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Evidence
Francis Gurney sells all his Norfolk and Suffolk lands, 11 July 1634
By an indenture of 11 July 1634 between Fraunces Gurnay of London, Merchant Taylor, and Sir Owen Smith of Irmingland, Norfolk, Francis conveyed all his Norfolk and Suffolk manors and lands for £1,000 — a forced liquidation conducted through the Court of Wards.
Date: 11 July 1634
Why this conclusion
- Supports Identity hypothesis Candidate B: John was probably the son of Francis Gurney and Margaret RybettThe 1634 liquidation supplies the emigration motive: an adult elder son with nothing to inherit.
Related context
- Context from Evidence Francis Gurney's failed King's Lynn worsted venture, 1622The failed King's Lynn venture is part of the financial decline that ended in the 1634 sale.
Sources
- Gurney, Daniel. The Record of the House of Gournay, Part III. London: J. B. Nichols and J. G. Nichols, 1848., Part III (1848), Appendix C, no. 2 (transcript of the 11 July 1634 indenture)
Topic file location: Identity — Candidate B: Norfolk parentage
Technical details
- Research item:
G13-RI-000150 - 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.