Cheescombe appears to be the name of the estate where the Townsend family lives. The testator is Ann Blake who works for the Townsend family at Cheescombe. A marriage settlement at the National Archives Names Alexander Townsend of Cheescombe parish Minchimhampton esquire and Mary Clayfield of Bristol as the two people intended to marry.
Not enough information to determine any Blake family lines here.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Apr 2014
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1832/171
Testator: Ann otherwise Anne Blake, Spinster
Place: Cheescombe, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 18 Sep 1832, probated 5 Jun 1834
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Ann otherwise Anne
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 5
1 This is the last Will and Testament of
2 Ann Blake of Cheescombe in the County of Gloucester Spinster I give and
3 bequeath unto my Nephew William Lusty the sum of Ten pounds Also to my
4 Nephew Joseph Lusty the sum of Ten pounds I also give unto my Nephew
5 George Lusty the sum of Five pounds to my half Brother Joseph Blake I give
6 and bequeath the sum of Five pounds Also to my Great Neice Mary Ann
7 daughter of my late Nephew Benjamin Lusty I give the sum of Five pounds
8 I give unto Ann Browning daughter of Thomas Cave of Stanley in the
9 County of Gloucester the sum of Five pounds Also to Richard Nuote Gardener to
10 A Townsend Esq[uie]r the sum of Five pounds I direct that all the above required
11 Legacies be paid within six months after my decease Also all the rest Residue
12 and Remainder of my Goods Chattels Monies and securities for money Clothes
13 Estates or Effects whatsoever and wheresoever not hereinbefore given or disposed
14 of subject nevertheless to the payment of my just debts Legacies and Funeral
15 expences I hereby give and bequeath the same and every part thereof unto
16 Elizabeth Neeuis my dear Friend and fellow Servant and I appoint the said
17 Elizabeth Neeuis sole Executrix of this Will revoking all former Wills and
18 declaring this writing to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof
19 I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the thirtieth day of April in the year
20 of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty four Ann Blake
21 Signed Sealed and published by the said Ann Blake as her Will in the
22 presence of us who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other
23 have hereunto set our hand as witness Ann Coffin Sarah Hookway
24 This is a Codicil to my Will of the Legacy of Ten
25 pounds left me by my late Mistress Mrs Townsend I leave to John Hodge the sum
26 of Five pounds Also to Joseph Blake my Brother I leave the other remaining five
27 pounds to be paid him in the sum of two shillings per week as he shall require
28 it by my Executrix Elizabeth Neeuis and at her discretion I also leave my watch to
29 the wife of my Nephew Joseph Lusty Anne Blake Mark Witnessed by us
30 Louisa Godde Clayfield X Sarah Chambers marke May 8 1834
31 Proved at London with a Codicil 5th Jun 1834 before a Judge by the Oath
32 of Elizabeth Neeuis Spinster the sole Executrix to whom was granted having been
33 first sworn by Com[missi]on duly to administer
This Blog will talk about researching my English ancestors from Canada but also the ancestors of our son in law whose families stretch back far into Colonial French Canada. My one name study of Blake and of Pincombe also dominate my blog these days.
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Will of The Reverend Richard Blake, Clerk, Farway, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/1170/274, probated 24 Oct 1788
Richard Blake, the testator, has a memorial placed on Flicker:
“Near this place are deposited the Remains of the Reverend Richard Blake, A.M. Rector of this Parish, 31 Years, who Died much Lamented 22nd September 1788 Aged 66 Years. He was a liberal Benefactor to the poor. A sincere and Ready Friend. A vigilant and faithful Pastor. From his mind replete with Knowledge Flowed Instruction to all. And his Heart equally Benevolent Ever Expanded the Gate of his Hospitable Mansion. To whose memory this Monument is Erected By order of his affectionate Relative, Hannah Atkinson.”
The Parish Church at Farway is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels and the early Norman Church can still be seen (13th century).
This is a large wall plaque which can be found on Flickr (the sculptor was M. Eames and it is located in the parish church at Farway, Devon): http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheepdog_rex/6153526529/
This is the third will mentioning John Stabback, Clerk. The other two were blogged earlier:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/07/will-of-martha-blake-widow-exon-devon.html
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/06/will-of-elizabeth-blake-widow-saint.html
In both wills, John Stabback has been entrusted with trusteeship as is also the case in this will. In the will of Martha Blake she names her sister as Elizabeth Stabback. John Stabback who is named as a Clerk is nephew to Martha Blake. Neither of these women have living children at their deaths.
Richard names his aunt: Alice Williams and his cousins: Thomas Williams, Hannah Atkinson, Richard Blake, William Blake, and Thomas Dodge.
This Richard is possibly the son of Richard Blake baptized 22 Sep 1722 at Saint David, Exeter, Devon. His donations to Charities in Exeter tend to make me think that he was from Exeter. Later in 1795 his cousin Miss Hannah Atkinson endowed a charity school at Farway:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50578
There are references on the National Archives to Land deals in which both Robert Tarrant, Clerk, rector of St. Petrock Exon and John Stabback, clerk, rector of St Edmund upon the Bridge, Exon are mentioned:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=027-332a&cid=-1#-1
At St Davids Church in Exter there is a brass tablet remembering an earlier parishioner:
In memory of Richard Blake died 9th August 1746 aged 54. Hannah Blake his widow died 15th Aug 1673 aged 68.
http://www.archive.org/stream/pt2devoncornwall04exetuoft/pt2devoncornwall04exetuoft_djvu.txt
Searching for this marriage of Richard Blake and Hannah in the Marriage Allegations and will report back later if I find it.I believe it to be the marriage of Richard Blake and Hannah Matthews celebrated in Exeter Cathedral in 1721 from the Boyd's Marriage Index but am searching the allegations by Vivian at the moment for all Blake entries and will watch for that particular entry if they had a license. The baptism of Richard does fit in as it was likely in 1722 according to the memorial.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Aug 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1170/274
Testator: The Reverend Richard Blake, Clerk
Place: Farway, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 11 Nov 1769, probated 24 Oct 1788
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: The Reverend
[Margin]: Richard
[Margin]: Blake
1 Be it remembered
2 That this is the last Will and Testament of me Richard
3 Blake of Farway in the County of Devon Clerk made this
4 eleventh day of November one thousand seven hundred and sixty
5 nine First I give and bequeath unto Robert Tarrant of the City of
6 Exon Clerk and John Stabback of the same City Clerk their
7 Executors and administrators all my Capital Stock of Moneys in
8 any of the Publick Companys or Funds of this kingdom and all my
9 right and Interest therein respectively upon the trust herein
10 after mentioned concerning the same that is to say upon trust that they
11 my said Trustees their Executors and administrators do and shall
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12 by and out of the Yearly dividends Interest and produce
13 thereof in the first place pay unto my Aunt Alice Williams
14 widow the annual or clear yearly Sum of twenty five
15 pounds for and during her natural life free of all Rates
16 Taxes and other outgoings whatsoever and in the next place
17 do and shall by and out of the Yearly dividends Interest and
18 produce of my said Stocks pay unto Mary Davy my Servant
19 who now lives with me the annual or clear Yearly Sum of
20 Fifteen pounds for and during her natural life free of all rates
21 Taxes and other outgoings whatsoever and I do hereby
22 order and direct that both the said annuities shall be
23 paid and payable by two equal half yearly payments
24 and the First payment thereof respectively to begin and be
25 made at the End of six calendar Months next after my
26 decease and the residue of the clear and neat dividends
27 interest and produce of my said Stocks do and shall account
28 for and pay over unto my cousin Hannah Atkinson who
29 now lives with me to and for her own use and benefit and
30 upon this further trust that they my said trustees their
31 Executors and administrators do and shall by and out of my
32 said Capital Stock of Moneys in the Funds pay unto my
33 Cousin Thomas Williams Son of the said Alice Williams the
34 Sum of one hundred pounds of lawful British Money in six
35 months next after the death of his said Mother and also pay
36 unto my Cousin Richard Blake the Sum of two hundred
37 pounds of lawful British Money in six months next after the
38 deaths of both than the said Alice Williams and Mary Davy
39 and also do and shall pay unto the Treasurer or Treasurers
40 for the time being of a Society who now call themselves the
41 Governors of the Devon and Exeter hospital at Exeter the Sum
42 of thirty five pounds in six Calendar months next after the
43 deaths of both them the said Alice Williams and Mary Davy
44 which said Sum of thirty five pounds I desire may be applied
45 towards the carrying on the Charitable designs of the said
46 Society and also do and shall pay unto the Treasurer or
47 Treasurers for the time being of a Society who now call
48 themselves the trustees for the Charity Schools within the said
49 City of Exeter which were begun and established in the time when
50 Doctor Blackhall was Bishop of Exeter the like Sum of thirty
51 five pounds of lawful British Money in six Calendar months
52 next after the deaths of both of them the said Alice Williams
53 and Mary Davy which said last mentioned Sum of thirty five
54 pounds I desire may be applied towards the carrying on the
55 charitable designs of the said Society and also do and shall
56 pay unto the Treasurer or Treasurers for the time being of
57 a Society established for the support and maintenance of poor
58 Clergymens Widows and orphans within the archdeaconary
59 of Exeter the like Sum of thirty five pounds of lawful British
60 Money in six Calendar months next after the deaths of
61 both them the said Alice Williams and Mary Davy and my
62 express will and Meaning is that the said last mentioned
63 Sum of thirty five pounds shall be paid to and distributed
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64 amongst such poor Clergymen’s widows and orphans only
65 who are not possessed of or entitled to more than two hundred
66 pounds in real or personal Estate or in both real and
67 personal or have not an income of more than ten pounds
68 a year such being the objects for whose benefit the said
69 Charity was originally begun and established and the
70 residue of my said Stocks or Moneys in the Funds after the
71 several payments and applications aforesaid do and shall
72 account for and pay over or otherwise transfer the same
73 unto my said cousin Hannah Atkinson her Executors and
74 administrators to and for her and their own use and benefit
75 and upon no other need and for no other intent or
76 purpose whatsoever also I give and bequeath unto my said
77 Cousin Richard Blake the further Sum of one hundred pounds
78 of lawful British Money to be paid to him by my Executrix
79 hereinafter named within one year next after my death if
80 he shall then have attained his age of twenty one years
81 but if not then to be paid to him when and so soon as he
82 shall attain that age also I give and bequeath unto my
83 Cousin Thomas Dodge the Sum of one hundred pounds of lawful
84 British Money to be paid to him by my Executrix herein after
85 named within one year next after my decease if he shall
86 then have attained his age of twenty one years but if not then
87 to be paid to him when and so soon as he shall have
88 attained that age and my will is that if any or either of them
89 the said Thomas Williams Richard Blake and Thomas Dodge
90 shall happen to die before his or their Legacy or Legacys
91 or any part thereof respectively shall become payable that
92 then the Legacy or Legacies of him or them so dying or such
93 part thereof as shall not be payable in his or their life time
94 shall sink for the benefit of my Executrix and not be paid or
95 payable also I give and bequeath unto my Cousin William
96 Blake Brother of the said Richard Blake the Sum of one
97 hundred pounds of lawful British money to be paid to him by my
98 Executrix hereinafter named within one year next after my
99 death also I give and bequeath unto the said Robert Tarrant
100 and John Stabback the Sum of Fifty pounds each of lawful British
101 Money to be paid to them respectively by my Executrix herein
102 after named in six months next after my death provided always
103 nevertheless and my Will is that they my said trustees or
104 either of them shall not be answerable or accountable for the acts
104 Deeds Receipts of mismanagement of each other but each for
106 his own acts Deeds Receipts and mismanagements only nor for any
107 loss or losses that shall or may happen to the said trust Estate and
108 premises nor for any more money than shall come to their
109 hands respectively and my Will further is that it shall and
110 may be lawful to and for my said trustees respectively to
111 deduct retain and keep in his and their hands respectively out
112 of the said trust moneys and premises over and besides the
113 several Legacies herein before to them respectively Given all such
114 Costs charges damages and Expences as they or either of them shall
115 sustain be at or put into for or on account of the trusts hereby in
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116 them reposed or their or either of their acting or intermeddling
117 therein or anything relating thereto together with so much
118 Money as they shall severally reasonably deserve for their labour
119 and trouble in and about the same also I give and bequeath
120 unto such poor people of the parish of Farway as have no
121 pay or relief from the said parish the Sum of ten pounds
122 of lawful British Money to be paid and distributed unto and
123 amongst such of them as my Executrix shall think proper
124 at the following times to wit one half hereof in two months next
125 after my death and the residue thereof within twelve months
126 next after my decease also all the rest residue and remainder
127 of my Goods Chattels Lands Tenements and hereditaments
128 Real and personal Estate whatsoever of mine hereinbefore
129 given devised or bequeathed my Debts Legacies and Funeral
130 Expences being first paid and discharged I give devise and
131 bequeath unto my said Cousin Hannah Atkinson her heirs Exors
132 administrators and assigns and her the said Hannah Atkinson
133 I make whole and sole Executrix of this my last Will and
134 Testament hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me
135 heretofore made and ratifying and confirming this to be my
136 last In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and
137 Testament contained in two Sheets of paper to the first Sheet
138 thereof set my hand and to the last my hand and Seal the day
139 and year aforesaid Richd Blake Signed Sealed published
140 and declared by the said Richard Blake the Testator as and
141 for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have
142 subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto in the presence of
143 the said Testator and of each other Henry Venn Junr Jas
144 Townsend Jno Pratt
145 This Will was proved at London the twenty
146 fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand
147 seven hundred and eighty eight before the Right Worshipful
148 Sir William Wynne Knight doctor of Laws Master keeper
149 or Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
150 constituted by the Oath of Hannah Atkinson Spinster the Sole
151 Executrix named in the said Will to whom administration was
152 granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of
153 the deceased having been first sworn duly to administer.
“Near this place are deposited the Remains of the Reverend Richard Blake, A.M. Rector of this Parish, 31 Years, who Died much Lamented 22nd September 1788 Aged 66 Years. He was a liberal Benefactor to the poor. A sincere and Ready Friend. A vigilant and faithful Pastor. From his mind replete with Knowledge Flowed Instruction to all. And his Heart equally Benevolent Ever Expanded the Gate of his Hospitable Mansion. To whose memory this Monument is Erected By order of his affectionate Relative, Hannah Atkinson.”
The Parish Church at Farway is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels and the early Norman Church can still be seen (13th century).
This is a large wall plaque which can be found on Flickr (the sculptor was M. Eames and it is located in the parish church at Farway, Devon): http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheepdog_rex/6153526529/
This is the third will mentioning John Stabback, Clerk. The other two were blogged earlier:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/07/will-of-martha-blake-widow-exon-devon.html
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/06/will-of-elizabeth-blake-widow-saint.html
In both wills, John Stabback has been entrusted with trusteeship as is also the case in this will. In the will of Martha Blake she names her sister as Elizabeth Stabback. John Stabback who is named as a Clerk is nephew to Martha Blake. Neither of these women have living children at their deaths.
Richard names his aunt: Alice Williams and his cousins: Thomas Williams, Hannah Atkinson, Richard Blake, William Blake, and Thomas Dodge.
This Richard is possibly the son of Richard Blake baptized 22 Sep 1722 at Saint David, Exeter, Devon. His donations to Charities in Exeter tend to make me think that he was from Exeter. Later in 1795 his cousin Miss Hannah Atkinson endowed a charity school at Farway:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50578
There are references on the National Archives to Land deals in which both Robert Tarrant, Clerk, rector of St. Petrock Exon and John Stabback, clerk, rector of St Edmund upon the Bridge, Exon are mentioned:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=027-332a&cid=-1#-1
At St Davids Church in Exter there is a brass tablet remembering an earlier parishioner:
In memory of Richard Blake died 9th August 1746 aged 54. Hannah Blake his widow died 15th Aug 1673 aged 68.
http://www.archive.org/stream/pt2devoncornwall04exetuoft/pt2devoncornwall04exetuoft_djvu.txt
Searching for this marriage of Richard Blake and Hannah in the Marriage Allegations and will report back later if I find it.I believe it to be the marriage of Richard Blake and Hannah Matthews celebrated in Exeter Cathedral in 1721 from the Boyd's Marriage Index but am searching the allegations by Vivian at the moment for all Blake entries and will watch for that particular entry if they had a license. The baptism of Richard does fit in as it was likely in 1722 according to the memorial.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Aug 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1170/274
Testator: The Reverend Richard Blake, Clerk
Place: Farway, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 11 Nov 1769, probated 24 Oct 1788
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: The Reverend
[Margin]: Richard
[Margin]: Blake
1 Be it remembered
2 That this is the last Will and Testament of me Richard
3 Blake of Farway in the County of Devon Clerk made this
4 eleventh day of November one thousand seven hundred and sixty
5 nine First I give and bequeath unto Robert Tarrant of the City of
6 Exon Clerk and John Stabback of the same City Clerk their
7 Executors and administrators all my Capital Stock of Moneys in
8 any of the Publick Companys or Funds of this kingdom and all my
9 right and Interest therein respectively upon the trust herein
10 after mentioned concerning the same that is to say upon trust that they
11 my said Trustees their Executors and administrators do and shall
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12 by and out of the Yearly dividends Interest and produce
13 thereof in the first place pay unto my Aunt Alice Williams
14 widow the annual or clear yearly Sum of twenty five
15 pounds for and during her natural life free of all Rates
16 Taxes and other outgoings whatsoever and in the next place
17 do and shall by and out of the Yearly dividends Interest and
18 produce of my said Stocks pay unto Mary Davy my Servant
19 who now lives with me the annual or clear Yearly Sum of
20 Fifteen pounds for and during her natural life free of all rates
21 Taxes and other outgoings whatsoever and I do hereby
22 order and direct that both the said annuities shall be
23 paid and payable by two equal half yearly payments
24 and the First payment thereof respectively to begin and be
25 made at the End of six calendar Months next after my
26 decease and the residue of the clear and neat dividends
27 interest and produce of my said Stocks do and shall account
28 for and pay over unto my cousin Hannah Atkinson who
29 now lives with me to and for her own use and benefit and
30 upon this further trust that they my said trustees their
31 Executors and administrators do and shall by and out of my
32 said Capital Stock of Moneys in the Funds pay unto my
33 Cousin Thomas Williams Son of the said Alice Williams the
34 Sum of one hundred pounds of lawful British Money in six
35 months next after the death of his said Mother and also pay
36 unto my Cousin Richard Blake the Sum of two hundred
37 pounds of lawful British Money in six months next after the
38 deaths of both than the said Alice Williams and Mary Davy
39 and also do and shall pay unto the Treasurer or Treasurers
40 for the time being of a Society who now call themselves the
41 Governors of the Devon and Exeter hospital at Exeter the Sum
42 of thirty five pounds in six Calendar months next after the
43 deaths of both them the said Alice Williams and Mary Davy
44 which said Sum of thirty five pounds I desire may be applied
45 towards the carrying on the Charitable designs of the said
46 Society and also do and shall pay unto the Treasurer or
47 Treasurers for the time being of a Society who now call
48 themselves the trustees for the Charity Schools within the said
49 City of Exeter which were begun and established in the time when
50 Doctor Blackhall was Bishop of Exeter the like Sum of thirty
51 five pounds of lawful British Money in six Calendar months
52 next after the deaths of both of them the said Alice Williams
53 and Mary Davy which said last mentioned Sum of thirty five
54 pounds I desire may be applied towards the carrying on the
55 charitable designs of the said Society and also do and shall
56 pay unto the Treasurer or Treasurers for the time being of
57 a Society established for the support and maintenance of poor
58 Clergymens Widows and orphans within the archdeaconary
59 of Exeter the like Sum of thirty five pounds of lawful British
60 Money in six Calendar months next after the deaths of
61 both them the said Alice Williams and Mary Davy and my
62 express will and Meaning is that the said last mentioned
63 Sum of thirty five pounds shall be paid to and distributed
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64 amongst such poor Clergymen’s widows and orphans only
65 who are not possessed of or entitled to more than two hundred
66 pounds in real or personal Estate or in both real and
67 personal or have not an income of more than ten pounds
68 a year such being the objects for whose benefit the said
69 Charity was originally begun and established and the
70 residue of my said Stocks or Moneys in the Funds after the
71 several payments and applications aforesaid do and shall
72 account for and pay over or otherwise transfer the same
73 unto my said cousin Hannah Atkinson her Executors and
74 administrators to and for her and their own use and benefit
75 and upon no other need and for no other intent or
76 purpose whatsoever also I give and bequeath unto my said
77 Cousin Richard Blake the further Sum of one hundred pounds
78 of lawful British Money to be paid to him by my Executrix
79 hereinafter named within one year next after my death if
80 he shall then have attained his age of twenty one years
81 but if not then to be paid to him when and so soon as he
82 shall attain that age also I give and bequeath unto my
83 Cousin Thomas Dodge the Sum of one hundred pounds of lawful
84 British Money to be paid to him by my Executrix herein after
85 named within one year next after my decease if he shall
86 then have attained his age of twenty one years but if not then
87 to be paid to him when and so soon as he shall have
88 attained that age and my will is that if any or either of them
89 the said Thomas Williams Richard Blake and Thomas Dodge
90 shall happen to die before his or their Legacy or Legacys
91 or any part thereof respectively shall become payable that
92 then the Legacy or Legacies of him or them so dying or such
93 part thereof as shall not be payable in his or their life time
94 shall sink for the benefit of my Executrix and not be paid or
95 payable also I give and bequeath unto my Cousin William
96 Blake Brother of the said Richard Blake the Sum of one
97 hundred pounds of lawful British money to be paid to him by my
98 Executrix hereinafter named within one year next after my
99 death also I give and bequeath unto the said Robert Tarrant
100 and John Stabback the Sum of Fifty pounds each of lawful British
101 Money to be paid to them respectively by my Executrix herein
102 after named in six months next after my death provided always
103 nevertheless and my Will is that they my said trustees or
104 either of them shall not be answerable or accountable for the acts
104 Deeds Receipts of mismanagement of each other but each for
106 his own acts Deeds Receipts and mismanagements only nor for any
107 loss or losses that shall or may happen to the said trust Estate and
108 premises nor for any more money than shall come to their
109 hands respectively and my Will further is that it shall and
110 may be lawful to and for my said trustees respectively to
111 deduct retain and keep in his and their hands respectively out
112 of the said trust moneys and premises over and besides the
113 several Legacies herein before to them respectively Given all such
114 Costs charges damages and Expences as they or either of them shall
115 sustain be at or put into for or on account of the trusts hereby in
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116 them reposed or their or either of their acting or intermeddling
117 therein or anything relating thereto together with so much
118 Money as they shall severally reasonably deserve for their labour
119 and trouble in and about the same also I give and bequeath
120 unto such poor people of the parish of Farway as have no
121 pay or relief from the said parish the Sum of ten pounds
122 of lawful British Money to be paid and distributed unto and
123 amongst such of them as my Executrix shall think proper
124 at the following times to wit one half hereof in two months next
125 after my death and the residue thereof within twelve months
126 next after my decease also all the rest residue and remainder
127 of my Goods Chattels Lands Tenements and hereditaments
128 Real and personal Estate whatsoever of mine hereinbefore
129 given devised or bequeathed my Debts Legacies and Funeral
130 Expences being first paid and discharged I give devise and
131 bequeath unto my said Cousin Hannah Atkinson her heirs Exors
132 administrators and assigns and her the said Hannah Atkinson
133 I make whole and sole Executrix of this my last Will and
134 Testament hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me
135 heretofore made and ratifying and confirming this to be my
136 last In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and
137 Testament contained in two Sheets of paper to the first Sheet
138 thereof set my hand and to the last my hand and Seal the day
139 and year aforesaid Richd Blake Signed Sealed published
140 and declared by the said Richard Blake the Testator as and
141 for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have
142 subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto in the presence of
143 the said Testator and of each other Henry Venn Junr Jas
144 Townsend Jno Pratt
145 This Will was proved at London the twenty
146 fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand
147 seven hundred and eighty eight before the Right Worshipful
148 Sir William Wynne Knight doctor of Laws Master keeper
149 or Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
150 constituted by the Oath of Hannah Atkinson Spinster the Sole
151 Executrix named in the said Will to whom administration was
152 granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of
153 the deceased having been first sworn duly to administer.
Monday, March 18, 2013
Will of Richard Buller, Yeoman, of Long Compton, Warwickshire - The National Archives PROB 11/153/33, probated 8 Jan 1628
In the will Richard-4 mentions that his wife's property was at Hocknorton. I did find a Hook Norton 10 miles SE of Halford. Apparently the village was called Hocnertune in 922 in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle and Hochenartone in the Domesday Book.
He mentions a number of seemingly unrelated people an Ann Tymes and an Elizabeth Bidle. Not sure if his wife's surname was Hodges or Townsend or something else but he does mention two brothers in law. His son is Richard-5 and his daughters are Anne and Margaret. His wife's first name is Mary.
His father's will is the one probated at Worcester and he mentions sons Richard, Walter and Thomas. Walter has died in 1625. This Buller family still has the property in Halford.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 15 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/153/33
Testator: Richard Buller, Yeoman
Place: Long Compton, Warwickshire
Date of document: 30 Sep 1625, probated 8 Jan 1628
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[estament] Richirdi
[Margin]: Buller
1 In the name of God Amen I
2 Richard Buller of Long Compton in the Coun[tie] of War[wic]k[shire] Yeoman and the
3 last daie of September in the first yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord
4 King Charles of England Fraunce and Ireland etc Anno dom[ini] One thousand
5 sixe hundred and twentie five being in good and p[er]fect memory thankes bee given to god
6 doe make and ordayne this my last will and testament in manner and forme following
First and before all other things I commend my soule to allmightie god my maker and
7 Redeemer And my body to bee buried in the Church of Long Compton at the discretion
8 of my Executor and friends (As concerning my worldly goods I distribute them in
9 manner and forme as followeth Imprimis I give and bequeath towards the repayring of
10 the Causewaye in Long Compton viz [a vi]t to bee paid when the parish shall bestowe any further
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11 Reparation Item I give xx d to the poore of Long Compton to bee distributed as my Executor and
12 Overseers shall thinke it fitt at my decease Item I give to every godchild I have then liveing xij d Item
13 I give to every child then liveing of Ann Tymes ev[er]y one v s a peece and soe likewise of Elizabeth
14 Bidle her sister to bee paid within one yeare next after my decease at the discretion of my Executor
15 Item I give to my daughters Anne and Margerit twentie pounds of lawfull money apeece
16 if they or either of they shal[l ]be liveing at such tyme and it shal[l ]be due to bee paid That is to saie, to
17 Margeret xx li within one yeare to Anne within two yeares Item I give to every child that my
18 three daughters have that shal[l ]be borne before my decease if they live to the age of seaven yeares
19 and soe by degrees to bee paid and to bee sett foarth to the best advantage by theire parents untill they
20 come to the age of eighteene yeares to every one of them five pounds in manner afores[ai]d It[e]m
21 I give and bequeath to Mary Buller my wife the use and occupa[t]ion of all such houshold stuffe
22 and corne that she shall growe and bee ended about her house in Hocknorton That was her owne
23 before I married her during her life and afterward to remaine to my Executor and further
24 for her maintenance I give hir during her life keeping her soul and unmarried makeing nor
25 causing to bee made noe manner of waest, such rents and p[ro]fitts as shall yearely growe and
26 issue foorth of my two mylls in Halford in such sort as I myselfe now hath or hereafter
27 maie have by any lease made for money or corne to any Tenants in such sorte and manner
28 as I shall lett for my selfe p[er]forming such covenants as I myselfe doe coven[an]t to p[er]forme to any
30 Tenant during her life in manner above said and further for her maintenance she shall have
31 three of the beast whych kine that I have at my decease my desire is she should remaine and
32 continue with my sonne in Long Compton and my sonne shall manure and plowe bring home
33 to her house the makeing and p[ro]viding all things ready to the Cart and her seeds to bee sowen as
34 if it were for myselfe during her life It[e]m all the rest of my goods Cattles Chattells moveable
35 and unmoveable whatsoever unbequeathed I geve and bequeath to Richard Buller my
36 Sonne whom I make my whole and soul Executor to receive my debts and to paie my debts
37 and for my funerall discharged the Overseers of this my last will and testament I entreate
38 my Brother in lawe Mr Anthony Hodges and my Brother in lawe Mr Charles
39 Townsend to bee the best assistance to my Executor and for theire paines I geve them tenn
40 shillings apeece In witnes whereof I the said Richard Buller the elder have putte my
41 hand and seal the daie and yeare first above written p[er] me Richardi Buller Witnes
42 hereunto Gyles Compton his m[ar]ke Walter Webb his m[ar]ke Anthony Hodges
43 Michaell Freeman Memorandu[m] that it is meant by the Testator that x li of the
44 xx li w[hi]ch is given to his daughter Margarett is that x li w[hi]ch he promised in his life
45 tyme
He mentions a number of seemingly unrelated people an Ann Tymes and an Elizabeth Bidle. Not sure if his wife's surname was Hodges or Townsend or something else but he does mention two brothers in law. His son is Richard-5 and his daughters are Anne and Margaret. His wife's first name is Mary.
His father's will is the one probated at Worcester and he mentions sons Richard, Walter and Thomas. Walter has died in 1625. This Buller family still has the property in Halford.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 15 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/153/33
Testator: Richard Buller, Yeoman
Place: Long Compton, Warwickshire
Date of document: 30 Sep 1625, probated 8 Jan 1628
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[estament] Richirdi
[Margin]: Buller
1 In the name of God Amen I
2 Richard Buller of Long Compton in the Coun[tie] of War[wic]k[shire] Yeoman and the
3 last daie of September in the first yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord
4 King Charles of England Fraunce and Ireland etc Anno dom[ini] One thousand
5 sixe hundred and twentie five being in good and p[er]fect memory thankes bee given to god
6 doe make and ordayne this my last will and testament in manner and forme following
First and before all other things I commend my soule to allmightie god my maker and
7 Redeemer And my body to bee buried in the Church of Long Compton at the discretion
8 of my Executor and friends (As concerning my worldly goods I distribute them in
9 manner and forme as followeth Imprimis I give and bequeath towards the repayring of
10 the Causewaye in Long Compton viz [a vi]t to bee paid when the parish shall bestowe any further
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11 Reparation Item I give xx d to the poore of Long Compton to bee distributed as my Executor and
12 Overseers shall thinke it fitt at my decease Item I give to every godchild I have then liveing xij d Item
13 I give to every child then liveing of Ann Tymes ev[er]y one v s a peece and soe likewise of Elizabeth
14 Bidle her sister to bee paid within one yeare next after my decease at the discretion of my Executor
15 Item I give to my daughters Anne and Margerit twentie pounds of lawfull money apeece
16 if they or either of they shal[l ]be liveing at such tyme and it shal[l ]be due to bee paid That is to saie, to
17 Margeret xx li within one yeare to Anne within two yeares Item I give to every child that my
18 three daughters have that shal[l ]be borne before my decease if they live to the age of seaven yeares
19 and soe by degrees to bee paid and to bee sett foarth to the best advantage by theire parents untill they
20 come to the age of eighteene yeares to every one of them five pounds in manner afores[ai]d It[e]m
21 I give and bequeath to Mary Buller my wife the use and occupa[t]ion of all such houshold stuffe
22 and corne that she shall growe and bee ended about her house in Hocknorton That was her owne
23 before I married her during her life and afterward to remaine to my Executor and further
24 for her maintenance I give hir during her life keeping her soul and unmarried makeing nor
25 causing to bee made noe manner of waest, such rents and p[ro]fitts as shall yearely growe and
26 issue foorth of my two mylls in Halford in such sort as I myselfe now hath or hereafter
27 maie have by any lease made for money or corne to any Tenants in such sorte and manner
28 as I shall lett for my selfe p[er]forming such covenants as I myselfe doe coven[an]t to p[er]forme to any
30 Tenant during her life in manner above said and further for her maintenance she shall have
31 three of the beast whych kine that I have at my decease my desire is she should remaine and
32 continue with my sonne in Long Compton and my sonne shall manure and plowe bring home
33 to her house the makeing and p[ro]viding all things ready to the Cart and her seeds to bee sowen as
34 if it were for myselfe during her life It[e]m all the rest of my goods Cattles Chattells moveable
35 and unmoveable whatsoever unbequeathed I geve and bequeath to Richard Buller my
36 Sonne whom I make my whole and soul Executor to receive my debts and to paie my debts
37 and for my funerall discharged the Overseers of this my last will and testament I entreate
38 my Brother in lawe Mr Anthony Hodges and my Brother in lawe Mr Charles
39 Townsend to bee the best assistance to my Executor and for theire paines I geve them tenn
40 shillings apeece In witnes whereof I the said Richard Buller the elder have putte my
41 hand and seal the daie and yeare first above written p[er] me Richardi Buller Witnes
42 hereunto Gyles Compton his m[ar]ke Walter Webb his m[ar]ke Anthony Hodges
43 Michaell Freeman Memorandu[m] that it is meant by the Testator that x li of the
44 xx li w[hi]ch is given to his daughter Margarett is that x li w[hi]ch he promised in his life
45 tyme
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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.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Will of William Buller of Exeter - The National Archives PROB 11/1541/14, probated 1 Feb 1813
It always pleases me when I can tie wills together and this third will following the will of William Buller, Surgeon and Mary Buller, Widow both of Honiton does just that. This is William, the eldest son of William Buller and his wife Mary and within his will are references that take me back to both of these wills. By this time Ann Buller has married Robert Pearce and there are three children John Buller Pearse, Maria Pearse and Ann Pearse. He mentions Elizabeth Maynard and Janet Bradbord. A nice linking will but I, at this time, have no ideas on the parentage of William Buller. Living in the Honiton area they are both close geographically to the Buller family in Somerset and the Buller family in Exeter and other parts of Devon.
Elizabeth Buller Maynard married Thomas Colyer at Honiton in 1784 (Boyd's Marriage Index - Find my Past).
Anne Buller married Robert Pearce 4 Dec 1780 at Honiton On Otter, Devon.
William must have drifted away from his family. His father mentioned that he had been very well educated and set up in business and the results of his labour show in his benevolence towards his siblings' children. One nephew has been named and he is John Buller Pearse leaving one to wonder if John Buller (son of William and Mary) did not survive. The three daughters have married and Ann is widowed with three children John Buller Pearse, Maria Pearse and Ann Pearse, Elizabeth has perhaps died although her daughter is mentioned and has married a Thomas Colyer and they live in America, Mary Broadford/Bradford has one daughter Janet whom William also mentions. Although the link between William Buller, Surgeon is somewhat tentative, the link between Mary Buller, widow and William is proven with the mention of the married names of his sisters.
The parentage of William Buller, Surgeon is not known by me.
http://www.familydeeds.org/DT17.php is a rather interesting document that is a transfer of mortgage. The actual document may pertain to these wills but especially the date and two of the signers namely, 4 Jan 1780 and the two signers Richard Buller Surgeon of Honiton in the County of Devon and Robert Pearse also Surgeon of Honiton in the County of Devon. They are friends of one of the signers Thomas How. The document is for sale for £4.25 but the actual content doesn't actually interest me. It is just interesting to see these two names in this time period. Richard Buller was a son of William Buller Surgeon and Robert Pearse was the name of the husband of Ann Buller.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1541/14
Testator: William Buller
Place: Exeter, Devon, England
Date of document: 16 Sep 1811, probated 1 Feb 1813
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Buller
I William Buller now
1 residing in the City of Exeter do make this my Will and Testament
2 I give and bequeath unto my Sister Ann Pearse and unto
3 my Nephew John Buller Pearse and unto my esteemed
4 friend the Reverand J Douglas one thousand pounds on trust
5 that they place out the same on good security either on a
6 Mortgage of land or on Government Security as they may
7 Judge expedient and pay the interest thence ensuing to
8 my Niece Maria Pearse during her life the same to be
9 independant of the debts contract or Engagement of any
10 person whom she may hereafter marry and at her decision
11 the said principal sum of one thousand pounds to be
12 disposed of as she may or will direct I give and bequeath
13 unto my said trustees above named the farther sum of
14 one thousand pounds on trust for the use and benefit
15 of my Niece Ann Pearse to be secured and paid in like
16 manner as above directed respecting her Sister Maria
17 Pearse I give and bequeath unto my said trustees above
18 named the farther sum of one thousand pounds for
19 the use and benefit of my Niece Janet Bradford to be
20 secured and paid in like manner as above directed for my
21 other Nieces during her life but in case she should dye
22 without issue only one moiety thereof to be at her disposal
23 by will the other moiety to revert to my residuary Estate
24 I give and bequeath unto my said trustees above named
25 the farther sum of Five hundred pounds In trust for the
26 use and benefit of Ann Brott daughter of my late Niece
27 Margaret Brott to be secured and paid in like manner
28 as above directed for my Niece during her life and at
29 her decease to be disposed of as she may by will direct
30 and whereas Thomas Collier who married my
31 Niece Elizabeth Maynard and now resides in America
32 is indebted to me for his bond dated the ninth day of Feb[uar]y
33 1789 for the sum of three hundred and twenty pounds
34 I give and bequeath the said bond to my trustees above
35 named in trust for the use and benefit of his wife the s[ai]d
36 Elizabeth Collier during her life and at her decease to
37 be disposed of as she may by will direct I give and bequeath
38 to my trustees above named the farther sum of Five
39 hundred pounds in trust for the use and benefit of my
40 said Niece Elizabeth Collier in case she should return
41 to reside in England the interest thereof to be paid to
42 her during her life and at her decease the said principal
43 sum to be by her will disposed of to such child or
44 children as she may have but if she should die
45 without any surviving issue the said principal sum
46 to revert to my residuary Estate I bequeath unto my
47 Sister Ann Pearse the use of such part of my household
48 furniture as she may chuse to retain during her life and
49 the residue to be divided between her daughters Maria
50 and Ann in such time in manner and proportion as she may
51 In expedient I desire that no part of my household
52 furniture be disposed of by auction or sale and all the
53 residue of my Estate and Effects of what nature or kindsoever
54 I give and bequeath unto my Nephew John Buller
55 Pearse except such part thereof as I may otherwise dispose of
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56 of by Codicil annexed to this my will and testament
57 and I hereby constitute and appoint my Sister Ann
58 Pearse and my Nephew John Buller Pearse Ex[ecut]ors
59 of this my will written with my own hand this sixteenth
60 day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand
61 Eight hundred and Eleven William Buller
62 I William Buller do make this Codicil to this my will
63 I bequeath unto my faithful servant Mary Blate one hundred
64 pounds towards purchasing an annuity for her life
64 and all the Furniture of the room on the attic story which
66 she is accustomed to occupy as her Bedchamber and
67 all such part of my wearing apparel as is suitable and
68 ten Guineas for suitable mourning
69 In the goods of William Buller deceased
70 January 27th 1813
71 Appeared personally James Townsend of
72 Honiton in the County of Devon Gentleman and
73 Thomas Maunder of the same place Gentleman
74 and made oath they knew and were well acquainted
75 with William Buller late of the City of Exeter Esquire
76 deceased for some time previous and up to the time of his
77 death and also with his manner and character of
78 handwriting and subscription having several times
79 seen him write and subscribe his name and having
80 now carefully perused the paper writing hereunto
81 annexed purporting to be and contain the last will
82 and testament with a Codicil of the said deceased the
83 said will beginning thus I William Buller now
84 residing in the City of Exeter ending thus written with
85 my own hand this sixteenth day of September in the
86 year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred
87 and Eleven and thus subscribed William Buller and
88 the said codicil beginning thus I William Buller
89 do make this Codicil ending thus and Ten Guineas
90 for suitable mourning they further made oath
91 that they verily and in their consciences believe the
92 whole series and contents as well of the said will as
93 of the said Codicil to be of the proper handwriting
94 and subscription of the said deceased Jas Townsend
95 Thos Maunder Same say the said James Townsend and
96 Thomas Maunder were duly sworn to the truth
97 hereof before me Richard Lewis Cornet
98 Proved at London on the 1st February 1813 before the Judge by
99 the oath of John Buller
100 Pearse the Nephew and one of the Executors having been first
101 sworn by Commission duly to administer power reserved
102 to Ann Pearse Widow the Sister and other Executor.
103 Proved at London with a Codicil of 8th January 1823 before
104 the Judge by the Oath of Ann Pearse Widow the Sister and
105 other Executor to whom Adm[inistrati]on was granted having
106 been first sworn by Com[missi]on duly to admi[niste]r
Elizabeth Buller Maynard married Thomas Colyer at Honiton in 1784 (Boyd's Marriage Index - Find my Past).
Anne Buller married Robert Pearce 4 Dec 1780 at Honiton On Otter, Devon.
William must have drifted away from his family. His father mentioned that he had been very well educated and set up in business and the results of his labour show in his benevolence towards his siblings' children. One nephew has been named and he is John Buller Pearse leaving one to wonder if John Buller (son of William and Mary) did not survive. The three daughters have married and Ann is widowed with three children John Buller Pearse, Maria Pearse and Ann Pearse, Elizabeth has perhaps died although her daughter is mentioned and has married a Thomas Colyer and they live in America, Mary Broadford/Bradford has one daughter Janet whom William also mentions. Although the link between William Buller, Surgeon is somewhat tentative, the link between Mary Buller, widow and William is proven with the mention of the married names of his sisters.
The parentage of William Buller, Surgeon is not known by me.
http://www.familydeeds.org/DT17.php is a rather interesting document that is a transfer of mortgage. The actual document may pertain to these wills but especially the date and two of the signers namely, 4 Jan 1780 and the two signers Richard Buller Surgeon of Honiton in the County of Devon and Robert Pearse also Surgeon of Honiton in the County of Devon. They are friends of one of the signers Thomas How. The document is for sale for £4.25 but the actual content doesn't actually interest me. It is just interesting to see these two names in this time period. Richard Buller was a son of William Buller Surgeon and Robert Pearse was the name of the husband of Ann Buller.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1541/14
Testator: William Buller
Place: Exeter, Devon, England
Date of document: 16 Sep 1811, probated 1 Feb 1813
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Document quality: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Buller
I William Buller now
1 residing in the City of Exeter do make this my Will and Testament
2 I give and bequeath unto my Sister Ann Pearse and unto
3 my Nephew John Buller Pearse and unto my esteemed
4 friend the Reverand J Douglas one thousand pounds on trust
5 that they place out the same on good security either on a
6 Mortgage of land or on Government Security as they may
7 Judge expedient and pay the interest thence ensuing to
8 my Niece Maria Pearse during her life the same to be
9 independant of the debts contract or Engagement of any
10 person whom she may hereafter marry and at her decision
11 the said principal sum of one thousand pounds to be
12 disposed of as she may or will direct I give and bequeath
13 unto my said trustees above named the farther sum of
14 one thousand pounds on trust for the use and benefit
15 of my Niece Ann Pearse to be secured and paid in like
16 manner as above directed respecting her Sister Maria
17 Pearse I give and bequeath unto my said trustees above
18 named the farther sum of one thousand pounds for
19 the use and benefit of my Niece Janet Bradford to be
20 secured and paid in like manner as above directed for my
21 other Nieces during her life but in case she should dye
22 without issue only one moiety thereof to be at her disposal
23 by will the other moiety to revert to my residuary Estate
24 I give and bequeath unto my said trustees above named
25 the farther sum of Five hundred pounds In trust for the
26 use and benefit of Ann Brott daughter of my late Niece
27 Margaret Brott to be secured and paid in like manner
28 as above directed for my Niece during her life and at
29 her decease to be disposed of as she may by will direct
30 and whereas Thomas Collier who married my
31 Niece Elizabeth Maynard and now resides in America
32 is indebted to me for his bond dated the ninth day of Feb[uar]y
33 1789 for the sum of three hundred and twenty pounds
34 I give and bequeath the said bond to my trustees above
35 named in trust for the use and benefit of his wife the s[ai]d
36 Elizabeth Collier during her life and at her decease to
37 be disposed of as she may by will direct I give and bequeath
38 to my trustees above named the farther sum of Five
39 hundred pounds in trust for the use and benefit of my
40 said Niece Elizabeth Collier in case she should return
41 to reside in England the interest thereof to be paid to
42 her during her life and at her decease the said principal
43 sum to be by her will disposed of to such child or
44 children as she may have but if she should die
45 without any surviving issue the said principal sum
46 to revert to my residuary Estate I bequeath unto my
47 Sister Ann Pearse the use of such part of my household
48 furniture as she may chuse to retain during her life and
49 the residue to be divided between her daughters Maria
50 and Ann in such time in manner and proportion as she may
51 In expedient I desire that no part of my household
52 furniture be disposed of by auction or sale and all the
53 residue of my Estate and Effects of what nature or kindsoever
54 I give and bequeath unto my Nephew John Buller
55 Pearse except such part thereof as I may otherwise dispose of
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56 of by Codicil annexed to this my will and testament
57 and I hereby constitute and appoint my Sister Ann
58 Pearse and my Nephew John Buller Pearse Ex[ecut]ors
59 of this my will written with my own hand this sixteenth
60 day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand
61 Eight hundred and Eleven William Buller
62 I William Buller do make this Codicil to this my will
63 I bequeath unto my faithful servant Mary Blate one hundred
64 pounds towards purchasing an annuity for her life
64 and all the Furniture of the room on the attic story which
66 she is accustomed to occupy as her Bedchamber and
67 all such part of my wearing apparel as is suitable and
68 ten Guineas for suitable mourning
69 In the goods of William Buller deceased
70 January 27th 1813
71 Appeared personally James Townsend of
72 Honiton in the County of Devon Gentleman and
73 Thomas Maunder of the same place Gentleman
74 and made oath they knew and were well acquainted
75 with William Buller late of the City of Exeter Esquire
76 deceased for some time previous and up to the time of his
77 death and also with his manner and character of
78 handwriting and subscription having several times
79 seen him write and subscribe his name and having
80 now carefully perused the paper writing hereunto
81 annexed purporting to be and contain the last will
82 and testament with a Codicil of the said deceased the
83 said will beginning thus I William Buller now
84 residing in the City of Exeter ending thus written with
85 my own hand this sixteenth day of September in the
86 year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred
87 and Eleven and thus subscribed William Buller and
88 the said codicil beginning thus I William Buller
89 do make this Codicil ending thus and Ten Guineas
90 for suitable mourning they further made oath
91 that they verily and in their consciences believe the
92 whole series and contents as well of the said will as
93 of the said Codicil to be of the proper handwriting
94 and subscription of the said deceased Jas Townsend
95 Thos Maunder Same say the said James Townsend and
96 Thomas Maunder were duly sworn to the truth
97 hereof before me Richard Lewis Cornet
98 Proved at London on the 1st February 1813 before the Judge by
99 the oath of John Buller
100 Pearse the Nephew and one of the Executors having been first
101 sworn by Commission duly to administer power reserved
102 to Ann Pearse Widow the Sister and other Executor.
103 Proved at London with a Codicil of 8th January 1823 before
104 the Judge by the Oath of Ann Pearse Widow the Sister and
105 other Executor to whom Adm[inistrati]on was granted having
106 been first sworn by Com[missi]on duly to admi[niste]r
Monday, November 5, 2012
Will of Jane Blake widow of All Harrows Barking, London - National Archives PROB 11/343/27, probated 23 Oct 1673
The testator Jane Blake has been married three times with George Blake being her last husband. Her first marriage was to Steven Tickner 25 Jan 1624 at Saint Benet Pauls Wharf, London, England (M00136-1 Family Search). Possibly the baptism of their second son Stephen Tickner was 23 Sep 1627 at Saint Matthew Friday Street, London, England (P00150-1 Family Search). Thomas was the oldest possibly but did not find a baptism for Thomas Tickner
A page from Boyd's Inhabitants of London for Simon Maton of St Matthew Friday St and he was married 21 May 1637 at Stepney Midd to Jane Tickner widow of Stephen of St Matthew Friday St (Simon was a girdler). Simon's will was dated 1651. Simon and Jane had one daughter Jane baptized 18 Jul 1638. In the will it appears that Jane married Thomas Bell although the record on George's page in Boyd's Inhabitants of London indicated that Elizabeth married Thomas Bell. The IGI does indicate that Thomas Bell married Elizabeth Blake 9 May 1665 at Saint Martin Orgar and Saint Clement Eastcheap, London (M00139-1 Family Search). I must admit that I wonder if the marriage for Thomas Bell is correct. They have five children by 1673 although certainly not impossible but George doesn't mention these children. I wonder if Jane/Elizabeth is Jane Maton daughter of Simon Maton and Jane (Noell) (Ticknor) Maton and finally Blake.
It is interesting to have two wills that fit together although we do not learn very much about the Blake family in London from this will. Edward Noell is likely a brother to Jane as her maiden name was Noell.
There is an entry in British History Online mentioning an Edward Noell:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50150
On 13 February 1681/2 the Old Artillery Ground was granted in perpetuity to George Bradbury and Edward Noell for £5,700, with licence to build new houses on the same. It was described as the Old Artillery Ground or Old Artillery Garden in or near the parish of St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate, and on the west side of fields or places commonly called Spitalfields, containing five acres and one rood, now encompassed with a brick wall; the buildings are described much as in l681. A rent of 6s. 8d. was reserved. (ref. 62) In subsequent deeds George Bradbury is described as of the Middle Temple, esquire, and Edward Noell as of the Inner Temple, gentleman. They were probably associated with Barbon in this grant, as the subsequent building leases were usually made by Bradbury and Noell together with Barbon and John Parsons. (fn. i)
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 31 Oct 2012
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/343/27
Name of testator: Jane Blake, widow
Place: All Hallows Barking, City of London, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 12 Mar 1672/73, probated 23 Oct 1673
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Condition: 17th century, middle English, small writing
[Margin] T[esta]m[ent] Jana
[Margin] Blake 12
1 In the name of God Amen
2 the Twelfth day of March In the yeare of our Lord 1672 And
3 in the five and Twentieth yeare of the Raigne our Sove-
4 raigne lord Charles the Second by the grace of God King
5 of England Scotland France and Ireland and defender of the Faith etc
6 I Jane Blake of London widdow Executrix of the last will and
7 Testament of George Blake Esquier late of the Parish of
8 Alhallowes
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9 Alhallowes Barking London deceased being stricken in yeares but of
10 perfect mind and memory (Blessed be God therefore) And call to mind
11 the uncertaine estate of this transitory life And being willing to settle such
12 worldly Estate as God shall blesse me withall Soe as noe Strife arise touching
13 the same after my decease Doe therefore make this my last will and Testament in
14 manner and forme following First I humbly give and comitt my soule
15 unto Almighty God my Saviour and Redeemer in whom and by the meritts
16 of Jesus Christ I trust and believe assuredly to be saved and rise again to a
17 Glorious Resurrection att the last day And my body I comitt to the earth to
18 be buried in such decent manner as to my Executor hereafter named shall
19 seeme meete And as to all my worldly goods and Estate (whatsoever as God shall
20 blesse me withall att the tyme of my decease (after the debts by me oweing
21 shal[l ]be fully paid and satisfied and my Funerall Charges defrayed) I
22 give and bequeath the same as followeth (That is to say) Imprimis I
23 give and bequeath unto my loveing sonne Thomas Ticknor the summe of
24 one hundred pounds Item To my sonne Stephen Tichnor I give the Inter-
25 est money of Three hundred pounds (To witt) Eighteene pounds a yeare
26 to be paid him halfe yearly during his naturall life The same to Com[m]ence
27 from the day of my death And after the death of the said Stephen Tick-
28 nor I dispose of the said Three hundred pounds as followeth (That is
29 to say I give and bequeath Two hundred pounds thereof unto my
30 loveing daughter Jane Bell And one hundred pounds the Remainder
31 thereof I give devise and bequeath unto my loveing Grandaughter
32 Jane Raymond Item I give devise and bequeath unto my said Grand-
33 daughter Jane Raymond the summe of five hundred pounds more of
34 lawfull money of England To be paid unto her in such manner as
35 hereafter is men[t]ioned (That is to say) Three hundred pounds thereof
36 to be paid her att the age of one and twenty yeares or day of marriage
37 which shall First happen one hundred pounds more thereof to be paid
38 unto her within twelve moneths then next following And one hundred
39 pounds the remainder thereof To be paid unto her with twelve mo-
40 neths then next ensueing Item I give devise and bequesth unto my
41 loveing sonne in law Thomas Bell of London merchant and Edward Noell
42 of Clements Junior gentleman their Executors administrators and assignes
43 All my part share right title Interest Terme of yeares to come Clayme
44 and demands whatsoever in the Coal Farme and Lease hold from my
45 Lord Townsend and which I hold as Relict of my late husband Upon
46 Spechall Trust and Confidence That they the said Thomas Bell and Edward
47 Noell their Executors and Assignes doe despose and pay the Rents Issues and
48 Proffitts thereof or which shall come or arise thereby to such persons or
49 persons and in such manner as hereafter men[t]ioned (That is to say)
50 That they the said Thomas Bell and Edward Noell their Executors Admi-
51 nistrators and Assignes shall out of the Rents and proffitts of the said
52 lands farmes pay unto my said sonne Thomas Ticknor the summe of Five
53 pounds of lawfull money of England a yeare halfe yearly during the
54 continuance of the said lease or any interest in the said Coale Farme
55 if my said sonne Thomas Ticknor shall soe long live And Fyrst her
56 That the said Thomas Bell and Edward Noell their Executors and
57 Assignes shall out of the Rents and profitts of the said Coale Farme pay
58 unto my sonne Stephen Ticknor the like summe of Five pounds a yeare
59 halfe yearly during the Continuance of the said Lease or any Interest on
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60 In the said Coale Farme if my said Sonne Stephen Ticknor shall soe
61 long live And my will is That if either of my said sonnes Thomas
62 Ticknor or Stephen Ticknor shall happen to depart this life before the
63 expiration of the said lease granted from my Lord Townsend as aforesaid
64 That then and in such case the survivor of my said Two sonnes shall
65 have receive and enjoy besides the said Five pounds a yeare to him given
66 the said Five pounds a yeare payable to the deceased in his life tyme and
67 that dureing soe long tyme as shalbe to come in the said lease of Coales
68 If the Survivor of my Two Sonnes shall soe long live And I doe further
69 declare my will and mind is That if both my said sonnes shall happen to
70 depart this life before the Expiration of the said Lease That then and in
71 such Case from and after the decease of both my said sonnes the said
72 Tenn pounds a yeare payable unto them shall goe to And I give the same
73 unto my Grandchilde Clement Bell Simon Bell Susanna Bell Thomas
74 Bell and John Bell the sonnes and daughters of my daughter Jane Bell
75 equally to be devided betwixt them part and part alike And upon
76 further trust and confidence my will and mind is That the said Thomas
77 Bell and Edward Noell their Executors and Administrators or Assignes shall
78 pay unto my said Granddaughter Jane Raymond one third part of
79 all such Rents Issues and proffitts as shalbe made of my Interest in the
80 said Coale Farme or as they shall receive And that dureing the Conti-
81 nuence of the said lease If my said Granddaughter Jane Raymond
82 shall soe long live The First payment to be made her when she
83 when she shall have attained to the age of one and Twenty years
84 or day of Marriage which shall First happen And if it shall happen
85 my said Granddaughter Jane Raymond shall happen to depart this
86 life before the Expiration of the said Lease haveing issue of her body
87 lawfully begotten or to be begotten That then the same Third of the Rents
88 Issues and Proffitts of the said Coale Farme Then to be retained for Child
89 I doe give the same unto such issue of my said Granddaughter equally
90 betwixt them And upon further Trust and Confidence my Will
91 and mind being that my said Granddaughter Jane Raymond shall
92 happen to depart this life before the expiration of the said Lease leave[
93 ing noe issue of hir body That then the said Thomas Bell and Edward
94 Noell their executors Administrators and Assignes shall pay And I doe
95 give the Third part of my Interest in the Rents and proffitts in the
96 Coale Farme unto my said Five Grandchildren Clement Bell Sy
97 mon Bell Susanna Bell Thomas Bell and John Bell equally betwixt
98 them part and part alike And upon this Further Trust and Confi-
99 dence My will and mind being That the said Thomas Bell and
100 Edward Noell their executors Administrators or Assignes shall pay
101 And I doe give devise and bequeath All the Remainder of the Rents
102 issues and proffitts of my share in the Coale Farme unto my said
103 five Grand children Clement Symon Susanna Thomas and John
104 Bell Equally betwixt them part and part alike The first payment
105 to be paid to my GrandSonnes att their severall and respective ages
106 of one and Twenty yeares And to my Granddaughter Susanna Bell
107 att the age of one and Twenty yeares or day of Marriage which shall
108 First happen And my will and mind is That if any of the said
109 Five Children of my said daughter Bell shall happen to depart this
110 life before any legacies to him or her given shall become due That
111 then and in such case the Legacie or Legacies of the pers[o]ns soe deceasing
112 shall
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113 shall goe and I doe give the same amongst the Survivor of them part
114 and part alike Item I give devise and bequeath unto my sister Eliza-
115 beth Atherton the Interest money of Two hundred Thirty and foure
116 pounds (to witt) Fourteene pounds a yeare to be paid quarterly during
117 her naturall life The same to Commence from the day of my death And
118 after the death of my said sister Elizabeth Atherton I give and bequeath
119 the said Two hundred Thirty and fouer pounds unto my said Loveing
120 daughter Jane Bell Item I doe give and bequeath unto the said Edward
121 Noell the summe of Tenn pounds Sterling to buy him mourning All
122 the Rest and Residue of my goods Chattles ready money debts to me
123 oweing And other my Estate whatsoever not herein before bequeathed
124 I give and bequeath unto my Loveing Sonne in Law Thomas Bell
125 And I doe hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said Loving
126 Sonne in Law Thomas Bell to be the sole and alone Executor of this my
127 Last Will and Testament And Lastly I doe hereby revoake disa-
128 null and call backe All former wills Legacies and Executors by me
129 made And doe appoint the presents onely to stand in Full force for
130 and as my Last Will and Testament In witnes whereof I have to
131 every sheete of this my last Will and Testament contayneing Five
132 in number subscribed my name and affixed my seale on the Topp of
133 them the day and yeare first above written Jane Blake Sealed
134 Published and declared by the said Testatrix the day and yeare above
135 written In the presence of Perry Lloyd John Hill SCU
A page from Boyd's Inhabitants of London for Simon Maton of St Matthew Friday St and he was married 21 May 1637 at Stepney Midd to Jane Tickner widow of Stephen of St Matthew Friday St (Simon was a girdler). Simon's will was dated 1651. Simon and Jane had one daughter Jane baptized 18 Jul 1638. In the will it appears that Jane married Thomas Bell although the record on George's page in Boyd's Inhabitants of London indicated that Elizabeth married Thomas Bell. The IGI does indicate that Thomas Bell married Elizabeth Blake 9 May 1665 at Saint Martin Orgar and Saint Clement Eastcheap, London (M00139-1 Family Search). I must admit that I wonder if the marriage for Thomas Bell is correct. They have five children by 1673 although certainly not impossible but George doesn't mention these children. I wonder if Jane/Elizabeth is Jane Maton daughter of Simon Maton and Jane (Noell) (Ticknor) Maton and finally Blake.
It is interesting to have two wills that fit together although we do not learn very much about the Blake family in London from this will. Edward Noell is likely a brother to Jane as her maiden name was Noell.
There is an entry in British History Online mentioning an Edward Noell:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50150
On 13 February 1681/2 the Old Artillery Ground was granted in perpetuity to George Bradbury and Edward Noell for £5,700, with licence to build new houses on the same. It was described as the Old Artillery Ground or Old Artillery Garden in or near the parish of St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate, and on the west side of fields or places commonly called Spitalfields, containing five acres and one rood, now encompassed with a brick wall; the buildings are described much as in l681. A rent of 6s. 8d. was reserved. (ref. 62) In subsequent deeds George Bradbury is described as of the Middle Temple, esquire, and Edward Noell as of the Inner Temple, gentleman. They were probably associated with Barbon in this grant, as the subsequent building leases were usually made by Bradbury and Noell together with Barbon and John Parsons. (fn. i)
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 31 Oct 2012
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/343/27
Name of testator: Jane Blake, widow
Place: All Hallows Barking, City of London, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 12 Mar 1672/73, probated 23 Oct 1673
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Condition: 17th century, middle English, small writing
[Margin] T[esta]m[ent] Jana
[Margin] Blake 12
1 In the name of God Amen
2 the Twelfth day of March In the yeare of our Lord 1672 And
3 in the five and Twentieth yeare of the Raigne our Sove-
4 raigne lord Charles the Second by the grace of God King
5 of England Scotland France and Ireland and defender of the Faith etc
6 I Jane Blake of London widdow Executrix of the last will and
7 Testament of George Blake Esquier late of the Parish of
8 Alhallowes
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9 Alhallowes Barking London deceased being stricken in yeares but of
10 perfect mind and memory (Blessed be God therefore) And call to mind
11 the uncertaine estate of this transitory life And being willing to settle such
12 worldly Estate as God shall blesse me withall Soe as noe Strife arise touching
13 the same after my decease Doe therefore make this my last will and Testament in
14 manner and forme following First I humbly give and comitt my soule
15 unto Almighty God my Saviour and Redeemer in whom and by the meritts
16 of Jesus Christ I trust and believe assuredly to be saved and rise again to a
17 Glorious Resurrection att the last day And my body I comitt to the earth to
18 be buried in such decent manner as to my Executor hereafter named shall
19 seeme meete And as to all my worldly goods and Estate (whatsoever as God shall
20 blesse me withall att the tyme of my decease (after the debts by me oweing
21 shal[l ]be fully paid and satisfied and my Funerall Charges defrayed) I
22 give and bequeath the same as followeth (That is to say) Imprimis I
23 give and bequeath unto my loveing sonne Thomas Ticknor the summe of
24 one hundred pounds Item To my sonne Stephen Tichnor I give the Inter-
25 est money of Three hundred pounds (To witt) Eighteene pounds a yeare
26 to be paid him halfe yearly during his naturall life The same to Com[m]ence
27 from the day of my death And after the death of the said Stephen Tick-
28 nor I dispose of the said Three hundred pounds as followeth (That is
29 to say I give and bequeath Two hundred pounds thereof unto my
30 loveing daughter Jane Bell And one hundred pounds the Remainder
31 thereof I give devise and bequeath unto my loveing Grandaughter
32 Jane Raymond Item I give devise and bequeath unto my said Grand-
33 daughter Jane Raymond the summe of five hundred pounds more of
34 lawfull money of England To be paid unto her in such manner as
35 hereafter is men[t]ioned (That is to say) Three hundred pounds thereof
36 to be paid her att the age of one and twenty yeares or day of marriage
37 which shall First happen one hundred pounds more thereof to be paid
38 unto her within twelve moneths then next following And one hundred
39 pounds the remainder thereof To be paid unto her with twelve mo-
40 neths then next ensueing Item I give devise and bequesth unto my
41 loveing sonne in law Thomas Bell of London merchant and Edward Noell
42 of Clements Junior gentleman their Executors administrators and assignes
43 All my part share right title Interest Terme of yeares to come Clayme
44 and demands whatsoever in the Coal Farme and Lease hold from my
45 Lord Townsend and which I hold as Relict of my late husband Upon
46 Spechall Trust and Confidence That they the said Thomas Bell and Edward
47 Noell their Executors and Assignes doe despose and pay the Rents Issues and
48 Proffitts thereof or which shall come or arise thereby to such persons or
49 persons and in such manner as hereafter men[t]ioned (That is to say)
50 That they the said Thomas Bell and Edward Noell their Executors Admi-
51 nistrators and Assignes shall out of the Rents and proffitts of the said
52 lands farmes pay unto my said sonne Thomas Ticknor the summe of Five
53 pounds of lawfull money of England a yeare halfe yearly during the
54 continuance of the said lease or any interest in the said Coale Farme
55 if my said sonne Thomas Ticknor shall soe long live And Fyrst her
56 That the said Thomas Bell and Edward Noell their Executors and
57 Assignes shall out of the Rents and profitts of the said Coale Farme pay
58 unto my sonne Stephen Ticknor the like summe of Five pounds a yeare
59 halfe yearly during the Continuance of the said Lease or any Interest on
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60 In the said Coale Farme if my said Sonne Stephen Ticknor shall soe
61 long live And my will is That if either of my said sonnes Thomas
62 Ticknor or Stephen Ticknor shall happen to depart this life before the
63 expiration of the said lease granted from my Lord Townsend as aforesaid
64 That then and in such case the survivor of my said Two sonnes shall
65 have receive and enjoy besides the said Five pounds a yeare to him given
66 the said Five pounds a yeare payable to the deceased in his life tyme and
67 that dureing soe long tyme as shalbe to come in the said lease of Coales
68 If the Survivor of my Two Sonnes shall soe long live And I doe further
69 declare my will and mind is That if both my said sonnes shall happen to
70 depart this life before the Expiration of the said Lease That then and in
71 such Case from and after the decease of both my said sonnes the said
72 Tenn pounds a yeare payable unto them shall goe to And I give the same
73 unto my Grandchilde Clement Bell Simon Bell Susanna Bell Thomas
74 Bell and John Bell the sonnes and daughters of my daughter Jane Bell
75 equally to be devided betwixt them part and part alike And upon
76 further trust and confidence my will and mind is That the said Thomas
77 Bell and Edward Noell their Executors and Administrators or Assignes shall
78 pay unto my said Granddaughter Jane Raymond one third part of
79 all such Rents Issues and proffitts as shalbe made of my Interest in the
80 said Coale Farme or as they shall receive And that dureing the Conti-
81 nuence of the said lease If my said Granddaughter Jane Raymond
82 shall soe long live The First payment to be made her when she
83 when she shall have attained to the age of one and Twenty years
84 or day of Marriage which shall First happen And if it shall happen
85 my said Granddaughter Jane Raymond shall happen to depart this
86 life before the Expiration of the said Lease haveing issue of her body
87 lawfully begotten or to be begotten That then the same Third of the Rents
88 Issues and Proffitts of the said Coale Farme Then to be retained for Child
89 I doe give the same unto such issue of my said Granddaughter equally
90 betwixt them And upon further Trust and Confidence my Will
91 and mind being that my said Granddaughter Jane Raymond shall
92 happen to depart this life before the expiration of the said Lease leave[
93 ing noe issue of hir body That then the said Thomas Bell and Edward
94 Noell their executors Administrators and Assignes shall pay And I doe
95 give the Third part of my Interest in the Rents and proffitts in the
96 Coale Farme unto my said Five Grandchildren Clement Bell Sy
97 mon Bell Susanna Bell Thomas Bell and John Bell equally betwixt
98 them part and part alike And upon this Further Trust and Confi-
99 dence My will and mind being That the said Thomas Bell and
100 Edward Noell their executors Administrators or Assignes shall pay
101 And I doe give devise and bequeath All the Remainder of the Rents
102 issues and proffitts of my share in the Coale Farme unto my said
103 five Grand children Clement Symon Susanna Thomas and John
104 Bell Equally betwixt them part and part alike The first payment
105 to be paid to my GrandSonnes att their severall and respective ages
106 of one and Twenty yeares And to my Granddaughter Susanna Bell
107 att the age of one and Twenty yeares or day of Marriage which shall
108 First happen And my will and mind is That if any of the said
109 Five Children of my said daughter Bell shall happen to depart this
110 life before any legacies to him or her given shall become due That
111 then and in such case the Legacie or Legacies of the pers[o]ns soe deceasing
112 shall
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113 shall goe and I doe give the same amongst the Survivor of them part
114 and part alike Item I give devise and bequeath unto my sister Eliza-
115 beth Atherton the Interest money of Two hundred Thirty and foure
116 pounds (to witt) Fourteene pounds a yeare to be paid quarterly during
117 her naturall life The same to Commence from the day of my death And
118 after the death of my said sister Elizabeth Atherton I give and bequeath
119 the said Two hundred Thirty and fouer pounds unto my said Loveing
120 daughter Jane Bell Item I doe give and bequeath unto the said Edward
121 Noell the summe of Tenn pounds Sterling to buy him mourning All
122 the Rest and Residue of my goods Chattles ready money debts to me
123 oweing And other my Estate whatsoever not herein before bequeathed
124 I give and bequeath unto my Loveing Sonne in Law Thomas Bell
125 And I doe hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said Loving
126 Sonne in Law Thomas Bell to be the sole and alone Executor of this my
127 Last Will and Testament And Lastly I doe hereby revoake disa-
128 null and call backe All former wills Legacies and Executors by me
129 made And doe appoint the presents onely to stand in Full force for
130 and as my Last Will and Testament In witnes whereof I have to
131 every sheete of this my last Will and Testament contayneing Five
132 in number subscribed my name and affixed my seale on the Topp of
133 them the day and yeare first above written Jane Blake Sealed
134 Published and declared by the said Testatrix the day and yeare above
135 written In the presence of Perry Lloyd John Hill SCU
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