Will of Prudence Buller, Spinster, St Andrew Holborn, Middlesex - The National Archives PROB 11/659/289, probated 26 Jun 1733

Possibly this is Prudence Buller the daughter of Edward and Mary Buller baptized 5 Aug 1691 at St Andrew Holborn, London (C01051-3 Family Search). Prudence appears to be the only child of this couple baptized at St Andrew Holborn and no other likely candidates elsewhere. Interestingly there was a Richard Buller paying Hearth Tax at Saint Andrew Holborne in 1666. Some later Buller families lived at St Andrew Holborn. But definitely this line appears to have daughtered out with Prudence.

I do find it rather interesting that in the 1700s there is another Buller family in St Andrew Holborn which is descendant of the Cornwall Buller family - coincidence or other. I do not know at the moment.

However, this will definitely brings the Edward Buller line to an end and if his father was Richard I should pursue this line at some point. Find my Past has the following records Richard Buller living in South Olave Hart Street and married to Helen Morris 17 Jan 1659. He was a merchant and they have a son John baptized 6 Nov 1660. A further comment in Boyd's Inhabitants of London 17 Dec 1670 Vice General Marriage Licence R.B. merchant widowed at 33 married to Anne Watson of Maddam Scott Kent spinster of 26 years of age. This gives me a date of birth for Richard of 1637.

There is also a record for John Buller from 1679 at St Stephen Walbrook and he was an innkeeper with children John baptized 11 Jan 1680 and William baptized 4 Nov 1683.

Also a Robert Buller married to an Ellen King of St John Walbrook 25 Aug 1625 at All Hallows Honey Lane. He was a merchant taylor in 1625 of St John Walbrook but also it says he was of St Michael Pat Royal. His children Daniel baptized 18 Nov 1627, Michael baptized 8 March 1628 and Thomas baptized 26 Dec 1633.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 26 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/659/289
Testator: Prudence Buller, Spinster
Place: St Andrew Holborn, Middlesex, England
Date of document:  31 May 1732, probated 26 Jun 1733
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Prudence
[Margin]: Buller

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I Prudence Buller of the parish of St Andrew Holborn in the
3    County of Midd[lese]x Spinster being sick and weak in Body, tho of sound
4    and disposing mind and memory doe make this my last will and
5    Testament in manner and form following that is to say Whereas I
6    am possessed oft interested in and Intitled unto a certain Messuage or
7    Tenement Scituate and being in Leather Lane in Holborne in the said
8    County of Midd[lese]x held by Lease from the R[igh]t Hon[oura]ble the Lord Brooke
9    for a certain Term of years yet to come and unexpired and and under a
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10    yearly Ground rent therein reserved and payable of which said
11    Messuage or Tenement I have by Indenture dated the one and
12    Twentieth day of February last past granted a Lease to Ralph
13    Squire for the Term of Twenty Six years in case he should so long live
14    at and under the yearly Rent of a pepper corn with proper Covenants
15    for his paying and satisfying the Ground Rent And whereas my mind
16    and intention is that John Sweetapple son of John Sweetapple of
17    Tower Street London Tabcconist shall have hold possess and enjoy
18    the said Messuage or Tenement and premisses and the rent thereof
19    from and after the decease of the said Ralph Squire for and
20    during the rest residue and remainder of the Term of years that
21    Shall be to come and unexpired at the death of the said Ralph
22    Squire for that purpose I do hereby give and bequeath the aforesaid
23    Messuage and Tenement together with the original Lease of the same
24    and all other the premisses held by virtue or means thereof unto
25    the said John Sweetapple of Tower Street London Tabacconist
26    his Executors and Administrators for and during the rest residue
27    and Remainder of the Term of years that shall be in the said
28    original Lease remaining unexpired at the time of the death of the
29    said Ralph Squire In Trust Nevertheless to and for the sole benefit
30    and Advantage of his son John Sweetapple To have and To hold
31    the same for the use of his said Son and to render to him a just
32    and true account of the rents and profits thereof and to assigne
33    over the same premisses together with the aforesaid Original Lease
34    thereof when he shall have attained the age of one and Twenty
35    years And whereas I have above by this my last Will and
36    Testament given all m y Estate right Title Interest benefit and
37    Term of years in the said Lease granted from the Lord Brooke
38    unto the said John Sweetapple In Trust for his son as aforesaid
39    and as for and concerning the rest and residue of my Estate Effects
40    and Substance whether reall or personal that I may be possessed
41    off or Interested or intitled unto at the time of my death I hereby
42    give devise and bequeath the same to Jane Elizabeth and Mary
43    Sweetapple the Three daughter of the said John Sweetapple
44    of Tower Street Tobacconist they the said Jane Elizabeth and Mary
45    To have hold and enjoy the same Share and Share alike and having
46    a just remembrance of all the faithfull Services and friendy Intentions
47    of the said John Sweetapple towards me I doe hereby nominate
48    ordain constitute appoint the said John Sweetapple sen? The whole
49    and Sole Executor of this my will hereby revoking and making
50    void all former or other wills Testaments or deeds of Gift by me
51    at any time theretofore made and do declare this and no other to
52    be my last Will and Testament and I do hereby give unto my said
53    Executor the sume of Twenty Shillings to buy him a Ring In Witness
54    whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Thirty first day
55    of May in the Fifth year of the Reign of his Majesty King George
56    the Second and in the year of our Lord 1732 Prudenc Buller
57    Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Testatrix prudence
58    Buller as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who
59    in her presence and at her request have signed our names as witnesses
60    John Tompkins in Leather Lane Tho: Hodson in Wood Street attorney
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61    This Will was proved at London before the Worshipfull
62    William Branstone Doctor of Laws and Surrogate to the Right
63    Worshipfull John Bettesworth also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper
64    or Commissary of our prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
65    constituted the Twenty Sixth day of June in the year of our Lord
66    One Thousand Seven hundred and thirty three by the solemn declaration
67    or affirmation of John Sweetapple the sole Executor named in the said
68    will To whom Administration was granted of the Goods chattels and
69    Credits of the said deceased having first made the solemn and Sincere
70    declaration or affirmation according to the act of parliament duly to
71    Administer

Pincombe family at North Molton up to 1660

The Pincombe entries at North Molton continue to be a strong interest of mine for my one name study. By the end of 1660 there are 3365 baptisms, 563 marriages, 1669 burials and 162 banns in total with Pincombe being quite a small part of that total. Using the wills of Johane, William, Thomas and Bartholomew Pincombe the families can be put together and I hypothesize the following from the records.

Baptisms:

Pyncombe Agnes daughter Pyncombe William 1543 June 6
Pyncombe Mary daughter Pyncombe William 1547 Dec 8
Pyncombe Marye daughter Pymcombe John 1555 July 8
Pyncombe Marye daughter Pyncombe John 1555 Feb 3
Pyncombe Johane daughter Pyncombe John 1561 Apr 5
Pyncombe Marye daughter Pyncombe John 1563 Jan 18
Pyncombe Peternell daughter Pyncombe John 1574 Jun 29 of Flitton
Pyncombe Phillip son Pyncombe George 1592 May 28
Pyncombe Emott daughter Pyncombe George Dorothie 1594 Dec 9
Pyncombe William son Pyncombe George Dorothie 1597 Apr 15
Pyncombe Johane daughter Pyncombe George Dorothie 1599 Nov 9
Pincombe Henrye son Pincombe George  Dorothie 1602 Dec 19
Pincombe Thomas son Pincombe Thomas   1616 Mar 30
Pincombe William son Pincombe Thomas  Joan 1639 Mar 31
Pincombe Thomas son Pincombe Thomas  Joan 1641 Apr 14
Pincombe Richarde son Pincome Thomas  Joan 1644 Nov 10
Pincombe John son Pincome Thomas  Joan 1644 Nov 10
Pincombe Frances daughter Pincome Bartholomew  Frances 1647 Dec 12
Pincombe Robart son Pincombe Thomas  Joan 1648 Jan 21
Pincombe Richorde daughter Pincombe Bartholomew  Joan 1649 Feb 19
Pincombe John son Pincombe Bartholomew  Joane 1654 Nov 27

Marriages:

Pyncombe John            Hodge Emet 1560 Jul 1
Pyncombe William      Gregorye Margret 1564 Nov 26
Pincombe Thomas       Smith Joan 1635 Apr 28
[King]don Phillip         Pincumbe Margret 1539 Nov 15
Locke William            Pyncombe Ales 1561 Nov 29
Squire William           Pyncombe Margerett 1567 May 26
Squire George            Pyncombe Mary 1567 Jul 20

Burials:

Pyncombe Marye daughter Pyncombe John   1555 Dec 7
Pyncombe Marye daughter Pyncombe John   1563 Feb 3
Pyncombe Elizabeth wife Pyncombe William   1563 Feb 18
Pyncombe William      1564 Sep 13
Pyncombe William      1565 Mar 25
Pincombe George      1610 Jan 19
Pincombe Dorothie widow     1610 Feb 2
Pincombe William son Pincombe Thomas  Katherine 1624 Dec 7
Pincomb Joan      1633 Jan 15
Pincombe Katherine wife Pincombe Thomas   1636 Feb 5
Pincombe Elizabeth      1645 Oct 13
Pincomb William      1637 Jan 29
Pyncombe Thomas      1651 Dec 8
Pincombe Bartholomew      1656 Dec 24
Pincombe Richorde daughter Pincombe Bartholomew  Joan 1657 May 21
Pincombe Frances daughter Pincombe Bartholomew (deceased)  Joane 1657 May 27

Placed into families:

William Pincombe (circa 1520 - 1564/1565)

Pyncombe Agnes daughter Pyncombe William 1543 June 6
Pyncombe Mary daughter Pyncombe William 1547 Dec 8
Pyncombe Elizabeth wife Pyncombe William 1563 Feb 18
Pyncombe William 1564 Sep 13
Pyncombe William Gregorye Margret 1564 Nov 26
Pyncombe William 1565 Mar 25
Squire William Pyncombe Margerett 1567 May 26
Squire George Pyncombe Mary 1567 Jul 20


John Pincombe (circa 1530 - still alive in 1574)

Pyncombe Marye daughter Pymcombe John 1555 July 8
Pyncombe Marye daughter Pyncombe John 1555 Dec 7
Pyncombe Marye daughter Pyncombe John 1555 Feb 3
Pyncombe John Hodge Emet 1560 Jul 1
Pyncombe Johane daughter Pyncombe John 1561 Apr 5
Pyncombe Marye daughter Pyncombe John 1563 Jan 18
Pyncombe Marye daughter Pyncombe John 1563 Feb 3
Pyncombe Peternell daughter Pyncombe John 1574 Jun 29 of Flitton

George Pincombe (circa 1560s - 1610)

Pyncombe Phillip son Pyncombe George 1592 May 28
Pyncombe Emott daughter Pyncombe George Dorothie 1594 Dec 9
Pyncombe William son Pyncombe George Dorothie 1597 Apr 15
Pyncombe Johane daughter Pyncombe George Dorothie 1599 Nov 9
Pincombe Henrye son Pincombe George Dorothie 1602 Dec 19
Pincombe George 1610 Jan 19
Pincombe Dorothie widow 1610 Feb 2

Thomas Pincombe (circa 1572 - 1653)

Pincombe Thomas son Pincombe Thomas 1616 Mar 30
Pincombe William son Pincombe Thomas Katherine 1624 Dec 7
Pincombe Katherine wife Pincombe Thomas 1636 Feb 5
Pyncombe Thomas 1651 Dec 8


Pincombe Thomas married  Smith Joan 1635 Apr 28
Pincombe William son Pincombe Thomas Joan 1639 Mar 31
Pincombe Thomas son Pincombe Thomas Joan 1641 Apr 14
Pincombe Richarde son Pincome Thomas Joan 1644 Nov 10
Pincombe John son Pincome Thomas Joan 1644 Nov 10
Pincombe Robart son Pincombe Thomas Joan 1648 Jan 21


Pincombe Frances daughter Pincome Bartholomew Frances 1647 Dec 12
Pincombe Richorde daughter Pincombe Bartholomew Joan 1649 Feb 19
Pincombe John son Pincombe Bartholomew Joane 1654 Nov 27
Pincombe Bartholomew 1656 Dec 24
Pincombe Richorde daughter Pincombe Bartholomew Joan 1657 May 21
Pincombe Frances daughter Pincombe Bartholomew (deceased) Joane 1657 May 27

The Pincombe family at North Molton are not all descendant of the marriage of William Pincombe and Emotte Snow since their marriage probably occurred in the early 1560s. His mother Johane Pencombe (widow) left a will in 1563 whilst living at East Buckland where William also lived after this time naming her children as William, John Alice, Richard and another daughter. The daughters were married to John Lock (Alice) and John Jesse (unnamed daughter). The parish register has William Lock as the husband of Alice Pencombe but the will has John. William is either not yet married or does not have any children in 1563 when the will is written but his brother John has married Emet Hodge and their eldest daughter Johane is named in the will. Richard is also not married. This is the Richard though who died at Chittlehampton and is he the ancestor of Richard Pincombe who married Jane Bond at Chittlehampton in 1652 - I have a broken line there which would be interesting to complete - land records perhaps?

George Pincombe is not a descendant of the William Pincombe and Emotte Snow marriage (at least he is not named in William's will). He is also not named in the will of Johane Pencombe which encourages me to place him in the family of the unnamed brother in the Visitation and we have a William buried in 1564 at North Molton who may have been married to Elizabeth (or the son) and their children Agnes, Mary and a William (father or son? who was buried in 1565). The Parish Register at North Molton definitely adds good additional information to the Pincombe family listed in the Visitation.


[King]don Phillip Pincumbe Margret 1539 Nov 15
This is the only unrevealed marriage and is likely a sister to the brothers listed on the Visitation as she is in their age range. The two baptisms Johane Kingdon baptized 6 Oct 1545 at North Molton (and married to William Hobb 28 Jan 1564 at North Molton) and Emote baptized 26 May 1549 at North Molton are likely their children. Since this is a one name study I do not usually follow the daughters down past the one generation (i.e. their children unless there was a non paternal event).

The records would appear to indicate that of the three brothers in the visitation the eldest John went to South Molton (none of his children appear at North Molton Parish Records), Thomas was known to be at East Buckland and Filleigh and the unnamed son was perhaps the William found in the records at North Molton. Solving the mystery of which William married Margaret Gregorye (father or son) would also be helpful but not absolutely necessary. Since the marriage of William and Margaret Gregorye was at North Molton one might think it was her home parish but not necessarily. Finding a George Pincombe baptized in 1564-1565 is a good next step or finding a will in the Squire family which I have not yet pursued might reveal more details on George other than what is in the Parish Register.

The Thomas Pincombe family certainly fits well into the William Pincombe and Emotte Snow family because they have a son Thomas the right age to be marrying a Katherine (unknown) who had three children listed in the will of Thomas buried in 1653 at North Molton (Bartholomew, Thomas and Grace). Grace is likely married to Richard Haniford (the will makes deciphering of her married name difficult) and they had three children. The Filleigh and East Buckland records in the 1500s would probably have filled in the missing items but one must work with what one has!