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Evidence
Eleven Gurney households in the London hearth-tax returns, 1662-1666
The London hearth-tax returns of 1662-1666 record eleven strict Gurney or Gurny household entries across the City of London, Westminster, and inner Middlesex. Among them: Walter Gurney at Greene Dragon Court in St Margaret's Westminster, 1 hearth, 1664; William Gurny on the south side of Fleet Street in St Bride's, 7 hearths, 1666, returned empty; William Gurney at Cock and Key Alley in St Dunstan in the West, 3 hearths, 1666; and Ann Gurney at Two Crane Court in the same parish, 5 hearths, 1666. All post-date the colonial John's death; none is a candidate for him.
Date: London hearth-tax returns, 1662, 1664, and 1666
Why this conclusion
- Supports Analysis The unknown-corridor residual: eliminating named households does not clear the record's gapsEleven London Gurney households none of the candidate searches surfaced are the density evidence for the unknown-corridor residual.
Sources
- Merry, Mark (2010). London Hearth Tax project database. Centre for Metropolitan History. Published online with London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011) and London Hearth Tax: Westminster 1664 (2011) at British History Online., London Hearth Tax project database (Merry 2010), published with London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 and London Hearth Tax: Westminster 1664 - eleven strict Gurney/Gurny entries 1662-1666, incl. Walter Gurney (St Margaret's Westminster, Greene Dragon Court, 1 hearth, 1664), William Gurny (St Bride Fleet Street, 7 hearths, 1666, "empty"), William Gurney (St Dunstan in the West, Cock & Key Alley, 3 hearths, 1666), Ann Gurney (St Dunstan in the West, Two Crane Court, 5 hearths, 1666).
Topic file location: Identity — assessment
Technical details
- Research item:
G13-RI-000173 - Graph revision:
244 - Machine-readable JSON:
/assets/g13-graph/findings/G13-RI-000173.json
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.