A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank; but univested with heritable honours (1838)
his family of the Gournays wereSir Thomas de Gournay, one of the mur-derers of Edward II. and his son, Sir Mat-thew de Gournay, frequently mentioned byFroissart, who died in 1406, at the advancedage of ninety-six, after having assisted atall the great battles of Edward III. andthe Black Prince.… … The name of Gurney or Gournay is de-rived from the town of Gournay in Nor-mandy. Hugh de Gournay, Lord ofGournay and the adjacent territory of LeBrai, was one of the Norman Barons whocommanded at the Battle of Mortimeragainst the French in 1054. He came overto England with Duke William, and…
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