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Survey of London
… magnates. These were the two great bill dealers, Samuel Gurney, of Overend and Gurney, and James Alexander of Alexander and Company, plus …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Patten, March 13, 1711, obt. Oct. 9, 1764. 11 Thomas Gurney, A.B. Jan. 31, 1764, obt. June 1774. 12 Thomas …
Old and New London
… 398). OSBORNE'S LEAP ( see page 401). In 1641 Sir Richard Gurney (Clothworker), and a sturdy Royalist, entertained that … the Guildhall. The entertainment consisted of 500 dishes. Gurney's master, a silk mercer in Cheapside, left him his …
Survey of London
… Union Row (now renamed Deacon Street, Heygate Street, and Gurney Street) and East Street were laid out by 1780. Two or … remain, though in a very dilapidated state, e.g., No. 85, Gurney Street, and No. 226 East Street (formerly No. 25 …
Survey of London
… was the day on which the bankers and money dealers Overend Gurney & Company failed, and confidence in London's financial …
Old and New London
… placed, at sixteen or seventeen years old, with Messrs. Gurney, of Abingdon Street, the Parliamentary shorthand …
Parish Fraternity Register
… d. Thomas West sweer xij d. John Turbek sweer xij d. John Gurney sweer xij d. Item William Tendall' harowd 13 xij d. …
Old and New London
… told to his discredit, that one night, or rather morning, Gurney (the Baron), who had chambers in Essex Court under … he presently staggered downstairs to re-light it, and Gurney heard him dodging and poking with the candle at the …
Survey of London
… difficulties after the collapse of the firm of Overend and Gurney, and he may also have been indebted to Lucas Brothers …
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