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Evidence
Muskett: the Gurdon–Sedley–Lewkenor puritan matrix (no Gurney in the volume)
Muskett's Suffolk Manorial Families grounds the English network behind the 1627 letter: Brampton Gurdon married Muriel, a Sedley-of-Morley and Knyvett-of-Ashwelthorpe granddaughter, and the 1591 will of Martha Heigham of Denham names Martha Lewkenor (the future Mrs. Gurney) among the Denham Lewkenor daughters and endows an Emmanuel College scholarship — the Denham puritan-gentry matrix. No early-modern Gurney appears anywhere in the volume; the Gurdon–Gurney link runs solely through the Sedley/Lewkenor channel.
Date: 1591–1627 (Lewkenor–Gurdon puritan matrix)
Why this conclusion
- Supports Finding The senior West Barsham branch inside the founders' Court-of-Wards network, 1623–1641Muskett grounds the Gurdon–Sedley–Lewkenor puritan matrix from which the letter was written.
Sources
- Joseph James Muskett, Suffolk Manorial Families, being the County Visitations and other Pedigrees, vol. 1 (Exeter: William Pollard & Co., 1900)., vol. 1, pp. 285–290 (Gurdon-of-Assington pedigree; 1591 will of Martha Heigham of Denham)
Topic file location: Origin — wardship and patronage network
Technical details
- Research item:
G13-RI-000082 - Graph revision:
244 - Machine-readable JSON:
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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.