Interestingly there was a James Blake son of Henry and Lucy Blake baptized at Bromley RD in Kent 8 Jul 1792. Keston is in Bromley RD.
Other children baptized at Keston by this Henry and Lucy Blake:
John Blake baptized 4 Feb 1798
A Henry Blake married Lucy Covell at St Mary the Virgin Hayes Kent 17 Sep 1797 (by Banns).
There was a Henry Blake baptized 25 Jul 1773 at Saint Werburgh Hoo, Kent son of Edward and Anne Blake. An Edward Blake married an Ann Greenhill 14 Jul 1760 at St Mary Chatham Kent.
Since Henry was a Bailiff to Sir Vicary Gibbs it may be possible to look at the papers of Sir Vicary to discover more about Henry. There are 60 records held at the National Archives.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/bdbc975a-a62e-4669-9904-037b13128a93
This is the prescription account book of Dr Thomas Ilott a local medical practitioner (the parish of Keston is mentioned in this set of documents) .
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 Jul 2019
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1906/421
Testator: Henry Blake, late Bailiff
Place: Keston, Kent
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 14 Jan 1839, probated 6 Feb 1839
[Margin]: Henry Blake 5
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 Of me Henry Blake of the parish of Keston in the County of Kent (late Bailiff to
3 Sir Vicary Gibbs) Whereas I am possessed of a certain share in the Government Stock
4 Or fund called Bank Long annuities and also other property as lent money to
5 Persons well known by my Executors hereinafter named and for which I receive
6 Interest I give and dispose of the same in the manner following First I give
7 And bequeath unto
8 William Eyles of Knockholt in Kent labourer the sum of Ten pounds also I give
9 And bequeath unto Henry Chapman of the parish of Keston in Kent Schoolmas
10 ter the sum of Five pounds also I give and bequeath unto William Purday of
11 Keston in Kent Wheelwright the sum of forty pounds my watch seal and key also
12 Night stool and a chest also I give and bequeath unto Charles Banks of Bexley in
13 Kent Gentleman one of my executors hereinafter mentioned the sum of Ten pounds
14 For the trouble he will have in executing this my Will and as to all the Rest
15 Residue and Remainder of my Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of
16 What nature kind and quality soever the same may be and not herein before
17 Given and disposed of after payment of my debts legacies funeral expences and
18 The expence of proving this my Will I do hereby give and bequeath the same
19 Being all personal unto my Son James Blake of Penrith in New South Wales
20 His executors admors and assigns to and for his own use and benefit absolutely
21 And I do hereby make ordain constitute and appoint Charles Banks of Bexley
22 Kent Gentleman and William Purday of Keston in Kent Wheelwright Executors
23 Of this my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Henry Blake
24 The Testator have to this my Will and Testament set my hand and seal this
25 Fourteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
26 And thirty nine Henry Blake Signed sealed published and declared
27 By the said Testator Henry Blake as and for his last Will and Testament in the
28 Presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each
29 Other subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto Willm Iverson
30 Robert Wood
31 Proved at London the 6th Feb 1839 before the Worshipful Herbert
32 Downer doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oaths of Charles Banks and William
33 Purdny in the will written Purday the Execdutors to admon was granted having
34 Been first sworn duly to administer
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Sunday, July 28, 2019
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Will of William Blake, gentleman, Bristol, Gloucestershire - The National Archives PROB 11/2175/217, probated 9 Jul 1853
William Blake, gentleman, Saint Michaels Hill, Bristol is the testator. He does not name any family in this will.
His executrix Hester Manfield Rogers is possibly Hester Rogers, house keeper to William Jones who kept a lodging house on Park Lane. She was born at Nailsea Somerset and was 45 years of age.
His witness Stephen Shallard is living at 66 Upper Church Lane St Michaels Parish and he was 55 years of age and a pattern maker on the 1851 census born at Bitten Gloucestershire.
On the 1841 Census there is one Blake family living in Saint Michael Parish, Salmon Street near Little Paul Street.
The Family Bible given away to Mary Jane Rogers would certainly be an interesting find!
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 15 May 2014
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2175/217
Testator: William Blake, gentleman
Place: Parish of Saint Michael, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 2 Mar 1853, probated 9 Jul 1853
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 5
1 This is the Last Will and Testament
2 of me William Blake of Saint Michaels Hill in the Parish of Saint Michael
3 in the City of Bristol Gentleman I give and bequeath unto Elanor the wife of Wil-
4 liam Coram of Paul Street Kingsdown in the City of Bristol the sum of Ten pounds
5 and I do hereby declare that the said sum shall be paid to her for her absolute use
6 notwithstanding her coverture and that her receipt alone shall be the only effectual
7 discharge to my Executrix hereinafter mentioned for the same I give unto Joseph
8 Coram of Paul Street aforesaid Accountant the sum of Five pounds I give unto
9 Mary Ann Hodges of Saint Michaels Hill aforesaid Spinster the sum of Nineteen
10 pounds ten shillings I give unto William Green of the City of Bristol Cutler the sum
11 of Five pounds I give unto Joseph Willis of Baldwin Street in the said City of
12 Bristol the sum of Five pounds I give unto Henry Lake of the Parish of Clifton in
13 the City of Bristol the sum of Five pounds I give unto Robert Gibbs of the said
14 City Accountant the sum of Five pounds I give and bequeath my large Imperial
15 Family Bible unto Mary Jane Rogers of Saint Michaels Hill aforesaid And I do
16 hereby direct the said pecuniary Legacies to be paid to the Legatees respectively within
17 three months next after my decease And as to all the rest residue and
18 remainder of my real and personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever
19 after payment of my just debts funeral and testamentary expences I give devise and
20 bequeath the same unto Hester Manfield Rogers of the Parish of Saint Michael
21 aforesaid Spinster her heirs executors administrators and assigns And I do hereby ap-
22 point the said Hester Manfield Rogers sole Executrix of this my Will In witness
23 whereof I the said William Blake have to this my Will subscribed my hand this
24 Second day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty three William
25 Blake Signed by the said Testator William Blake and acknowledged by him
26 to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who
27 in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto
28 subscribed our names as witnesses John Young Tailor St Thomas Bridge
29 Bristol Stephen Shallard Pattern Maker Upper Church Lane H__________
30 Bristol
31 Proved at London 9th July 1853 before the Judge by the oath of Hester
32 Manfield Rogers Spinster the sole Executrix to whom Admon was granted having
33 been first sworn by Comon duly to administer
His executrix Hester Manfield Rogers is possibly Hester Rogers, house keeper to William Jones who kept a lodging house on Park Lane. She was born at Nailsea Somerset and was 45 years of age.
His witness Stephen Shallard is living at 66 Upper Church Lane St Michaels Parish and he was 55 years of age and a pattern maker on the 1851 census born at Bitten Gloucestershire.
On the 1841 Census there is one Blake family living in Saint Michael Parish, Salmon Street near Little Paul Street.
The Family Bible given away to Mary Jane Rogers would certainly be an interesting find!
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 15 May 2014
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2175/217
Testator: William Blake, gentleman
Place: Parish of Saint Michael, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 2 Mar 1853, probated 9 Jul 1853
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 5
1 This is the Last Will and Testament
2 of me William Blake of Saint Michaels Hill in the Parish of Saint Michael
3 in the City of Bristol Gentleman I give and bequeath unto Elanor the wife of Wil-
4 liam Coram of Paul Street Kingsdown in the City of Bristol the sum of Ten pounds
5 and I do hereby declare that the said sum shall be paid to her for her absolute use
6 notwithstanding her coverture and that her receipt alone shall be the only effectual
7 discharge to my Executrix hereinafter mentioned for the same I give unto Joseph
8 Coram of Paul Street aforesaid Accountant the sum of Five pounds I give unto
9 Mary Ann Hodges of Saint Michaels Hill aforesaid Spinster the sum of Nineteen
10 pounds ten shillings I give unto William Green of the City of Bristol Cutler the sum
11 of Five pounds I give unto Joseph Willis of Baldwin Street in the said City of
12 Bristol the sum of Five pounds I give unto Henry Lake of the Parish of Clifton in
13 the City of Bristol the sum of Five pounds I give unto Robert Gibbs of the said
14 City Accountant the sum of Five pounds I give and bequeath my large Imperial
15 Family Bible unto Mary Jane Rogers of Saint Michaels Hill aforesaid And I do
16 hereby direct the said pecuniary Legacies to be paid to the Legatees respectively within
17 three months next after my decease And as to all the rest residue and
18 remainder of my real and personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever
19 after payment of my just debts funeral and testamentary expences I give devise and
20 bequeath the same unto Hester Manfield Rogers of the Parish of Saint Michael
21 aforesaid Spinster her heirs executors administrators and assigns And I do hereby ap-
22 point the said Hester Manfield Rogers sole Executrix of this my Will In witness
23 whereof I the said William Blake have to this my Will subscribed my hand this
24 Second day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty three William
25 Blake Signed by the said Testator William Blake and acknowledged by him
26 to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who
27 in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto
28 subscribed our names as witnesses John Young Tailor St Thomas Bridge
29 Bristol Stephen Shallard Pattern Maker Upper Church Lane H__________
30 Bristol
31 Proved at London 9th July 1853 before the Judge by the oath of Hester
32 Manfield Rogers Spinster the sole Executrix to whom Admon was granted having
33 been first sworn by Comon duly to administer
Friday, March 22, 2013
Will of William Buller, Innkeeper, Maltster and Farmer, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire - The National Archives PROB 11/2168/168, probated 29 Mar 1853
William Buller, malster at Stratford upon Avon, is the testator and he is married to Elizabeth. There are a couple of possibilities for his birth in the LDS 1745 at West Hatch Somerset (son of William and Jane Buller), 1753 at Poulton le Fylde, Lancashire (son of William Buller), 1757 at Banbury, Oxford (son of William and Ann Buller), and 1759 at Bodmin Cornwall (son of William and Mary Buller).
Clifford Chambers is two miles south of Stratford upon Avon and fourteen miles NNW of Long Compton. Is William Buller related to the Buller family of Compton. By the will of Richard-5 of Long Compton (and the Halford Estate papers) the family no longer retained their property at Halford. The family of Richard was quite large including children: Richard, William, John, Robert, Elizabeth Jefferis and Anne Joiner. Both daughters are married and Anne may be deceased.
His daughter Mary Ann married John Smith. His daughter Elizabeth is married to Daniel Morse. Possibly the marriage of his son William was 1 Nov 1825 to Jane Gibbs at Stratford Upon Avon (his wife is known to be Jane). Baptism for their son William 19 Jul 1826 at Stratford Upon Avon. William was likely born circa 1796 and he was buried at Stratford Upon Avon 4 Dec 1852. They appear to have had a large family: William, Mary, Elizabeth, Thomas, Frederick, Edward and Ellen. His daughter Letitia Buller married John Court 7 Nov 1825 at Stratford Upon Avon (Family Search M00913-7).
Related to my Christopher Buller? Completely unknown plus he isn't living that close to Birmingham where my known Buller family lived in the mid 1800s to early 1900s. Birmingham is 22 miles NNW of Stratford upon Avon. No ideas really on the pedigree of this particular Buller family. There is a family pedigree chart at the Archives in Stratford upon Avon and I have written to enquire about purchasing an image of the Pedigree Chart.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 17 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2168/168
Testator: William Buller, Innkeeper, Maltster and Farmer
Place: Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire
Date of document 14 May 1850, probated 29 Mar 1853
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Buller
[Margin]: 8
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me William Buller of Stratford upon Avon in the County of
3 Warwick Innkeeper Maltster and Farmer I direct that all my just
4 debts funeral expences and the expence of proving this my Will be
5 paid as soon as may be after my decease I give and devise unto William
6 Gibbs of Alveston Hill in the Parish of Alveston in the County of
7 Warwick Farmer and Samuel Goss of Alveston Pasture in the said
8 Parish and County Farmer All my real and personal estates
9 and effects whatsoever and wheresoever the same may be found
10 consist of and all my right and interest whereof I may be entitled as
11 mortgagee Upon trust that they do and shall permit and suffer my
12 Wife Jane Buller to have receive and take the interest use and
13 benefit thereof for and during the term of her natural life and from
14 and immediately after her decease that my said Trustees do and shall
15 sell and convert the same into money and pay and divide the same
16 unto and equally between such of my children as shall be then
17 living and the issue of such of them as may be dead at the decease of
18 my said Wife such issue taking amongst them equally the share
19 only of their deceased parent but in case my said wife Jane Buller
20 depart this life before all my children shall have attained their
21 majority I then direct my Executors hereinafter named to make such
22 advances in money of such share or shares as they may think fit to
23 those who are of age or shall respectively come of age prior to the
24 youngest of my children attaining its majority when and at which
25 time the same child or children having received such advance shall
26 be entitled to the remainder to make them on equality with those
27 who have had no advance I do hereby nominate and appoint my
28 said Trustees together with my said Wife Jane Buller to be
30 Executers and Executrix of this my Will Provided lastly and I
31 hereby declare that on the death refusal or incapacity of either of them
32 my said Executors it shall be lawful for the acting Executor for the
33 time being of this my Will to appoint a new Trustee or Executor in
34 the stead of such trustee or Executor dying refusing or becoming inca-
35 pable to act as aforesaid and shall have and may exercise the same
36 powers and authorities as if he had been appointed a Trustee or Executor
37 by this my Will and that neither of the Trustees or Executors or Executrix
38 appointed or to be appointed as aforesaid shall be answerable for the
39 other of them or for the acts deeds or defaults of the other of them nor
40 for involuntary losses nor for money received under receipts for
41 which they shall jointly for conformity and that the present and
42 every future trustee or Executor shall and may reimburse themselves
43 and each other out of the said freehold premises and personal effects or
44 out of any monies that may come into their hands by virtue of
45 these presents all costs and expences to be incurred by them in the
46 execution of this my Will or any wise in relation thereto In
47 witness where of I the said William Buller have to this my
48 Will contained on two sheets of paper to the first of which I have
49 set my hand and to the second and last sheet thereof set my
50 hand and affixed my seal the fourteenth day of May in the year
51 of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty William
52 Buller Signed sealed published and declared by the
53 said William Buller the testator as and for his last Will and
54 Testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence
55 and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as
56 witnesses William Gibbs Farmer Samuel
57 Goss
58 Proved at London 29th March 1853 before the Judge by the
59 oaths of William Gibbs and Samuel Goss two of the Executors named
60 in the said Will as therein mentioned to whom admon was granted
61 having been first sworn by Com[missi]on duly to administer. Power
62 reserved of making the like grant to Jane Buller Widow the relict the
63 other Executor named in the said Will as therein mentioned when
64 she shall apply for the same
Clifford Chambers is two miles south of Stratford upon Avon and fourteen miles NNW of Long Compton. Is William Buller related to the Buller family of Compton. By the will of Richard-5 of Long Compton (and the Halford Estate papers) the family no longer retained their property at Halford. The family of Richard was quite large including children: Richard, William, John, Robert, Elizabeth Jefferis and Anne Joiner. Both daughters are married and Anne may be deceased.
His daughter Mary Ann married John Smith. His daughter Elizabeth is married to Daniel Morse. Possibly the marriage of his son William was 1 Nov 1825 to Jane Gibbs at Stratford Upon Avon (his wife is known to be Jane). Baptism for their son William 19 Jul 1826 at Stratford Upon Avon. William was likely born circa 1796 and he was buried at Stratford Upon Avon 4 Dec 1852. They appear to have had a large family: William, Mary, Elizabeth, Thomas, Frederick, Edward and Ellen. His daughter Letitia Buller married John Court 7 Nov 1825 at Stratford Upon Avon (Family Search M00913-7).
Related to my Christopher Buller? Completely unknown plus he isn't living that close to Birmingham where my known Buller family lived in the mid 1800s to early 1900s. Birmingham is 22 miles NNW of Stratford upon Avon. No ideas really on the pedigree of this particular Buller family. There is a family pedigree chart at the Archives in Stratford upon Avon and I have written to enquire about purchasing an image of the Pedigree Chart.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 17 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2168/168
Testator: William Buller, Innkeeper, Maltster and Farmer
Place: Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire
Date of document 14 May 1850, probated 29 Mar 1853
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Buller
[Margin]: 8
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me William Buller of Stratford upon Avon in the County of
3 Warwick Innkeeper Maltster and Farmer I direct that all my just
4 debts funeral expences and the expence of proving this my Will be
5 paid as soon as may be after my decease I give and devise unto William
6 Gibbs of Alveston Hill in the Parish of Alveston in the County of
7 Warwick Farmer and Samuel Goss of Alveston Pasture in the said
8 Parish and County Farmer All my real and personal estates
9 and effects whatsoever and wheresoever the same may be found
10 consist of and all my right and interest whereof I may be entitled as
11 mortgagee Upon trust that they do and shall permit and suffer my
12 Wife Jane Buller to have receive and take the interest use and
13 benefit thereof for and during the term of her natural life and from
14 and immediately after her decease that my said Trustees do and shall
15 sell and convert the same into money and pay and divide the same
16 unto and equally between such of my children as shall be then
17 living and the issue of such of them as may be dead at the decease of
18 my said Wife such issue taking amongst them equally the share
19 only of their deceased parent but in case my said wife Jane Buller
20 depart this life before all my children shall have attained their
21 majority I then direct my Executors hereinafter named to make such
22 advances in money of such share or shares as they may think fit to
23 those who are of age or shall respectively come of age prior to the
24 youngest of my children attaining its majority when and at which
25 time the same child or children having received such advance shall
26 be entitled to the remainder to make them on equality with those
27 who have had no advance I do hereby nominate and appoint my
28 said Trustees together with my said Wife Jane Buller to be
30 Executers and Executrix of this my Will Provided lastly and I
31 hereby declare that on the death refusal or incapacity of either of them
32 my said Executors it shall be lawful for the acting Executor for the
33 time being of this my Will to appoint a new Trustee or Executor in
34 the stead of such trustee or Executor dying refusing or becoming inca-
35 pable to act as aforesaid and shall have and may exercise the same
36 powers and authorities as if he had been appointed a Trustee or Executor
37 by this my Will and that neither of the Trustees or Executors or Executrix
38 appointed or to be appointed as aforesaid shall be answerable for the
39 other of them or for the acts deeds or defaults of the other of them nor
40 for involuntary losses nor for money received under receipts for
41 which they shall jointly for conformity and that the present and
42 every future trustee or Executor shall and may reimburse themselves
43 and each other out of the said freehold premises and personal effects or
44 out of any monies that may come into their hands by virtue of
45 these presents all costs and expences to be incurred by them in the
46 execution of this my Will or any wise in relation thereto In
47 witness where of I the said William Buller have to this my
48 Will contained on two sheets of paper to the first of which I have
49 set my hand and to the second and last sheet thereof set my
50 hand and affixed my seal the fourteenth day of May in the year
51 of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty William
52 Buller Signed sealed published and declared by the
53 said William Buller the testator as and for his last Will and
54 Testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence
55 and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as
56 witnesses William Gibbs Farmer Samuel
57 Goss
58 Proved at London 29th March 1853 before the Judge by the
59 oaths of William Gibbs and Samuel Goss two of the Executors named
60 in the said Will as therein mentioned to whom admon was granted
61 having been first sworn by Com[missi]on duly to administer. Power
62 reserved of making the like grant to Jane Buller Widow the relict the
63 other Executor named in the said Will as therein mentioned when
64 she shall apply for the same
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Will of Anthony Buller Esquire, Weybridge, Surrey - The National Archives PROB 11/361/7, probated 31 Oct 1679
Anthony Buller the testator is a son of Sir Richard Buller and Alice Hayward of Shillingham Cornwall. He was baptized 14 Nov 16713 and the fifth son of this couple. He is brother to Francis Buller and George Buller and he married Anne daughter of Sir John Wyndham or Orchard Wyndham Somerset and they had 1 son and 2 daughters (John, Anne and Windham) as mentioned in his will below.
The History of Parliament website (http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/buller-anthony-1613-79) has a good writeup on Anthony Buller.
BULLER, Anthony (1613-79), of Weybridge, Surr.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983
Available from Boydell and Brewer
Biography Detail
Constituency
Dates
CALLINGTON
1659
SALTASH
1660
Family and Education
bap. 14 Nov. 1613, 5th s. of Sir Richard Buller† (d.1642) of Shillingham, Cornw. by Alice, da. of Sir Rowland Hayward, Clothworker, of Elsing Spittal, London, bro. of Francis Buller† and George Buller. m. Anne, da. of Sir John Wyndham of Orchard Wyndham, Som., 1s. 2da.1
Offices Held
Capt. of horse (parliamentary) to 1645, maj. 1645-6; gov. Scilly Isles 1647-8, dep. gov. 1666-7; col. of ft. 1654-5; capt. Duke of York’s Horse Gds. July 1660-1, Admiralty Regt. (Duke of York’s Ft.) 1667-d.2
Biography
Buller’s valour in the service of Parliament was well known, though his troopers gave great offence by their disorderly and licentious conduct. He was given the governorship of Scilly after Francis Godolphin surrendered the islands to Parliament in 1646; but he was taken prisoner when the islands revolted to the Royalists two years later, though treated with ‘special kindness’ as ‘a gallant soldier’. During the Protectorate he served on the ill-fated expedition to the West Indies.3
Buller sat for Callington in Richard Cromwell’s Parliament, but transferred to the family borough of Saltash in 1660. Marked as a friend by Lord Wharton, he was probably a court supporter, being commissioned in the Duke of York’s regiment at the Restoration. An inactive Member of the Convention ‘Col. Buller’ was named only to the committee of 6 Sept. to regulate the Post Office, which was earmarked to provide the Duke with an independent income. Parliament accepted his claim of £3,436 for his military service as a charge upon the excise, but interest was still being paid to his executrix after his death. Buller apparently challenged the Robartes interest at Bossiney in 1661, when he was returned by the ‘free burgesses and commonalty’; but his opponents were seated on the merits of the return, and he did not press his case. During the second Dutch war he raised 300 ‘comely, well-apparelled young men’ for the defence of Scilly, and was rewarded with the grant of the newly built sloop Portsmouth and a permanent commission, though despite his long experience he remained an ineffective disciplinarian. In his will, proved on 7 Aug. 1679, he provided for portions of £2,000 each to his daughters, and left the residue of his personal estate in Weybridge and Westminster to his only son. But nothing further is known of his descendants.4
Ref Volumes: 1660-1690
Authors: M. W. Helms / Eveline Cruickshanks
Notes
1. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 56; PCC 125 King.
2. CSP Dom. 1644-5, p. 411; 1648-9, p. 366; 1655, p. 326; 1665-6, p. 495; 1679-80, p. 232; Parl. Intell. 23 July 166O.
3. M. Coate, Cornw. in Gt. Civil War, 241; CSP Dom. 1644-5, pp. 407, 561; HMC 6th Rep. 184; HMC Pepys, 230, 274; HMC 7th Rep. 571, 574.
4. CJ, viii. 234; CSP Dom. 1666-7, p 92; 1667, p. 382; 1667-8, p. 435; 1673, p. 439; Cal. Treas. Bks. iv. 84, 135; vii. 425; PCC 125 King.
Nothing further is known of his descendants from John Buller of Weybridge. However, there are not a lot of marriages on the LDS for John Buller between 1677 and 1700.
John Buller married Susanna Derby 9 Jul 1700 at Church-Stanton, Devon, England
John Buller married Briget Park 9 Jun 1691 at Norwich, Norfolk, England
John Buller married Elizabeth Beaver 10 May 1688 at South Kyme, Lincoln, England
John Buller married Elizabeth Heath 31 Mar 1690 at Saint James Dukes Place, London, England
John Buller married Mary Polisefen 9 Jun 1691 at Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England
John Buller married Anne Ashwin 15 Jul 1688 at New Sleaford, Lincoln, England
John Buller married Johana Howell 7 Apr 1684 at Saint Mary, St Marylebone Road, London, England
John Buller married Katherine Polwheel 1684 at St Kea, Cornwall
John Buller married Rhoda Langdon 19 Nov 1678 at Quethiock, Cornwall
John Buller married Joan Light 1686, Bath & Wells Diocese Marriage Licence
Ten marriages is actually not that many to look at in terms of descendants. I shall contemplate that for my next research day on the Buller family. It was suggested to me by English researchers that I should look at the younger sons of the Cornwall Buller family.
Weybridge is considered part of the greater metropolitan area of present day London although 19 miles southwest of the middle of London (which by the way is considered to be the statue of Charles I in Trafalgar Square we learned on our tour of London a few years back). For instance Bermondsey is 19 miles ENE of Weybridge. Would his widow have stayed at Weybridge when her father's home was in Somerset? That is the first thought that comes to mind actually. There is a will for Anne Buller, widow of Saint Martin in the Fields, Middlesex, probated 12 Apr 1688. I have not yet transcribed this one nor do I have it. Too bad I didn't image it when I was there in 2010! Saint Martin in the Fields is the Church that my Henry Christopher Buller attended in London although 150 years later. Is it even possible that this could be a clue? It is nine years since Anthony died. First a quick check in Boyd's Inhabitants of London. There was a John Buller Innkeeper at St Stephen Walbrook.
Baptisms at St Margarets Westminster
13 Sep 1656 John Buller son to Anthony Esq[uie]r by Ann (has a cross by it)
5 Jun 1664 Windham Buller daughter to Antho: by Ann
No record for Ann but by will listing she was probably baptized between 1657 and 1663. This would make John 21 when his father wrote his will and Windham 13 years of age.
Generally these are not productive leads but I probably shouldn't pass it by. Will have a look at the Parish Registers for St Martin in the Fields I have never done that actually. The records do not begin until 1799 on Ancestry which I likely noticed before which is why I have never looked at them. That is on ancestry so will check find my past as well. Find my Past has from 1681 to 1945 for St Martin in the Fields. The Burials are there from 1684 to 1856 so will try to find Anne Buller who left her will in 1688. I notice that St Margaret Westminster is from 1539 to 1996 so will have a more indepth look at those as well.
Anne Buller was buried 10 Apr 1688 at St Martin in the Fields (Widow).
I am contemplating doing the transcription of the rest of my family surname wills as part of their respective research days rather than continue after I complete the Buller wills (I would begin the cycle on 1st of April with the King family and I am working at the 4x great grandparent level for surnames and so for 50 week days I cycle through the surnames and every 10 weeks I come back to the beginning of the cycle. I also do an hour on our son-in-law's ancestors and I will commence working on his again on April 15 and I am working on his 4x great grandparent level surnames but I do one every day of the week with one day having two names and at that level I have all 64 of his surnames so that the interval is nine weeks. That way I can return to my Blake and Pincombe one name studies as I am quite keen to get into the new images that we brought back from Kew.
My blogs will show these changes as I will likely do three blogs a day - one for the one name studies, one for our son in laws lines and one for my other lines.
Perhaps I should contemplate a slight change in my heading notes where I talk about doing English research from Canada! Perhaps add a line about my French Canadian Research as it will now include my pursuit of Le Blak/Le Blake the originating surname for Blake in England.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 11 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/361/7
Testator: Anthony Buller
Place: Weybridge, Surrey
Date of document: 16 Feb 1677, probated 31 Oct 1679
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Document quality: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent] Anthony
[Margin]: Buller
1 In the name of God Amen The Sixteenth day of Febru-
2 ary in the yeare of our Lord God One Thousand Six hundred Seaventy Seaven
3 I Anthony Buller of Weybridge in the County of Surrey Esq[uie]r being sick and weake of
4 body but of perfect mind and memory thanks being given unto God therefore Calling unto
5 mind the mortality of my body and knowing that is appointed for all men once to die doe make
6 and ordaine this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following that is to say
7 First and Principally I give my Soule into the hands of God who gave it mee And for my
8 Body I commend it to the earth to bee buried in Christian and decent like manner nothing
9 doubting but at the generall resurrection I shall receive the same againe by the mighty power
10 of God And as touching such Worldly Estate where with it hath pleased God to blesse
11 mee in this life I give devise bequeath and dispose the same in manner and forme following
12 Item I give and bequeath all my Estate reall and personall in the Towne of Weybridge in
13 the County of Surrey and in the parish of Saint Margaretts Westminster and elsewhere in all
14 or any other place or places whatsoever unto my deare and wel[l ]beloved Wife Anne Buller but
15 only to the uses intents and purposes hereinafter men[t]ioned in manner and forme as hereinafter is
16 appointed expressed devised and bequeathed that is to say Item I give and bequeath to my sonne
17 John Buller the summe of two Thousand pounds to bee paid him att the day of his marriage
18 which shall next happen after my decease Provided that such his marriage be Agreed and
19 consented unto by his mother my Executrix hereinafter named and untill such his marriage with such
20 consent aforesaid I give devise and bequeath and hereby direct my Executrix herein after named
21 to pay yearly and every yeare to my said sonne John Buller the summe of one hundred pounds
22 for his present yearly maintenance untill hee shall dispose of himselfe in marriage with the
23 Consent of my Executrix hereinafter named But my Will is that in Case hee shall dispose of
24 himselfe in marriage withoute the Consent of my Executrix hereinafter named that then I give
25 devise and bequeath the said summe of two thousand pounds soe as aforesaid devised to the
26 said John Buller unto my two daughters Anne and Windham Buller to bee by my Executrix
27 equally divided amongst them if they bee both liveing if not I give the same to such one
28 of them as shall Survive the other and the Children of them soe surviving Item I give
30 and bequeath to my daughter Anne Buller the summe of two thousand pounds to bee paid her
31 on the day of her marriage which shall next happen after my decease Provided that such her
32 marriage bee agreed and consented unto by her mother my Executrix hereinafter named and
33 untill such her marriage with such consent as aforesaid I give devise and bequeath and hereby
34 direct my Executrix hereinafter named to pay yearly and every yeare to my said daughter Anne
35 Buller the summe of one hundred pounds for her present yearly maintenance untill shee
36 shall dispose of herselfe in marriage with the Consent of my Executrix as aforesaid But
37 my Will is that in Case shee shall dispose of herself in marriage without the Consent
38 of my Executrix herein named that then I give devise and bequeath the said summe
39 of two thousand pounds soe as aforesaid devised to her to said Anne Buller unto my
40 two other Children John and Windham Buller to bee by my Executrix equally divided
41 amongst them if they bee both then liveing if not I give the same to such one of them as shall
42 Survive the other and the Children of them soe surviving Item I give and bequeath to
43 my daughter Windham Buller the summe of two thousand pounds to bee paid her on
44 the day of her marriage which shall next happen after my decease Provided that such
45 her marriage bee agreed and consented unto by her mother my Executrix hereinafter
46 named and untill such her marriage with such Consent as aforesaid I give devise
47 and bequeath and hereby direct my Executrix hereinafter named to pay yearly and
48 every yeare to my said daughter Windham Buller the summe of one hundred pounds
49 for
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50 for her present yearly maintenance untill she shall dispose of herselfe in marriage with the consent
51 of my Executrix aforesaid But my Will is that in Case shee shall dispose of herselfe in marriage
52 without the Consent of my Executrix herein named that then I give devise and bequeath the
53 said Summe of two thousand pounds soe as aforesaid devised to her the saide Windham Buller unto
54 my two other children John and Anne Buller to bee by my Executrix equally divided amongst
55 them if they bee both then liveing if not I give the same to such one of them as shall Survive
56 the other and the Children of them soe surviveing Item I give and bequeath to my servant
57 Susan Lucas the summe of tenn pounds Item I give and bequeath and my Will is that
58 my Executrix doe pay to every other Servant and servants which shall live and bee in
59 my service att the time of my decease one full yeares wages or sallary according to the
60 Contract by mee made with them or any of them And my further Will and meaning
61 is that all my Estate reall and personall shall and are hereby charged and made charge=
62 able and lyable and I doe hereby direct my said Executrix to pay the severall ummes
63 of money legacies portions yearly and other payments herein and hereby before by mee
64 given devised and bequeathed to all or any the persons herein before named in manner and
65 forme as herein before is men[t]ioned expressed and [blurred] Item I give devise and
66 bequeath the rest and residue of all my Estate reall and personall that shall bee and
67 remaine after the satisfaction of all my aforesaid Legacies herein before by mee bequeathed
68 together with all my Estate reall and personall in Case all my said Children die unmarried
69 and without Issue to my deare and loveing Wife Anne Buller And of this my last Will
70 and Testament I make ordaine and appoint my said deare and loveing Wife Anne
71 Bukller to bee my full whole and sole Executrix in trust for and to the uses intents
72 and purposes aforesaid and to noe other use intent or purpose whatsoever And I doe
73 hereby Revoake and annull all and other former Testaments Wills and Executors by mee
74 in any wise before this time made or pronounced Ratifyeing and Confirming this and
75 none other to bee my last Will and Testament In wittnesse whereof I have
76 hereunto sett my hand and Seale the day and yeare above Written Anth: Buller
77 Signed Sealed Published Pronounced and declared by the said Anthony Buller Esq[uie]r
78 as his last Will and Testament in the presence of Mr Duke Gibbs Susanna Lucas
79 Charles Cutts Phil: Lewis
The History of Parliament website (http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/buller-anthony-1613-79) has a good writeup on Anthony Buller.
BULLER, Anthony (1613-79), of Weybridge, Surr.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983
Available from Boydell and Brewer
Biography Detail
Constituency
Dates
CALLINGTON
1659
SALTASH
1660
Family and Education
bap. 14 Nov. 1613, 5th s. of Sir Richard Buller† (d.1642) of Shillingham, Cornw. by Alice, da. of Sir Rowland Hayward, Clothworker, of Elsing Spittal, London, bro. of Francis Buller† and George Buller. m. Anne, da. of Sir John Wyndham of Orchard Wyndham, Som., 1s. 2da.1
Offices Held
Capt. of horse (parliamentary) to 1645, maj. 1645-6; gov. Scilly Isles 1647-8, dep. gov. 1666-7; col. of ft. 1654-5; capt. Duke of York’s Horse Gds. July 1660-1, Admiralty Regt. (Duke of York’s Ft.) 1667-d.2
Biography
Buller’s valour in the service of Parliament was well known, though his troopers gave great offence by their disorderly and licentious conduct. He was given the governorship of Scilly after Francis Godolphin surrendered the islands to Parliament in 1646; but he was taken prisoner when the islands revolted to the Royalists two years later, though treated with ‘special kindness’ as ‘a gallant soldier’. During the Protectorate he served on the ill-fated expedition to the West Indies.3
Buller sat for Callington in Richard Cromwell’s Parliament, but transferred to the family borough of Saltash in 1660. Marked as a friend by Lord Wharton, he was probably a court supporter, being commissioned in the Duke of York’s regiment at the Restoration. An inactive Member of the Convention ‘Col. Buller’ was named only to the committee of 6 Sept. to regulate the Post Office, which was earmarked to provide the Duke with an independent income. Parliament accepted his claim of £3,436 for his military service as a charge upon the excise, but interest was still being paid to his executrix after his death. Buller apparently challenged the Robartes interest at Bossiney in 1661, when he was returned by the ‘free burgesses and commonalty’; but his opponents were seated on the merits of the return, and he did not press his case. During the second Dutch war he raised 300 ‘comely, well-apparelled young men’ for the defence of Scilly, and was rewarded with the grant of the newly built sloop Portsmouth and a permanent commission, though despite his long experience he remained an ineffective disciplinarian. In his will, proved on 7 Aug. 1679, he provided for portions of £2,000 each to his daughters, and left the residue of his personal estate in Weybridge and Westminster to his only son. But nothing further is known of his descendants.4
Ref Volumes: 1660-1690
Authors: M. W. Helms / Eveline Cruickshanks
Notes
1. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 56; PCC 125 King.
2. CSP Dom. 1644-5, p. 411; 1648-9, p. 366; 1655, p. 326; 1665-6, p. 495; 1679-80, p. 232; Parl. Intell. 23 July 166O.
3. M. Coate, Cornw. in Gt. Civil War, 241; CSP Dom. 1644-5, pp. 407, 561; HMC 6th Rep. 184; HMC Pepys, 230, 274; HMC 7th Rep. 571, 574.
4. CJ, viii. 234; CSP Dom. 1666-7, p 92; 1667, p. 382; 1667-8, p. 435; 1673, p. 439; Cal. Treas. Bks. iv. 84, 135; vii. 425; PCC 125 King.
Nothing further is known of his descendants from John Buller of Weybridge. However, there are not a lot of marriages on the LDS for John Buller between 1677 and 1700.
John Buller married Susanna Derby 9 Jul 1700 at Church-Stanton, Devon, England
John Buller married Briget Park 9 Jun 1691 at Norwich, Norfolk, England
John Buller married Elizabeth Beaver 10 May 1688 at South Kyme, Lincoln, England
John Buller married Elizabeth Heath 31 Mar 1690 at Saint James Dukes Place, London, England
John Buller married Mary Polisefen 9 Jun 1691 at Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England
John Buller married Anne Ashwin 15 Jul 1688 at New Sleaford, Lincoln, England
John Buller married Johana Howell 7 Apr 1684 at Saint Mary, St Marylebone Road, London, England
John Buller married Katherine Polwheel 1684 at St Kea, Cornwall
John Buller married Rhoda Langdon 19 Nov 1678 at Quethiock, Cornwall
John Buller married Joan Light 1686, Bath & Wells Diocese Marriage Licence
Ten marriages is actually not that many to look at in terms of descendants. I shall contemplate that for my next research day on the Buller family. It was suggested to me by English researchers that I should look at the younger sons of the Cornwall Buller family.
Weybridge is considered part of the greater metropolitan area of present day London although 19 miles southwest of the middle of London (which by the way is considered to be the statue of Charles I in Trafalgar Square we learned on our tour of London a few years back). For instance Bermondsey is 19 miles ENE of Weybridge. Would his widow have stayed at Weybridge when her father's home was in Somerset? That is the first thought that comes to mind actually. There is a will for Anne Buller, widow of Saint Martin in the Fields, Middlesex, probated 12 Apr 1688. I have not yet transcribed this one nor do I have it. Too bad I didn't image it when I was there in 2010! Saint Martin in the Fields is the Church that my Henry Christopher Buller attended in London although 150 years later. Is it even possible that this could be a clue? It is nine years since Anthony died. First a quick check in Boyd's Inhabitants of London. There was a John Buller Innkeeper at St Stephen Walbrook.
Baptisms at St Margarets Westminster
13 Sep 1656 John Buller son to Anthony Esq[uie]r by Ann (has a cross by it)
5 Jun 1664 Windham Buller daughter to Antho: by Ann
No record for Ann but by will listing she was probably baptized between 1657 and 1663. This would make John 21 when his father wrote his will and Windham 13 years of age.
Generally these are not productive leads but I probably shouldn't pass it by. Will have a look at the Parish Registers for St Martin in the Fields I have never done that actually. The records do not begin until 1799 on Ancestry which I likely noticed before which is why I have never looked at them. That is on ancestry so will check find my past as well. Find my Past has from 1681 to 1945 for St Martin in the Fields. The Burials are there from 1684 to 1856 so will try to find Anne Buller who left her will in 1688. I notice that St Margaret Westminster is from 1539 to 1996 so will have a more indepth look at those as well.
Anne Buller was buried 10 Apr 1688 at St Martin in the Fields (Widow).
I am contemplating doing the transcription of the rest of my family surname wills as part of their respective research days rather than continue after I complete the Buller wills (I would begin the cycle on 1st of April with the King family and I am working at the 4x great grandparent level for surnames and so for 50 week days I cycle through the surnames and every 10 weeks I come back to the beginning of the cycle. I also do an hour on our son-in-law's ancestors and I will commence working on his again on April 15 and I am working on his 4x great grandparent level surnames but I do one every day of the week with one day having two names and at that level I have all 64 of his surnames so that the interval is nine weeks. That way I can return to my Blake and Pincombe one name studies as I am quite keen to get into the new images that we brought back from Kew.
My blogs will show these changes as I will likely do three blogs a day - one for the one name studies, one for our son in laws lines and one for my other lines.
Perhaps I should contemplate a slight change in my heading notes where I talk about doing English research from Canada! Perhaps add a line about my French Canadian Research as it will now include my pursuit of Le Blak/Le Blake the originating surname for Blake in England.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 11 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/361/7
Testator: Anthony Buller
Place: Weybridge, Surrey
Date of document: 16 Feb 1677, probated 31 Oct 1679
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent] Anthony
[Margin]: Buller
1 In the name of God Amen The Sixteenth day of Febru-
2 ary in the yeare of our Lord God One Thousand Six hundred Seaventy Seaven
3 I Anthony Buller of Weybridge in the County of Surrey Esq[uie]r being sick and weake of
4 body but of perfect mind and memory thanks being given unto God therefore Calling unto
5 mind the mortality of my body and knowing that is appointed for all men once to die doe make
6 and ordaine this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following that is to say
7 First and Principally I give my Soule into the hands of God who gave it mee And for my
8 Body I commend it to the earth to bee buried in Christian and decent like manner nothing
9 doubting but at the generall resurrection I shall receive the same againe by the mighty power
10 of God And as touching such Worldly Estate where with it hath pleased God to blesse
11 mee in this life I give devise bequeath and dispose the same in manner and forme following
12 Item I give and bequeath all my Estate reall and personall in the Towne of Weybridge in
13 the County of Surrey and in the parish of Saint Margaretts Westminster and elsewhere in all
14 or any other place or places whatsoever unto my deare and wel[l ]beloved Wife Anne Buller but
15 only to the uses intents and purposes hereinafter men[t]ioned in manner and forme as hereinafter is
16 appointed expressed devised and bequeathed that is to say Item I give and bequeath to my sonne
17 John Buller the summe of two Thousand pounds to bee paid him att the day of his marriage
18 which shall next happen after my decease Provided that such his marriage be Agreed and
19 consented unto by his mother my Executrix hereinafter named and untill such his marriage with such
20 consent aforesaid I give devise and bequeath and hereby direct my Executrix herein after named
21 to pay yearly and every yeare to my said sonne John Buller the summe of one hundred pounds
22 for his present yearly maintenance untill hee shall dispose of himselfe in marriage with the
23 Consent of my Executrix hereinafter named But my Will is that in Case hee shall dispose of
24 himselfe in marriage withoute the Consent of my Executrix hereinafter named that then I give
25 devise and bequeath the said summe of two thousand pounds soe as aforesaid devised to the
26 said John Buller unto my two daughters Anne and Windham Buller to bee by my Executrix
27 equally divided amongst them if they bee both liveing if not I give the same to such one
28 of them as shall Survive the other and the Children of them soe surviving Item I give
30 and bequeath to my daughter Anne Buller the summe of two thousand pounds to bee paid her
31 on the day of her marriage which shall next happen after my decease Provided that such her
32 marriage bee agreed and consented unto by her mother my Executrix hereinafter named and
33 untill such her marriage with such consent as aforesaid I give devise and bequeath and hereby
34 direct my Executrix hereinafter named to pay yearly and every yeare to my said daughter Anne
35 Buller the summe of one hundred pounds for her present yearly maintenance untill shee
36 shall dispose of herselfe in marriage with the Consent of my Executrix as aforesaid But
37 my Will is that in Case shee shall dispose of herself in marriage without the Consent
38 of my Executrix herein named that then I give devise and bequeath the said summe
39 of two thousand pounds soe as aforesaid devised to her to said Anne Buller unto my
40 two other Children John and Windham Buller to bee by my Executrix equally divided
41 amongst them if they bee both then liveing if not I give the same to such one of them as shall
42 Survive the other and the Children of them soe surviving Item I give and bequeath to
43 my daughter Windham Buller the summe of two thousand pounds to bee paid her on
44 the day of her marriage which shall next happen after my decease Provided that such
45 her marriage bee agreed and consented unto by her mother my Executrix hereinafter
46 named and untill such her marriage with such Consent as aforesaid I give devise
47 and bequeath and hereby direct my Executrix hereinafter named to pay yearly and
48 every yeare to my said daughter Windham Buller the summe of one hundred pounds
49 for
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50 for her present yearly maintenance untill she shall dispose of herselfe in marriage with the consent
51 of my Executrix aforesaid But my Will is that in Case shee shall dispose of herselfe in marriage
52 without the Consent of my Executrix herein named that then I give devise and bequeath the
53 said Summe of two thousand pounds soe as aforesaid devised to her the saide Windham Buller unto
54 my two other children John and Anne Buller to bee by my Executrix equally divided amongst
55 them if they bee both then liveing if not I give the same to such one of them as shall Survive
56 the other and the Children of them soe surviveing Item I give and bequeath to my servant
57 Susan Lucas the summe of tenn pounds Item I give and bequeath and my Will is that
58 my Executrix doe pay to every other Servant and servants which shall live and bee in
59 my service att the time of my decease one full yeares wages or sallary according to the
60 Contract by mee made with them or any of them And my further Will and meaning
61 is that all my Estate reall and personall shall and are hereby charged and made charge=
62 able and lyable and I doe hereby direct my said Executrix to pay the severall ummes
63 of money legacies portions yearly and other payments herein and hereby before by mee
64 given devised and bequeathed to all or any the persons herein before named in manner and
65 forme as herein before is men[t]ioned expressed and [blurred] Item I give devise and
66 bequeath the rest and residue of all my Estate reall and personall that shall bee and
67 remaine after the satisfaction of all my aforesaid Legacies herein before by mee bequeathed
68 together with all my Estate reall and personall in Case all my said Children die unmarried
69 and without Issue to my deare and loveing Wife Anne Buller And of this my last Will
70 and Testament I make ordaine and appoint my said deare and loveing Wife Anne
71 Bukller to bee my full whole and sole Executrix in trust for and to the uses intents
72 and purposes aforesaid and to noe other use intent or purpose whatsoever And I doe
73 hereby Revoake and annull all and other former Testaments Wills and Executors by mee
74 in any wise before this time made or pronounced Ratifyeing and Confirming this and
75 none other to bee my last Will and Testament In wittnesse whereof I have
76 hereunto sett my hand and Seale the day and yeare above Written Anth: Buller
77 Signed Sealed Published Pronounced and declared by the said Anthony Buller Esq[uie]r
78 as his last Will and Testament in the presence of Mr Duke Gibbs Susanna Lucas
79 Charles Cutts Phil: Lewis
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