Stephen Buller the testator identifies his two daughters Alice and Susannah with Alice married to Ryall Wells. His wife is identified in the Probate as Mary.
I could not find anything for this family on LDS or Find my Past including Boyd's Inhabitants of London. However on Ancestry Stephen Buller is listed with the London, England Land Tax Records in 1723 at Cripplegate within. Once again in 1735 near Crown Court in Cripplegate without.
I also found the Marriage Bond and Allegation 27 Jul 1747 between Ryall Wells and Alice Buller mentioned in the will. The original Image is available on Ancestry and it is a full page document to be transcribed below:
Know all Men by these Presents, That we Ryall Wells of
the Parish of Saint Giles Cripplegate London Cooper and
are bolden and firmly bound to the Worshipful Thomas Salusbury
Doctor of Laws Commissary General of the Worshipfull the Dean and Chapter
of the Cathedral Church of St Paul London in and throughout the whole peculiar
Jurisdiction lawfully appointed in one hundred pounds
of lawful Money of Great-Britain, to be paid to the said Thomas
Salisbury or his certain Attorney, his Executors, Administrators,
or Assigns: To which Payment, well and truly to be made, we bind our-
selves, and each of us by himself for the whole, our Heirs, Executors,
and Administrators, firmly by these Presents. Sealed with our Seals
Dated the twenty seventh Day of July
in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and forty seven
The Condition of this Obligation is such, That if hereafter there shall
not appear any lawful Let or Impediment, by reason of any Pre-Con-
tract, Consanguinity, Affinity, or any other lawful Means whatsoever; but that
the above bounden Ryall Wells a Bachelor and Alice Buller
Spinster
may lawfully solemnize Marriage together, and in
the same afterwards lawfully remain and continue for Man and Wife, accord-
ing to the Laws in that behalf provided: And moreover, if there be not at this
present time any Action, Suit, Plaint, quarrel, or Demand, moved or depend-
ing before any Judge Ecclesiastical or Temporal, for or concerning any such
lawful Impediment between the said Parties: Nor that either of them be of any
better Estate or Degree, than to the Judge at granting of the License is
suggested,
And lastly, if the same Marriage shall be openly solemnized in the Church
in the License specified, between the Hours appointed in the Constitutions Eccle-
siastical confirmed, and according to the Form of the Book of Common Prayer,
now by Law established; then this Obligation to be void, or else to remain in full
Force and Virtue
Sealed and Delivered Ryall Wells seal
in the Presence of Wal[te]r Gough
This is probably not a line for me to pursue. However Susannah can not be traced down by me.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 15 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/767/394
Testator: Stephen Buller, Coal Merchant
Place: Saint Giles without Cripplegate, City of London, England
Date of document: 15 Jul 1747, probated 23 Feb 1749
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Stephen
[Margin]: Buller
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Stephen Buller of the parish of Saint Giles without
3 Cripplegate London Coal Merchant being of Sound and
4 disposing Mind Memory and Understanding do make and
5 declare this my last Will and Testament as follows Whereas
6 upon the Contract of the Marriage of my Daughter Alice
7 with Ryall Wells of the parish of Saint Giles without
8 Cripplegate London aforesaid Cooper I entered into one
9 Bond or obligation to the said Ryall Wells bearing date
10 the fifteenth day of July instant in the penal Sum of Six
11 hundred pounds with Condition thereunder Written for
12 securing to the said Ryall Wells the Marriage portion
13 intended and agreed by me to bee given and paid to him
14 with the said Alice my Daughter at and upon the Contingencies
15 in the said Condition mentioned Now in pursuance of the
16 said Condition I do hereby give devise and bequeath all my
17 Freehold Estate in Golden Lane in the parish of Saint
18 Giles without Cripplegate London aforesaid in part of
19 which I now dwell and also all other my Real Estate whatsoever
20 unto my good Friends William Grant of the Burrough of
21 Southwark Waterman and Simon Ring of the Parish of
22 Saint Giles without Cripplegate London aforesaid Cook and
23 their heirs upon Trust to permit and Suffer my loving Wife
24 Mary Buller to receive and take to her own use the Rents
25 Issues and Proffitts of the said premisses during the Term of
26 her natural Life and as to my personal Estate my Debts
27 and Funeral Charges being thereout first paid I give the
28 same and every part thereof to my said Friends William
29 Grant and Simon Ring and the Survivor of them and the
30 Executors and administrators of such Survivor upon Trust to
31 permit and Suffer my said Wife to hold and enjoy the
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32 same for and during the Term of her natural Life and from and after
33 the Decease of my said Wife in Case my said Daughter Alice shall
34 have any Issue of her Body then living Then I give devise and
35 bequeath the one half part of all my Estate both Real and personal
36 after the payment of my Debts and Funeral Expences unto the said
37 Ryall Wells and my said daughter Alice To hold to them their
38 heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns forever and the other
39 part thereof I give devise and bequeath to my Daughter Susannah
40 To hold to my said daughter Susannah her heirs Executors
41 Administrators and Assigns forever But if it shall happen that
42 my said Daughter Alice shall not have any Issue of her Body
43 living at the time of the Decease of my said Wife then from
44 and after the decease of my said Wife I give all and Singular
45 my Estate both real and Personal of what nature kind or Quality
46 soever the same be or shall consist at the time of the decease
47 of my said Wife as aforesaid unto my said Daughter Susanah her
48 heirs Executors administrators and assigns forever she paying
49 unto the said Ryall Wells thereout the Sum of Two hundred
50 pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain in Three Months next after
51 the Decease of my said Wife and I do hereby charge my whole
52 Estate both Real and personal with the payment thereof and I
53 give the said William Grant and Simon Ring Ten pounds each for
54 Mourning and I do make ordain Constitute and appoint my said
55 Wife Sole Executrix of this my Will and I do revoke all former
56 and other Wills by me at any time before the date of these
57 presents made and do declare this only as and for my last Will
58 and Testament and none other In Witness whereof I the said
59 Stephen Buller the Testator have hereunto set my hand and
60 Seal this fifteenth Day of July in the Twenty first Year of the
61 Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace
62 of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender
63 of the faith and so forth and in the year of our Lord one thousand
64 seven hundred and forty Seven Stephen Buller Signed
65 Sealed published pronounced and declared by the said Stephen
66 Buller the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament In the
67 presence of us who Subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereunto
68 in his presence and at his request Tho[ma]s Stagg attorney in Red
69 Cross Street London Tho[ma]s Harvey Willm Shield Cl to Mr Stagg
70 This Will was proved at London the Twenty third Day of
71 February in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred
72 and forty eight before the Worshipful George Hay Doctor of
73 Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful John Bettesworth also
74 Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative
75 Court of Canterbury lawfully Constituted by the Oath of Mary
76 Buller the Relict of the said and Sold Executrix named in
77 the said Will to whom administration was granted of all
78 and Singular the Goods Chattells and Creditts of the said
79 deceased being first Sworn duly to administer.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Will of William Watson Buller, Merchant St George the Martyr, Middlesex - The National Archives PROB 11/783/233, probated 9 Nov 1750
William Watson Buller the testator and his wife must have lived in Lisbon Portugal at some point as their daughter Sarah was baptized 19 Feb 1736 at the British Factory Chaplaincy, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal (C88000-1 - Family Search). A second baptism can be found for Elizabeth Watson Buller baptized 21 Mar 1734 at the same place (C88000-1 Family Search).
Under William Buller and Sarah I also found
Sarah Buller baptized 10 Nov 1726 (deceased by 1736)
Lucy Carolina Buller baptized 31 Mar 1728 (not named in the will)
Richard Buller baptized 5 Jun 1732
and all at British Factory Chaplaincy, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal.
I did find William Watson Buller on a Peerage page saying that he was the son of a Richard Buller and Anne Watson and that this Richard was born circa 1637 and died in 1691. They lived at Shillingham Cornwall. Although the date of birth doesn't fit well he could perhaps be the Richard Buller baptized 24 Aug 1628 at St Stephen's by Saltash and son of Francis Buller and Thomas Honywood but very speculative. Not listed in the Visitation as having married anyone at all. The webpage is a personal one.
Then another interesting webpage on a Felizarda Guerhelmina Buller/Burmester who married firstly Ruddolfo Burmester and secondly Richard Buller. Richard being one of the sons of the testator and continued with his father's business being a merchant in England and Portugal. His parents being listed as William Watson Buller and Sarah Stert. This webpage viewed 13 Feb 2013: http://genforum.genealogy.com/buller/messages/260.html
I can not find the connection back to the Buller family at Shillingham by the Visitation.
Ancestry does have some information. The marriage of Elizabeth Watson Buller to Eman Walton 6 Apr 1758 at York, Yorkshire and a Charlotte Buller baptized 6 Aug 1738 at St George the Martyr, Queen Square, Middlesex, England with father William Watson Buller. The Burial of William Watson Buller is listed at St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Tower Hamlets on 17 Nov 1750. He is listed as being brought to St Dunstan from St Anne Westminster. No other information on the original parish register lines. Tower Hamlets is rather interesting as that is close to where my Buller family lived in Southwark (St Olave and St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey). I wonder now what is crossed out! The lines for the baptism of Charlotte in the original parish Register show them as living on Great Ormond Street at the time of her baptism.
Interesting line and I shall have to keep an eye open for records on this family. An interesting Bill and answer at the National Archives. Isaac Lusitano de Pinna and Maria Ayres his wife (widow and administratrix of Manuel Mendes Monforte, deceased late of Bahia, Portugal) versus William Watson Buller, merchant, of London, and Peter Ford alias Gabriel Lopez Peneiro with the date of the bill 1739. By the baptism of Charlotte it is known that they have been in England at least in 1738 and they are living at Great Ormond Street and this is the location of William Watson Buller in his Will.
He asked to be buried in the Family Vault at Stepney which would presumably mean St Dunstan Parish Church. The only record I found online from the parish registers for St Dunstan was the marriage of John Buller of Lower Waping mariner and Margaret Hicks 21 Sep 1644. William Watson Buller was probably born around the end of the 1600s so somewhat distant from this record but does bring into question the connection back to the Shillingham family.
The marriage of the eldest daughter Anna Maria to Henry Leaves and this is perhaps the Henry Leaves baptized 14 Jun 1629 at St Nicholas Cole Abbey, London son of Henry Leaves (C02263-2 Family Search) I have not yet found.
There is a baptism for William Leaves (mentioned in the will as second eldest grandson) and he was baptized 27 Jun 1749 at St James Westminster, Middlesex, England with mother Anna Maria (C13553-9 Family Search).
Writing out his son James Buller is quite fascinating in this time period. I now have a Buller line possibility in the London area which I can look at. There are more wills in this area though and it is possible That James simply took ill at some point and was unwell for whatever reason and he has been written out of his large inheritance and given eighty pounds per year to live on. But did he marry and leave progeny? Richard appears to be accounted down past 1763 so not likely my line.
The surname Watson is interesting as there was a marriage of Rebecca Buller (daughter of John Francis Buller and Rebecca Trelawney) to Vice Admiral Sir Charles Watson (circa 1720)
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 14 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/783/233
Testator: William Watson Buller, Merchant
Place: St George the Martyr, Middlesex, England
Date of document: 28 Dec 1748, probated 9 Nov 1750
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Watson Buller
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I William Watson Buller of Great Ormond Street in the
3 parish of Saint George the Martyr in the County of
4 Middlesex Merchant being at present praised be God almighty
5 in perfect and sound good health and Memory and desirous
6 and wishing to settle and bequeath the small Fortune and
7 Estate which God hath been pleased and Gracious to bless
8 me withall in the manner and form following viz[a vi]t
9 Impri[mi]s - I Give and Bequeath unto my Sister Anna
10 Maria Josepha Martin Widow of the late Reverend James
11 Martin if living at the time of my decease the Sum of
12 forty two pounds for Mourning
13 2dly - I Give and Bequeath to my Brother Richard Buller
14 the sum of twenty one pounds for Mourning
15 3dly - I Give and Bequeath unto my youngest daughter Charlotte
16 Buller the sum of two thousand pounds to be paid unto her
17 when she arrives at the Age of twenty one years or sonner
18 upon the Day of her Marriage provided the somme be with the
19 consent and Approbation of her Mother my wife Sarah but if
20 otherwise not to be paid her untill she is fully twenty one
21 years old
22 4thly I Give and Bequeath unto my next daughter Sarah
23 Buller the sum of three thousand pounds to be paid unto
24 her when she arrives at the Age of twenty one years or
25 sooner upon the Day of her Marriage provided the same be
26 with the consent and Approbation of her Mother my Wife
27 Sarah but if otherwise not to be paid her untill she is full
28 twenty one Years old
29 5thly I Give and Bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth
30 Watson Buller the sum of three thousand pounds to be paid
31 unto her when she arrives at the age of twenty one years
32 or sooner upon the day of her marriage provided the same
33 be with the consent and approbation of her mother my wife
34 Sarah but if otherwise not to be paid her untill she is full
35 twenty one years old
36 6thly I Give and Bequeath unto my youngest son Richard
37 Buller the sum of three thousand pounds to be paid unto
38 him when he arrives at the age of twenty one years or
39 sonner at the discretion Will and pleasure of his Mother muy
40 Wife Sarah but not otherwise
41 7thly - [crossed out and illegible] [Word] Will [in margin]
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42 8thly Whereas my eldest daughter Anna Maria is marryed
43 unto Henry Leaves Esquire with whom I gave three
44 thousand pounds for her portion and therefore I now
45 Give and Bequeath unto her only Fifty two pounds ten
46 shillings or fifty Guineas for Mourning
47 9thly I Give and Bequeath unto my Grandson and Godson Henry Leaves
48 the sum of one hundred Guineas or one hundred and five
49 pounds to be layed out in Bank Stock and the Interest or
50 Dividend thereof from time to time as the same becomes
51 due to become principal Stock in the Bank of England and
52 when he comes and arrives at the Age of twenty one years
53 the whole principal together with the Interest or Dividend
54 thereof to be paid unto him
55 10thly I Give and Bequeath unto my beloved Wife Sarah
56 Buller all my Jewells, silver plate and Linnen together with
57 all my household Goods and furniture likewise my coach
58 and Chariott which I shall be in possession of at the time of
59 my death desiring my Wife Sarah that upon her death she
60 Give and Bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Watson her
61 best and largest Diamond Ear Rings and the Rest of her other
62 Jewells to give unto my other Daughter or Daughters She shall think
63 fitting
64 11thly I do hereby Will constitute and appoint my Wife
65 Sarah Buller to be whole and sole Executrix of this my last
66 Will and Testament ordaining and appointing her sole
67 Guardian for the Management and education of all my
68 aforesaid five children which I recommend unto her best
69 and tender care in all respects
70 12thly Whereas my Brother in Law Arthur Stert is at present
71 my partner in my house in Lisbon in the Kingdom of
72 Portugal him I therefore Will and appoint and constitute to
73 remain and be Trustee to this my Will and Testament
74 desiring him to adjust all accounts and so make up and
75 Ballance our company Books as soon as possible to be
76 done immediately after my death in order for him together
77 with my Wife and Executrix to go depositing into the
78 Bank of England and without loss of time the several Sums
79 of Money and Legacies bequeathed and given unto my two
80 sons and three daughters as well also unto my Wife Sarah
81 in the manner hereafter appointed and bequeathed and
82 given unto her for into the Bank of England (at price
83 currant from time to time) I do hereby Will and appoint that
84 my whole Estate and Fortune be put in and made all principal
85 stock that is to say all that may appear to be due and
86 comming unto me and my family both from the company
87 Books of my house at Lisbon as well also from my own
88 Books in London in like manner
89 13thly I Give and Bequeath unto my partner Arthur Stert
90 of Lisbon the Sum of fifty Moidors[?] of Gold at 46 800 each
91 for his care and trouble of Trusteeship in settling and adjusting
92 all my Accounts as well also in Assisting my Wife and
93 Executrix in the due and true executing the contents and
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94 Meaning of this my Will and Testament appointing him
95 Trustee thereof as before declared hereby willing and
96 ordering that nothing be done executed or transacted by
97 him without the consent and approbation of my wife and
98 Executrix first had and obtained under her own hand and seal
99 14thly I Give and Bequeath unto my Wife Sarah Buller the
100 Sum of (I say) the Income and full Interest or Dividend of
101 Eight thousand pounds which sum of eight thousand pounds
102 more or less I do hereby Will ordain and Appoint to be laid
103 out in buying Bank Stock and so to become Capital Stock in
104 the company of the Bank of England in order for my Wife
105 Sarah Buller to Enjoy and receive the Interest or Dividend
106 thereof to be made Yearly or half Yearly for the same during
107 her own natural Life in the nature or manner of a jointure
108 and upon the Death or Demise of my Wife Sarah I do hereby
109 will ordain and that that her aforesaid jointure of eight
110 thousand pounds more or less She will give bequeath and
111 divide unto my sons and daughters in the best manner
112 she shall please and esteem most proper and necessary to
113 be done for their future advantage in marrying or otherwise
114 15thly I doe hereby declare order and appoint my wife Sarah Buller
115 to remain and go sole and only Guardian unto my aforesaid
116 two sons and three daughters I mean whilst and during
117 her remaining my widow but not otherways I do then the
118 Interest and Dividend of the several Sums of Money left and
119 bequeathed unto them as aforesaid shall from time to time
120 be received by her from the Bank of England and do expended
121 and belayed out in common for the Maintenance of herself
122 and my two sons and three daughters together for the better
123 Education of my aforesaid sons and daughters my Intent and
124 Meaning being nevertheless and I do hereby also Will order
125 and appoint that in case my wife Sarah should marry
126 again after being my Widow Then in such case whatever
127 child or children of mine as shall be then still Minors or
128 under age of twenty one Years Then the full Interest and
129 Dividends of his her or their Fortune or Fortunes shall be
130 fully and wholly received and enjoyed by themselves only and
131 independant from their Mother for their own and separate
132 better Living and Education and do thereby become Independant
133 also from their Father in Law in case it should please God
134 so to happen
135 16thly In order the better to explain the true meaning and
136 Intent of the aforesaid fourteenth article my Will and
137 pleasure is And I do hereby Will and Order that my
138 Executrix and Wife Sarah Buller do in the first place
139 adjust pay and discharge all my debts oweing at the time
140 of my death in the next place for her to make good and
141 pay the several Legacies bequeathed and given unto my
142 children Relations and other persons declared in this my
143 Will and Testament as aforesaid And Lastly all the Remainder
144 of my personal Estate to go to my wife Sarah Buller and by
145 her to be enjoyed as her own property whether the same be
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146 be more or less than the eight thousand pounds declared
147 and bequeathed unto her agreeable to the Tenore and
148 true Intent and Meaning of the fourteenth Article as
149 aforesaid
150 17thly I Give and Bequeath unto Arthur Smythe my present
151 Book keeper the sum of Twenty one pounds as Legacy
together with a compleat suit of Mourning which my
152 Executrix is hereby desired to give him with a Mourning
153 Ring also
154 Lastly I desire to be buryed in the Family Vault at
155 Stepney in a decent and private manner with only two
156 coaches and six horses attending my corps humbly recommend-
157 ing my soul unto God Almighty my sole hope and redeemer
158 and Saviour Amen and Amen hereby declaring this to be
159 my last Will and Testament As Witness my hand and seal this
160 twenty eight day of December one thousand seven hundred
161 and forty eight or 1748 in Ormond Street London Wm Buller
162 Memorandum that the seventh article of
163 this my Will remains blotted out with my own hand making
164 the same Will and of no effect nor validity and in lieu and
165 place thereof my Will and pleasure is and I do hereby order
166 will and appoint my Wife and Executrix Sarah Buller to pay
167 into and deposit in the Bank of England three thousand pounds
168 making the same Stock as Security for her receiving the
169 accustomed Interest or Dividend thereof in Order for her
170 paying my Eldest Son James Buller a pension or Annuity
171 during his natural Life of Eighty pounds per Annum in four
172 Quarterly Payments of twenty pounds each payment And
173 further my Will and Pleasure is that upon his death or demise
174 of my son James Buller the aforesaid Three thousand pounds
175 deposited in the Bank of England and made capital Stock be
176 immediately paid and received by my other son Richard Buller
177 or by his heirs as his or their own lawful property hereby bequeathed
178 unto them without any Let or Molestation from any other
179 person or persons whatsoever Whereas in the Eight Article I
181 have bequeathed and given unto my daughter Anna Maria
182 Leaves fifty two pounds ten shillings only for Mourning but
183 instead thereof I now Will and Bequeath unto her five hundred
184 pounds in all and no more to be paid unto her by my Executrix
185 and Wife Sarah Buller And Whereas my Grandson Henry Leaves
186 being dead I therefore now give and bequeath unto my Godson
187 and Grandson William Leaves the Sum of one hundred Guineas or one hundred
188 and five pounds to be paid him when he arrives at the Age of
189 twenty one years in the Interim said Money to be laid out in Bank
190 Stock by my Executrix Sarah Buller and the Interest or Dividend
191 She goes receiving from time to time to be made principall
192 Stock for the better advantage of my aforesaid Godson William
193 Leaves In Witness my hand in Hampton this twentieth day of
194 April Anno domini one thousand seven hundred and fifty or 1750
195 Wm W Buller
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196 Appeared Personally Henry Clive of the Inner
197 Temple London Gentleman and Henry Leaves of the Parish
198 of Saint James Westminster in the County of Middlesex
199 Esquire and severally made oath that they knew and were
200 very well acquainted with William Watson Buller late of
201 the Parish of Saint Ann Westminster aforesaid deceased for
202 several Years before and to the time of his death which
203 happened in the said Month of November and with his
204 manner and character of hand writing having often seen
205 him write and subscribe his Name and having now viewed
206 and perused the paper Writing hereunto annexed purporting
207 to be the last Will and Testament and Codicill thereto of the
208 said deceased the said Will beginning thus "In the Name of God
209 Amen I William Watson Buller of Great Ormond Street in the
210 parish of Saint George the Martyr in the County of Middlesex
211 Merchant Ending In Ormond Street London and subscribed
212 Wm W Buller The Codicill beginning thus Memorandum That the
213 seventh Article of this my M remains blotted out with my
214 own hand making the same Will and of no Effect or validity
215 Ending As Witness my Name in Hampton this twentieth Day
216 of April Anno domini one thousand seven hundred and fifty or
217 1750 and subscribed Wm W Buller now these deponents
218 depose and say that they verily believe the whole series
219 of the said Will and Codicill beginning and Ending as aforesaid
220 and subscribed as aforesaid is of the proper hand writing
221 of the said deceased and they these deponents further
222 depose that they verily believe the obliteration made
223 between the sixth and Eighth Article in the first side of
224 the said Will was done by the said deceased and also the
225 word Will wrote in the Margin of the same is as they
226 verily believe wrote by the said deceased Henry Clive
227 Hen: Leaves 9th Nov[embe] 1750
228 The said Henry Clive and Henry Leaves were sworn to
229 the Truth of this Affidavit before me Rich[ar]d Smalbroke
230 Surrogate present Tho[ma]s Adderly No[ta]ry Publ[ic]
231 This Will was proved at London with a
232 Codicill the ninth day of November in the year of our Lord
233 one thousand seven hundred and fifty before the
234 Worshipfull Richard Smalbrooke Doctor of Laws and
235 Surrogate of the Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth also
236 Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the
237 Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
238 by the Oath of Sarah Buller Widow the Relict of the
239 deceased and sole Executrix in the said Will named to
240 whom Administration was granted of all and singular
241 the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased being
242 first sworn duly to administer.
Under William Buller and Sarah I also found
Sarah Buller baptized 10 Nov 1726 (deceased by 1736)
Lucy Carolina Buller baptized 31 Mar 1728 (not named in the will)
Richard Buller baptized 5 Jun 1732
and all at British Factory Chaplaincy, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal.
I did find William Watson Buller on a Peerage page saying that he was the son of a Richard Buller and Anne Watson and that this Richard was born circa 1637 and died in 1691. They lived at Shillingham Cornwall. Although the date of birth doesn't fit well he could perhaps be the Richard Buller baptized 24 Aug 1628 at St Stephen's by Saltash and son of Francis Buller and Thomas Honywood but very speculative. Not listed in the Visitation as having married anyone at all. The webpage is a personal one.
Then another interesting webpage on a Felizarda Guerhelmina Buller/Burmester who married firstly Ruddolfo Burmester and secondly Richard Buller. Richard being one of the sons of the testator and continued with his father's business being a merchant in England and Portugal. His parents being listed as William Watson Buller and Sarah Stert. This webpage viewed 13 Feb 2013: http://genforum.genealogy.com/buller/messages/260.html
I can not find the connection back to the Buller family at Shillingham by the Visitation.
Ancestry does have some information. The marriage of Elizabeth Watson Buller to Eman Walton 6 Apr 1758 at York, Yorkshire and a Charlotte Buller baptized 6 Aug 1738 at St George the Martyr, Queen Square, Middlesex, England with father William Watson Buller. The Burial of William Watson Buller is listed at St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Tower Hamlets on 17 Nov 1750. He is listed as being brought to St Dunstan from St Anne Westminster. No other information on the original parish register lines. Tower Hamlets is rather interesting as that is close to where my Buller family lived in Southwark (St Olave and St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey). I wonder now what is crossed out! The lines for the baptism of Charlotte in the original parish Register show them as living on Great Ormond Street at the time of her baptism.
Interesting line and I shall have to keep an eye open for records on this family. An interesting Bill and answer at the National Archives. Isaac Lusitano de Pinna and Maria Ayres his wife (widow and administratrix of Manuel Mendes Monforte, deceased late of Bahia, Portugal) versus William Watson Buller, merchant, of London, and Peter Ford alias Gabriel Lopez Peneiro with the date of the bill 1739. By the baptism of Charlotte it is known that they have been in England at least in 1738 and they are living at Great Ormond Street and this is the location of William Watson Buller in his Will.
He asked to be buried in the Family Vault at Stepney which would presumably mean St Dunstan Parish Church. The only record I found online from the parish registers for St Dunstan was the marriage of John Buller of Lower Waping mariner and Margaret Hicks 21 Sep 1644. William Watson Buller was probably born around the end of the 1600s so somewhat distant from this record but does bring into question the connection back to the Shillingham family.
The marriage of the eldest daughter Anna Maria to Henry Leaves and this is perhaps the Henry Leaves baptized 14 Jun 1629 at St Nicholas Cole Abbey, London son of Henry Leaves (C02263-2 Family Search) I have not yet found.
There is a baptism for William Leaves (mentioned in the will as second eldest grandson) and he was baptized 27 Jun 1749 at St James Westminster, Middlesex, England with mother Anna Maria (C13553-9 Family Search).
Writing out his son James Buller is quite fascinating in this time period. I now have a Buller line possibility in the London area which I can look at. There are more wills in this area though and it is possible That James simply took ill at some point and was unwell for whatever reason and he has been written out of his large inheritance and given eighty pounds per year to live on. But did he marry and leave progeny? Richard appears to be accounted down past 1763 so not likely my line.
The surname Watson is interesting as there was a marriage of Rebecca Buller (daughter of John Francis Buller and Rebecca Trelawney) to Vice Admiral Sir Charles Watson (circa 1720)
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 14 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/783/233
Testator: William Watson Buller, Merchant
Place: St George the Martyr, Middlesex, England
Date of document: 28 Dec 1748, probated 9 Nov 1750
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Watson Buller
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I William Watson Buller of Great Ormond Street in the
3 parish of Saint George the Martyr in the County of
4 Middlesex Merchant being at present praised be God almighty
5 in perfect and sound good health and Memory and desirous
6 and wishing to settle and bequeath the small Fortune and
7 Estate which God hath been pleased and Gracious to bless
8 me withall in the manner and form following viz[a vi]t
9 Impri[mi]s - I Give and Bequeath unto my Sister Anna
10 Maria Josepha Martin Widow of the late Reverend James
11 Martin if living at the time of my decease the Sum of
12 forty two pounds for Mourning
13 2dly - I Give and Bequeath to my Brother Richard Buller
14 the sum of twenty one pounds for Mourning
15 3dly - I Give and Bequeath unto my youngest daughter Charlotte
16 Buller the sum of two thousand pounds to be paid unto her
17 when she arrives at the Age of twenty one years or sonner
18 upon the Day of her Marriage provided the somme be with the
19 consent and Approbation of her Mother my wife Sarah but if
20 otherwise not to be paid her untill she is fully twenty one
21 years old
22 4thly I Give and Bequeath unto my next daughter Sarah
23 Buller the sum of three thousand pounds to be paid unto
24 her when she arrives at the Age of twenty one years or
25 sooner upon the Day of her Marriage provided the same be
26 with the consent and Approbation of her Mother my Wife
27 Sarah but if otherwise not to be paid her untill she is full
28 twenty one Years old
29 5thly I Give and Bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth
30 Watson Buller the sum of three thousand pounds to be paid
31 unto her when she arrives at the age of twenty one years
32 or sooner upon the day of her marriage provided the same
33 be with the consent and approbation of her mother my wife
34 Sarah but if otherwise not to be paid her untill she is full
35 twenty one years old
36 6thly I Give and Bequeath unto my youngest son Richard
37 Buller the sum of three thousand pounds to be paid unto
38 him when he arrives at the age of twenty one years or
39 sonner at the discretion Will and pleasure of his Mother muy
40 Wife Sarah but not otherwise
41 7thly - [crossed out and illegible] [Word] Will [in margin]
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42 8thly Whereas my eldest daughter Anna Maria is marryed
43 unto Henry Leaves Esquire with whom I gave three
44 thousand pounds for her portion and therefore I now
45 Give and Bequeath unto her only Fifty two pounds ten
46 shillings or fifty Guineas for Mourning
47 9thly I Give and Bequeath unto my Grandson and Godson Henry Leaves
48 the sum of one hundred Guineas or one hundred and five
49 pounds to be layed out in Bank Stock and the Interest or
50 Dividend thereof from time to time as the same becomes
51 due to become principal Stock in the Bank of England and
52 when he comes and arrives at the Age of twenty one years
53 the whole principal together with the Interest or Dividend
54 thereof to be paid unto him
55 10thly I Give and Bequeath unto my beloved Wife Sarah
56 Buller all my Jewells, silver plate and Linnen together with
57 all my household Goods and furniture likewise my coach
58 and Chariott which I shall be in possession of at the time of
59 my death desiring my Wife Sarah that upon her death she
60 Give and Bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Watson her
61 best and largest Diamond Ear Rings and the Rest of her other
62 Jewells to give unto my other Daughter or Daughters She shall think
63 fitting
64 11thly I do hereby Will constitute and appoint my Wife
65 Sarah Buller to be whole and sole Executrix of this my last
66 Will and Testament ordaining and appointing her sole
67 Guardian for the Management and education of all my
68 aforesaid five children which I recommend unto her best
69 and tender care in all respects
70 12thly Whereas my Brother in Law Arthur Stert is at present
71 my partner in my house in Lisbon in the Kingdom of
72 Portugal him I therefore Will and appoint and constitute to
73 remain and be Trustee to this my Will and Testament
74 desiring him to adjust all accounts and so make up and
75 Ballance our company Books as soon as possible to be
76 done immediately after my death in order for him together
77 with my Wife and Executrix to go depositing into the
78 Bank of England and without loss of time the several Sums
79 of Money and Legacies bequeathed and given unto my two
80 sons and three daughters as well also unto my Wife Sarah
81 in the manner hereafter appointed and bequeathed and
82 given unto her for into the Bank of England (at price
83 currant from time to time) I do hereby Will and appoint that
84 my whole Estate and Fortune be put in and made all principal
85 stock that is to say all that may appear to be due and
86 comming unto me and my family both from the company
87 Books of my house at Lisbon as well also from my own
88 Books in London in like manner
89 13thly I Give and Bequeath unto my partner Arthur Stert
90 of Lisbon the Sum of fifty Moidors[?] of Gold at 46 800 each
91 for his care and trouble of Trusteeship in settling and adjusting
92 all my Accounts as well also in Assisting my Wife and
93 Executrix in the due and true executing the contents and
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94 Meaning of this my Will and Testament appointing him
95 Trustee thereof as before declared hereby willing and
96 ordering that nothing be done executed or transacted by
97 him without the consent and approbation of my wife and
98 Executrix first had and obtained under her own hand and seal
99 14thly I Give and Bequeath unto my Wife Sarah Buller the
100 Sum of (I say) the Income and full Interest or Dividend of
101 Eight thousand pounds which sum of eight thousand pounds
102 more or less I do hereby Will ordain and Appoint to be laid
103 out in buying Bank Stock and so to become Capital Stock in
104 the company of the Bank of England in order for my Wife
105 Sarah Buller to Enjoy and receive the Interest or Dividend
106 thereof to be made Yearly or half Yearly for the same during
107 her own natural Life in the nature or manner of a jointure
108 and upon the Death or Demise of my Wife Sarah I do hereby
109 will ordain and that that her aforesaid jointure of eight
110 thousand pounds more or less She will give bequeath and
111 divide unto my sons and daughters in the best manner
112 she shall please and esteem most proper and necessary to
113 be done for their future advantage in marrying or otherwise
114 15thly I doe hereby declare order and appoint my wife Sarah Buller
115 to remain and go sole and only Guardian unto my aforesaid
116 two sons and three daughters I mean whilst and during
117 her remaining my widow but not otherways I do then the
118 Interest and Dividend of the several Sums of Money left and
119 bequeathed unto them as aforesaid shall from time to time
120 be received by her from the Bank of England and do expended
121 and belayed out in common for the Maintenance of herself
122 and my two sons and three daughters together for the better
123 Education of my aforesaid sons and daughters my Intent and
124 Meaning being nevertheless and I do hereby also Will order
125 and appoint that in case my wife Sarah should marry
126 again after being my Widow Then in such case whatever
127 child or children of mine as shall be then still Minors or
128 under age of twenty one Years Then the full Interest and
129 Dividends of his her or their Fortune or Fortunes shall be
130 fully and wholly received and enjoyed by themselves only and
131 independant from their Mother for their own and separate
132 better Living and Education and do thereby become Independant
133 also from their Father in Law in case it should please God
134 so to happen
135 16thly In order the better to explain the true meaning and
136 Intent of the aforesaid fourteenth article my Will and
137 pleasure is And I do hereby Will and Order that my
138 Executrix and Wife Sarah Buller do in the first place
139 adjust pay and discharge all my debts oweing at the time
140 of my death in the next place for her to make good and
141 pay the several Legacies bequeathed and given unto my
142 children Relations and other persons declared in this my
143 Will and Testament as aforesaid And Lastly all the Remainder
144 of my personal Estate to go to my wife Sarah Buller and by
145 her to be enjoyed as her own property whether the same be
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146 be more or less than the eight thousand pounds declared
147 and bequeathed unto her agreeable to the Tenore and
148 true Intent and Meaning of the fourteenth Article as
149 aforesaid
150 17thly I Give and Bequeath unto Arthur Smythe my present
151 Book keeper the sum of Twenty one pounds as Legacy
together with a compleat suit of Mourning which my
152 Executrix is hereby desired to give him with a Mourning
153 Ring also
154 Lastly I desire to be buryed in the Family Vault at
155 Stepney in a decent and private manner with only two
156 coaches and six horses attending my corps humbly recommend-
157 ing my soul unto God Almighty my sole hope and redeemer
158 and Saviour Amen and Amen hereby declaring this to be
159 my last Will and Testament As Witness my hand and seal this
160 twenty eight day of December one thousand seven hundred
161 and forty eight or 1748 in Ormond Street London Wm Buller
162 Memorandum that the seventh article of
163 this my Will remains blotted out with my own hand making
164 the same Will and of no effect nor validity and in lieu and
165 place thereof my Will and pleasure is and I do hereby order
166 will and appoint my Wife and Executrix Sarah Buller to pay
167 into and deposit in the Bank of England three thousand pounds
168 making the same Stock as Security for her receiving the
169 accustomed Interest or Dividend thereof in Order for her
170 paying my Eldest Son James Buller a pension or Annuity
171 during his natural Life of Eighty pounds per Annum in four
172 Quarterly Payments of twenty pounds each payment And
173 further my Will and Pleasure is that upon his death or demise
174 of my son James Buller the aforesaid Three thousand pounds
175 deposited in the Bank of England and made capital Stock be
176 immediately paid and received by my other son Richard Buller
177 or by his heirs as his or their own lawful property hereby bequeathed
178 unto them without any Let or Molestation from any other
179 person or persons whatsoever Whereas in the Eight Article I
181 have bequeathed and given unto my daughter Anna Maria
182 Leaves fifty two pounds ten shillings only for Mourning but
183 instead thereof I now Will and Bequeath unto her five hundred
184 pounds in all and no more to be paid unto her by my Executrix
185 and Wife Sarah Buller And Whereas my Grandson Henry Leaves
186 being dead I therefore now give and bequeath unto my Godson
187 and Grandson William Leaves the Sum of one hundred Guineas or one hundred
188 and five pounds to be paid him when he arrives at the Age of
189 twenty one years in the Interim said Money to be laid out in Bank
190 Stock by my Executrix Sarah Buller and the Interest or Dividend
191 She goes receiving from time to time to be made principall
192 Stock for the better advantage of my aforesaid Godson William
193 Leaves In Witness my hand in Hampton this twentieth day of
194 April Anno domini one thousand seven hundred and fifty or 1750
195 Wm W Buller
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196 Appeared Personally Henry Clive of the Inner
197 Temple London Gentleman and Henry Leaves of the Parish
198 of Saint James Westminster in the County of Middlesex
199 Esquire and severally made oath that they knew and were
200 very well acquainted with William Watson Buller late of
201 the Parish of Saint Ann Westminster aforesaid deceased for
202 several Years before and to the time of his death which
203 happened in the said Month of November and with his
204 manner and character of hand writing having often seen
205 him write and subscribe his Name and having now viewed
206 and perused the paper Writing hereunto annexed purporting
207 to be the last Will and Testament and Codicill thereto of the
208 said deceased the said Will beginning thus "In the Name of God
209 Amen I William Watson Buller of Great Ormond Street in the
210 parish of Saint George the Martyr in the County of Middlesex
211 Merchant Ending In Ormond Street London and subscribed
212 Wm W Buller The Codicill beginning thus Memorandum That the
213 seventh Article of this my M remains blotted out with my
214 own hand making the same Will and of no Effect or validity
215 Ending As Witness my Name in Hampton this twentieth Day
216 of April Anno domini one thousand seven hundred and fifty or
217 1750 and subscribed Wm W Buller now these deponents
218 depose and say that they verily believe the whole series
219 of the said Will and Codicill beginning and Ending as aforesaid
220 and subscribed as aforesaid is of the proper hand writing
221 of the said deceased and they these deponents further
222 depose that they verily believe the obliteration made
223 between the sixth and Eighth Article in the first side of
224 the said Will was done by the said deceased and also the
225 word Will wrote in the Margin of the same is as they
226 verily believe wrote by the said deceased Henry Clive
227 Hen: Leaves 9th Nov[embe] 1750
228 The said Henry Clive and Henry Leaves were sworn to
229 the Truth of this Affidavit before me Rich[ar]d Smalbroke
230 Surrogate present Tho[ma]s Adderly No[ta]ry Publ[ic]
231 This Will was proved at London with a
232 Codicill the ninth day of November in the year of our Lord
233 one thousand seven hundred and fifty before the
234 Worshipfull Richard Smalbrooke Doctor of Laws and
235 Surrogate of the Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth also
236 Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the
237 Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
238 by the Oath of Sarah Buller Widow the Relict of the
239 deceased and sole Executrix in the said Will named to
240 whom Administration was granted of all and singular
241 the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased being
242 first sworn duly to administer.
Will of Francis Buller Esquire of Westminster, Middlesex - The National Archives PROB 11/903/207, probated 19 Nov 1764
I have mis-sorted this will as it actually belongs with the Westminster wills but since I have begun I shall carry on after all the last one that I did was for Butler instead of Buller! This one does rather interest me as it is probated in 1764 (one year after the projected birth of Christopher Buller my 3x great grandfather).
There is an affidavit attached to this will which accurately places this family into the Cornwall family. The Testator is an Uncle to Francis Buller of the Inner Court. I believe this to be Sir Francis Buller, Baronet Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. That would mean that this Francis is a son of John Francis Buller and certainly his sister Rebecca (his executrix) married Sir Charles Watson and was identified as Rebecca Watson, widow. An Elizabeth Buller is mentioned and this is perhaps his sister who married the Reverend John Sturgess, D.D. John Buller was the second son of John Francis Buller and he remained at Pelynt and many of his descendants were in the Military and the first Buller will is one of the grandsons of John Buller (Sir Edward Buller of Trenant Park). I rather believe this too does not lead me back to Christopher but does provide more details on the Buller family of Cornwall.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 13 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/903/207
Testator: Francis Buller, Esquire
Place: Westminster, Middlesex, England
Date of document: 30 Jun 1764, probated 19 Nov 1764
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Francis
[Margin]: Buller
1 The last Will of me
2 Francis Buller of Abingdon Street Westminster Esquire
3 Imprimis I Give to my Sister Watson and Brother John
4 Buller all my Manors Messuages Lands Tenements and Real
5 Estate of what Nature soever and also all my personal Estate
6 to hold to them their heirs Executors and Adm[inistrat]ors In Trust to Sell
7 and Dispose thereof and convert the whole into ready Money
8 and that they do thereout when and pay the Sums and Legacys
9 following Viz [a vi]t the Sum of Fifteen hundred pounds to her my said
10 Sister Watson the Sum of Two hundred pounds to him my said
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11 Brother John To the Rev Jos: Foot of Anthony One hundred
12 pounds To Mr James Coulthard Fifty pounds over and above w[ha]t
13 I may owe him To my Servant Susanna Mason Forty pounds To
14 my Servant Charity Youlin Twenty pounds and to my Servant
15 Daniel Ellis Twenty pounds to be paid at his Age of 21 and all
16 my Wearing Apparell I forgive Wm Ellis the one hundred
17 pounds he owes me on Note and the Interest I desire that the
18 twenty pounds Given by my late Dear Wife's Will to Wm Ellis
19 of [blank] Son of the said Wm Ellis may be paid I give the
20 Diamond Ring which I Generally Wear in Memory of my said
21 late Wife to her Neice Miss Gertrude Bampfylde And I
22 desire that the then residue after payment of my Debts and
23 Legacies and Funeral Expences be Equally Distributed between and
24 paid to or retained by her my said sister Watson and Brothers
25 John and William and Sister Elizabeth But the above bequest
26 to my Brother William is on Condition that he do relinquish and
27 release all such Right and Interest as he may have to or in
28 a certain Copyhold Lease at West Anthony and also pay or
29 allow to my Executors the Five hundred pounds he owes me and
30 my Will is that all my Debts not carrying Interest be paid within
31 3 Months next after my Death I Desire that my Funeral may be
32 as private as Decency will admit but I leave the same entirely
33 to the Discretion of my Executors And I do hereby appoint my said
34 Sister Watson and Brother John Executors of this my Will In
35 Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand this 30 Day of
36 June 1764 Francis Buller Signed and published by the s[ai]d
37 Francis Buller as and for his last Will in the presence of us
38 who in his presence and in the presence of each other have
39 hereto subscribed our Names as Witnesses, John Cowell, John
40 Shears, Charles Blore
41 M[emorandu]m this 30th June 1764 the Sum of three hundred
42 pounds was remitted me by Mr John Peke of Antony parish to
43 be applied on his account and the same stands placed to my Credit
44 in the Shop of Mess[ieur]s Backwell and Co Now I declare that the
45 said 300 li is Mr Pekes property and desire it may be paid or
46 applied as he shall Direct Frs: Buller Witness
47 James Coulthard
48 A Codicil to the Will of me Francis Buller Esq[uie]r
49 Whereas by my last Will bearing date on or about the
50 thirtieth Day of June last I have made my Brother John an
51 Executor and also Given him a Legacy and bequeathed part of my
52 Residuary Estate to him And Whereas he my said Brother and I as
53 co-exec[u]tors of our late Father have respectively received and paid
54 several Sums and possessed several parts in respect out and on
55 account of our said late Father's Estates the accounts of which have
56 not yet been Closed Now in order to remove all Disputes relating
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57 thereto And I being well Satisfied that I am not Indebted to my
58 said Brother on account of such Executorship I do hereby Will and
59 Direct that my said Brother John shall and Do before he be permitted
60 to prove my said Will or in any wise Intermeddle with my Executors on
61 one or more proper Deeds or Instruments effectually Release
62 and Discharge my Estate from all Claims and Demands which he
63 can (or may have) thereon for or on account of my receiving or
64 possessing or disposing of this my said late Father's Estate the Effects
65 or otherwise Intermedling therein And in case of his Neglect
66 or refusal for three Months after my Death so to do then I revoke
67 all Benefits intended him by my said Will and also the appointment
68 of him as an Executor and Direct that such benefits and bequests
69 Go to my older Residuary Legatees and that my Sister Watson do
70 remain Sole Executrix and Sole Trustee;
71 But on his Giving such Release and Discharge as aforesaid
72 Then I Will and Direct that he also releases and discharges from
73 all Demands which For my Estate may have on him on account of
74 his Receipts and payments touching the said Executorship or on any other account
75 It being my Intent and Meaning that the
76 accounts between him and me touching our respective receipts
77 and payments relating to such Executorship and all other accounts
78 up to the Day of my Death be Considered and taken as Settled and
79 Closed. But nevertheless I do not Mean that my Demands on the
80 outstanding of future Effects of my Said Father should be relinquished
81 And I give five pounds to the poor of the parish where I
82 Shall be Buried As to my Brother Buller I have tried
83 many Marks of affection and friendship from and I think my
84 self Greatly obliged to him on many Occasions But as a
85 Considerable advantage will accrue to him on my Death I therefore
86 hope he'll not be displeased at my not making any Bequest
87 in his Favour In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand this
88 11 July 1764. F. Buller Signed and published by the said
89 Francis Buller as a Codicil to his Will in the presence of us
90 who in his presence and in the presence of each other have
91 hereto set our Names as Witnesses the Words other account
92 and the words (In all other accounts) having first interlined near the
93 bottom of the first side Thomas Wildman John Cowell John Shears
94 15th Nov 1764
95 Appeared personally Francis Buller of the Inner
96 Temple London Esq[uie]r and being Sworn on the holy Evangelists
97 made Oath that the well known Francis Buller late of the parish
98 of St Margaret Westminster in the County of Middlesex Esquire
99 Deceased he being the Deponents Uncle and the Deponent is well
100 acquainted with his the Deceased's manner and Character of hand
101 writing having often seen him write and having now carefully viewed
102 the Name Frs Buller Subscribed to the Codicil or paper
103 Writing hereto annexed beginning thus Mm this 30th
104 June, 1764 and ending thus as he shall Direct Saith
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105 that he Doth verily believe the said Name and Subscript,
106 Frs Buller to be of the proper hand Writing of the said Francis
107 Buller Esq[uie]r deceased, Fra[nci]s Buller same Day, the said Francis
108 Buller Esq[uie]r was duly Sworn to the Truth of this affidavit before me
109 Geo. Harris Surrogate present H. Stevens Jan Not Pub
110 This Will proved at London (with two Codicils) the
111 Nineteenth Day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand
112 Seven hundred and Sixty four before the Worshipful William Compton
113 Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful George Hay also
114 Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative
115 Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Rebecca
116 Watson Widow the Sister of the deceased and one of the Executors
117 named in the Will to whom Administration was Granted of all and
118 Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased She
119 having been first Sworn duly to Administer (power reserved of
120 making the like Grant to John Buller Esq[uie]r the Brother of the
121 said Deceased and other Executor named in the said Will and Second
122 Codicil when he Shall apply for the same) Agreeable to the Tenor of
123 the said Codicils
There is an affidavit attached to this will which accurately places this family into the Cornwall family. The Testator is an Uncle to Francis Buller of the Inner Court. I believe this to be Sir Francis Buller, Baronet Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. That would mean that this Francis is a son of John Francis Buller and certainly his sister Rebecca (his executrix) married Sir Charles Watson and was identified as Rebecca Watson, widow. An Elizabeth Buller is mentioned and this is perhaps his sister who married the Reverend John Sturgess, D.D. John Buller was the second son of John Francis Buller and he remained at Pelynt and many of his descendants were in the Military and the first Buller will is one of the grandsons of John Buller (Sir Edward Buller of Trenant Park). I rather believe this too does not lead me back to Christopher but does provide more details on the Buller family of Cornwall.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 13 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/903/207
Testator: Francis Buller, Esquire
Place: Westminster, Middlesex, England
Date of document: 30 Jun 1764, probated 19 Nov 1764
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Francis
[Margin]: Buller
1 The last Will of me
2 Francis Buller of Abingdon Street Westminster Esquire
3 Imprimis I Give to my Sister Watson and Brother John
4 Buller all my Manors Messuages Lands Tenements and Real
5 Estate of what Nature soever and also all my personal Estate
6 to hold to them their heirs Executors and Adm[inistrat]ors In Trust to Sell
7 and Dispose thereof and convert the whole into ready Money
8 and that they do thereout when and pay the Sums and Legacys
9 following Viz [a vi]t the Sum of Fifteen hundred pounds to her my said
10 Sister Watson the Sum of Two hundred pounds to him my said
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11 Brother John To the Rev Jos: Foot of Anthony One hundred
12 pounds To Mr James Coulthard Fifty pounds over and above w[ha]t
13 I may owe him To my Servant Susanna Mason Forty pounds To
14 my Servant Charity Youlin Twenty pounds and to my Servant
15 Daniel Ellis Twenty pounds to be paid at his Age of 21 and all
16 my Wearing Apparell I forgive Wm Ellis the one hundred
17 pounds he owes me on Note and the Interest I desire that the
18 twenty pounds Given by my late Dear Wife's Will to Wm Ellis
19 of [blank] Son of the said Wm Ellis may be paid I give the
20 Diamond Ring which I Generally Wear in Memory of my said
21 late Wife to her Neice Miss Gertrude Bampfylde And I
22 desire that the then residue after payment of my Debts and
23 Legacies and Funeral Expences be Equally Distributed between and
24 paid to or retained by her my said sister Watson and Brothers
25 John and William and Sister Elizabeth But the above bequest
26 to my Brother William is on Condition that he do relinquish and
27 release all such Right and Interest as he may have to or in
28 a certain Copyhold Lease at West Anthony and also pay or
29 allow to my Executors the Five hundred pounds he owes me and
30 my Will is that all my Debts not carrying Interest be paid within
31 3 Months next after my Death I Desire that my Funeral may be
32 as private as Decency will admit but I leave the same entirely
33 to the Discretion of my Executors And I do hereby appoint my said
34 Sister Watson and Brother John Executors of this my Will In
35 Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand this 30 Day of
36 June 1764 Francis Buller Signed and published by the s[ai]d
37 Francis Buller as and for his last Will in the presence of us
38 who in his presence and in the presence of each other have
39 hereto subscribed our Names as Witnesses, John Cowell, John
40 Shears, Charles Blore
41 M[emorandu]m this 30th June 1764 the Sum of three hundred
42 pounds was remitted me by Mr John Peke of Antony parish to
43 be applied on his account and the same stands placed to my Credit
44 in the Shop of Mess[ieur]s Backwell and Co Now I declare that the
45 said 300 li is Mr Pekes property and desire it may be paid or
46 applied as he shall Direct Frs: Buller Witness
47 James Coulthard
48 A Codicil to the Will of me Francis Buller Esq[uie]r
49 Whereas by my last Will bearing date on or about the
50 thirtieth Day of June last I have made my Brother John an
51 Executor and also Given him a Legacy and bequeathed part of my
52 Residuary Estate to him And Whereas he my said Brother and I as
53 co-exec[u]tors of our late Father have respectively received and paid
54 several Sums and possessed several parts in respect out and on
55 account of our said late Father's Estates the accounts of which have
56 not yet been Closed Now in order to remove all Disputes relating
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57 thereto And I being well Satisfied that I am not Indebted to my
58 said Brother on account of such Executorship I do hereby Will and
59 Direct that my said Brother John shall and Do before he be permitted
60 to prove my said Will or in any wise Intermeddle with my Executors on
61 one or more proper Deeds or Instruments effectually Release
62 and Discharge my Estate from all Claims and Demands which he
63 can (or may have) thereon for or on account of my receiving or
64 possessing or disposing of this my said late Father's Estate the Effects
65 or otherwise Intermedling therein And in case of his Neglect
66 or refusal for three Months after my Death so to do then I revoke
67 all Benefits intended him by my said Will and also the appointment
68 of him as an Executor and Direct that such benefits and bequests
69 Go to my older Residuary Legatees and that my Sister Watson do
70 remain Sole Executrix and Sole Trustee;
71 But on his Giving such Release and Discharge as aforesaid
72 Then I Will and Direct that he also releases and discharges from
73 all Demands which For my Estate may have on him on account of
74 his Receipts and payments touching the said Executorship or on any other account
75 It being my Intent and Meaning that the
76 accounts between him and me touching our respective receipts
77 and payments relating to such Executorship and all other accounts
78 up to the Day of my Death be Considered and taken as Settled and
79 Closed. But nevertheless I do not Mean that my Demands on the
80 outstanding of future Effects of my Said Father should be relinquished
81 And I give five pounds to the poor of the parish where I
82 Shall be Buried As to my Brother Buller I have tried
83 many Marks of affection and friendship from and I think my
84 self Greatly obliged to him on many Occasions But as a
85 Considerable advantage will accrue to him on my Death I therefore
86 hope he'll not be displeased at my not making any Bequest
87 in his Favour In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand this
88 11 July 1764. F. Buller Signed and published by the said
89 Francis Buller as a Codicil to his Will in the presence of us
90 who in his presence and in the presence of each other have
91 hereto set our Names as Witnesses the Words other account
92 and the words (In all other accounts) having first interlined near the
93 bottom of the first side Thomas Wildman John Cowell John Shears
94 15th Nov 1764
95 Appeared personally Francis Buller of the Inner
96 Temple London Esq[uie]r and being Sworn on the holy Evangelists
97 made Oath that the well known Francis Buller late of the parish
98 of St Margaret Westminster in the County of Middlesex Esquire
99 Deceased he being the Deponents Uncle and the Deponent is well
100 acquainted with his the Deceased's manner and Character of hand
101 writing having often seen him write and having now carefully viewed
102 the Name Frs Buller Subscribed to the Codicil or paper
103 Writing hereto annexed beginning thus Mm this 30th
104 June, 1764 and ending thus as he shall Direct Saith
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105 that he Doth verily believe the said Name and Subscript,
106 Frs Buller to be of the proper hand Writing of the said Francis
107 Buller Esq[uie]r deceased, Fra[nci]s Buller same Day, the said Francis
108 Buller Esq[uie]r was duly Sworn to the Truth of this affidavit before me
109 Geo. Harris Surrogate present H. Stevens Jan Not Pub
110 This Will proved at London (with two Codicils) the
111 Nineteenth Day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand
112 Seven hundred and Sixty four before the Worshipful William Compton
113 Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful George Hay also
114 Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative
115 Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Rebecca
116 Watson Widow the Sister of the deceased and one of the Executors
117 named in the Will to whom Administration was Granted of all and
118 Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased She
119 having been first Sworn duly to Administer (power reserved of
120 making the like Grant to John Buller Esq[uie]r the Brother of the
121 said Deceased and other Executor named in the said Will and Second
122 Codicil when he Shall apply for the same) Agreeable to the Tenor of
123 the said Codicils
Will of Mary Butler, Spinster of Saint Benet Fink, London - The National Archives PROB 11/982/169, probated 16 Nov 1772
Thought this could be a possibility to help me out given the time frame (after Christopher Buller was born circa 1673) however the will is for Mary Butler I am fairly sure and will check that out with the National Archives. Handy will though for this family as she identifies her brother and sister who are living in Louth Lincolnshire.Indeed The National Archives has sent me an email stating this is Mary Butler.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 13 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/982/169
Testator: Mary Butler, Spinster
Place: Saint Benet Fink, London, England
Date of document: 12 Nov 1772, probated 16 Nov 1772
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Mary Butler
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Mary Butler of Bear Alley of the parish of Saint
3 Bennet Finck London Spinster being sick and weak of
4 Body but of sound Mind Memory and Understanding do
5 make this my last Will and Testament in manner and
6 forme following that is to say First and principally I commend
7 my Soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator
8 hoping for pardon of my Sins by the Merits and
9 Intercession of my blessed Saviour my Body I commit to
10 the Earth to be buried and as to all such Estate Goods
11 and Chattels that I shall be possessed of interested in or
12 intitled unto at the time of my decease after payment
13 of all my Debts Funeral Charges and all other necessary
14 Expences I do dispose thereof as followeth that is to say
15 I do give and bequeath unto my Brother James Butler
16 Shoemaker now living at Louth Lincolnshire and to my
17 Sister Ann Ward (wife of Thomas Ward Shoemaker living
18 at the aforesaid place) all and every part of my Estate in
19 Effects Goods and Chattels that may be remaining after
20 the following Legacies herein mentioned being paid I do give
21 and bequeath unto Elizabeth Cuthbert two Tea Spoons
22 marked C I do give and bequeath unto Elizabeth
23 Robinson daughter of Eleanor Robinson a Silver Medal
24 and pin and I do give and bequeath three Rings as
25 follow one to Mrs Ann Brown one to Mrs Catherine
26 Brown and one to Mrs Bridget Hughes if they please
27 to accept of them I do also give and bequeath Five
28 Guineas to my Executrix Mrs Jane Monkhouse for her
29 care and trouble and I do give and bequeath Three Rings
30 unto Mr Edward Derby and his two Daughters Isabella
31 Derby and Carolina Derby and I do hereby constitute and
32 appoint Jane Monkhouse Spinster of the parish of
33 Peckham in the County of Surry my Executrix of this my
34 last Will hereby revoking all other Wills and Testaments
35 by me at any time heretofore made or published I do
36 declare this to be my Will and Testament In Witness
37 whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the
38 Twelfth day of November in the Twelfth Year of the
39 Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the
40 Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland
41 King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the year
42 of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and seventy two
43 Mary Butler Signed sealed published and Declared by
44 the Testator as and for her last Will and Testament in
45 the presence of us who here subscribe our Names as
46 Witnesses hereto in her presence and at her request in
47 the presence of another; Witnesses E: Derby, Sarah Ireland X her mark
48 This Will was proved at London the Sixteenth
49 day of November in the Year of our Lord One Thousand
50 seven hundred and seventy two before the Worshipful George
51 Harris Doctor of Laws and Surrogate of the Right
52 Worshipful George Hay Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or
53 Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
54 constituted by the Oath of Jane Monkhouse Spinster the
55 Executrix named in the said Will to whom administration
56 was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattles and
57 Credits of the said deceased having been first sworn duly
58 to administer
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 13 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/982/169
Testator: Mary Butler, Spinster
Place: Saint Benet Fink, London, England
Date of document: 12 Nov 1772, probated 16 Nov 1772
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Mary Butler
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Mary Butler of Bear Alley of the parish of Saint
3 Bennet Finck London Spinster being sick and weak of
4 Body but of sound Mind Memory and Understanding do
5 make this my last Will and Testament in manner and
6 forme following that is to say First and principally I commend
7 my Soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator
8 hoping for pardon of my Sins by the Merits and
9 Intercession of my blessed Saviour my Body I commit to
10 the Earth to be buried and as to all such Estate Goods
11 and Chattels that I shall be possessed of interested in or
12 intitled unto at the time of my decease after payment
13 of all my Debts Funeral Charges and all other necessary
14 Expences I do dispose thereof as followeth that is to say
15 I do give and bequeath unto my Brother James Butler
16 Shoemaker now living at Louth Lincolnshire and to my
17 Sister Ann Ward (wife of Thomas Ward Shoemaker living
18 at the aforesaid place) all and every part of my Estate in
19 Effects Goods and Chattels that may be remaining after
20 the following Legacies herein mentioned being paid I do give
21 and bequeath unto Elizabeth Cuthbert two Tea Spoons
22 marked C I do give and bequeath unto Elizabeth
23 Robinson daughter of Eleanor Robinson a Silver Medal
24 and pin and I do give and bequeath three Rings as
25 follow one to Mrs Ann Brown one to Mrs Catherine
26 Brown and one to Mrs Bridget Hughes if they please
27 to accept of them I do also give and bequeath Five
28 Guineas to my Executrix Mrs Jane Monkhouse for her
29 care and trouble and I do give and bequeath Three Rings
30 unto Mr Edward Derby and his two Daughters Isabella
31 Derby and Carolina Derby and I do hereby constitute and
32 appoint Jane Monkhouse Spinster of the parish of
33 Peckham in the County of Surry my Executrix of this my
34 last Will hereby revoking all other Wills and Testaments
35 by me at any time heretofore made or published I do
36 declare this to be my Will and Testament In Witness
37 whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the
38 Twelfth day of November in the Twelfth Year of the
39 Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the
40 Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland
41 King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the year
42 of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and seventy two
43 Mary Butler Signed sealed published and Declared by
44 the Testator as and for her last Will and Testament in
45 the presence of us who here subscribe our Names as
46 Witnesses hereto in her presence and at her request in
47 the presence of another; Witnesses E: Derby, Sarah Ireland X her mark
48 This Will was proved at London the Sixteenth
49 day of November in the Year of our Lord One Thousand
50 seven hundred and seventy two before the Worshipful George
51 Harris Doctor of Laws and Surrogate of the Right
52 Worshipful George Hay Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or
53 Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
54 constituted by the Oath of Jane Monkhouse Spinster the
55 Executrix named in the said Will to whom administration
56 was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattles and
57 Credits of the said deceased having been first sworn duly
58 to administer
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Will of Walter Buller, Citizen and Salter, Parish of St Mildrede in Bread Street, London - The National Archives PROB 11/146/169, probated 13 Jun 1625
There are five City of London wills and these have a strong probability to be my Buller line (along with the Buller family of Warwickshire since my Henry Christopher Buller went back and forth between his butcher shop in London and his butcher shop in Birmingham - my 2x great grandfather).
Mary Buller, Spinster of Saint Benet Fink London, PROB 11/982/169, probated 16 Nov 1772
Walter Buller (present will)
Stephen Buller, Coal Merchant of Saint Giles without Cripplegate, City of London, PROB 11/767/394, probated 23 Feb 1749
Richard Buller, Merchant of Bearbinder Lane, City of London, PROB 11/769/443, probated 9 May 1749
Julius Buller, Merchant now going on a Voyage to the Spanish West Indes of City of London, PROB 11/589/230, probated 11 Feb 1723
Walter Buller's will is the oldest one in London dating back to 1625 so he was likely born in the mid to late 1500s. He has a brother Thomas Buller whom he names executor. It is a noncupative will.
The Church of St Mildred in Bread Street is an ancient one having been dedicated in the 7th century to Saint Mildred the daughter of Merewald, sub-king of West Mercians. It was rebuilt following the Great Fire of London and then succumbed to bombing in 1941. Amazing to think this will dates back to before the Great Fire of London and that Walter Buller was buried in that Church.
There is a list of the Residents of Bread Street in 1638 on the British History Online website:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=32054
No Buller members are listed. It is a valuation of the houses in the Parish of St Mildred for Tythe purposes. There is a Mr. Butler.
Although the original Parish Registers were destroyed in 1941, the Harleian Society had fortunately made a transcription of these registers in 1912. (http://ia700408.us.archive.org/25/items/registersofstmil42stmi/registersofstmil42stmi.pdf ) The baptisms begin in 1658, the Marriages begin in 1670, and the Burials begin in 1670. There were no entries for Buller in the Register.
He is listed on Find My Past under Boyd's Inhabitants of London as being a Salter on Bread Street in St Mildred. He is also listed as being a Citizen. It would be so exciting if someone would take on the Buller one name study. Again this is one of the well known surnames of the British Isles. There isn't a Thomas Buller listed under Boyd's Inhabitants of London.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 11 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/146/169
Testator: Walter Buller, Salter of Saint Mildred Bread Street
Place: City of London, England
Date of document: 11 Jun 1625, probated 13 Jun 1625
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[Margin]: T. incupative
[Margin]: Walteri
[Margin]: Buller
[Margin]: desc.
1 Memorand That Walter Buller late of the p[ar]ish of St Mildrede in Bred Streete London
2 Cittizen and Salter deceased on the Eleaventh daie of June Anno d[omi]ni 1625 beinge of p[er]fect
3 mind and memory and havinge an intent to settle and dispose of his estate made and declared
4 the last will and testament nuncupative as followeth viz[a vi]t Imprimis his bodie to buried
5 in the upper end of St Mildreds Church aforesaid Alsoe he gave and bequeathed unto
6 his fower sisters viz[a vi]t Marye Underhill Alice Mayall Elizabeth Aynge and Katherine
7 Newberry Twentie pounds a peece of lawfull English money Alsoe he gave and
8 bequeathed unto [blank] his Goddaughter Fifteene pounds of lawfull
9 money Alsoe he gave and bequeathed unto the poore of the parishe of Halford where
10 he was borne Fower poundes of lawfull money Alsoe he gave and bequeathed
11 unto Elizabeth Clarke his Landlady the some of Fower pounds of lawfull money
12 Alsoe he gave and bequeathed unto [blank] his godsonne Thirtie
13 nobles of lawfull money Alsoe he gave and bequeathed unto the poore of the p[ar]ishe
14 of St Mildred in Bredstreete London the some of Fower pounds of lawfull money
15 All the rest of his goods chattells and debts (whatsoever his mind debts being afix I
16 paid and this his will beinge p[er]formed he gave left and bequeathed to his brother
17 Thomas Buller whom he nominated Executor of this his last will and testament
18 or he uttered and used words to the like effect In the p[re]sence of us Raphe Clarke
19 William Turner
Mary Buller, Spinster of Saint Benet Fink London, PROB 11/982/169, probated 16 Nov 1772
Walter Buller (present will)
Stephen Buller, Coal Merchant of Saint Giles without Cripplegate, City of London, PROB 11/767/394, probated 23 Feb 1749
Richard Buller, Merchant of Bearbinder Lane, City of London, PROB 11/769/443, probated 9 May 1749
Julius Buller, Merchant now going on a Voyage to the Spanish West Indes of City of London, PROB 11/589/230, probated 11 Feb 1723
Walter Buller's will is the oldest one in London dating back to 1625 so he was likely born in the mid to late 1500s. He has a brother Thomas Buller whom he names executor. It is a noncupative will.
The Church of St Mildred in Bread Street is an ancient one having been dedicated in the 7th century to Saint Mildred the daughter of Merewald, sub-king of West Mercians. It was rebuilt following the Great Fire of London and then succumbed to bombing in 1941. Amazing to think this will dates back to before the Great Fire of London and that Walter Buller was buried in that Church.
There is a list of the Residents of Bread Street in 1638 on the British History Online website:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=32054
No Buller members are listed. It is a valuation of the houses in the Parish of St Mildred for Tythe purposes. There is a Mr. Butler.
Although the original Parish Registers were destroyed in 1941, the Harleian Society had fortunately made a transcription of these registers in 1912. (http://ia700408.us.archive.org/25/items/registersofstmil42stmi/registersofstmil42stmi.pdf ) The baptisms begin in 1658, the Marriages begin in 1670, and the Burials begin in 1670. There were no entries for Buller in the Register.
He is listed on Find My Past under Boyd's Inhabitants of London as being a Salter on Bread Street in St Mildred. He is also listed as being a Citizen. It would be so exciting if someone would take on the Buller one name study. Again this is one of the well known surnames of the British Isles. There isn't a Thomas Buller listed under Boyd's Inhabitants of London.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 11 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/146/169
Testator: Walter Buller, Salter of Saint Mildred Bread Street
Place: City of London, England
Date of document: 11 Jun 1625, probated 13 Jun 1625
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Document quality: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T. incupative
[Margin]: Walteri
[Margin]: Buller
[Margin]: desc.
1 Memorand That Walter Buller late of the p[ar]ish of St Mildrede in Bred Streete London
2 Cittizen and Salter deceased on the Eleaventh daie of June Anno d[omi]ni 1625 beinge of p[er]fect
3 mind and memory and havinge an intent to settle and dispose of his estate made and declared
4 the last will and testament nuncupative as followeth viz[a vi]t Imprimis his bodie to buried
5 in the upper end of St Mildreds Church aforesaid Alsoe he gave and bequeathed unto
6 his fower sisters viz[a vi]t Marye Underhill Alice Mayall Elizabeth Aynge and Katherine
7 Newberry Twentie pounds a peece of lawfull English money Alsoe he gave and
8 bequeathed unto [blank] his Goddaughter Fifteene pounds of lawfull
9 money Alsoe he gave and bequeathed unto the poore of the parishe of Halford where
10 he was borne Fower poundes of lawfull money Alsoe he gave and bequeathed
11 unto Elizabeth Clarke his Landlady the some of Fower pounds of lawfull money
12 Alsoe he gave and bequeathed unto [blank] his godsonne Thirtie
13 nobles of lawfull money Alsoe he gave and bequeathed unto the poore of the p[ar]ishe
14 of St Mildred in Bredstreete London the some of Fower pounds of lawfull money
15 All the rest of his goods chattells and debts (whatsoever his mind debts being afix I
16 paid and this his will beinge p[er]formed he gave left and bequeathed to his brother
17 Thomas Buller whom he nominated Executor of this his last will and testament
18 or he uttered and used words to the like effect In the p[re]sence of us Raphe Clarke
19 William Turner
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Will of Hannah Buller, Spinster, Town and Port of Sandwich, Kent - The National Archives PROB 11/1117/380, probated 17 Jun 1784
No ideas on the Buller family in Kent. Two sisters Hannah (the testator) and her sister Elizabeth. No ideas of ages. There are a number of wills for Buller family members in Kent (six in total):
Peter Buller, Gentleman of Sandwich, Kent, PROB 11/1421/293, probated 30 Mar 1805
Mary Buller, Widow of Ramsgate, Kent, PROB 11/2138/378, probated 3 Sep 1851
Thomazin Buller, Widow of Ospringe, Kent, PROB 11/356/3, probated 17 Jan 1678
Sarah Buller, Widow of Minster Isle of Thanet, Kent, PROB 11/1405/264, 6 Mar 1804
Right Reverend William Buller (Lord Bishop of Exeter, Dean of Canterbury, Kent, PROB 11/1284/89, probated 28 Jan 1797
The Will of Sarah Buller might be rather interesting although probably attached to the Buller family of Cornwall with their interest in the Isle of Thanet. Also Thomazin Buller probated in 1678 although this will is over one hundred years later.
London wills for the Buller family will follow next.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 11 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1117/380
Testator: Hannah Buller, Spinster
Place: Town and Port of Sandwich, Kent, England
Date of document: 23 Apr 1783, probated 17 Jun 1784
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[Margin]: Hannah
[Margin]: Buller
1 This is the Last Will
2 and Testament of me Hannah Buller of the Town and port
3 of Sandwich in the County of Kent Spinster First I do give
4 and bequeath all my ready Money Goods Chattels and personal
5 Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and whereof I shall die
6 possessed after payment of my just debts Funeral Expences and
7 the Charges of proving and executing this my Will unto my
8 Sister Elizabeth Buller to and for her own use and benefit and
9 I do hereby make nominate and appoint my said Sister
10 Elizabeth Buller the Sole Executrix of this my last Will and
11 Testament and lastly I do hereby revoke all former Wills by me
12 at any time made In Witness whereof I the said Hannah Buller
13 the Testatrix have hereunto set my hand and Seal the twenty
14 third day of April in the year of Our Lord One thousand
15 seven hundred and Eighty three The Mark of Hannah Buller
16 Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Hannah Buller
17 the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the
18 presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our Names as
19 Witnesses in the presence and at the request of the said
20 Hannah Buller the Testatrix Edw: Baker, Jno Erston
21 This Will was proved at London the Seventeenth
22 day of June in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred
23 and Eighty Four before the Right Worshipful Peter Calvert Doctor
24 of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court of
25 Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Elizabeth Buller
26 Spinster the Sister of the deceased and Sole Executrix named in
27 the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and
28 singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased.
Peter Buller, Gentleman of Sandwich, Kent, PROB 11/1421/293, probated 30 Mar 1805
Mary Buller, Widow of Ramsgate, Kent, PROB 11/2138/378, probated 3 Sep 1851
Thomazin Buller, Widow of Ospringe, Kent, PROB 11/356/3, probated 17 Jan 1678
Sarah Buller, Widow of Minster Isle of Thanet, Kent, PROB 11/1405/264, 6 Mar 1804
Right Reverend William Buller (Lord Bishop of Exeter, Dean of Canterbury, Kent, PROB 11/1284/89, probated 28 Jan 1797
The Will of Sarah Buller might be rather interesting although probably attached to the Buller family of Cornwall with their interest in the Isle of Thanet. Also Thomazin Buller probated in 1678 although this will is over one hundred years later.
London wills for the Buller family will follow next.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 11 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1117/380
Testator: Hannah Buller, Spinster
Place: Town and Port of Sandwich, Kent, England
Date of document: 23 Apr 1783, probated 17 Jun 1784
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Hannah
[Margin]: Buller
1 This is the Last Will
2 and Testament of me Hannah Buller of the Town and port
3 of Sandwich in the County of Kent Spinster First I do give
4 and bequeath all my ready Money Goods Chattels and personal
5 Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and whereof I shall die
6 possessed after payment of my just debts Funeral Expences and
7 the Charges of proving and executing this my Will unto my
8 Sister Elizabeth Buller to and for her own use and benefit and
9 I do hereby make nominate and appoint my said Sister
10 Elizabeth Buller the Sole Executrix of this my last Will and
11 Testament and lastly I do hereby revoke all former Wills by me
12 at any time made In Witness whereof I the said Hannah Buller
13 the Testatrix have hereunto set my hand and Seal the twenty
14 third day of April in the year of Our Lord One thousand
15 seven hundred and Eighty three The Mark of Hannah Buller
16 Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Hannah Buller
17 the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the
18 presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our Names as
19 Witnesses in the presence and at the request of the said
20 Hannah Buller the Testatrix Edw: Baker, Jno Erston
21 This Will was proved at London the Seventeenth
22 day of June in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred
23 and Eighty Four before the Right Worshipful Peter Calvert Doctor
24 of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court of
25 Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Elizabeth Buller
26 Spinster the Sister of the deceased and Sole Executrix named in
27 the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and
28 singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Will of William Buller of Exeter - The National Archives PROB 11/1541/14, probated 1 Feb 1813
It always pleases me when I can tie wills together and this third will following the will of William Buller, Surgeon and Mary Buller, Widow both of Honiton does just that. This is William, the eldest son of William Buller and his wife Mary and within his will are references that take me back to both of these wills. By this time Ann Buller has married Robert Pearce and there are three children John Buller Pearse, Maria Pearse and Ann Pearse. He mentions Elizabeth Maynard and Janet Bradbord. A nice linking will but I, at this time, have no ideas on the parentage of William Buller. Living in the Honiton area they are both close geographically to the Buller family in Somerset and the Buller family in Exeter and other parts of Devon.
Elizabeth Buller Maynard married Thomas Colyer at Honiton in 1784 (Boyd's Marriage Index - Find my Past).
Anne Buller married Robert Pearce 4 Dec 1780 at Honiton On Otter, Devon.
William must have drifted away from his family. His father mentioned that he had been very well educated and set up in business and the results of his labour show in his benevolence towards his siblings' children. One nephew has been named and he is John Buller Pearse leaving one to wonder if John Buller (son of William and Mary) did not survive. The three daughters have married and Ann is widowed with three children John Buller Pearse, Maria Pearse and Ann Pearse, Elizabeth has perhaps died although her daughter is mentioned and has married a Thomas Colyer and they live in America, Mary Broadford/Bradford has one daughter Janet whom William also mentions. Although the link between William Buller, Surgeon is somewhat tentative, the link between Mary Buller, widow and William is proven with the mention of the married names of his sisters.
The parentage of William Buller, Surgeon is not known by me.
http://www.familydeeds.org/DT17.php is a rather interesting document that is a transfer of mortgage. The actual document may pertain to these wills but especially the date and two of the signers namely, 4 Jan 1780 and the two signers Richard Buller Surgeon of Honiton in the County of Devon and Robert Pearse also Surgeon of Honiton in the County of Devon. They are friends of one of the signers Thomas How. The document is for sale for £4.25 but the actual content doesn't actually interest me. It is just interesting to see these two names in this time period. Richard Buller was a son of William Buller Surgeon and Robert Pearse was the name of the husband of Ann Buller.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1541/14
Testator: William Buller
Place: Exeter, Devon, England
Date of document: 16 Sep 1811, probated 1 Feb 1813
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Document quality: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Buller
I William Buller now
1 residing in the City of Exeter do make this my Will and Testament
2 I give and bequeath unto my Sister Ann Pearse and unto
3 my Nephew John Buller Pearse and unto my esteemed
4 friend the Reverand J Douglas one thousand pounds on trust
5 that they place out the same on good security either on a
6 Mortgage of land or on Government Security as they may
7 Judge expedient and pay the interest thence ensuing to
8 my Niece Maria Pearse during her life the same to be
9 independant of the debts contract or Engagement of any
10 person whom she may hereafter marry and at her decision
11 the said principal sum of one thousand pounds to be
12 disposed of as she may or will direct I give and bequeath
13 unto my said trustees above named the farther sum of
14 one thousand pounds on trust for the use and benefit
15 of my Niece Ann Pearse to be secured and paid in like
16 manner as above directed respecting her Sister Maria
17 Pearse I give and bequeath unto my said trustees above
18 named the farther sum of one thousand pounds for
19 the use and benefit of my Niece Janet Bradford to be
20 secured and paid in like manner as above directed for my
21 other Nieces during her life but in case she should dye
22 without issue only one moiety thereof to be at her disposal
23 by will the other moiety to revert to my residuary Estate
24 I give and bequeath unto my said trustees above named
25 the farther sum of Five hundred pounds In trust for the
26 use and benefit of Ann Brott daughter of my late Niece
27 Margaret Brott to be secured and paid in like manner
28 as above directed for my Niece during her life and at
29 her decease to be disposed of as she may by will direct
30 and whereas Thomas Collier who married my
31 Niece Elizabeth Maynard and now resides in America
32 is indebted to me for his bond dated the ninth day of Feb[uar]y
33 1789 for the sum of three hundred and twenty pounds
34 I give and bequeath the said bond to my trustees above
35 named in trust for the use and benefit of his wife the s[ai]d
36 Elizabeth Collier during her life and at her decease to
37 be disposed of as she may by will direct I give and bequeath
38 to my trustees above named the farther sum of Five
39 hundred pounds in trust for the use and benefit of my
40 said Niece Elizabeth Collier in case she should return
41 to reside in England the interest thereof to be paid to
42 her during her life and at her decease the said principal
43 sum to be by her will disposed of to such child or
44 children as she may have but if she should die
45 without any surviving issue the said principal sum
46 to revert to my residuary Estate I bequeath unto my
47 Sister Ann Pearse the use of such part of my household
48 furniture as she may chuse to retain during her life and
49 the residue to be divided between her daughters Maria
50 and Ann in such time in manner and proportion as she may
51 In expedient I desire that no part of my household
52 furniture be disposed of by auction or sale and all the
53 residue of my Estate and Effects of what nature or kindsoever
54 I give and bequeath unto my Nephew John Buller
55 Pearse except such part thereof as I may otherwise dispose of
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56 of by Codicil annexed to this my will and testament
57 and I hereby constitute and appoint my Sister Ann
58 Pearse and my Nephew John Buller Pearse Ex[ecut]ors
59 of this my will written with my own hand this sixteenth
60 day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand
61 Eight hundred and Eleven William Buller
62 I William Buller do make this Codicil to this my will
63 I bequeath unto my faithful servant Mary Blate one hundred
64 pounds towards purchasing an annuity for her life
64 and all the Furniture of the room on the attic story which
66 she is accustomed to occupy as her Bedchamber and
67 all such part of my wearing apparel as is suitable and
68 ten Guineas for suitable mourning
69 In the goods of William Buller deceased
70 January 27th 1813
71 Appeared personally James Townsend of
72 Honiton in the County of Devon Gentleman and
73 Thomas Maunder of the same place Gentleman
74 and made oath they knew and were well acquainted
75 with William Buller late of the City of Exeter Esquire
76 deceased for some time previous and up to the time of his
77 death and also with his manner and character of
78 handwriting and subscription having several times
79 seen him write and subscribe his name and having
80 now carefully perused the paper writing hereunto
81 annexed purporting to be and contain the last will
82 and testament with a Codicil of the said deceased the
83 said will beginning thus I William Buller now
84 residing in the City of Exeter ending thus written with
85 my own hand this sixteenth day of September in the
86 year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred
87 and Eleven and thus subscribed William Buller and
88 the said codicil beginning thus I William Buller
89 do make this Codicil ending thus and Ten Guineas
90 for suitable mourning they further made oath
91 that they verily and in their consciences believe the
92 whole series and contents as well of the said will as
93 of the said Codicil to be of the proper handwriting
94 and subscription of the said deceased Jas Townsend
95 Thos Maunder Same say the said James Townsend and
96 Thomas Maunder were duly sworn to the truth
97 hereof before me Richard Lewis Cornet
98 Proved at London on the 1st February 1813 before the Judge by
99 the oath of John Buller
100 Pearse the Nephew and one of the Executors having been first
101 sworn by Commission duly to administer power reserved
102 to Ann Pearse Widow the Sister and other Executor.
103 Proved at London with a Codicil of 8th January 1823 before
104 the Judge by the Oath of Ann Pearse Widow the Sister and
105 other Executor to whom Adm[inistrati]on was granted having
106 been first sworn by Com[missi]on duly to admi[niste]r
Elizabeth Buller Maynard married Thomas Colyer at Honiton in 1784 (Boyd's Marriage Index - Find my Past).
Anne Buller married Robert Pearce 4 Dec 1780 at Honiton On Otter, Devon.
William must have drifted away from his family. His father mentioned that he had been very well educated and set up in business and the results of his labour show in his benevolence towards his siblings' children. One nephew has been named and he is John Buller Pearse leaving one to wonder if John Buller (son of William and Mary) did not survive. The three daughters have married and Ann is widowed with three children John Buller Pearse, Maria Pearse and Ann Pearse, Elizabeth has perhaps died although her daughter is mentioned and has married a Thomas Colyer and they live in America, Mary Broadford/Bradford has one daughter Janet whom William also mentions. Although the link between William Buller, Surgeon is somewhat tentative, the link between Mary Buller, widow and William is proven with the mention of the married names of his sisters.
The parentage of William Buller, Surgeon is not known by me.
http://www.familydeeds.org/DT17.php is a rather interesting document that is a transfer of mortgage. The actual document may pertain to these wills but especially the date and two of the signers namely, 4 Jan 1780 and the two signers Richard Buller Surgeon of Honiton in the County of Devon and Robert Pearse also Surgeon of Honiton in the County of Devon. They are friends of one of the signers Thomas How. The document is for sale for £4.25 but the actual content doesn't actually interest me. It is just interesting to see these two names in this time period. Richard Buller was a son of William Buller Surgeon and Robert Pearse was the name of the husband of Ann Buller.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1541/14
Testator: William Buller
Place: Exeter, Devon, England
Date of document: 16 Sep 1811, probated 1 Feb 1813
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[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Buller
I William Buller now
1 residing in the City of Exeter do make this my Will and Testament
2 I give and bequeath unto my Sister Ann Pearse and unto
3 my Nephew John Buller Pearse and unto my esteemed
4 friend the Reverand J Douglas one thousand pounds on trust
5 that they place out the same on good security either on a
6 Mortgage of land or on Government Security as they may
7 Judge expedient and pay the interest thence ensuing to
8 my Niece Maria Pearse during her life the same to be
9 independant of the debts contract or Engagement of any
10 person whom she may hereafter marry and at her decision
11 the said principal sum of one thousand pounds to be
12 disposed of as she may or will direct I give and bequeath
13 unto my said trustees above named the farther sum of
14 one thousand pounds on trust for the use and benefit
15 of my Niece Ann Pearse to be secured and paid in like
16 manner as above directed respecting her Sister Maria
17 Pearse I give and bequeath unto my said trustees above
18 named the farther sum of one thousand pounds for
19 the use and benefit of my Niece Janet Bradford to be
20 secured and paid in like manner as above directed for my
21 other Nieces during her life but in case she should dye
22 without issue only one moiety thereof to be at her disposal
23 by will the other moiety to revert to my residuary Estate
24 I give and bequeath unto my said trustees above named
25 the farther sum of Five hundred pounds In trust for the
26 use and benefit of Ann Brott daughter of my late Niece
27 Margaret Brott to be secured and paid in like manner
28 as above directed for my Niece during her life and at
29 her decease to be disposed of as she may by will direct
30 and whereas Thomas Collier who married my
31 Niece Elizabeth Maynard and now resides in America
32 is indebted to me for his bond dated the ninth day of Feb[uar]y
33 1789 for the sum of three hundred and twenty pounds
34 I give and bequeath the said bond to my trustees above
35 named in trust for the use and benefit of his wife the s[ai]d
36 Elizabeth Collier during her life and at her decease to
37 be disposed of as she may by will direct I give and bequeath
38 to my trustees above named the farther sum of Five
39 hundred pounds in trust for the use and benefit of my
40 said Niece Elizabeth Collier in case she should return
41 to reside in England the interest thereof to be paid to
42 her during her life and at her decease the said principal
43 sum to be by her will disposed of to such child or
44 children as she may have but if she should die
45 without any surviving issue the said principal sum
46 to revert to my residuary Estate I bequeath unto my
47 Sister Ann Pearse the use of such part of my household
48 furniture as she may chuse to retain during her life and
49 the residue to be divided between her daughters Maria
50 and Ann in such time in manner and proportion as she may
51 In expedient I desire that no part of my household
52 furniture be disposed of by auction or sale and all the
53 residue of my Estate and Effects of what nature or kindsoever
54 I give and bequeath unto my Nephew John Buller
55 Pearse except such part thereof as I may otherwise dispose of
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56 of by Codicil annexed to this my will and testament
57 and I hereby constitute and appoint my Sister Ann
58 Pearse and my Nephew John Buller Pearse Ex[ecut]ors
59 of this my will written with my own hand this sixteenth
60 day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand
61 Eight hundred and Eleven William Buller
62 I William Buller do make this Codicil to this my will
63 I bequeath unto my faithful servant Mary Blate one hundred
64 pounds towards purchasing an annuity for her life
64 and all the Furniture of the room on the attic story which
66 she is accustomed to occupy as her Bedchamber and
67 all such part of my wearing apparel as is suitable and
68 ten Guineas for suitable mourning
69 In the goods of William Buller deceased
70 January 27th 1813
71 Appeared personally James Townsend of
72 Honiton in the County of Devon Gentleman and
73 Thomas Maunder of the same place Gentleman
74 and made oath they knew and were well acquainted
75 with William Buller late of the City of Exeter Esquire
76 deceased for some time previous and up to the time of his
77 death and also with his manner and character of
78 handwriting and subscription having several times
79 seen him write and subscribe his name and having
80 now carefully perused the paper writing hereunto
81 annexed purporting to be and contain the last will
82 and testament with a Codicil of the said deceased the
83 said will beginning thus I William Buller now
84 residing in the City of Exeter ending thus written with
85 my own hand this sixteenth day of September in the
86 year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred
87 and Eleven and thus subscribed William Buller and
88 the said codicil beginning thus I William Buller
89 do make this Codicil ending thus and Ten Guineas
90 for suitable mourning they further made oath
91 that they verily and in their consciences believe the
92 whole series and contents as well of the said will as
93 of the said Codicil to be of the proper handwriting
94 and subscription of the said deceased Jas Townsend
95 Thos Maunder Same say the said James Townsend and
96 Thomas Maunder were duly sworn to the truth
97 hereof before me Richard Lewis Cornet
98 Proved at London on the 1st February 1813 before the Judge by
99 the oath of John Buller
100 Pearse the Nephew and one of the Executors having been first
101 sworn by Commission duly to administer power reserved
102 to Ann Pearse Widow the Sister and other Executor.
103 Proved at London with a Codicil of 8th January 1823 before
104 the Judge by the Oath of Ann Pearse Widow the Sister and
105 other Executor to whom Adm[inistrati]on was granted having
106 been first sworn by Com[missi]on duly to admi[niste]r
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Will of William Buller, Surgeon, Honiton - The National Archives PROB 11/894/43, probated 15 Dec 1763
William Buller the testator was a Surgeon at Honiton and I believe that his wife Mary was the will which was published yesterday on the blog. William only names his son William and no other names for his children. The couple appear to have had seven children in total in birth order: Mary, William, Elizabeth, Susannah (deceased by 1740), John, Susannah, and Richard. Two of the daughters were married, Mary married James Broadfoot and Elizabeth married John Maynard. The other children John and Susannah are not accounted for in any of the text.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/894/43
Testator: William Buller, Surgeon
Place: Honiton, Devon, England
Date of document: 13 Aug 1763, probated 15 Dec 1763
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[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Buller
1 This is the last Will and Testam[en]t
2 of me William Buller of Honiton in the County of Devon
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3 Surgeon I give and bequeath to my son William who has been
4 educated at a very considerable expence and set up in
5 business by me twenty pounds as a token of my love and
6 regard for him to each of my other children their heirs
7 Executors and Administrators I Give and bequeath an hundred
8 pounds to be paid out of my Effects in twelve Months after
9 my decease to my Wife I give and bequeath all the
10 residue and remainder of all my Goods Chattels Moneys plate
11 and Jewells on this express condition that she pay or cause to
12 be paid the full Sum of Two hundred pounds to every one of
13 my children my Son William excepted in case she Marries
14 after my decease but provided she continues to her Death
15 unmarried then my Will is that my Said Children shall
16 have no claim to the said Sum of Two hundred pounds
17 each but that she shall possess and enjoy the same during her
18 natural life on the determination of which I hereby Give and
19 bequeath the said Sum of Two hundred pounds to each of
20 my said children their heirs Executors and Administrators
21 my Son William excepted and Lastly I appoint my Wife
22 Executrix of this my last Will and Testament Will: Buller
23 Signed Sealed published and declared to be the last Will and
24 Testament of the said Will: Buller in the presence of us Will
25 Harris I Rutter This Will was executed Aug[us]t 13 1763 Will Harris
26 This Will was proved at London on the Fifteenth
27 day of December in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven
28 hundred and Sixty three before the Right Worshipful Sir
29 Edward Simpson Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or
30 Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
31 constituted by the Oath of Mary Buller Widow the Relict of
32 the said deceased and Sole Executrix named in the said Will to
33 whom administration was granted of all and singular the
34 Goods Chattels and credits of the said deceased having been
35 first sworn by Commission duly to administer.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/894/43
Testator: William Buller, Surgeon
Place: Honiton, Devon, England
Date of document: 13 Aug 1763, probated 15 Dec 1763
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[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Buller
1 This is the last Will and Testam[en]t
2 of me William Buller of Honiton in the County of Devon
[Page 2]
3 Surgeon I give and bequeath to my son William who has been
4 educated at a very considerable expence and set up in
5 business by me twenty pounds as a token of my love and
6 regard for him to each of my other children their heirs
7 Executors and Administrators I Give and bequeath an hundred
8 pounds to be paid out of my Effects in twelve Months after
9 my decease to my Wife I give and bequeath all the
10 residue and remainder of all my Goods Chattels Moneys plate
11 and Jewells on this express condition that she pay or cause to
12 be paid the full Sum of Two hundred pounds to every one of
13 my children my Son William excepted in case she Marries
14 after my decease but provided she continues to her Death
15 unmarried then my Will is that my Said Children shall
16 have no claim to the said Sum of Two hundred pounds
17 each but that she shall possess and enjoy the same during her
18 natural life on the determination of which I hereby Give and
19 bequeath the said Sum of Two hundred pounds to each of
20 my said children their heirs Executors and Administrators
21 my Son William excepted and Lastly I appoint my Wife
22 Executrix of this my last Will and Testament Will: Buller
23 Signed Sealed published and declared to be the last Will and
24 Testament of the said Will: Buller in the presence of us Will
25 Harris I Rutter This Will was executed Aug[us]t 13 1763 Will Harris
26 This Will was proved at London on the Fifteenth
27 day of December in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven
28 hundred and Sixty three before the Right Worshipful Sir
29 Edward Simpson Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or
30 Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
31 constituted by the Oath of Mary Buller Widow the Relict of
32 the said deceased and Sole Executrix named in the said Will to
33 whom administration was granted of all and singular the
34 Goods Chattels and credits of the said deceased having been
35 first sworn by Commission duly to administer.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Will of Mary Buller, Widow of Honiton - The National Archives PROB 11/1011/73, probated 6 Sep 1775
Mary Buller the testator was likely married to William Buller a Surgeon at Honiton and his will is next.
Information on the children of William and Mary Buller of Honiton on Otter, Devon
Baptism Mary Buller 4 Jun 1736 at the New Meeting House Independent, Honiton on Otter, Devon, England (daughter of William and Mary Buller). Mary Buller married James Broadfoot 19 Jun 1769 at Honiton on Otter, Devon.
William Buller son of William and Mary Buller baptized 17 Mar 1734 at the New Meeting House Independent, Honiton on Otter, Devon, England.
Other children baptized at the New Meeting House Independent, Honiton on Otter and with parents William and Mary Buller in this time frame:
Elizabeth Buller, 1 Jul 1737
Susannah Buller 24 Oct 1738 and 16 Jan 1740
John Buller 5 Oct 1739
Richard Buller 28 Feb 1742
An Elizabeth Buller married a John Maynard 28 Oct 1765 at Honiton on Otter, Devon, England. Mary the testatrix does mention a daughter Ann and this is perhaps Susannah.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1011/73
Testator: Mary Buller, Widow
Place: Honiton, Devon, England
Date of document: 7 Oct 1772, probated 6 Sep 1775
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[Margin]: Mary
[Margin]: Buller
1 I Mary Buller of
2 Honiton in the County of Devon do make this my last
3 Will and Testament viz I give and bequeath unto my
4 Executors hereinafter named the Sum of three hundred
5 Pounds on Trust that they place out the same on good
6 Security and pay the Interest thence accruing to my
7 daughter Mary Broadfoot during her life the same to
8 be for her sole and separate use and independant of the
9 debt control or engagements of her present husband or of
10 any person or persons whom she may hereafter marry
11 and her Receipt alone to be their discharge and after her
12 decease the said Sum of three hundred pounds with such
13 Interest as may be due thereon to be equally divided amongst
14 such children as she may leave on their attaining the age
15 of twenty one years respectively but if she should leave no
16 Issue or leaving such they shall die in their minority then
17 the said sum of three hundred pounds with such Interest
18 as may be due thereon to sink into my residuary Estate for
19 the equal use and benefit of my residuary Legatees herein
20 after named I give and bequeath unto my Executors herein
21 after named the further sum of three hundred pounds on
22 Trust that they place out the same on good Security and pay
23 the Interest thereto accruing to my daughter Ann Buller
24 during her life the same to be for her sole and separate
25 use independant of the debts control or Engagements of
26 any person or persons whom she may hereafter marry and
27 her Receipt alone to be their discharge and after her
28 decease the said Sum of three hundred pounds with such
29 Interest as may be due thereon to be equally devided amongst such
30 Children as she may leave on their attaining the age of twenty
31 one Years respectively but if she should leave no Issue or leaving
32 such they should die in their minority then the said Sum of
33 three hundred pounds with such Interest as may be due thereon
34 to sink into my Residuary Estate for the equal use and benefit
35 of my residuary Legatees hereinafter named I give and
36 bequeath unto my Executors herein after named the further
37 sum of two hundred pounds in Trust that they may place out the
38 same on good security and the Interest thence accruing to
39 accumulate and to be added to the principal for the benefit of
40 my Grandaughter Elizabeth Maynard if she shall attain the
41 age of twenty one years after which to pay unto her during
42 her life the Interest arising from the said principal Sum and
43 from its increase by accumulation of Interest during her
44 minority and after her decease the same to be equally divided
45 amongst such children as she may leave on their attaining
46 the age of twenty one years respectively but if she should die
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47 without Issue or leaving such they should die in their
48 Minority then the said Sum of two hundred pounds with
49 its increase by accumulation of Interest to sink unto my
50 residuary Estate for the equal use and benefit of my
51 residuary Legatees hereinafter named and all that residue of
52 my Estate or Effects of what nature or kind soever I give and
53 bequeath unto my Sons William Buller and Richard
54 Buller to be equally divided between them and I hereby
55 constitute and appoint my said Sons William Buller and
56 Richard Buller Executors of this my last Will and Testament
57 whereunto I have set my hand and Seal this seventh day
58 of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
59 hundred and seventy two Mary Buller Signed sealed
60 and declared by the testatrix to be her last Will and Testament
61 in presence of us Jno Sexton Elizabeth Sexton
62 This Will was proved at London the sixth day of
63 September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
64 and seventy five before the Right Worshipfull Sir George
64 Hay Knight doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary
66 of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
67 by the oaths of William Buller and Richard Buller the Sons
68 of the deceased and Executors named in the said Will to whom
69 Administration of all and singular the Goods Chattells and Credits
70 of the so s[ai]d deceased was granted they having been first sworn by
71 Commission duly to Administer.
Information on the children of William and Mary Buller of Honiton on Otter, Devon
Baptism Mary Buller 4 Jun 1736 at the New Meeting House Independent, Honiton on Otter, Devon, England (daughter of William and Mary Buller). Mary Buller married James Broadfoot 19 Jun 1769 at Honiton on Otter, Devon.
William Buller son of William and Mary Buller baptized 17 Mar 1734 at the New Meeting House Independent, Honiton on Otter, Devon, England.
Other children baptized at the New Meeting House Independent, Honiton on Otter and with parents William and Mary Buller in this time frame:
Elizabeth Buller, 1 Jul 1737
Susannah Buller 24 Oct 1738 and 16 Jan 1740
John Buller 5 Oct 1739
Richard Buller 28 Feb 1742
An Elizabeth Buller married a John Maynard 28 Oct 1765 at Honiton on Otter, Devon, England. Mary the testatrix does mention a daughter Ann and this is perhaps Susannah.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1011/73
Testator: Mary Buller, Widow
Place: Honiton, Devon, England
Date of document: 7 Oct 1772, probated 6 Sep 1775
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[Margin]: Mary
[Margin]: Buller
1 I Mary Buller of
2 Honiton in the County of Devon do make this my last
3 Will and Testament viz I give and bequeath unto my
4 Executors hereinafter named the Sum of three hundred
5 Pounds on Trust that they place out the same on good
6 Security and pay the Interest thence accruing to my
7 daughter Mary Broadfoot during her life the same to
8 be for her sole and separate use and independant of the
9 debt control or engagements of her present husband or of
10 any person or persons whom she may hereafter marry
11 and her Receipt alone to be their discharge and after her
12 decease the said Sum of three hundred pounds with such
13 Interest as may be due thereon to be equally divided amongst
14 such children as she may leave on their attaining the age
15 of twenty one years respectively but if she should leave no
16 Issue or leaving such they shall die in their minority then
17 the said sum of three hundred pounds with such Interest
18 as may be due thereon to sink into my residuary Estate for
19 the equal use and benefit of my residuary Legatees herein
20 after named I give and bequeath unto my Executors herein
21 after named the further sum of three hundred pounds on
22 Trust that they place out the same on good Security and pay
23 the Interest thereto accruing to my daughter Ann Buller
24 during her life the same to be for her sole and separate
25 use independant of the debts control or Engagements of
26 any person or persons whom she may hereafter marry and
27 her Receipt alone to be their discharge and after her
28 decease the said Sum of three hundred pounds with such
29 Interest as may be due thereon to be equally devided amongst such
30 Children as she may leave on their attaining the age of twenty
31 one Years respectively but if she should leave no Issue or leaving
32 such they should die in their minority then the said Sum of
33 three hundred pounds with such Interest as may be due thereon
34 to sink into my Residuary Estate for the equal use and benefit
35 of my residuary Legatees hereinafter named I give and
36 bequeath unto my Executors herein after named the further
37 sum of two hundred pounds in Trust that they may place out the
38 same on good security and the Interest thence accruing to
39 accumulate and to be added to the principal for the benefit of
40 my Grandaughter Elizabeth Maynard if she shall attain the
41 age of twenty one years after which to pay unto her during
42 her life the Interest arising from the said principal Sum and
43 from its increase by accumulation of Interest during her
44 minority and after her decease the same to be equally divided
45 amongst such children as she may leave on their attaining
46 the age of twenty one years respectively but if she should die
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47 without Issue or leaving such they should die in their
48 Minority then the said Sum of two hundred pounds with
49 its increase by accumulation of Interest to sink unto my
50 residuary Estate for the equal use and benefit of my
51 residuary Legatees hereinafter named and all that residue of
52 my Estate or Effects of what nature or kind soever I give and
53 bequeath unto my Sons William Buller and Richard
54 Buller to be equally divided between them and I hereby
55 constitute and appoint my said Sons William Buller and
56 Richard Buller Executors of this my last Will and Testament
57 whereunto I have set my hand and Seal this seventh day
58 of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
59 hundred and seventy two Mary Buller Signed sealed
60 and declared by the testatrix to be her last Will and Testament
61 in presence of us Jno Sexton Elizabeth Sexton
62 This Will was proved at London the sixth day of
63 September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
64 and seventy five before the Right Worshipfull Sir George
64 Hay Knight doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary
66 of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
67 by the oaths of William Buller and Richard Buller the Sons
68 of the deceased and Executors named in the said Will to whom
69 Administration of all and singular the Goods Chattells and Credits
70 of the so s[ai]d deceased was granted they having been first sworn by
71 Commission duly to Administer.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Will of James Buller, Esquire of Downes - The National Archives PROB-11/1731/161, probated 10 Oct 1827
James Buller (the testator) is the son of James Buller and Husey Gould. His father's will was blogged two days ago and his mother's yesterday. His father died 11 Feb 1772 and his mother 1768 so that this James was orphaned at the age of six years and his brother was 5 years of age. No ideas on where they lived but the trustees appointed to look after them and be their guardians were Sir John Chichester and John Parker. I suspect that John Parker is perhaps related to James (the father of the present testator). His great aunt Ann (sister to John Buller of Morval) was married to George Parker and Ann had served as an executor for her father's will.
James Buller (testator) married his cousin Anne the daughter of William Buller Bishop of Exeter and they were married 6 Jun 1791. James was an MP for Exter. They had a very large family with just the one son James Wentworth Buller also MP for Exeter and North Devon. Since he has died after 1858 his will is not in the PCC group. He married Charlotte Juliana Jane the third daughter of Lord Henry Molyneux Howard and niece of the 12th Duke of Norfolk, K.G., and they were married 5 October 1831 from the Visitation. They had a large family which included seven sons and four daughters including Lt Col Redvers H Buller.
James Buller (testator) and his wife Anne also had nine daughters although only seven are mentioned in the will. As mentioned in the will, Hester Eleanor married the Reverend H. Strangways. Other daughters include Elizabeth, Caroline, Georgiana, Anne, and Emma Husey who are not listed as marrying on the Visitation. Three other daughters did marry: Francis Susanna married the Reverend William Molesworth, Rector of St Breock, Louisa married the Venerable William John Phillpotts, Archdeacon of Cornwall and Susanna Catherine married the Reverend William Heberden, Vicar of Broadhembury, Devon.
James also mentioned his nephew Thomas Wentworth Buller who was also one of his executors. Thomas was the son of his brother William Buller of Whimple who had married Caroline Buller the only daughter of John Buller of Bake and they were married 18 May 1791. They also had a large family which included the son already mentioned and two daughters: Elizabeth Caroline married Sir Gregory Allnutt Lewin, QC, and Henrietta married John Divett according to the Visitation. Thomas Wentworth Buller, Commander RN was one of the Tythe Commissioners for England and Wales and he married Anne daughter of Edward Divett Esquire of bystock, Devon. They had one son and four daughters: Cecil Henrietta married Montague Bere of Morebath, Devon, Catherine married Major Hughes, Punjaub Calvary, Gertrude Caroline and Edith Anne did not marry according to the Visitation. Their son William Wentworth Buller of Strete Raleigh, Devon, JP.
There are three wills left for Devon which include the wills of Mary Buller of Honiton widow of William Buller, Surgeon, the will of William Buller, Surgeon and the will of William Buller of Exeter probated 1813. These wills could prove to be interesting looking at my lines as they do not appear to be on the Visitation. However, they are after the birth of Christopher circa 1763.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 9 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1731/161
Testator: James Buller, Esquire
Place: Downes, Devon, England
Date of document: 1 Feb 1823, probated 10 Oct 1827
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[Margin]: James
[Margin]: Buller
[Margin]: Esquire
[Margin]: 60
1 In the Name of God Amen I
2 James Buller of Downes in the County of Devon Esquire do make this
3 my last Will and testament in manner following (that is to say) I humbly
4 commit my Soul to the mercy of Almighty god my Creator and Redeemer
5 I direct that my body be decently and privately interred after Seven
6 days from my decease have expired in the Church of Saint Thomas
7 the Apostle near Exeter And Whereas by the Settlement made upon my
8 marriage with my dear Wife Anne Buller bearing date the third
9 day of June One thousand Seven hundred and ninety one and made
10 between me the said James Buller of the first part The Reverend William
11 Buller Doctor in Divinity afterwards Bishop of Exeter and Anne his Wife
12 of the second part Anne Buller my present Wife by the description of Anne
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13 Anne Buller the Younger Spinster Eldest daughter of the said William
14 Buller and Anne his Wife of the third part The Right Honorable Frederick
15 Thomas Earl of Stafford and Sir John Chichester Baronet of the fourth
16 part and Sir William Lemon Baronet my late Brother William
17 Buller Esquire and John Buller the Younger of Morval in the
18 County of Cornwall Esquire of the Fifth part divers Manors
19 Messuages Farms Lands and hereditaments therein particularly
20 described Situate in the said County of Cornwall was granted
21 and released unto the said Frederick Thomas Earl of Stafford and
22 Sir John Chichester and their heirs to the use intent and purpose
23 from and after my decease that if my said Wife should happen
24 to survive me and Lady Jane Buller therein named (who is
25 here said) she my said Wife should have receive and take
26 during the term of her natural life by and out of the rents issues and
27 Profits of the said hereditaments and premises one Annuity or
28 Yearly rent Charge of Five hundred pounds by quarterly payments
29 clear of all deductions whatsoever with such Powers of distress
30 and entry on nonpayment thereof as therein mentioned and
31 subject thereto to the use of the said Frederick Thomas Earl of
32 Stafford and Sir John Chichester their Executors Administrators
33 and Assigns for the term of One hundred Years Upon the trusts
34 therein after expressed for his better raising and paying the same
35 Annuity And from and after the expiration or sooner determination
36 of the said term of One hundred Years to the use of the said Sir
37 William Lemon William Buller and John Buller their Executors
38 Administrators and Assigns for the term of Five hundred Years
39 Upon trust to raise by the ways and means therein expressed the
40 several Sums therein and herein after mentioned for the portion
41 and portions of the Younger Children of the said intended marriage
42 namely If there should be but one such Child the Sum of Six
43 thousand pounds If two such Younger Children the Sum of Eight
44 thousand pounds and if three or more such Younger Children
45 the Sum of ten thousand pounds to be paid in such manner at
46 such time and times with such right of Survivorship and with
47 such Interest in the mean time until the same should become
48 Payable and with under and Subject to such powers provisoes
49 restrictions and declarations as therein expressed And from and
50 after the expiration or sooner determination of the said term of
51 Five hundred Years and in the mean time Subject thereto and
52 to the trust thereof and Charges and Chargeable as aforesaid to the
53 use of me the said James Buller my heirs and Assigns for ever
54 And whereas it is my desire to make some considerable addition
55 to the said Annutiy of Five hundred pounds limitted for the
56 benefit of my said Wife for her life by way of Jointure in and by
57 any said marriage Settlement and in as much as I have eight
58 daughters besides our only Son it becomes necessary for me to
59 make a further Provision for them in addition to the said Sum
60 of ten thousand pounds directed by the said Settlement to be raised
61 for their benefit by virtue of the said term of Five hundred Years
62 created for that purpose as aforesaid Now I do hereby give and
63 bequeath unto my said Wife Anne Buller and her Assigns for
64 and during the term of her natural life One Annuity or Yearly
64 Sum of Seven hundred pounds free and clear of and from all
66 deductions and outgoings whatsoever by quarterly payments
67 at Lady day Midsummer Michaelmas and Christmas in every
68 Year the first payment thereof to begin and be made on such of
69 the said days as shall first happen next after my decease the said Annuity
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70 Annuity of Seven hundred pounds to be in addition to the said
71 Annuity of Five hundred Pounds provided for my said Wife by the
72 said Settlement and making together with the said Sum of Five
73 hundred Pounds the Sum of twelve hundred Pounds And I do
74 hereby Subject and Charge all and Singular the Manors Messuages
75 Farms Lands and hereditaments comprized in and granted by my
76 said marriage Settlement to and with the Payment of the said
77 additional Annuity of Seven hundred Pounds unto my said Wife
78 and her Assigns during her life accordingly. And I do hereby authorize
79 and empower my said Wife and her Assigns during her life to have
80 receive and take the said Annuity of Seven hundred Pounds by and
81 out of the rents issues and Profits of the said Manors Messuages Farms
82 lands and hereditaments by such and the same ways and means
83 and with such and the same powers of distress and entry on non-
84 payment thereof and all such other powers and authorities as are
85 given to my said Wife and her Assigns by my said Settlement for
86 receiving taking and enforcing the Payment of the said Annuity
87 of Five hundred pounds thereby limitted to her as aforesaid And I do
88 also authorize and empower the said trustees of the said term of One
89 hundred Years their Executors and Administrators to make use of
90 and exercise the same term for the better levying and raising the
91 said additional Annuity of Seven hundred pounds upon nonpayment
92 thereof in such and the same manner in all respects whatsoever
93 as they are authorized to do by my said Settlement for levying and
94 raising the said Annuity of Five hundred pounds as hereinbefore
95 mentioned Also I give and bequeath unto or for the benefit of
96 my daughters and Younger Children the Sum of Seventeen thousand
97 Pounds in addition to the Sum of ten thousand pounds directed
98 in and by my said marriage Settlement to be raised and paid
99 for the portions of any three of more of the daughters or Younger
100 Children of my said marriage equally to be divided amongst
101 them share and share alike To be paid at such and the same
102 time and times with such and the same right and benefit of
103 Survivorship with such Interest in the mean time until such
104 portions respectively shall become payable and with under and
105 subject to such and the same powers provisoes restrictions and
106 declarations as are expressed and declared in and by my said
107 Settlement concerning the said Sum of ten thousand Pounds thereby
108 directed to be raised to or for the benefit of my daughters or Younger
109 Children as aforesaid Provided always nevertheless and it is my
110 Will and intention that by reason or means of such right and
111 benefit of Survivorship as four of such my Surviving daughters
112 or Younger Children shall be entitled to have and receive under
113 and by virtue of the provisions made for the portions of my said
114 daughters and Younger children in and by my said marriage
115 Settlement and the addition made thereto by this my Will any
116 larger Sum to be divided between them for their portions
117 respectively than the Sum of twenty four thousand pounds nor
118 any three of such my Surviving daughters or Younger Children
119 any larger Sum to be divided between them for their portions
120 respectively than the Sum of Eighteen thousand pounds nor any
121 two of such my Surviving daughters or Younger children any
122 larger Sum to be divided between them for their portions respectively
123 than the Sum of twelve thousand pounds nor any one such my
124 Surviving daughter of Younger Child any larger Sum than the Sum
125 of ten thousand pounds for his or her portion And I do hereby authorize
126 empower and direct the said trustees of the said term of Five hundred
127 pounds
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128 Years created by the said Settlement and the Survivors and Survivors
129 of them and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor to make
130 use of and exercise the same term for levying and raising the said
131 additional Sum of Seventeen thousand Pounds hereby given for the
132 portions of my said daughters and Younger Children in such and the
133 same manner in all respects whatsoever as they are authorized to do
134 by my said Settlement for levying and raising the said Sum of ten
135 thousand Pounds as therein mentioned. And as concerning all and
136 singular my said monies Messuages Farms land and hereditaments
137 comprized in the said Tridenture of Settlement of which I am Seized
138 in for as aforesaid (Subject to the said Annuity of Five hundred pounds
139 limitted by my said marriage Settlement and the said Annuity of
140 Seven hundred Pounds given by this my Will to and for the benefit
141 of my said Wife for her life And also Subject to the payment of the
142 several sums directed to be raised and paid by my said Settlement
143 and by this my Will in addition thereto for the portion and portions
144 of my daughters and Younger Children and to the powers remedies
145 and authorities for raising and paying the same respectively And also
146 as Concerning all other my Manors Messuages Lands tenements
147 Advowsons hereditaments and real Estate whatsoever Situate
148 lying and being in the said County of Cornwall I give devise and
149 bequeath the same and every part thereof unto James Buller of
150 Sackville Street Piccadilly London Esquire Clerk of his Majesty's most
151 Honourable Privy Council and Thomas Wentworth Buller Esquire
152 Eldest son and heir of my late Brother William Buller Esquire
153 deceased their heirs and Assigns To the Several uses Upon the Several
154 trusts and to and for the ends, intents and purposes and with under
155 and Subject to the powers provisoes declarations and agreements
156 hereinafter expressed and declared of and concerning the same (that
157 is to say) to the use of my Son James Wentworth Buller and his
158 Assigns for and during the term of his natural life without
159 impeachment of Waste except voluntary waste in houses and
160 Buildings And from and after the determination of that Estate by
161 forfeiture or otherwise in his life time to the use of the said James Buller
162 and Thomas Wentworth Buller and their heirs during the natural life
163 of my said Son James Wentworth Buller Upon trust to Support and
164 preserve the contingent uses and Estates hereinafter limitted from being
165 defeated or destroyed and for that purpose to make entries and bring
166 Actions as occasions shall require but nevertheless to permit and
167 Suffer my said Son James Wentworth Buller and his Assigns to receive
168 and take the rents issues and Profits of the said hereditaments and Premises
169 to and for his and their own use and benefit during his life And from and
170 after his decease to the use of the first Son of the body of my said Son James
171 Wentworth Buller lawfully to be begotten and the heirs Male of the body
172 of such first Son lawfully issuing And in default of such Issue to the use of
173 the Second third fourth fifth and all and every other the Son and Sons of
174 the body of my said Son James Wentworth Buller lawfully to be begotten
175 Severally Successively and in remainder one after another as they and
176 every of them shall happen to be in priority of birth and of the Several
177 and respective heirs Male of the body and bodies of all and every such Son
178 and Sons lawfully issuing the elder of such Son and Sons and the heirs Male
179 of his and their body and bodies being always to be preferred and to take
181 before the Younger of such Son and Sons and the heirs male of his and
182 their body and bodies issuing And for default of such Issue to the use of the
183 Second third fourth fifth and all and every other the Son and Sons of my
184 body lawfully to be begotten Severally Successively and in remainder one
185 after another as they and every of them shall happen to be in priority of birth
186 and
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187 and of the Several and respective heirs Male of the body and bodies of all
188 and every such Son and Sons lawfully issuing the elder of such Son and
189 Sons and the heirs Male of his and their body and bodies being always
190 to be preferred and to take before the Younger of such Son and Sons and
191 the heirs Male of his and their body and bodies issuing And for default of
192 such Issue to the use of all and every the daughter and daughters of the
193 body of my said Son James Wentworth Buller lawfully to be begotten
194 equally to be divided between them if more than one Share and share
195 alike as tenants in Common and not as joint tenants and of the
196 Several and respective heirs of the body and bodies of all and every such
197 daughter and daughters lawfully issuing And in case one or more of
198 such daughters shall happen to die without Issue of her or their body
199 or bodies then as to the Share or Shares of her of them so dying without
200 issue to the use of the Survivors or Survivor or others or other of them
201 to be equally divided between them if more than one Share and Share
202 alike as tenants in Common and not as joint tenants and of the Several
203 and respective heirs of the body and bodies of such Survivors or Survivor
204 or other or other of them lawfully issuing And in case all such daughters
205 but one shall happen to die without Issue of their bodies of there shall
206 be but one sure daughter to the use of such Surviving or only daughter
207 and of the heirs of her body lawfully issuing And in default of such Issue
208 to the use of all and every the daughter and daughters of my body
209 equally to be divided between them if more than one Share and
210 Share alike as tenants in Common and not as joint tenants and of
211 the Several and respective heirs of the body and bodies of all and every
212 such daughter and daughters lawfully issuing and in case one or
213 more of my said daughters shall happen to die without Issue of her
214 or their body or bodies then as to the Share or part of her or their so
215 dying without Issue to the use of the Survivors or Survivor or others
216 or other of them to be equally divided between them if more than one
217 share and Share alike as tenants in Common and not as joint tenants
218 and of the Several and respective heirs of the body and bodies of such
219 survivors or Survivor or others or other of them lawfully issuing and
220 in case all my said daughters but one shall happen to die without
221 Issue of their bodies or if there should be but one such daughter to the
222 use of such Surviving or only daughter and of the heirs of her body
223 lawfully Issuing and for default of such Issue to the use of my own
224 right heirs for ever provided always nevertheless that it shall and
225 may be lawful to and for my said Son James Wentworth Buller
226 by any deed or deeds writing or writing to be by him sealed and
227 delivered in the presence of and attested by one two or more credible
228 witnesses to grant limit and appoint to or to the use of any Woman
229 or Women with whom he may happen to marry for her or their
230 life or lives and for her or their jointure or Jointures any Annual
231 Sum or Yearly rent Charge not exceeding the Sum of Six hundred
232 Pounds by the Year for and without any deduction whatsoever
233 to be issuing out of and charged upon the said Manors Messuages
234 Farms and hereditaments or any part thereof but without prejudice
235 to the said Annuities directed to be raised and paid to or for the
236 benefit of my said Wife during her life as aforesaid with such powers
237 and remedies for recovering any such Yearly rent Charge when
238 in arrear and for defraying all costs and charges occasioned by
239 the nonpayment thereof as to my said Son James Wentworth
240 Buller shall seem meet And also to grant and demise limit or
241 appoint all or any of the same Manors Messuages Farms lands and
242 hereditaments to any person or persons for any term or terms of
243 Years for the better Securing the Payment thereof to take Effect immediately
244 after
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245 after the decease of my said Son James Wentworth Buller so as
246 such term or terms of Years be made determinable on the easing
247 of the Rent Charge thereby Secured and the Payment of all arrears
248 thereof and all costs and charges relating thereto Provided also that
249 it shall and may be lawful to and for my said Son James Wentworth
250 Buller by any such deed or deeds writing or writings to be by him
251 executed and attested as aforesaid to grant limit or appoint to or for
252 the benefit of all and every the Younger child and Children of my said
253 Son James Wentworth Buller but without prejudice as aforesaid
254 on the Sum and Sums of money not exceeding the Sum of ten
255 thousand Pounds as my said Son shall think fit as and for the
256 portion and portions of such Younger Child and Children to be
257 raised out of and charged upon the Manors Messuages Farms Lands
258 and hereditaments or a competent part thereof And also to grant
259 and demise limit or appoint all or any of the same Manors Messuages
260 Farms lands and hereditaments to any person or persons for any
261 term or terms of Years for the better raising and Securing the payment
262 thereof Provided also that it shall and may be lawful to and for my
263 said Son James Wentworth Buller and all and every person or
264 persons who shall be in the possession of or intitled to the rents
265 and profits of the said Manors Messuages Farms lands and hereditaments
266 by virtue of the limitations aforesaid And also to and for the said
267 James Buller and Thomas Wentworth Buller during the minority of
268 any person or persons so to be intitled as aforesaid by Indenture
269 or Indentures under his her or their hand and Seal or hands and
270 Seals to secure lease and grant any part of parts of the said Messuage
271 Farms Lands and hereditament for any term or number of Years
272 not exceeding fourteen Years in possession at the best and most
273 improved Yearly rents that can be gotten for the same without
274 taking any Sum or Sums of money or other thing by way of fine or
275 _____ for or in respect of such Lease or Leases And also to secure and
276 lease such of the said Messuages Farms lands and hereditaments as
277 shall have been usually leased for terms of Years determinable on
278 lives and which shall not be of the Clear Yearly Value of Fifty pounds
279 for any term or number of Years determinable on the deaths of one
280 two or three person or persons in reversion possession remainder or
281 expectancy so as there be not more than three lives as being on any
282 one tenement at the same time and so as there be reserved on such
283 lease or leases the ancient and accustomed rents duties suits and
284 Services heretofore usually paid and performed for the same And so as
285 the Lessee or Lessees of any lease or leases to be granted by virtue of any
286 power hereinbefore contained shall not be made dispunishable of
287 waste And so as there be a Clause of reentry for nonpayment of the
288 Rent or rents to be thereby respectively reserved And so as the respective
289 Lessees to whom such Leases shall be made duly execute Counterparts
290 thereof respectively Provided also and I do hereby declare that it shall
291 and may be lawful to and for the said James Buller and Thomas
292 Wentworth Buller and the Survivor of them and his heirs at any time
293 or times with the consent and approbation of my said Son James
294 Wentworth Buller testified by some Writing or Writings and or his hand
295 and Seal to make Sale and dispose of or convey in exchange for or in
296 lieu of other Lands and hereditaments. The Manors Messuages Lands
297 and hereditaments comprized in my said Marriage Settlement or any
298 part or parts thereof to any person or persons and for such prices in
299 money or for such other equivalent in Lands as to them shall seem
300 meet And upon payment of the money arising by such Sales the
301 Receipts of the said trustees or the Survivor of them or his heirs as
302 be good and sufficient discharge for the same and such purchaser or Purchasers
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303 Purchasers shall not afterwards be obliged to see to the application of
304 such purchase money or be answerable for the misapplication or
305 nonapplication thereof And that all and every person and persons
306 to whom any such Sale Conveyance or Exchange shall have been
307 made his her or their heirs and Assigns shall and may have hold
308 and enjoy the Premises by them respectively purchased or had in
309 exchange discharged from all and every the uses trusts and
310 limitations declared containing the same by the said marriage
311 Settlement and by this my Will And I do hereby further declare
312 that when any part of the said Lands and hereditaments shall be
313 Sold the money to arise by such Sale shall forthwith be laid out by
314 the said trustees with such consent as aforesaid in the Purchase of
315 other Lands and hereditaments either Freehold or for long absolute
316 terms of Years situate in the said Counties of Devon and Cornwall
317 or out of them and that as well the Lands to be purchased as them
318 to be taken in exchange shall be settled and Assigned to such and
319 the same uses Upon such and the same trusts and under and
320 Subject to such and the same powers provisoes declarations and
321 Agreements as are limitted and declared concerning the said Lands
322 made Saleable and Exchangeable as aforesaid by my said marriage
323 Settlement and by this my Will or as near thereto as the deaths of
324 parties and other contingencies will admitt of And that in the mean
325 time and until such money shall be laid out in such Purchases
326 shall be lawful for the said trustees with such consent as aforesaid
327 to place out the same at Interest Upon real or Government Security
328 and to pay the Interest dividends and produce arising therefrom
329 to such persons for such uses intents and purposes and in such
330 manner as the rents and Profits of the Lands directed to be purchased
331 and Settled would go and be payable in case such Purchases and
332 Settlement were there actually made Also I give and bequeath unto
333 my said dear Wife Annie Buller the Sum of One thousand Pounds to
334 and for her own use and benefit to be paid to her within three
335 months after my decease Also I give and bequeath unto my said
336 Wife all my Household Goods and Furniture Linen and Wines in
337 my house at Downes to and for her own use and benefit and to be at
338 her absolute disposal And also the use of my plate and of a Pearl
339 Necklace which she usually wears during her life which plate and
340 Necklace after the death of my said Wife and also my Books immediately
341 after my death I give and bequeath unto my said Son James
342 Wentworth Buller I give and bequeath unto my Cosson William
343 Buller and my Nephew James Buller sons of my said late Brother
344 William Buller the Sum of Two hundred pounds each to be paid
345 within twelve Calendar Months next after my decease I give
346 devise and bequeath unto the said James Buller and Thomas
347 Wentworth Buller and their heirs the right of Presentation upon the
348 next Avoidance to the Vicarage of the Parish Church of Saint Thomas
349 the Apostle in the said County of Devon Upon trust that they my said
350 trustees and the Survivor of them and the heirs and Assigns of such
351 Survivor do and shall present the Reverend John Caius Copleston
352 to the said Vicarage or Parish Church upon the death or resignation
353 of the Reverend John Bradford Copleston his father the present Incumbent
354 thereon I request the said James Buller and Thomas Wentworth Buller
355 to accept the Sum of One hundred Guineas each as a trifling mark of
356 my regard and affection for them I give to my faithful Servant William
357 Gowler an Annuity of Twenty Pounds during his life to be paid by
358 quarterly payments at Lady Day Midsummer Michaelmas and
359 Christmas in every Year the first payment thereof to begin and be made
360 on such of the said days as shall first happen next after my decease
361 I give devise and bequeath all and singular my Manors Messuages Lands
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362 and tenements Advowsons and hereditaments and real Estate
363 whatsoever Situate lying and being with the Several Parishes of
364 Saint Thomas the Apostle Coffinswell Crediton and Newton Saint Cyres
365 or elsewhere in the said County of Devon which I have the power to
366 dispose of (Subject to the next right of Presentation to the Vicarage
367 of Saint Thomas the Apostle which I have hereinbefore given and
368 devised for the purpose aforesaid And also Subject and charged to and
369 with the Payment of my debts Legacies and Funeral Expences not
370 visited to be raised and paid by and out of my said Settled Estate in
371 Cornwall by my said Settlement and this my Will and which my
372 residuary Personal Estate may not be Sufficient to discharge unto
373 my said Son James Wentworth Buller his heirs and Assigns to the
374 use of my said son James Wentworth Buller his heirs and Assigns for
375 ever And all the rest and residue of my Goods Chattels monies and
376 Securities for money and all other my personal and testamentary
377 Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever after Payment of my
378 debts Legacies and Funeral Expences I give and bequeath the same
379 and every part thereof unto my said Son James Wentworth Buller his
380 Executors Administrators and Assigns to and for his and their own
381 use and benefit And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint
382 my said dear Wife Anne Buller and the said James Buller and
383 Thomas Wentworth Buller joint Executrix and Executors of this my
384 Will And I do appoint them Guardians of the persons and Estates of
385 my said daughters and Younger Children during their respective
386 minorities And I do hereby request my said Wife that in case
387 of the deaths of the said Sir William Lemon and John Buller two
388 of the trustees named in my said Marriage Settlement in her life
389 time she will in pursuance of the power given for that purpose by
390 my said Settlement nominate and appoint the said James Buller
391 in the room of the first of the said trustees who shall so happen to die
392 and the said Thomas Wentworth Buller in the room of the other of
393 the said trustees who shall so happen to die to the Intent that the
394 said James Buller and Thomas Wentworth Buller or either of them
395 may act in the trusts of the said Settlement in such and the same
396 manner as the present trustees are thereby authorized and empowered
397 to do And I revoke all former Will and Wills by me at any time
398 heretofore made and to declare this to be and contain my last Will and
399 testament In Witness whereof I have to this my Will contained in ten
400 sheets of paper to the first nine Sheets thereof set my hand and to this
401 tenth and last Sheet my hand and Seal this first day of February
402 in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty three
403 1823 James Buller Signed Sealed Published and declared by the
404 said James Buller the testator as and for his last Will and testament in
405 the presence of us three who have subscribed our names as Witnesses
406 thereto in his presence at his request and also in the presence of each
407 other John Rawling Henry Rawling Wm Rawling
408 I James Buller of Downes in the County of Devon
409 Esquire do make and declare this to be a Codicil to my last Will and
410 testament bearing date the first day of February One thousand eight
411 hundred and twenty three Whereas I am Seized of some Share
412 Interest or portion in Freehold Estate consisting of a number of
413 dwelling houses and premises situate and lying in the Parish of Saint
414 Mary le bone in the County of Middlesex Subject to a Lease for a term
415 of Years absolute therein Now I do by this Codicil annexed to my said Will
416 give and devise my said Share Interest or Portion in the said Freehold
417 hereditaments and Premises unto my Son James Wentworth Buller and
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418 and all and every my daughters and their heirs equally Share
419 and Share alike as tenants in Common and not as joint tenants And
420 in case of the death of any or either of them before attaining the Age
421 of twenty one Years without leaving Issue the Share of such to go
422 to the Survivors or Survivor of them and his her or their heirs
423 equally also as tenants in Common and not as joint tenants In
424 Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twenty
425 Seventh day of December in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight
426 hundred and twenty five James Buller Signed Sealed Published
427 and declare by the said James Buller as and for a Codicil to his last Will
428 and testament in the presence of us three who in his presence at his
429 request and also in the presence of each other have Subscribed our names
430 as Witnesses to such his Execution hereof John Rawling Henry Rawling Wm Rawling
431 This is a further Codicil to the Will of me James Buller of Downes
432 in the County of Devon Esquire bearing date the first day of February
433 One thousand eight hundred and twenty three Whereas since the
434 making of my said Will my daughter Hester Eleanora has intermarried
435 with the Reverend Henry Strangways And upon such her marriage
436 and for her better Advancement in life I advanced and settled the Sum of
437 three thousand three hundred and seventy five pounds in favor of
438 her said husband herself and the children of their marriage Now
439 I do therefore hereby revoke all legacies and Sums of money bequeathed
440 to her (as one of the Young Children of myself and Wife) by my said
441 Will and declare that the Advancement portion or portions which
442 I have so made and Settled in and by her marriage Settlement is
443 to be secured and considered to be in full Satisfaction and discharge
444 thereof And also in full Satisfaction and discharge of her Share
445 of the Portion or portions to which she is or shall be otherwise
446 would be (also as one of the Younger children of myself and Wife)
447 entitled to under the Settlement made on our marriage In all
448 other respects I confirm my said Will And also on former Codicil
449 dated the twenty Seventh day of December One thousand eight
450 hundred and twenty five and and declare this writing to be a further
451 Codicil to my said Will and taken as part thereof In Witness whereof
452 I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this ninth day of July
453 One thousand eight hundred and twenty Seven 1827 James
454 Buller Signed Sealed published and declared by the said James
455 Buller as and for a further Codicil to his said last Will and Testament
456 in the presence of John Rawling Henry Rawling
457 Proved at London with 2 Codicils 10th October 1827 before the
458 Judge by the Oaths of Anne Buller Widow the Relict James Buller
459 Esquire and Thomas Wentworth Buller Esquire the Nephew the
460 Executors to whom Adm[inistrati]on was granted having been first sworn
461 (that is to say) the said Anne Buller and Thomas Wentworth Buller
462 by Commission and the said James Buller before the Worshipful John
463 Daubeny Doctor of Laws and Surrogate duly to administer
James Buller (testator) married his cousin Anne the daughter of William Buller Bishop of Exeter and they were married 6 Jun 1791. James was an MP for Exter. They had a very large family with just the one son James Wentworth Buller also MP for Exeter and North Devon. Since he has died after 1858 his will is not in the PCC group. He married Charlotte Juliana Jane the third daughter of Lord Henry Molyneux Howard and niece of the 12th Duke of Norfolk, K.G., and they were married 5 October 1831 from the Visitation. They had a large family which included seven sons and four daughters including Lt Col Redvers H Buller.
James Buller (testator) and his wife Anne also had nine daughters although only seven are mentioned in the will. As mentioned in the will, Hester Eleanor married the Reverend H. Strangways. Other daughters include Elizabeth, Caroline, Georgiana, Anne, and Emma Husey who are not listed as marrying on the Visitation. Three other daughters did marry: Francis Susanna married the Reverend William Molesworth, Rector of St Breock, Louisa married the Venerable William John Phillpotts, Archdeacon of Cornwall and Susanna Catherine married the Reverend William Heberden, Vicar of Broadhembury, Devon.
James also mentioned his nephew Thomas Wentworth Buller who was also one of his executors. Thomas was the son of his brother William Buller of Whimple who had married Caroline Buller the only daughter of John Buller of Bake and they were married 18 May 1791. They also had a large family which included the son already mentioned and two daughters: Elizabeth Caroline married Sir Gregory Allnutt Lewin, QC, and Henrietta married John Divett according to the Visitation. Thomas Wentworth Buller, Commander RN was one of the Tythe Commissioners for England and Wales and he married Anne daughter of Edward Divett Esquire of bystock, Devon. They had one son and four daughters: Cecil Henrietta married Montague Bere of Morebath, Devon, Catherine married Major Hughes, Punjaub Calvary, Gertrude Caroline and Edith Anne did not marry according to the Visitation. Their son William Wentworth Buller of Strete Raleigh, Devon, JP.
There are three wills left for Devon which include the wills of Mary Buller of Honiton widow of William Buller, Surgeon, the will of William Buller, Surgeon and the will of William Buller of Exeter probated 1813. These wills could prove to be interesting looking at my lines as they do not appear to be on the Visitation. However, they are after the birth of Christopher circa 1763.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 9 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1731/161
Testator: James Buller, Esquire
Place: Downes, Devon, England
Date of document: 1 Feb 1823, probated 10 Oct 1827
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Document quality: 19th century English, legible copy
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1 In the Name of God Amen I
2 James Buller of Downes in the County of Devon Esquire do make this
3 my last Will and testament in manner following (that is to say) I humbly
4 commit my Soul to the mercy of Almighty god my Creator and Redeemer
5 I direct that my body be decently and privately interred after Seven
6 days from my decease have expired in the Church of Saint Thomas
7 the Apostle near Exeter And Whereas by the Settlement made upon my
8 marriage with my dear Wife Anne Buller bearing date the third
9 day of June One thousand Seven hundred and ninety one and made
10 between me the said James Buller of the first part The Reverend William
11 Buller Doctor in Divinity afterwards Bishop of Exeter and Anne his Wife
12 of the second part Anne Buller my present Wife by the description of Anne
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13 Anne Buller the Younger Spinster Eldest daughter of the said William
14 Buller and Anne his Wife of the third part The Right Honorable Frederick
15 Thomas Earl of Stafford and Sir John Chichester Baronet of the fourth
16 part and Sir William Lemon Baronet my late Brother William
17 Buller Esquire and John Buller the Younger of Morval in the
18 County of Cornwall Esquire of the Fifth part divers Manors
19 Messuages Farms Lands and hereditaments therein particularly
20 described Situate in the said County of Cornwall was granted
21 and released unto the said Frederick Thomas Earl of Stafford and
22 Sir John Chichester and their heirs to the use intent and purpose
23 from and after my decease that if my said Wife should happen
24 to survive me and Lady Jane Buller therein named (who is
25 here said) she my said Wife should have receive and take
26 during the term of her natural life by and out of the rents issues and
27 Profits of the said hereditaments and premises one Annuity or
28 Yearly rent Charge of Five hundred pounds by quarterly payments
29 clear of all deductions whatsoever with such Powers of distress
30 and entry on nonpayment thereof as therein mentioned and
31 subject thereto to the use of the said Frederick Thomas Earl of
32 Stafford and Sir John Chichester their Executors Administrators
33 and Assigns for the term of One hundred Years Upon the trusts
34 therein after expressed for his better raising and paying the same
35 Annuity And from and after the expiration or sooner determination
36 of the said term of One hundred Years to the use of the said Sir
37 William Lemon William Buller and John Buller their Executors
38 Administrators and Assigns for the term of Five hundred Years
39 Upon trust to raise by the ways and means therein expressed the
40 several Sums therein and herein after mentioned for the portion
41 and portions of the Younger Children of the said intended marriage
42 namely If there should be but one such Child the Sum of Six
43 thousand pounds If two such Younger Children the Sum of Eight
44 thousand pounds and if three or more such Younger Children
45 the Sum of ten thousand pounds to be paid in such manner at
46 such time and times with such right of Survivorship and with
47 such Interest in the mean time until the same should become
48 Payable and with under and Subject to such powers provisoes
49 restrictions and declarations as therein expressed And from and
50 after the expiration or sooner determination of the said term of
51 Five hundred Years and in the mean time Subject thereto and
52 to the trust thereof and Charges and Chargeable as aforesaid to the
53 use of me the said James Buller my heirs and Assigns for ever
54 And whereas it is my desire to make some considerable addition
55 to the said Annutiy of Five hundred pounds limitted for the
56 benefit of my said Wife for her life by way of Jointure in and by
57 any said marriage Settlement and in as much as I have eight
58 daughters besides our only Son it becomes necessary for me to
59 make a further Provision for them in addition to the said Sum
60 of ten thousand pounds directed by the said Settlement to be raised
61 for their benefit by virtue of the said term of Five hundred Years
62 created for that purpose as aforesaid Now I do hereby give and
63 bequeath unto my said Wife Anne Buller and her Assigns for
64 and during the term of her natural life One Annuity or Yearly
64 Sum of Seven hundred pounds free and clear of and from all
66 deductions and outgoings whatsoever by quarterly payments
67 at Lady day Midsummer Michaelmas and Christmas in every
68 Year the first payment thereof to begin and be made on such of
69 the said days as shall first happen next after my decease the said Annuity
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70 Annuity of Seven hundred pounds to be in addition to the said
71 Annuity of Five hundred Pounds provided for my said Wife by the
72 said Settlement and making together with the said Sum of Five
73 hundred Pounds the Sum of twelve hundred Pounds And I do
74 hereby Subject and Charge all and Singular the Manors Messuages
75 Farms Lands and hereditaments comprized in and granted by my
76 said marriage Settlement to and with the Payment of the said
77 additional Annuity of Seven hundred Pounds unto my said Wife
78 and her Assigns during her life accordingly. And I do hereby authorize
79 and empower my said Wife and her Assigns during her life to have
80 receive and take the said Annuity of Seven hundred Pounds by and
81 out of the rents issues and Profits of the said Manors Messuages Farms
82 lands and hereditaments by such and the same ways and means
83 and with such and the same powers of distress and entry on non-
84 payment thereof and all such other powers and authorities as are
85 given to my said Wife and her Assigns by my said Settlement for
86 receiving taking and enforcing the Payment of the said Annuity
87 of Five hundred pounds thereby limitted to her as aforesaid And I do
88 also authorize and empower the said trustees of the said term of One
89 hundred Years their Executors and Administrators to make use of
90 and exercise the same term for the better levying and raising the
91 said additional Annuity of Seven hundred pounds upon nonpayment
92 thereof in such and the same manner in all respects whatsoever
93 as they are authorized to do by my said Settlement for levying and
94 raising the said Annuity of Five hundred pounds as hereinbefore
95 mentioned Also I give and bequeath unto or for the benefit of
96 my daughters and Younger Children the Sum of Seventeen thousand
97 Pounds in addition to the Sum of ten thousand pounds directed
98 in and by my said marriage Settlement to be raised and paid
99 for the portions of any three of more of the daughters or Younger
100 Children of my said marriage equally to be divided amongst
101 them share and share alike To be paid at such and the same
102 time and times with such and the same right and benefit of
103 Survivorship with such Interest in the mean time until such
104 portions respectively shall become payable and with under and
105 subject to such and the same powers provisoes restrictions and
106 declarations as are expressed and declared in and by my said
107 Settlement concerning the said Sum of ten thousand Pounds thereby
108 directed to be raised to or for the benefit of my daughters or Younger
109 Children as aforesaid Provided always nevertheless and it is my
110 Will and intention that by reason or means of such right and
111 benefit of Survivorship as four of such my Surviving daughters
112 or Younger Children shall be entitled to have and receive under
113 and by virtue of the provisions made for the portions of my said
114 daughters and Younger children in and by my said marriage
115 Settlement and the addition made thereto by this my Will any
116 larger Sum to be divided between them for their portions
117 respectively than the Sum of twenty four thousand pounds nor
118 any three of such my Surviving daughters or Younger Children
119 any larger Sum to be divided between them for their portions
120 respectively than the Sum of Eighteen thousand pounds nor any
121 two of such my Surviving daughters or Younger children any
122 larger Sum to be divided between them for their portions respectively
123 than the Sum of twelve thousand pounds nor any one such my
124 Surviving daughter of Younger Child any larger Sum than the Sum
125 of ten thousand pounds for his or her portion And I do hereby authorize
126 empower and direct the said trustees of the said term of Five hundred
127 pounds
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128 Years created by the said Settlement and the Survivors and Survivors
129 of them and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor to make
130 use of and exercise the same term for levying and raising the said
131 additional Sum of Seventeen thousand Pounds hereby given for the
132 portions of my said daughters and Younger Children in such and the
133 same manner in all respects whatsoever as they are authorized to do
134 by my said Settlement for levying and raising the said Sum of ten
135 thousand Pounds as therein mentioned. And as concerning all and
136 singular my said monies Messuages Farms land and hereditaments
137 comprized in the said Tridenture of Settlement of which I am Seized
138 in for as aforesaid (Subject to the said Annuity of Five hundred pounds
139 limitted by my said marriage Settlement and the said Annuity of
140 Seven hundred Pounds given by this my Will to and for the benefit
141 of my said Wife for her life And also Subject to the payment of the
142 several sums directed to be raised and paid by my said Settlement
143 and by this my Will in addition thereto for the portion and portions
144 of my daughters and Younger Children and to the powers remedies
145 and authorities for raising and paying the same respectively And also
146 as Concerning all other my Manors Messuages Lands tenements
147 Advowsons hereditaments and real Estate whatsoever Situate
148 lying and being in the said County of Cornwall I give devise and
149 bequeath the same and every part thereof unto James Buller of
150 Sackville Street Piccadilly London Esquire Clerk of his Majesty's most
151 Honourable Privy Council and Thomas Wentworth Buller Esquire
152 Eldest son and heir of my late Brother William Buller Esquire
153 deceased their heirs and Assigns To the Several uses Upon the Several
154 trusts and to and for the ends, intents and purposes and with under
155 and Subject to the powers provisoes declarations and agreements
156 hereinafter expressed and declared of and concerning the same (that
157 is to say) to the use of my Son James Wentworth Buller and his
158 Assigns for and during the term of his natural life without
159 impeachment of Waste except voluntary waste in houses and
160 Buildings And from and after the determination of that Estate by
161 forfeiture or otherwise in his life time to the use of the said James Buller
162 and Thomas Wentworth Buller and their heirs during the natural life
163 of my said Son James Wentworth Buller Upon trust to Support and
164 preserve the contingent uses and Estates hereinafter limitted from being
165 defeated or destroyed and for that purpose to make entries and bring
166 Actions as occasions shall require but nevertheless to permit and
167 Suffer my said Son James Wentworth Buller and his Assigns to receive
168 and take the rents issues and Profits of the said hereditaments and Premises
169 to and for his and their own use and benefit during his life And from and
170 after his decease to the use of the first Son of the body of my said Son James
171 Wentworth Buller lawfully to be begotten and the heirs Male of the body
172 of such first Son lawfully issuing And in default of such Issue to the use of
173 the Second third fourth fifth and all and every other the Son and Sons of
174 the body of my said Son James Wentworth Buller lawfully to be begotten
175 Severally Successively and in remainder one after another as they and
176 every of them shall happen to be in priority of birth and of the Several
177 and respective heirs Male of the body and bodies of all and every such Son
178 and Sons lawfully issuing the elder of such Son and Sons and the heirs Male
179 of his and their body and bodies being always to be preferred and to take
181 before the Younger of such Son and Sons and the heirs male of his and
182 their body and bodies issuing And for default of such Issue to the use of the
183 Second third fourth fifth and all and every other the Son and Sons of my
184 body lawfully to be begotten Severally Successively and in remainder one
185 after another as they and every of them shall happen to be in priority of birth
186 and
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187 and of the Several and respective heirs Male of the body and bodies of all
188 and every such Son and Sons lawfully issuing the elder of such Son and
189 Sons and the heirs Male of his and their body and bodies being always
190 to be preferred and to take before the Younger of such Son and Sons and
191 the heirs Male of his and their body and bodies issuing And for default of
192 such Issue to the use of all and every the daughter and daughters of the
193 body of my said Son James Wentworth Buller lawfully to be begotten
194 equally to be divided between them if more than one Share and share
195 alike as tenants in Common and not as joint tenants and of the
196 Several and respective heirs of the body and bodies of all and every such
197 daughter and daughters lawfully issuing And in case one or more of
198 such daughters shall happen to die without Issue of her or their body
199 or bodies then as to the Share or Shares of her of them so dying without
200 issue to the use of the Survivors or Survivor or others or other of them
201 to be equally divided between them if more than one Share and Share
202 alike as tenants in Common and not as joint tenants and of the Several
203 and respective heirs of the body and bodies of such Survivors or Survivor
204 or other or other of them lawfully issuing And in case all such daughters
205 but one shall happen to die without Issue of their bodies of there shall
206 be but one sure daughter to the use of such Surviving or only daughter
207 and of the heirs of her body lawfully issuing And in default of such Issue
208 to the use of all and every the daughter and daughters of my body
209 equally to be divided between them if more than one Share and
210 Share alike as tenants in Common and not as joint tenants and of
211 the Several and respective heirs of the body and bodies of all and every
212 such daughter and daughters lawfully issuing and in case one or
213 more of my said daughters shall happen to die without Issue of her
214 or their body or bodies then as to the Share or part of her or their so
215 dying without Issue to the use of the Survivors or Survivor or others
216 or other of them to be equally divided between them if more than one
217 share and Share alike as tenants in Common and not as joint tenants
218 and of the Several and respective heirs of the body and bodies of such
219 survivors or Survivor or others or other of them lawfully issuing and
220 in case all my said daughters but one shall happen to die without
221 Issue of their bodies or if there should be but one such daughter to the
222 use of such Surviving or only daughter and of the heirs of her body
223 lawfully Issuing and for default of such Issue to the use of my own
224 right heirs for ever provided always nevertheless that it shall and
225 may be lawful to and for my said Son James Wentworth Buller
226 by any deed or deeds writing or writing to be by him sealed and
227 delivered in the presence of and attested by one two or more credible
228 witnesses to grant limit and appoint to or to the use of any Woman
229 or Women with whom he may happen to marry for her or their
230 life or lives and for her or their jointure or Jointures any Annual
231 Sum or Yearly rent Charge not exceeding the Sum of Six hundred
232 Pounds by the Year for and without any deduction whatsoever
233 to be issuing out of and charged upon the said Manors Messuages
234 Farms and hereditaments or any part thereof but without prejudice
235 to the said Annuities directed to be raised and paid to or for the
236 benefit of my said Wife during her life as aforesaid with such powers
237 and remedies for recovering any such Yearly rent Charge when
238 in arrear and for defraying all costs and charges occasioned by
239 the nonpayment thereof as to my said Son James Wentworth
240 Buller shall seem meet And also to grant and demise limit or
241 appoint all or any of the same Manors Messuages Farms lands and
242 hereditaments to any person or persons for any term or terms of
243 Years for the better Securing the Payment thereof to take Effect immediately
244 after
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245 after the decease of my said Son James Wentworth Buller so as
246 such term or terms of Years be made determinable on the easing
247 of the Rent Charge thereby Secured and the Payment of all arrears
248 thereof and all costs and charges relating thereto Provided also that
249 it shall and may be lawful to and for my said Son James Wentworth
250 Buller by any such deed or deeds writing or writings to be by him
251 executed and attested as aforesaid to grant limit or appoint to or for
252 the benefit of all and every the Younger child and Children of my said
253 Son James Wentworth Buller but without prejudice as aforesaid
254 on the Sum and Sums of money not exceeding the Sum of ten
255 thousand Pounds as my said Son shall think fit as and for the
256 portion and portions of such Younger Child and Children to be
257 raised out of and charged upon the Manors Messuages Farms Lands
258 and hereditaments or a competent part thereof And also to grant
259 and demise limit or appoint all or any of the same Manors Messuages
260 Farms lands and hereditaments to any person or persons for any
261 term or terms of Years for the better raising and Securing the payment
262 thereof Provided also that it shall and may be lawful to and for my
263 said Son James Wentworth Buller and all and every person or
264 persons who shall be in the possession of or intitled to the rents
265 and profits of the said Manors Messuages Farms lands and hereditaments
266 by virtue of the limitations aforesaid And also to and for the said
267 James Buller and Thomas Wentworth Buller during the minority of
268 any person or persons so to be intitled as aforesaid by Indenture
269 or Indentures under his her or their hand and Seal or hands and
270 Seals to secure lease and grant any part of parts of the said Messuage
271 Farms Lands and hereditament for any term or number of Years
272 not exceeding fourteen Years in possession at the best and most
273 improved Yearly rents that can be gotten for the same without
274 taking any Sum or Sums of money or other thing by way of fine or
275 _____ for or in respect of such Lease or Leases And also to secure and
276 lease such of the said Messuages Farms lands and hereditaments as
277 shall have been usually leased for terms of Years determinable on
278 lives and which shall not be of the Clear Yearly Value of Fifty pounds
279 for any term or number of Years determinable on the deaths of one
280 two or three person or persons in reversion possession remainder or
281 expectancy so as there be not more than three lives as being on any
282 one tenement at the same time and so as there be reserved on such
283 lease or leases the ancient and accustomed rents duties suits and
284 Services heretofore usually paid and performed for the same And so as
285 the Lessee or Lessees of any lease or leases to be granted by virtue of any
286 power hereinbefore contained shall not be made dispunishable of
287 waste And so as there be a Clause of reentry for nonpayment of the
288 Rent or rents to be thereby respectively reserved And so as the respective
289 Lessees to whom such Leases shall be made duly execute Counterparts
290 thereof respectively Provided also and I do hereby declare that it shall
291 and may be lawful to and for the said James Buller and Thomas
292 Wentworth Buller and the Survivor of them and his heirs at any time
293 or times with the consent and approbation of my said Son James
294 Wentworth Buller testified by some Writing or Writings and or his hand
295 and Seal to make Sale and dispose of or convey in exchange for or in
296 lieu of other Lands and hereditaments. The Manors Messuages Lands
297 and hereditaments comprized in my said Marriage Settlement or any
298 part or parts thereof to any person or persons and for such prices in
299 money or for such other equivalent in Lands as to them shall seem
300 meet And upon payment of the money arising by such Sales the
301 Receipts of the said trustees or the Survivor of them or his heirs as
302 be good and sufficient discharge for the same and such purchaser or Purchasers
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303 Purchasers shall not afterwards be obliged to see to the application of
304 such purchase money or be answerable for the misapplication or
305 nonapplication thereof And that all and every person and persons
306 to whom any such Sale Conveyance or Exchange shall have been
307 made his her or their heirs and Assigns shall and may have hold
308 and enjoy the Premises by them respectively purchased or had in
309 exchange discharged from all and every the uses trusts and
310 limitations declared containing the same by the said marriage
311 Settlement and by this my Will And I do hereby further declare
312 that when any part of the said Lands and hereditaments shall be
313 Sold the money to arise by such Sale shall forthwith be laid out by
314 the said trustees with such consent as aforesaid in the Purchase of
315 other Lands and hereditaments either Freehold or for long absolute
316 terms of Years situate in the said Counties of Devon and Cornwall
317 or out of them and that as well the Lands to be purchased as them
318 to be taken in exchange shall be settled and Assigned to such and
319 the same uses Upon such and the same trusts and under and
320 Subject to such and the same powers provisoes declarations and
321 Agreements as are limitted and declared concerning the said Lands
322 made Saleable and Exchangeable as aforesaid by my said marriage
323 Settlement and by this my Will or as near thereto as the deaths of
324 parties and other contingencies will admitt of And that in the mean
325 time and until such money shall be laid out in such Purchases
326 shall be lawful for the said trustees with such consent as aforesaid
327 to place out the same at Interest Upon real or Government Security
328 and to pay the Interest dividends and produce arising therefrom
329 to such persons for such uses intents and purposes and in such
330 manner as the rents and Profits of the Lands directed to be purchased
331 and Settled would go and be payable in case such Purchases and
332 Settlement were there actually made Also I give and bequeath unto
333 my said dear Wife Annie Buller the Sum of One thousand Pounds to
334 and for her own use and benefit to be paid to her within three
335 months after my decease Also I give and bequeath unto my said
336 Wife all my Household Goods and Furniture Linen and Wines in
337 my house at Downes to and for her own use and benefit and to be at
338 her absolute disposal And also the use of my plate and of a Pearl
339 Necklace which she usually wears during her life which plate and
340 Necklace after the death of my said Wife and also my Books immediately
341 after my death I give and bequeath unto my said Son James
342 Wentworth Buller I give and bequeath unto my Cosson William
343 Buller and my Nephew James Buller sons of my said late Brother
344 William Buller the Sum of Two hundred pounds each to be paid
345 within twelve Calendar Months next after my decease I give
346 devise and bequeath unto the said James Buller and Thomas
347 Wentworth Buller and their heirs the right of Presentation upon the
348 next Avoidance to the Vicarage of the Parish Church of Saint Thomas
349 the Apostle in the said County of Devon Upon trust that they my said
350 trustees and the Survivor of them and the heirs and Assigns of such
351 Survivor do and shall present the Reverend John Caius Copleston
352 to the said Vicarage or Parish Church upon the death or resignation
353 of the Reverend John Bradford Copleston his father the present Incumbent
354 thereon I request the said James Buller and Thomas Wentworth Buller
355 to accept the Sum of One hundred Guineas each as a trifling mark of
356 my regard and affection for them I give to my faithful Servant William
357 Gowler an Annuity of Twenty Pounds during his life to be paid by
358 quarterly payments at Lady Day Midsummer Michaelmas and
359 Christmas in every Year the first payment thereof to begin and be made
360 on such of the said days as shall first happen next after my decease
361 I give devise and bequeath all and singular my Manors Messuages Lands
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362 and tenements Advowsons and hereditaments and real Estate
363 whatsoever Situate lying and being with the Several Parishes of
364 Saint Thomas the Apostle Coffinswell Crediton and Newton Saint Cyres
365 or elsewhere in the said County of Devon which I have the power to
366 dispose of (Subject to the next right of Presentation to the Vicarage
367 of Saint Thomas the Apostle which I have hereinbefore given and
368 devised for the purpose aforesaid And also Subject and charged to and
369 with the Payment of my debts Legacies and Funeral Expences not
370 visited to be raised and paid by and out of my said Settled Estate in
371 Cornwall by my said Settlement and this my Will and which my
372 residuary Personal Estate may not be Sufficient to discharge unto
373 my said Son James Wentworth Buller his heirs and Assigns to the
374 use of my said son James Wentworth Buller his heirs and Assigns for
375 ever And all the rest and residue of my Goods Chattels monies and
376 Securities for money and all other my personal and testamentary
377 Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever after Payment of my
378 debts Legacies and Funeral Expences I give and bequeath the same
379 and every part thereof unto my said Son James Wentworth Buller his
380 Executors Administrators and Assigns to and for his and their own
381 use and benefit And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint
382 my said dear Wife Anne Buller and the said James Buller and
383 Thomas Wentworth Buller joint Executrix and Executors of this my
384 Will And I do appoint them Guardians of the persons and Estates of
385 my said daughters and Younger Children during their respective
386 minorities And I do hereby request my said Wife that in case
387 of the deaths of the said Sir William Lemon and John Buller two
388 of the trustees named in my said Marriage Settlement in her life
389 time she will in pursuance of the power given for that purpose by
390 my said Settlement nominate and appoint the said James Buller
391 in the room of the first of the said trustees who shall so happen to die
392 and the said Thomas Wentworth Buller in the room of the other of
393 the said trustees who shall so happen to die to the Intent that the
394 said James Buller and Thomas Wentworth Buller or either of them
395 may act in the trusts of the said Settlement in such and the same
396 manner as the present trustees are thereby authorized and empowered
397 to do And I revoke all former Will and Wills by me at any time
398 heretofore made and to declare this to be and contain my last Will and
399 testament In Witness whereof I have to this my Will contained in ten
400 sheets of paper to the first nine Sheets thereof set my hand and to this
401 tenth and last Sheet my hand and Seal this first day of February
402 in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty three
403 1823 James Buller Signed Sealed Published and declared by the
404 said James Buller the testator as and for his last Will and testament in
405 the presence of us three who have subscribed our names as Witnesses
406 thereto in his presence at his request and also in the presence of each
407 other John Rawling Henry Rawling Wm Rawling
408 I James Buller of Downes in the County of Devon
409 Esquire do make and declare this to be a Codicil to my last Will and
410 testament bearing date the first day of February One thousand eight
411 hundred and twenty three Whereas I am Seized of some Share
412 Interest or portion in Freehold Estate consisting of a number of
413 dwelling houses and premises situate and lying in the Parish of Saint
414 Mary le bone in the County of Middlesex Subject to a Lease for a term
415 of Years absolute therein Now I do by this Codicil annexed to my said Will
416 give and devise my said Share Interest or Portion in the said Freehold
417 hereditaments and Premises unto my Son James Wentworth Buller and
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418 and all and every my daughters and their heirs equally Share
419 and Share alike as tenants in Common and not as joint tenants And
420 in case of the death of any or either of them before attaining the Age
421 of twenty one Years without leaving Issue the Share of such to go
422 to the Survivors or Survivor of them and his her or their heirs
423 equally also as tenants in Common and not as joint tenants In
424 Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twenty
425 Seventh day of December in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight
426 hundred and twenty five James Buller Signed Sealed Published
427 and declare by the said James Buller as and for a Codicil to his last Will
428 and testament in the presence of us three who in his presence at his
429 request and also in the presence of each other have Subscribed our names
430 as Witnesses to such his Execution hereof John Rawling Henry Rawling Wm Rawling
431 This is a further Codicil to the Will of me James Buller of Downes
432 in the County of Devon Esquire bearing date the first day of February
433 One thousand eight hundred and twenty three Whereas since the
434 making of my said Will my daughter Hester Eleanora has intermarried
435 with the Reverend Henry Strangways And upon such her marriage
436 and for her better Advancement in life I advanced and settled the Sum of
437 three thousand three hundred and seventy five pounds in favor of
438 her said husband herself and the children of their marriage Now
439 I do therefore hereby revoke all legacies and Sums of money bequeathed
440 to her (as one of the Young Children of myself and Wife) by my said
441 Will and declare that the Advancement portion or portions which
442 I have so made and Settled in and by her marriage Settlement is
443 to be secured and considered to be in full Satisfaction and discharge
444 thereof And also in full Satisfaction and discharge of her Share
445 of the Portion or portions to which she is or shall be otherwise
446 would be (also as one of the Younger children of myself and Wife)
447 entitled to under the Settlement made on our marriage In all
448 other respects I confirm my said Will And also on former Codicil
449 dated the twenty Seventh day of December One thousand eight
450 hundred and twenty five and and declare this writing to be a further
451 Codicil to my said Will and taken as part thereof In Witness whereof
452 I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this ninth day of July
453 One thousand eight hundred and twenty Seven 1827 James
454 Buller Signed Sealed published and declared by the said James
455 Buller as and for a further Codicil to his said last Will and Testament
456 in the presence of John Rawling Henry Rawling
457 Proved at London with 2 Codicils 10th October 1827 before the
458 Judge by the Oaths of Anne Buller Widow the Relict James Buller
459 Esquire and Thomas Wentworth Buller Esquire the Nephew the
460 Executors to whom Adm[inistrati]on was granted having been first sworn
461 (that is to say) the said Anne Buller and Thomas Wentworth Buller
462 by Commission and the said James Buller before the Worshipful John
463 Daubeny Doctor of Laws and Surrogate duly to administer
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