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  6. GGM Benefice, “Register of Rectors — Harpley,” Edmund Gurnay entry. Source ID: ggm-benefice-harpley-rectors. ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  7. Edmund Gurnay, Corpus Christi (Cambridge: Cantrell Legge, 1619), full-page scan at Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1475-1640_corpus-christi_gurnay-edmund_1619; Folger Shakespeare Library catalog record (secondary bibliographic control), https://catalog.folger.edu/record/159988. Source ID: folger-corpus-christi-1619. ↩︎

  8. Oxford Text Archive, Corpus Christi: by Edmund Gurnay, OTA identifier ota:A02396, ota.bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Source ID: ota-corpus-christi-1619. ↩︎

  9. Folger Shakespeare Library, catalog record for Corpus Christi: by Edmund Gurnay, Bach. Theol. P. de Harpley Norfolc. (London, 1630). Proposed source ID: folger-corpus-christi-1630. ↩︎

  10. Edmund Gurnay, The Romish chaine. By Edmund Gurnay, parson of Harpley (London, 1624), full-page scan at Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1475-1640_the-romish-chaine_gurnay-edmund_1624; Folger Shakespeare Library catalog record (secondary bibliographic control), https://catalog.folger.edu/record/401784. Source ID: folger-romish-chaine-1624. ↩︎

  11. Oxford Text Archive, The Romish chaine. By Edmund Gurnay, parson of Harpley, OTA identifier ota:A02400, ota.bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Source ID: ota-romish-chaine-1624. ↩︎

  12. Edmund Gurnay, The demonstration of Antichrist. By Edmund Gurnay, Bach. Theol. p. of Harpley Norfolke (London, 1631), full-page scan at Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1475-1640_the-demonstration-of-ant_gurnay-edmund_1631; Folger Shakespeare Library catalog record (secondary bibliographic control), https://catalog.folger.edu/record/168785. Source ID: folger-demonstration-antichrist-1631. ↩︎

  13. Edmund Gurnay, Toward the vindication of the Second Commandment: by Edm. Gurnay, Bachelour in Divinity, and minister of Gods word at Harpley in Norfolk (Cambridge, 1639; 1661 republication). 1661 republication full-page scan at Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_toward-the-vindication-o_gurnay-edmund_1661; Folger Shakespeare Library catalog record for the 1639 first edition (secondary bibliographic control), https://catalog.folger.edu/record/159994. Source ID: folger-second-commandment-1639. ↩︎

  14. “Gurnay Redivivus and Its Actual Value for Gurney Genealogy Research,” repo corpus supplement report, sources/corpus_supplement/deep-research-report-gurney-redivivus.md, especially title page, dedication, pp. 1, 53-57 working extracts, and intake-ready findings. Source ID: gurnay-redivivus-1660. ↩︎ ↩︎

  15. William J. Thoms, ed., Anecdotes and Traditions, Illustrative of Early English History and Literature, Derived from MS. Sources (Camden Society, old series, vol. 5, 1839), prefatory notice, pp. xviii-xx; Internet Archive PDF lead. Source ID: thoms-anecdotes-traditions-1839. ↩︎

  16. Thoms, ed., Anecdotes and Traditions (1839), p. 6, no. XI, “A Mathematician Defined,” from L’Estrange no. 30, with Fuller’s account of Edmond Gourney. Internet Archive. Source ID: thoms-anecdotes-traditions-1839. ↩︎