The author obtained his knowledge about the last days of Edward II from William Bisschop, a companion of the king's murderers, Thomas Gurney and John Maltravers.
He was the grandson of Thomas Gurney (1705–1770), who created the Gurney shorthand system, or Brachygraphy, and brother of Sir John Gurney (1768–1845),
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