Rice Blake (of Falmouth, Cornwall according to his marriage lines) is the testator and he married Elizabeth Newberry 22 Aug 1822 at Saint Mary, Taunton, Somerset.
Rice mentions three children in his will will: Rice, Catharine Alice wife of Thomas Fiske and Ellen Elizabeth Blake.
Children born to this couple (Family Search):
Elizabeth born 6 Jul 1827, Silver Street Baptist, Taunton
Catharine Alice born 8 Sep 1829, living at High Street, Taunton
Rice born 5 Oct 1835, Silver Street Baptist, Taunton
Mary Ann born 17 Jun 1833, Silver Street Baptist, Taunton
Ellen Elizabeth is missing from this list and she would have been born around 1841 according to the census below.
The 1851 census Rice Blake lives at 14 High Street in St Mary Magdalen parish, Borough of Taunton. He is listed as head, married 50 years of age a Linen and woolen draper and he was born at St Mawes Cornwall. His wife Elizabeth is 53 years of age and was born at Holborn Camden, Middlesex. With them, all born in Taunton Somerset, is 21 year old Catherine their daughter, Maryann 13 years of age, Ellen their daughter 10 years of age, and one of their assistants Thomas Jago Blake age 19 from St Just Cornwall.
Living next door at 15 High Street is Demas Hatcher, draper, 27 years of age born at Marnhull, Dorset. Demas’ wife is from St Mawes Cornwall interestingly enough. The marriage of Demas Hatcher and Catherine Mary Blake was celebrated 20 Jul 1848 at St Just in Roseland. He was a draper of Taunton Somerset son of Thomas Hatcher a farmer. Catherine Mary Blake was resident at St Mawes and the daughter of Robert Blake a merchant with witnesses Mary Symons Blake and H Blake. Catharine Mary was baptized 18 Jul 1822 at St Just in Roseland daughter of Robert and Ursula Blake. Robert Blake and Ursula Symons were married 23 Mar 1820 at St Just in Roseland with witnesses William Blake, Sarah Blake, Catharine Symons, George Davey.
He has a sister Sarah Rice Jago of Mevagissey, Cornwall.
He is Rice Blake baptized 7 Aug 1800 at St Just in Roseland son of William and Catherine Blake.
St Mawes is close to St Just in Roseland
Other children baptized by this couple at St Just in Roseland (OPC Cornwall site)
Hannah baptized 15 Sep 1791; buried 22 Apr 1830 (residence Mevagissey), 38 years
Sarah baptized 18 Apr 1794; buried 1 Aug 1794
Thomas Jago baptized 28 Oct 1796; buried 8 Aug 1797
Thomas Jago baptized 22 Apr 1798
Sarah Rice baptized 29 May 1799
James baptized 30 Jul 1803, born 21 Nov 1802 and received into church 5 Aug 1804
Burials at St Just in Roseland
William Blake, residence St Mawes, 54 years of age 24 Jan 1816
Catherine Blake, residence St Mawes, 74 years of age 9 Mar 1840
Marriages
William Blake married Catherine Jago at Mevagissey 22 Sep 1790, his residence was St Mawes and he was a merchant with witnesses Ann Jago and Thomas Jago.
There is a William Blake baptized 24 Jan 1762 at St Just in Roseland son of Robert Blake and Hannah James who were themselves married there 17 Jul 1759 with witnesses William James and Mark Tiddy.
Children baptized to Robert and Hannah at St Just in Roseland
James baptized 1 Jun 1760
William baptized 24 Jan 1762
Robert baptized 24 Jun 1764
Robert Blake was perhaps baptized 11 Aug 1729 at St Just in Roseland son of Robert Blake and Thomasin. There was a second child baptized to this couple John 17 Feb 1737 same place.
This Robert Blake was perhaps the Robert baptized 16 Aug 1702 at Saint Just in Roseland son of Robert Blake and Elizabeth.
How does Catharine Mary Hatcher relate to the testator? The will names her as his niece. Somewhat of a mystery perhaps there. Her father Robert Blake and mother Ursula Symons married 23 Mar 1820 at St Just in Roseland. Robert was perhaps the Robert baptized son of John and Hannah Blake 26 Oct 1788 at Saint Endellion, Cornwall. Also baptized by this couple at Saint Endellion were Robert 12 Mar 1786, William 12 Feb 1792, and Samuel Brown 13 Apr 1794. There was a William who was a witness to the marriage of Robert and Ursula. But does this family relate to the Blake family at St Mawes? John Blake married Hannah Brown 1 Mar 1780 at St Endellion. But I did not find a baptism yet for John. Possibly he was born between 1740 and 1760 and Robert and Thomasin Blake did baptize a son John at Saint Just in Roseland 17 Feb 1737. Along with Robert mentioned above baptized 11 Aug 1729 Elizabeth was baptized 12 Mar 1731 by Robert Blake and Thomasin at Saint Just in Roseland. This would be a fairly distant cousinship since Rice and Catharine Mary would have in common his great grandfather was a brother to her grandfather. John married fairly late at 43 whereas Robert married at 30 and was eight years older than John.
Now is it possible to work this Blake line into any of the Blake wills in Cornwall. The answer to that is no wills for this family line in Cornwall.
There is an abstract of administration for Robert Blake of St Just in Roseland in the Internal Revenue records 1 Jun 1799 which could be rather interesting. I do not happen to have that document but is downloadable from The National Archives website (UK). There appears to be an article in one of the British Newspapers so will check that out on Find my Past.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 22 Oct 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2238/299
Testator: Rice Blake, Linen Draper
Place: Taunton, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 4 Apr 1856, probated 13 Sep 1856
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Rice
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 20
1 I Rice Blake of Taunton in the County of Somer-
2 set Linen Draper hereby revoke all wills codicils and other testamen-
3 tary dispositions heretofore made by me and declare this to be my last
4 will and testament I bequeath unto my dear wife Elizabeth Blake all
5 the household goods and furniture plate china wine and other liquors
6 brewing utensils books trinkets and household stores which shall be in
7 or about my dwelling house at the time of my decease I bequeath
8 unto my niece Catherine Hatcher the wife of Mr. Demas Hatcher of
9 Taunton aforesaid the sum of fifty pounds I bequeath unto my sister
10 Sarah Rice Jago of Mevagissey in the County of Cornwall the sum of
11 fifty pounds as a mark of my remembrance All the rest residue and
12 remainder of my Estate and Effects as well real as personal I give devise
13 and bequeath unto my said wife her heirs executors and administrators
14 according to the natures and tenures thereof respectively upon trust
15 that she my said wife do and shall during my present term and inter-
16 est in the messuage and premises which I now occupy for the purpose
17 of my business as a Linen and Woollen Draper in Taunton aforesaid
18 carry on the aforesaid business for her own absolute benefit if she
19 shall so long live and for that purpose to employ therein all of any
20 part of my said Estate and Effects And upon trust after the expiration of
21 the said term either to convert into money the capital employed in the
22 said business or otherwise to employ the same or any part thereof
23 in carrying on the said business either in the aforesaid premises or
24 elsewhere and either alone or in partnership with any other person
[Page 2]
25 or persons for such period and in such manner in all respects as she shall
26 think fit for her own benefit during her life And I direct that from and after
27 the decease of my said wife all of my said residuary real and personal estate
28 shall be held upon the trusts following (that is to say) Upon trust in the
29 first place to pay to my son Rice Blake the sum of one thousand pounds
30 and after payment thereof to pay and divide the clear residue thereof
31 amongst my three Children the said Rice Blake Catharine Alice the wife
32 of Thomas Fiske and Ellen Elizabeth Blake in equal shares and proporti-
33 ons But I direct that in case the said Ellen Elizabeth Blake she die under
34 the age of twenty one years and unmarried her said share shall go and
35 belong to my said two other Children in equal shares Provided always
36 and I hereby direct that for the purpose of ascertaining my capital employ-
37 ed in my said business and the amount of that part of my trust estate for the
38 purpose of the division as aforesaid after the decease of my said wife a
39 general stock taking Inventory and account of my stock in trade debts and receipts
40 shall be taken and made at the usual period (namely in the month of
41 August) after my decease and in the manner and form and with the deducti-
42 ons usually adopted by me by the said Demas Hatcher with the assistance
43 and inspection of my brother in law and late partner Mr Robert Newberry
44 and I direct that the clear balance of such stock taking and account (after
45 allowing for all debts and liabilities then due) shall be treated and consider-
46 ed as my capital employed in the said business at the time of my decease and
47 such account shall be signed bv my said wife admitting the amount thereof
48 to be correct and that that part of my said trust estate amounts to such sum
49 Provided always and I hereby direct that it shall be lawful for my said
50 wife at any time during the term of my occupation of my present shop
51 and premises but at her sole discretion to take my said son into my said
52 business as a partner with her on such terms as to the profits of the said
53 business and otherwise as to her shall seem fit and also at any time after
54 the expiration of such term to employ my said business capital or
55 part thereof in business either alone or in partnership with my son or
56 with my son and any other person or persons or (if she shall so think fit
57 wholly to relinquish the aforesaid business in favor of my said son do
58 that the same may be carried on by him either alone or in partner-
59 ship with any other person or persons But I direct that in case of any
60 such partnership or in case of such relinquishment of the said business my
61 said son shall give to my said wife a bond for securing such part of my
62 said trust capital with interest as may be advanced to him either for
63 entering into any such partnership as aforesaid with my said wife or for
64 carrying on the said business alone or in partnership with any other
65 person or persons other than my said wife and I authorize my said
66 wife to lend and advance any part of my said trust estate for any such
67 purpose or purposes to my said son if she in the absolute discretion
68 should so think fit without prejudice nevertheless to any absolute advance-
69 ment which may be made to my said son by virtue of the power herein-
70 after contained Provided also and I recommend my said wife to retain
71 Mr Demas Hatcher as her assistant during the term hereinbefore mention-
72 ed and so long thereafter as she shall carry on my said business alone at
73 a salary of not less than three hundred pounds per annum from the August
74 preceding my decease And also that the said Demas Hatcher should be
75 allowed in addition to such salary from such month of August out of
76 the profits of the said business the sum of ten shillings and six pence
77 for every funeral which he shall personally attend and superintend
78 but I direct that such recommendation shall not be construed or consider-
79 ed as an absolute direction or trust for his benefit And I particularly ask
80 and request that my brother in law and late partner Mr Robert Newberry
81 will as circumstances may arise advise my said wife with reference to
[Page 3]
82 my said business and the accounts and affairs thereof Provided also and I hereby de-
83 clare that it shall be lawful for my said wife at any time during her life but at
84 her absolute discretion to advance to either of my said children all or any part
85 of his or her expectant share of my said trust property for or towards his or her
86 advancement or preferment in life or marriage or otherwise for his or her bene-
87 fit Provided also and I hereby direct that the residue of my said trust estate and
88 property not employed by my said wife in my said business or such part
89 thereof as shall from time to time be in her hands and not required therein
90 shall be converted into money and invested by her in her own name in or
91 upon any of the public stocks or funds of Great Britain or at interest upon govern-
92 ment or real securities and be varied altered and transposed from time to time
93 as she may think fit and that the same and the interest thereof shall be held
94 as she may think fit and that the same and the interest thereof shall be held
95 upon the trusts of this my will hereinbefore declared or on trusts correspond-
96 ing hereto And I further direct and declare that it shall be lawful for my said
97 wife during her life to appropriate and set apart by such investments as last
98 aforesaid any specific fund or funds to answer the share or shares of either of
99 my said Children in the aforesaid trust fund payable after the decease of my
100 wife during her life to appropriate and set apart by such investments as last
101 aforesaid any specific fund or funds to answer the share or shares of either of
102 my said Children in the aforesaid trust fund payable after the decease of my
103 said wife so as to relieve my general trust estate from all trusts attaching in
104 favor of the child or children for whom such investment shall be made
105 but I direct that such investments as last aforesaid shall be made in the name
106 of my said wife and some other person or persons to be chosen by her and not
107 in her own name alone and that the trusts of any such investment shall be
108 relayed by some deed or writing And I appoint my said wife Elizabeth Blake
109 Executrix of this my will and I declare that the receipts of my said wife her
110 executors and administrators for all monies due to me or to my estate shall be
111 effectual discharges for the same and from all liability to see to the application
112 thereof I empower my said wife her executors and administrators to com-
113 pound or allow time or accept security real or personal for the payment of
114 any debts due to my estate and to adjust by arbitration or otherwise dis-
115 perce in relation thereto or in relation to debts or demands against my
116 ____ and in the content and management of my said business to give such
117 receipt as she shall think fit I devise to my said wife Elizabeth Blake and her
118 heirs all the estates which may happen at my decease to be vested in me
119 as trustee or mortgagee subject to the equities and upon the trusts affecting
120 the same respectively but so that the monies secured by such mortgages
121 be considered part of my trust estate I declare that my said wife shall be
122 answerable only for such monies as shall come to her actual hands and
123 not for involuntary losses and I appoint my said wife Guardian of my
124 children during their respective minorities In witness whereof I have here-
125 under set my hand this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one
126 thousand eight hundred and fifty six Rice Blake Signed by the
127 said Testator as his last will and testament in the presence of us present at
128 the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of
129 each other have subscribed our names as witnesses Richard Easton
130 Solicitor Taunton Arthur Adams of Taunton
131 Proved at London 13th Sept[embe]r 1856 before the Judge by the oath of Elizabeth
132 Blake widow the relict the sole Executrix to whom Admon was granted
133 having been first sworn by Com[miss]ion duly to administer.
Showing posts with label Newberry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Newberry. Show all posts
Friday, October 25, 2013
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Richard Buller Wills - Warwickshire
This next set of four wills to be transcribed I will refer to as the Richard Buller wills and they are labeled Richard-1, Richard-2, Richard-4, and Richard-5. They will appear over the next couple of days but I will probably not add much to the transcription of them. It all appears in this writeup. The National Archives information on these four wills:
Richard[-1] Buller, Long Compton, Warwickshire, PROB 11/22/381, probated 8 Nov 1527
Richard[-2] Buller, Long Compton, Warwickshire, PROB 11/83/388, probated 6 May 1594
Richard[-4] Buller, Yeoman, Long Compton, Warwickshire, PROB 11/153/33, probated 8 Jan 1628
Richard[-5] Buller, Yeoman, Long Compton, Warwickshire, PROB 11/323/635, probated 15 May 1667
I have added [-number] for ease in identification for me as I work through these wills. The Richard[-3] will which appears to be missing in the list is not found on the Wills of The National Archives site but rather in the documents available when you search on their Discovery search engine. More on this to follow.
British History online for Halford has the following information on the Buller family at Halford where they owned watermills and other land:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=57047
........ In 1564 Bartholomew Hales and Mary his wife (in whose right he held the manor of Snitterfield) (fn. 24) sold two watermills and land in Halford to Richard[-2] Buller. (fn. 25) He died in 1593, seised of the mills and fishery, leaving a son Richard[-3], (fn. 26) who was succeeded by his son Richard[-4] in 1628. (fn. 27)
fn 24 Victoria County Histories Warw. iii, 168
fn 25 Feet of Fines. Warw. Hil. 6 Eliz.
fn 26 Chancery. Inquisition post mortem. (Ser. 2), ccxxxviii, 16.
fn 27 Fine Rolls. 4 Chas. I, pt. 1, no. 20.
My continuing search for Richard Buller at Halford Warwickshire on Google brought up an abstract of this will for a Richard Buller of Halford with the original document held at Shakespeare Centre Library and Archives (folder dated 11 Sep 1611 (ER 3/2237 Halford Estate Records)):
Copy will of Richard[-3] Buller the elder of Halford containing the following bequests: to Halford Church 3s 4d; to the great stone bridge at Halford 3s 4d; to every godchild, 1s. 0d.; to the poor of the parish, 3s 4d.; to each of his servants in his house, 1s.0d.; to his second son Walter Buller, the messuage with appurtenances then in the occupation of John Bearne, Henry Treene, William Savage, Philip Rose and William Alice with appurtenances, with one close by the Mill House; to his eldest son, Richard[-4], and his heirs, one malt house of three bays, one barn of four bays and a 'cutte end', and one court between the said barn and malthouse with the closes thereto belonging (the houses aforesaid lying at the overend of the testator's court towards the church) upon condition that the said Richard[-4] Buller the younger should at any time after the testator's death, if so required, release to the said Walter Buller all the estate, right and title which he, Richard[-4] Buller the younger, had in the premises thereby devised to the said Walter Buller to the said Walter Buller, after the death of William Mushin, one house and close then in the occupation of Richard Townsend, one close lying between the houses of William Rose and John Nibbes and also two yard lands in the common fields of Halford (being parcel of three yard lands and a half in the occupation of William Mushin) with a proviso that the said two yard lands should be chargeable with a legacy of £400, devised by the testator to his daughters, if such sum should not be discharged out of lands devised to Richard Buller the younger before his death; and to Thomas Buller his son the house occupied by William Mushin with barns thereto belonging and one yard land and a half in the common fields of Halford (being the residue of the said three yard lands and a half), in the occupation of William Mushin, provided that, if the testator's son, Richard[-4] Buller, should educate and maintain the said Thomas Buller until he should reach the age of fourteen years or thereabouts, and thereafter apprentice him to a trade in London until he was twenty one years old at his own cost and pay to the said Thomas £100 on his attaining twenty one years, then the said devise to the said Thomas should be void and the premises so devised to the said Thomas remain remain over to the said Richard[-4] Buller the younger, and provided that, if the said Richard[-4] should educate and maintain the said Walter until the said Walter attained the age of eighteen years, he, the said Richard[-4] the younger, should have the use and profit of the premises devised to the said Walter until the said Walter attained eighteen years. Appointment of Thomas Buller to be executor, and Richard Savage of Idlicote, Robert Halford of Halford the elder and Mr. William Thornhill, parson of Halford, overseers of his will.
Witnesses: Robert Halford and John Rose.
Proved at Worcester.
A Walter Buller is mentioned as his second son and the parish records for Halford show a Richard[-4] Buller baptized 1584 and a Walter Buller baptized 1596. This Walter Buller's will was transcribed on blog:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/02/will-of-walter-buller-citizen-and.html
Parish records at Halford which is nine miles from Long Compton:
Richard[-3] Buller married Marie Hall 12 Jun 1584 at Halford
Richard[-4] Buller son of Richard Buller baptized 7 Oct 1584 at Halford
John Buller son of Richard Buller baptized 24 Mar 1585 at Halford; buried 24 Mar 1595
Marie Buller daughter of Richard Buller baptized 6 Aug 1587 at Halford.
Elizabeth Buller daughter of Richard Buller baptized 22 Apr 1592 at Halford
John Buller son of Richard Buller baptized 31 Oct 1593 at Halford, buried 24 Mar 1595
Katherine Buller daughter of Richard Buller baptized 16 Mar 1594 at Halford
Walter Buller son of Rychard Buller baptized 6 Mar 1596 at Halford
Susanna Buller daughter of Richard Buller baptized 21 Jul 1599 at Halford
Thomas Buller son of Richard Buller baptized 23 May 1605 at Halford
Richard[-3] Buller the elder died and buried at Halford 21 Jul 1610
Richard Buller gent died at Halford 22 May 1614 (buried in the church inside near his seat 23 May 1614), will probated 1614 (#232)
Elizabeth daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Buller born 23 June baptized 1 Jul 1654
Thomas son of Richard and Elizabeth Buller baptized 2 Feb 1658
Parish Registers at Long Compton:
Richard[-5] Buller son of Richard Buller baptized 18 Jan 1628
William Buller son of Richard Buller baptized 14 Nov 1630
John Buller son of Richard Buller[-4] baptized 9 Dec 1632
Anna Buller daughter of Richard Buller baptized 24 May 1635
Elizabetha Buller daughter of Richard Buller and Anne baptized 9 Feb 1639
Richard and Thomas twins of Richard junior and Margarett Buller baptized 17 Feb 1687
I then proceeded to review the Halford lEstate File in which this will was found and the following documents pertained to the Richard Buller families in this time period.
Moving back slightly in time to a record in the Halford Estate file (ER 3/2234, 25 March 1531.32):
Release by Thomas Dode of Coventry, mercer, and Alice his wife (one of the daughters and co-heiresses of William Banwell formerly of Coventry, deceased) to Richard Buller of Halford, husbandman (reciting that the said Richard Buller, by deed of 7 March 1531/2, had purchased of the said Thomas Dode and Alice his wife the share and portion of the said Alice as co-heiress of her father, William Banwell, namely a fourth part of all the lands, messuages and tenements which they, the said Thomas Dode and Alice his wife held in Halford and Over Ettington, formerly belonging to William Banwell), whereby it was witnessed that the said Thomas Dode and Alice his wife released and quitclaimed the said Richard Buller and his heirs for ever from all their claim, interest or demand whatsoever in the said share or portion of the said premises. (1-B-S)
Halford Estate file (ER 3/2235, 26 Apr 1544):
Grant by Anthony Coope of Hardwick, co. Oxon., esq., to John Buller of Halford of one half part of a messuage in Halford (between the messuage of the said John Buller on the west side and the messuage of Elizabeth Mason, widow, on the east side, and extending in length from the highway to the messuage of John Smyth) and two virgates of land and one quarter of land in Halford, which premises the grantor purchased of Anthony Lee of Brydeston, co. Bucks., knight, by deed of 4 April 1544. Appointment by Anthony Coope of Edward Coope, his son, to be his lawful attorney to deliver seisin of the premises.
Memorandum endorsed of livery of seisin in the presence of Edward Dalby of Brookhampton, gent., Henry Warde of Over Pillerton, John Smyth, Richard Smyth, Richard Wright, William Elderton, Thomas Colyns and Nicholas Egynton, all of Halford, and Robert Millys of Stratford. Also endorsed with note of enrollment in the presence of Sir Richard Catesby, knight, and William Wallington, Justices of the Peace for the county of Warwick, and in the presence of Richard Hawes, clerk of the peace, at the session held at Warwick, 10 June 1544.
Halford Estate file (ER 3/2236, 20 Sep 1584):
Settlement made between Richard Buller of Halford, yeoman, of the one part and Richard Hawll of Idlicote, gent., and Richard Gybbs of Honington, gent., of the other part, whereby Richard Buller granted to Richard Hawll and Richard Gybbs all his messuages, houses, seven yard lands and other premises in the common fields of Halford, then in possession of Richard Buller, John Rooke and Thomas Tasker, to the use of Richard Buller and Mary his wife during their lives and the life of the survivor of them, with remainder to the use of the heirs male of the said Richard Buller by Mary his wife, and with remainder, in default of such issue, to the use of the heirs female of the said Richard Buller by Mary his said wife.
Memorandum of delivery of seisin in the presence of Anthony Gybbs, A. Ingram, Edward Bentley, Stephen Hawford, Thomas Rose and Thomas Ashworth.
Memorandum endorsed: 'John Rooke, tenant of a third part the right of Anne his wife, mother to Richard Buller, is contented that the said third part after his wife's decease, shall go and be according to the purport of this deed, which assent was given in the presence of Anth. Gybbs, Thomas Callowe and John Haines, clerk.'
The will mentioned above was the next record in the Estate file.
The next entry in the Halford Estate File (ER 3/2238 24 September 1624):
Lease from Walter Buller, citizen and salter of London, to William Pewe of Halford, husbandman, for £16 10s 0d, of a cottage containing two bays of houses with outhouses, stables, orchard, backside and easements thereto belonging and eight arable lands with appurtenances in the common fields of Halford, and common of pasture for one rother beast in the said common fields of Halford (except and reserved to the landlord the bodies of the three best elms upon the premises, with liberty to cut and carry the same) for a term of 80 years from the Feast of St. Michael then next if the said William Pewe, Joan his then wife, and Thomas Boyes son of Thomas Boyes of Halford, deceased, or either of them, should so long live, at a yearly rent of 20 shillings and one strike of apples and three parts of the Wardens [a particular type of cooking pear] that should be yearly growing upon the trees then in and upon the premises.
Witnesses: William Baldwyn, John Underesill, Richard Boyes and Joseph Bradford.
(Walter in his will of 1625 mentions his sisters: Marye Underhill, Alice Mayall, Elizabeth Aynge and Katherine Newberry. )
And the story continues in the Halford Estate file (ER 3/2239-40, 20 February 1627/8):
Appointment, with counterpart, and declaration of uses between Richard Newbery of Halford, mercer, and Richard Boys of Halford, yeoman, of the one part, and Thomas Buller of Halford, gent., of the other part (reciting that Thomas Buller, in Hilary Term then last past, had in the court of Common Pleas levied a fine of his hereditaments in Halford to Richard Newbery and Richard Boys) whereby it was witnessed that the fine aforesaid should enure to the use of Thomas Buller and his heirs and assigns for ever.
Witnesses: John Brent, William Brent and Roger Brent.
Halford estate (ER 3/2241-42 Hilary Term 1627/28):
Indenture and counterpart of fine made in the Court at Westminster, 3 February 1627/8, before Thomas Richardson, Richard Hulton, Francis Harvye, George Croke and Henry Yelverton, H.M. Justices, between Richard Newbery and Richard Boys, plaintiffs, and Thomas Buller, gent., deforciant, of one messuage, one garden, one orchard, seventy acres of land, fourteen acres of meadow, twenty acres of pasture, four acres of furze and heath, and common of pasture for all cattle in Halford.
Halford Estate (ER 3/2244 9 Apr 1629):
Mortgage from Thomas Buller of Halford, gent. to Job Dighton of the Middle Temple, London, esq., for £100 of the messuage wherein he, the said Thomas Buller, then dwelt situate in Halford, with a close or pasture thereto adjoining, a close called Well Close, and four yard lands of arable meadow and pasture in the common fields of Halford, then or late in the possession of the said Thomas Buller.
Witnesses: Francis King and Joseph Parker.
Halford Estate (ER 3/2245 29 Jul 1630):
Assignment from Job Dighton of the Middle Temple, London, esq., to Jarvis Hall of Wolverhampton, co. Staffs., gent., (reciting no. ER 3/2244 and that the said £108 had been paid by Thomas Buller to Job Dighton) for £100 of all his interest in the mortgage described in no. ER 3/2244.
Witnesses: Francis King, John Parker, Thomas Royser, John Lockleys and Thomas Buller.
Halford Estate ER 3/2246 30 Jul 1630):
Conveyance from Thomas Buller of Halford, gent., to Sir Hercules Underhill of Idlicote, knight, for £620, of the messuage in which he then dwelt in Halford, with a close thereto adjoining, closes called Well Close and Long Close, another close near the church, then in possession of William Mushen, four yard lands of arable meadow and pasture in the common fields of Halford then in the tenure of Thomas Buller, and three messuages in Halford with appurtenances then in the several tenures of John Burnam, William Pewe and Walter Duke.
Witnesses: Ger.Hall, John Lockley and Thomas Royser.
Halford Estate (ER 3/2248 Hilary Term 1630/1):
Exemplification of a fine suffered in the Court at Westminster in the octave of St. Hilary 1630/1, in the presence of Thomas Richardson, Richard Hulton, Francis Harvye and Humphrey Davenport, H.M. Justices, between Hercules Underhill, knight, plaintiff, and Thomas Buller and Elizabeth his wife, deforciants, of four messuages, two barns, one dove-house, four gardens, four orchards, seventy acres of land, seven acres of meadow, ten acres of pasture and common of pasture for all cattle in Halford.
Halford Estate (ER 3/2249 12 May 1656):
Assignment of mortgage from Sir Hercules Underhill of Idlicote, knight, and John Rudd of Idlicote, gent., to Richard Aynge of Stratford-upon-Avon, gent., (reciting that by an indenture, dated 2 May 1653, Sir Hercules Underhill mortgaged to John Rudd his mansion house with orchard, gardens, dovecote, courtyard, barns and stables in Halford, together with the close adjoining called Conygree containing three acres, a close called Parking Close containing one acre, a close called the Well containing one acre, eight acres of meadow in the Nether Ham, one acre of meadow in Over Ham, three acres in Downe Meadow, closes called Mornehill Close and Downehill Close, three platts or pieces of arable land containing fifteen acres on Downehill, and a close newly enclosed containing three acres, all which premises were in the occupation of the said Sir Hercules, to secure £220) for £220 paid to John Rudd by Richard Ayinge and £200 advanced to Sir Hercules Underhill by Richard Ayinge of the residue of the said term of 1000 years in the said premises.
Witnesses: Thomas Fletcher, Ralph Gibbs, Robert Rowse (by his mark), James Leppington.
Endorsement, dated 20 June 1666, that the mortgage money had been supplied by Henry Gibbs for whom Richard Ayinge was a trustee.
Witnesses: Edmund Tidsall and Edward Somervile.
The last mention of the Buller family is in Halford Estate (ER 3/2252-3 Hilary Term 1656):
Indenture and counterpart of a fine levied in the Court at Westminster on the morrow of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, before Oliver St. John, Edward Atkyns, Matthew Hale and Hugh Wyndham, H.M. Justices, between Henry Gibbes, gent., John Willes, gent., Richard Dyer and Katherine his wife, and Robert Pancridge and Frances his wife, plaintiffs, and Hercules Underhill, knight, John Smyth and Alice his wife, Richard Buller and Elizabeth his wife, Thomas Walton and Katherine his wife, and Katherine Walton, widow, deforciants, of six messuages, five gardens, five orchards, 150 acres of land, thirty acres of meadow, fifty acres of pasture and ten acres of furze and heath with common of pasture for all cattle in Halford.
The first mention of Richard Buller in the Halford Estate records was 1531/32. There isn't anything in this record to indicate who this Richard Buller is. I do not know if he is related to the Richard who I refer to as Richard-1. I do know from the will of Richard-1 that he has a brother John Buller, he doesn't appear to have any sons and there is another John Buller at Sutton which is not far from Long Compton and Harford. You can not tell from the will of Richard-1 how old his daughters are except that they are not yet 21 years of age because he appoints his brother John as guardian. The remaining wills that I have are in the 19th century principally so do not aid me with this set of Richard Buller wills. There are no wills of a John Buller living in Warwickshire on The National Archives will portion of their website. There are several documents pertaining to John Buller in the Warwickshire area which could be investigated some time in the future if this looks like my line. At the moment that is pretty wide open.
Richard Buller in the Halford Estate record of 1531/32 is quitclaimed by Thomas Dode and Alice (relatives perhaps (aunt)). The Richard-1 will is not really going to enter into the following conversation. I do wonder if the Richard Buller of 1531/32 is the Richard Buller whose will was probated in 1594 (i.e. Richard-2). It would then be his son/grandson Richard-3 Buller who married Marie Hall in 1584 and who left his will which was probated in 1611 and Richard[-3] Buller the elder died and was buried at Halford 21 Jul 1610. No idea on who the Richard Buller gent was who died in 1614 but we will ignore him since he did not leave a will. He is referred to as a gent rather than husbandman/yeoman which was the designation for the other Richard Buller men. The 1544 estate record refers to a John Buller acquiring land at Halford and there is the remote possibility that he is the son of Richard-2 and the father of Richard-3. The next record of 1584 is clearly Richard-3 and his wife Marie/Mary Hall and Richard-3 is taking possession of his land following his marriage and the impression might be that he is relatively young so that the possibility that he is a grandson of Richard-2 and son of John Buller has added possibilities. The mother of this Richard was Anne and this document tells that she has remarried and her married name is now Anne Rooke.
The next record was the will of 1611 probate for Richard-3. Mentioned in this will are his eldest son Richard-4, second son Walter (baptized 1596) and third son Thomas (baptized 1605) and he does mention that both Walter and Thomas are underage. Richard-4 (baptized in 1584) is 26 years of age at the time of the death of his father. Richard-3 does not mention any siblings. Since he married in 1584 and likely 21 years of age he is now at his death in 1610 around 47 years of age or more. He appoints Thomas Buller as Executor but I rather think it was because that was the custom of the time to appoint the youngest son as Executor to protect his inheritance.
The next entry in the Halford Estate record is from 1624 and involved Walter Buller whose will was probated earlier and he was a citizen and salter of London. He has rented his property at Halford so that it appears Richard-4 did not assume this property as was entitled to do for payment. Walter Buller died in 1625 but no mention of that in the Halford Estate record.
In the record of 1627/28 Thomas Buller gent is mentioned and he is presumably a brother to Richard-4 Buller. He too has retained his property given to him by his father Richard-3. In 1629 Thomas Buller has mortgaged his property but he has repaid the mortgage by 1630. Thomas then conveys this property in 1630 to possibly his cousin as his sister Mary married (unknown) Underhill. More family names are mentioned in the record of 1656 with Elizabeth Aynge also a sister to Thomas Buller. The last record in 1666 mentioned Richard-5 and his wife Elizabeth. At this point the property has moved out of the Richard Buller family.
Richard-4 in his will of 1628 mentions two sisters (Ann Tymes and Elizabeth Bidle). He also mentions his daughters Anne and Margerit. His wife was Mary (as was his mother). He still owns the mills in Halford and his wife formerly lived at Hocknorton (now known as Hook Norton). He mentions his son Richard-5. He also mentions his brother in law Mr. Anthony Hodges and Mr Charles Townsend. There were Hodges living at Hook Norton. I did not find baptisms particularly for this Richard-4, nor did I find a marriage. The will of his father in 1611 does mention Richard and his heirs and he would have been 27 years of age.
Richard-5 in his will of 1667 does mention he is Richard the elder and his sons are married so they are likely the group of children baptized at Long Compton as the children of Richard namely Richard, William, John and Anna. He also mentions a son Robert and a daughter Elizabeth. His will order is Richard, William, John, Robert, Elizabeth Jefferis and Anne Joiner (she is perhaps deceased as he mentions her children rather than herself). He mentions his brother Water Webb and sister Anne Webb (possibly his brother in law). As his father Richard-4 mentions his daughter Anne sister to Richard-5.
Did I learn anything new about the Buller family? I did acquire a lot of information on the Buller family of Warwickshire. I still have a few wills to transcribe at a later date in Warwick. Still to do Warwick wills for the Buller family - Arthur, William-1, William-2. There is another will which I do not have for William Buller, Yeoman of Sandford, Oxfordshire probated 27 Jun 1600 which may fit into this family and provide information.
Still to come the wills of William-1 and William-2 and Arthur Buller all of Warwickshire. The last of the Buller wills which I purchased earlier and did not include in Middlesex John Buller and Richard Buller are next. Also a Frederick William Buller and that one was more a curiosity; he was a Lieutenant General and I know he is not likely in my ancestral line but thought I would read it through. Then Samuel Hucks because of the middle name of Robert Hucks Buller (son of Christopher Buller and Mary Beard). I also have a paper copy of the will of Sir Francis Buller (Judge of the Court of Common Pleas). Again none of these have been transcribed but on completion I will then move back to the Blake one name study and the Pincombe one name study principally.
Richard[-1] Buller, Long Compton, Warwickshire, PROB 11/22/381, probated 8 Nov 1527
Richard[-2] Buller, Long Compton, Warwickshire, PROB 11/83/388, probated 6 May 1594
Richard[-4] Buller, Yeoman, Long Compton, Warwickshire, PROB 11/153/33, probated 8 Jan 1628
Richard[-5] Buller, Yeoman, Long Compton, Warwickshire, PROB 11/323/635, probated 15 May 1667
I have added [-number] for ease in identification for me as I work through these wills. The Richard[-3] will which appears to be missing in the list is not found on the Wills of The National Archives site but rather in the documents available when you search on their Discovery search engine. More on this to follow.
British History online for Halford has the following information on the Buller family at Halford where they owned watermills and other land:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=57047
........ In 1564 Bartholomew Hales and Mary his wife (in whose right he held the manor of Snitterfield) (fn. 24) sold two watermills and land in Halford to Richard[-2] Buller. (fn. 25) He died in 1593, seised of the mills and fishery, leaving a son Richard[-3], (fn. 26) who was succeeded by his son Richard[-4] in 1628. (fn. 27)
fn 24 Victoria County Histories Warw. iii, 168
fn 25 Feet of Fines. Warw. Hil. 6 Eliz.
fn 26 Chancery. Inquisition post mortem. (Ser. 2), ccxxxviii, 16.
fn 27 Fine Rolls. 4 Chas. I, pt. 1, no. 20.
My continuing search for Richard Buller at Halford Warwickshire on Google brought up an abstract of this will for a Richard Buller of Halford with the original document held at Shakespeare Centre Library and Archives (folder dated 11 Sep 1611 (ER 3/2237 Halford Estate Records)):
Copy will of Richard[-3] Buller the elder of Halford containing the following bequests: to Halford Church 3s 4d; to the great stone bridge at Halford 3s 4d; to every godchild, 1s. 0d.; to the poor of the parish, 3s 4d.; to each of his servants in his house, 1s.0d.; to his second son Walter Buller, the messuage with appurtenances then in the occupation of John Bearne, Henry Treene, William Savage, Philip Rose and William Alice with appurtenances, with one close by the Mill House; to his eldest son, Richard[-4], and his heirs, one malt house of three bays, one barn of four bays and a 'cutte end', and one court between the said barn and malthouse with the closes thereto belonging (the houses aforesaid lying at the overend of the testator's court towards the church) upon condition that the said Richard[-4] Buller the younger should at any time after the testator's death, if so required, release to the said Walter Buller all the estate, right and title which he, Richard[-4] Buller the younger, had in the premises thereby devised to the said Walter Buller to the said Walter Buller, after the death of William Mushin, one house and close then in the occupation of Richard Townsend, one close lying between the houses of William Rose and John Nibbes and also two yard lands in the common fields of Halford (being parcel of three yard lands and a half in the occupation of William Mushin) with a proviso that the said two yard lands should be chargeable with a legacy of £400, devised by the testator to his daughters, if such sum should not be discharged out of lands devised to Richard Buller the younger before his death; and to Thomas Buller his son the house occupied by William Mushin with barns thereto belonging and one yard land and a half in the common fields of Halford (being the residue of the said three yard lands and a half), in the occupation of William Mushin, provided that, if the testator's son, Richard[-4] Buller, should educate and maintain the said Thomas Buller until he should reach the age of fourteen years or thereabouts, and thereafter apprentice him to a trade in London until he was twenty one years old at his own cost and pay to the said Thomas £100 on his attaining twenty one years, then the said devise to the said Thomas should be void and the premises so devised to the said Thomas remain remain over to the said Richard[-4] Buller the younger, and provided that, if the said Richard[-4] should educate and maintain the said Walter until the said Walter attained the age of eighteen years, he, the said Richard[-4] the younger, should have the use and profit of the premises devised to the said Walter until the said Walter attained eighteen years. Appointment of Thomas Buller to be executor, and Richard Savage of Idlicote, Robert Halford of Halford the elder and Mr. William Thornhill, parson of Halford, overseers of his will.
Witnesses: Robert Halford and John Rose.
Proved at Worcester.
A Walter Buller is mentioned as his second son and the parish records for Halford show a Richard[-4] Buller baptized 1584 and a Walter Buller baptized 1596. This Walter Buller's will was transcribed on blog:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/02/will-of-walter-buller-citizen-and.html
Parish records at Halford which is nine miles from Long Compton:
Richard[-3] Buller married Marie Hall 12 Jun 1584 at Halford
Richard[-4] Buller son of Richard Buller baptized 7 Oct 1584 at Halford
John Buller son of Richard Buller baptized 24 Mar 1585 at Halford; buried 24 Mar 1595
Marie Buller daughter of Richard Buller baptized 6 Aug 1587 at Halford.
Elizabeth Buller daughter of Richard Buller baptized 22 Apr 1592 at Halford
John Buller son of Richard Buller baptized 31 Oct 1593 at Halford, buried 24 Mar 1595
Katherine Buller daughter of Richard Buller baptized 16 Mar 1594 at Halford
Walter Buller son of Rychard Buller baptized 6 Mar 1596 at Halford
Susanna Buller daughter of Richard Buller baptized 21 Jul 1599 at Halford
Thomas Buller son of Richard Buller baptized 23 May 1605 at Halford
Richard[-3] Buller the elder died and buried at Halford 21 Jul 1610
Richard Buller gent died at Halford 22 May 1614 (buried in the church inside near his seat 23 May 1614), will probated 1614 (#232)
Elizabeth daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Buller born 23 June baptized 1 Jul 1654
Thomas son of Richard and Elizabeth Buller baptized 2 Feb 1658
Parish Registers at Long Compton:
Richard[-5] Buller son of Richard Buller baptized 18 Jan 1628
William Buller son of Richard Buller baptized 14 Nov 1630
John Buller son of Richard Buller[-4] baptized 9 Dec 1632
Anna Buller daughter of Richard Buller baptized 24 May 1635
Elizabetha Buller daughter of Richard Buller and Anne baptized 9 Feb 1639
Richard and Thomas twins of Richard junior and Margarett Buller baptized 17 Feb 1687
I then proceeded to review the Halford lEstate File in which this will was found and the following documents pertained to the Richard Buller families in this time period.
Moving back slightly in time to a record in the Halford Estate file (ER 3/2234, 25 March 1531.32):
Release by Thomas Dode of Coventry, mercer, and Alice his wife (one of the daughters and co-heiresses of William Banwell formerly of Coventry, deceased) to Richard Buller of Halford, husbandman (reciting that the said Richard Buller, by deed of 7 March 1531/2, had purchased of the said Thomas Dode and Alice his wife the share and portion of the said Alice as co-heiress of her father, William Banwell, namely a fourth part of all the lands, messuages and tenements which they, the said Thomas Dode and Alice his wife held in Halford and Over Ettington, formerly belonging to William Banwell), whereby it was witnessed that the said Thomas Dode and Alice his wife released and quitclaimed the said Richard Buller and his heirs for ever from all their claim, interest or demand whatsoever in the said share or portion of the said premises. (1-B-S)
Halford Estate file (ER 3/2235, 26 Apr 1544):
Grant by Anthony Coope of Hardwick, co. Oxon., esq., to John Buller of Halford of one half part of a messuage in Halford (between the messuage of the said John Buller on the west side and the messuage of Elizabeth Mason, widow, on the east side, and extending in length from the highway to the messuage of John Smyth) and two virgates of land and one quarter of land in Halford, which premises the grantor purchased of Anthony Lee of Brydeston, co. Bucks., knight, by deed of 4 April 1544. Appointment by Anthony Coope of Edward Coope, his son, to be his lawful attorney to deliver seisin of the premises.
Memorandum endorsed of livery of seisin in the presence of Edward Dalby of Brookhampton, gent., Henry Warde of Over Pillerton, John Smyth, Richard Smyth, Richard Wright, William Elderton, Thomas Colyns and Nicholas Egynton, all of Halford, and Robert Millys of Stratford. Also endorsed with note of enrollment in the presence of Sir Richard Catesby, knight, and William Wallington, Justices of the Peace for the county of Warwick, and in the presence of Richard Hawes, clerk of the peace, at the session held at Warwick, 10 June 1544.
Halford Estate file (ER 3/2236, 20 Sep 1584):
Settlement made between Richard Buller of Halford, yeoman, of the one part and Richard Hawll of Idlicote, gent., and Richard Gybbs of Honington, gent., of the other part, whereby Richard Buller granted to Richard Hawll and Richard Gybbs all his messuages, houses, seven yard lands and other premises in the common fields of Halford, then in possession of Richard Buller, John Rooke and Thomas Tasker, to the use of Richard Buller and Mary his wife during their lives and the life of the survivor of them, with remainder to the use of the heirs male of the said Richard Buller by Mary his wife, and with remainder, in default of such issue, to the use of the heirs female of the said Richard Buller by Mary his said wife.
Memorandum of delivery of seisin in the presence of Anthony Gybbs, A. Ingram, Edward Bentley, Stephen Hawford, Thomas Rose and Thomas Ashworth.
Memorandum endorsed: 'John Rooke, tenant of a third part the right of Anne his wife, mother to Richard Buller, is contented that the said third part after his wife's decease, shall go and be according to the purport of this deed, which assent was given in the presence of Anth. Gybbs, Thomas Callowe and John Haines, clerk.'
The will mentioned above was the next record in the Estate file.
The next entry in the Halford Estate File (ER 3/2238 24 September 1624):
Lease from Walter Buller, citizen and salter of London, to William Pewe of Halford, husbandman, for £16 10s 0d, of a cottage containing two bays of houses with outhouses, stables, orchard, backside and easements thereto belonging and eight arable lands with appurtenances in the common fields of Halford, and common of pasture for one rother beast in the said common fields of Halford (except and reserved to the landlord the bodies of the three best elms upon the premises, with liberty to cut and carry the same) for a term of 80 years from the Feast of St. Michael then next if the said William Pewe, Joan his then wife, and Thomas Boyes son of Thomas Boyes of Halford, deceased, or either of them, should so long live, at a yearly rent of 20 shillings and one strike of apples and three parts of the Wardens [a particular type of cooking pear] that should be yearly growing upon the trees then in and upon the premises.
Witnesses: William Baldwyn, John Underesill, Richard Boyes and Joseph Bradford.
(Walter in his will of 1625 mentions his sisters: Marye Underhill, Alice Mayall, Elizabeth Aynge and Katherine Newberry. )
And the story continues in the Halford Estate file (ER 3/2239-40, 20 February 1627/8):
Appointment, with counterpart, and declaration of uses between Richard Newbery of Halford, mercer, and Richard Boys of Halford, yeoman, of the one part, and Thomas Buller of Halford, gent., of the other part (reciting that Thomas Buller, in Hilary Term then last past, had in the court of Common Pleas levied a fine of his hereditaments in Halford to Richard Newbery and Richard Boys) whereby it was witnessed that the fine aforesaid should enure to the use of Thomas Buller and his heirs and assigns for ever.
Witnesses: John Brent, William Brent and Roger Brent.
Halford estate (ER 3/2241-42 Hilary Term 1627/28):
Indenture and counterpart of fine made in the Court at Westminster, 3 February 1627/8, before Thomas Richardson, Richard Hulton, Francis Harvye, George Croke and Henry Yelverton, H.M. Justices, between Richard Newbery and Richard Boys, plaintiffs, and Thomas Buller, gent., deforciant, of one messuage, one garden, one orchard, seventy acres of land, fourteen acres of meadow, twenty acres of pasture, four acres of furze and heath, and common of pasture for all cattle in Halford.
Halford Estate (ER 3/2244 9 Apr 1629):
Mortgage from Thomas Buller of Halford, gent. to Job Dighton of the Middle Temple, London, esq., for £100 of the messuage wherein he, the said Thomas Buller, then dwelt situate in Halford, with a close or pasture thereto adjoining, a close called Well Close, and four yard lands of arable meadow and pasture in the common fields of Halford, then or late in the possession of the said Thomas Buller.
Witnesses: Francis King and Joseph Parker.
Halford Estate (ER 3/2245 29 Jul 1630):
Assignment from Job Dighton of the Middle Temple, London, esq., to Jarvis Hall of Wolverhampton, co. Staffs., gent., (reciting no. ER 3/2244 and that the said £108 had been paid by Thomas Buller to Job Dighton) for £100 of all his interest in the mortgage described in no. ER 3/2244.
Witnesses: Francis King, John Parker, Thomas Royser, John Lockleys and Thomas Buller.
Halford Estate ER 3/2246 30 Jul 1630):
Conveyance from Thomas Buller of Halford, gent., to Sir Hercules Underhill of Idlicote, knight, for £620, of the messuage in which he then dwelt in Halford, with a close thereto adjoining, closes called Well Close and Long Close, another close near the church, then in possession of William Mushen, four yard lands of arable meadow and pasture in the common fields of Halford then in the tenure of Thomas Buller, and three messuages in Halford with appurtenances then in the several tenures of John Burnam, William Pewe and Walter Duke.
Witnesses: Ger.Hall, John Lockley and Thomas Royser.
Halford Estate (ER 3/2248 Hilary Term 1630/1):
Exemplification of a fine suffered in the Court at Westminster in the octave of St. Hilary 1630/1, in the presence of Thomas Richardson, Richard Hulton, Francis Harvye and Humphrey Davenport, H.M. Justices, between Hercules Underhill, knight, plaintiff, and Thomas Buller and Elizabeth his wife, deforciants, of four messuages, two barns, one dove-house, four gardens, four orchards, seventy acres of land, seven acres of meadow, ten acres of pasture and common of pasture for all cattle in Halford.
Halford Estate (ER 3/2249 12 May 1656):
Assignment of mortgage from Sir Hercules Underhill of Idlicote, knight, and John Rudd of Idlicote, gent., to Richard Aynge of Stratford-upon-Avon, gent., (reciting that by an indenture, dated 2 May 1653, Sir Hercules Underhill mortgaged to John Rudd his mansion house with orchard, gardens, dovecote, courtyard, barns and stables in Halford, together with the close adjoining called Conygree containing three acres, a close called Parking Close containing one acre, a close called the Well containing one acre, eight acres of meadow in the Nether Ham, one acre of meadow in Over Ham, three acres in Downe Meadow, closes called Mornehill Close and Downehill Close, three platts or pieces of arable land containing fifteen acres on Downehill, and a close newly enclosed containing three acres, all which premises were in the occupation of the said Sir Hercules, to secure £220) for £220 paid to John Rudd by Richard Ayinge and £200 advanced to Sir Hercules Underhill by Richard Ayinge of the residue of the said term of 1000 years in the said premises.
Witnesses: Thomas Fletcher, Ralph Gibbs, Robert Rowse (by his mark), James Leppington.
Endorsement, dated 20 June 1666, that the mortgage money had been supplied by Henry Gibbs for whom Richard Ayinge was a trustee.
Witnesses: Edmund Tidsall and Edward Somervile.
The last mention of the Buller family is in Halford Estate (ER 3/2252-3 Hilary Term 1656):
Indenture and counterpart of a fine levied in the Court at Westminster on the morrow of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, before Oliver St. John, Edward Atkyns, Matthew Hale and Hugh Wyndham, H.M. Justices, between Henry Gibbes, gent., John Willes, gent., Richard Dyer and Katherine his wife, and Robert Pancridge and Frances his wife, plaintiffs, and Hercules Underhill, knight, John Smyth and Alice his wife, Richard Buller and Elizabeth his wife, Thomas Walton and Katherine his wife, and Katherine Walton, widow, deforciants, of six messuages, five gardens, five orchards, 150 acres of land, thirty acres of meadow, fifty acres of pasture and ten acres of furze and heath with common of pasture for all cattle in Halford.
The first mention of Richard Buller in the Halford Estate records was 1531/32. There isn't anything in this record to indicate who this Richard Buller is. I do not know if he is related to the Richard who I refer to as Richard-1. I do know from the will of Richard-1 that he has a brother John Buller, he doesn't appear to have any sons and there is another John Buller at Sutton which is not far from Long Compton and Harford. You can not tell from the will of Richard-1 how old his daughters are except that they are not yet 21 years of age because he appoints his brother John as guardian. The remaining wills that I have are in the 19th century principally so do not aid me with this set of Richard Buller wills. There are no wills of a John Buller living in Warwickshire on The National Archives will portion of their website. There are several documents pertaining to John Buller in the Warwickshire area which could be investigated some time in the future if this looks like my line. At the moment that is pretty wide open.
Richard Buller in the Halford Estate record of 1531/32 is quitclaimed by Thomas Dode and Alice (relatives perhaps (aunt)). The Richard-1 will is not really going to enter into the following conversation. I do wonder if the Richard Buller of 1531/32 is the Richard Buller whose will was probated in 1594 (i.e. Richard-2). It would then be his son/grandson Richard-3 Buller who married Marie Hall in 1584 and who left his will which was probated in 1611 and Richard[-3] Buller the elder died and was buried at Halford 21 Jul 1610. No idea on who the Richard Buller gent was who died in 1614 but we will ignore him since he did not leave a will. He is referred to as a gent rather than husbandman/yeoman which was the designation for the other Richard Buller men. The 1544 estate record refers to a John Buller acquiring land at Halford and there is the remote possibility that he is the son of Richard-2 and the father of Richard-3. The next record of 1584 is clearly Richard-3 and his wife Marie/Mary Hall and Richard-3 is taking possession of his land following his marriage and the impression might be that he is relatively young so that the possibility that he is a grandson of Richard-2 and son of John Buller has added possibilities. The mother of this Richard was Anne and this document tells that she has remarried and her married name is now Anne Rooke.
The next record was the will of 1611 probate for Richard-3. Mentioned in this will are his eldest son Richard-4, second son Walter (baptized 1596) and third son Thomas (baptized 1605) and he does mention that both Walter and Thomas are underage. Richard-4 (baptized in 1584) is 26 years of age at the time of the death of his father. Richard-3 does not mention any siblings. Since he married in 1584 and likely 21 years of age he is now at his death in 1610 around 47 years of age or more. He appoints Thomas Buller as Executor but I rather think it was because that was the custom of the time to appoint the youngest son as Executor to protect his inheritance.
The next entry in the Halford Estate record is from 1624 and involved Walter Buller whose will was probated earlier and he was a citizen and salter of London. He has rented his property at Halford so that it appears Richard-4 did not assume this property as was entitled to do for payment. Walter Buller died in 1625 but no mention of that in the Halford Estate record.
In the record of 1627/28 Thomas Buller gent is mentioned and he is presumably a brother to Richard-4 Buller. He too has retained his property given to him by his father Richard-3. In 1629 Thomas Buller has mortgaged his property but he has repaid the mortgage by 1630. Thomas then conveys this property in 1630 to possibly his cousin as his sister Mary married (unknown) Underhill. More family names are mentioned in the record of 1656 with Elizabeth Aynge also a sister to Thomas Buller. The last record in 1666 mentioned Richard-5 and his wife Elizabeth. At this point the property has moved out of the Richard Buller family.
Richard-4 in his will of 1628 mentions two sisters (Ann Tymes and Elizabeth Bidle). He also mentions his daughters Anne and Margerit. His wife was Mary (as was his mother). He still owns the mills in Halford and his wife formerly lived at Hocknorton (now known as Hook Norton). He mentions his son Richard-5. He also mentions his brother in law Mr. Anthony Hodges and Mr Charles Townsend. There were Hodges living at Hook Norton. I did not find baptisms particularly for this Richard-4, nor did I find a marriage. The will of his father in 1611 does mention Richard and his heirs and he would have been 27 years of age.
Richard-5 in his will of 1667 does mention he is Richard the elder and his sons are married so they are likely the group of children baptized at Long Compton as the children of Richard namely Richard, William, John and Anna. He also mentions a son Robert and a daughter Elizabeth. His will order is Richard, William, John, Robert, Elizabeth Jefferis and Anne Joiner (she is perhaps deceased as he mentions her children rather than herself). He mentions his brother Water Webb and sister Anne Webb (possibly his brother in law). As his father Richard-4 mentions his daughter Anne sister to Richard-5.
Did I learn anything new about the Buller family? I did acquire a lot of information on the Buller family of Warwickshire. I still have a few wills to transcribe at a later date in Warwick. Still to do Warwick wills for the Buller family - Arthur, William-1, William-2. There is another will which I do not have for William Buller, Yeoman of Sandford, Oxfordshire probated 27 Jun 1600 which may fit into this family and provide information.
Still to come the wills of William-1 and William-2 and Arthur Buller all of Warwickshire. The last of the Buller wills which I purchased earlier and did not include in Middlesex John Buller and Richard Buller are next. Also a Frederick William Buller and that one was more a curiosity; he was a Lieutenant General and I know he is not likely in my ancestral line but thought I would read it through. Then Samuel Hucks because of the middle name of Robert Hucks Buller (son of Christopher Buller and Mary Beard). I also have a paper copy of the will of Sir Francis Buller (Judge of the Court of Common Pleas). Again none of these have been transcribed but on completion I will then move back to the Blake one name study and the Pincombe one name study principally.
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
Read: Electronic copy images
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
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
Read: Electronic copy images
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
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)