Unknown Taylor

52 Ancestor Challenge - Challenge 52

Blake, King, Coleman, Pearce, Farmer, Mary (unknown), Lambden, Sarah (unknown), Knight, Ellis, Knight, Vincent, Butt, O'Ford, Arnold, Molton, Cotterell, Bartlett, Alderman, Shepherd, Sherwood, Elizabeth (unknown), Happerfield, Collins, Rawlings, Tanner, Dove, Morgan, Lywood, Lanham, unknown, Peck, Pincombe, Charley, Rowcliffe, Pearse, Rew, Moggridge, Siderfin, Kent, Gray, Hilton, Cobb, Sproxton, Routledge, Tweddle, Routledge, Routledge, (unknown) Buller, unknown, Beard, Hemsley, Welch, Brockhouse, Cheatle, unknown, unknown Taylor, unknown, Harborne, Lewis, Roberts, Croxall, Lawley, unknown

The last of the 52 Ancestor Challenges and I end it with the grandfather of my great grandmother Ellen Taylor. If Ellen was legitimate (I actually have no reason to think otherwise but for sake of covering all the Ellen Taylor registrations than I do say this) than her grandfather would have likely been unknown Taylor. I know very very little about this family in Birmingham. A vague memory as a child of my grandmother saying that her grandfather was a shoemaker. A Thomas Taylor married to Ellen Roberts does fit that description.

Over time I have purchased all the birth registrations for Ellen Taylor born in Birmingham between 1859 and 1862 because my grandmother said that her mother was 37 years old when she died of pneumonia. That death registration I do have and it does state that she was 37 years of age when she died 27 February 1897. What that means to me is that she was born between 28 February 1859 and 27 February 1860. If she had died on her birthday I am rather sure my grandmother would have mentioned that as she was just 11 when her mother died and she always spoke of the tragedy of that loss. Ellen Taylor, daughter of Thomas Taylor and Ellen Roberts was born 9 Oct 1859 at Birmingham. That would make her 37 years 4 months and 18 days old when she died 17 February 1897 if indeed Ellen Taylor, my great grandmother, was the daughter of Thomas Taylor and Ellen Roberts. The suggestion has been made to me that I should try to find her siblings which I have tried to do. Thomas and Ellen Taylor moved away from Birmingham around 1870 to Ashton under Lyne in Lancashire although Ellen and some of the children (including Ellen) are found with her on the 1871 census in Birmingham. She is listed as a grocer so was perhaps selling off what they had in Birmingham prior to moving to Ashton under Lyne. Missing from the 1881 census the two oldest children named Thomas and Ellen (at Ashton under Lyne). All of the other children mentioned in the 1871 census are living at Ashton under Lyne in 1881. This family has not yet been found in the 1891 or subsequent census.

Thomas Taylor (husband of Ellen Roberts) was baptized 27 Dec 1830 at Birmingham Saint Phillips son of Samuel Taylor and Ann Lewis Harborne and he and Ellen Roberts were married 29 Jun 1857 at Birmingham St Martin (Ellen was only 16 years of age when she married which fits the census and Thomas was 3 and Ellen 1 on the 1861 census).

Samuel Taylor had married Ann Lewis Harborne 3 Aug 1829 at Birmingham Saint Phillips. Samuel is possibly the Samuel baptized 14 Jun 1810 at Birmingham Saint Phillips son of Samuel and Sarah Taylor. This would be my 4x great grandfather but at this point it does not really seem to be a practical thing to do a lot of work on him. I need to first determine the parents of my Ellen Taylor before working backwards in time. Hence I will not list an ancestry for this particular Taylor as too much is unknown to really make that worthwhile. So I end my year of 52 Ancestor Challenges with the line about which I know the least amount. For this Taylor line I really do not know anything officially. I do have the occasional Taylor matches on autosomal DNA on all the sites but have not really attempted to do any tracing although do look at trees if they are available. The line going back from my maternal grandmother though is my mtDNA line and that is known to me and quite fortunately is a rather less common grouping of H being H11a2a1. That may eventually help to locate my maternal line which at the moment appears to have its ancient base in the Argyllshire/Ayrshire area of Scotland where it is found on the Blood of the Isles database produced by Bryan Sykes with matches also in Ireland. There is a large group that carries this same haplogroup in the United States and are descendants of Rebecca Martin married to Alexander Peden. Alexander and his wife Rebecca travelled on the James and Mary and were located at Spartanburg as a part of the 1772 migration from County Antrim Ireland to the Carolinas with the Reverend William Martin.

http://boydroots.net/downloads/MartinPassengers.pdf

One of my matches is descendant of this couple. I do not know if Rebecca Martin is related to the Reverend William Martin.

The suggested descendancy of the Peden family.

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~marylove/Peden/Peden.html


So ends a rather interesting year looking at my 4x great grandparents. A great deal learned about some of my people; a very worthwhile project.

I will begin next year's project on the first Monday of 2016 and it will be Charles Alexandre Bédard.

Will of John Blake, Tanner, Winslow, Buckinghamshire - The National Archives PROB 11/866/367, probated 22 Jun 1761

John Blake the testator has left a memorable will of six pages naming all of his siblings and some other relatives including nephews. He is a well to do Tanner and does not appear to have a wife or children (none are named).

His brothers and sisters in order of appearance:

Thomas
Robert (John son of Robert)
Francis
Ann Carpenter (married to John Carpenter, mother of George Carpenter)
George (married to Mary)
Elizabeth Dancer
William
Edward

Uncles/Aunts

Edward Bennell (married to Elizabeth)
George Bennell (deceased lately)

An interesting website which tells me about this family in Winslow:

http://www.winslow-history.org.uk/winslow_blake.shtm

I have located John Blake the testator in this writeup and he was the fourth child of Thomas Blake and Elizabeth Bennell said to be born in 1718 and died 1761 living at Winslow with the occupation Tanner. This fits with the will as written below.

Children of Thomas Blake and Elizabeth Bennell (16 in total):

Thomas (eldest) born 1715, died 1784 all at Winslow, married to Elizabeth Bradbury 11 Jun 1770 in Great Horwood (late marriage for Thomas and no earlier marriage known, children of this couple Mary born 1771 and died 1810 and Elizabeth born 1774 and d after 1851 and they both married) [Thomas left a will in 1780 proven in 1784 naming his brother William Blake and Thomas Bradbury brother in law as executors http://www.winslow-history.org.uk/winslow_will_blake1784.shtm]

Elizabeth born 1716 in Winslow and married to Robert Dancer 1735 in Hoggeston and he was said to be born 1715 in North Marston (one child is mentioned Robert Dancer, b 1738 at North Marston)

George b 1717 but his wife Mary is not mentioned

John born 1718, died 1761 all at Winslow (testator of this will below)

Mary b 1720, died 1720 at Winslow (infant)

William b 1721 Winslow died 1797 Shipton near Winslow married Anne and left his will written in 1793, proven in 1797 mentioning Thomas' daughters Mary and Elizabeth, Gabriel and John (sons of his brother Robert), his brother Edward but no children mentioned for William and his wife Anne (his will and this at the County Record Office http://www.winslow-history.org.uk/winslow_will_blake1793.shtm - one of the witnesses for this will is also James Burnham (same as this will below))

Robert b 1723 Winslow and married to Martha Seir by licence 23 Feb 1746 and they had seven children: Elizabeth, Thomas, John (mentioned in the will below), Martha (died as an infant), Gabriel, George (died as an infant), Martha

Edward b c 1724 Winslow, d July 1725 Winslow

Edmund b c 1725 Winslow, d c 1725 Winslow (possibly twin)

Jonathan bc 1725 Winslow, d c 1725 Winslow (possibly twin)

Ann b 1726 and married to John Carpenter by licence 11 May 1754 in Swanbourne and they had eight children: John, William, George (mentioned in the will below), Elizabeth, Ann, John, Thomas (died as an infant), Rebecca

Mary b c 1728 winslow, d 1729 winslow

Mary b 1729 Winslow and married to George Harris circa 1750 and they had two children Mary and Thomas

Francis b 1731 Winslow and died after 1801 perhaps in London married to Mary White 17 Apr 1759 in Newbottle Northamptonshire and they had ten children: Elizabeth, John, Frances, Thomas, James, Mary, Anne (died as an infant), George, Ann (died as an infant), William (died as an infant)

Edward b 1733 and married to Susannah Mumford 1761 and they had three children Thomas, William and Elizabeth

Edmund b 1734

There is still a home known as Blake House and now Tinkers Corner in Winslow and can be seen on the website mentioned above.

Working backwards Thomas (the father of John testator of the will below) was married to Elizabeth Bennell by licence 2 Dec 1714 in Quainton (she was the daughter of John Bennell and Elizabeth Toms and sister to Edward and George Bennell mentioned in the will below). There is a document showing that he conveyed a tanyard to his son John in 1740 (this being the testator in the will below) on the website: http://www.winslow-history.org.uk/winslow_tanneries.shtm

This Thomas was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth and he had three siblings Elizabeth married to Richard Barton and they had three children: John, Mary and Richard; Anne married to George Stone and John who died as an infant at Winslow. Thomas (son of Thomas) died 1762 at Winslow and left a will dated April 1761 naming his children, grandchildren (noted on website). This will is not available at the National Archives either.

Moving back one more generation looking at Thomas who died 1709 at Winslow and Elizabeth who died 1716 at Winslow. I do have the will of this Thomas and will be transcribing it with the Buckinghamshire wills. He was said to be a local landowner and this probably helps to explain all the property which is mentioned by John in the will below. The website names his brother as George who was married to Maria and they had six children Robert, George, John, Maria, William and Joanna. George and John are traced down one generation.

This website is part of the Winslow History Project and will probably be available for some time. What a marvelous website to set up for Winslow, Buckinghamshire. Of interest, the Blake and Burnham family have been written up. They do request you send any information that you have on people. I will add this Blake family to my Legacy one name Blake study as well as I am able to do so.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 Apr 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/866/367
Testator:  John Blake, Tanner
Place: Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 14 Apr 1761, probated 22 Jun 1761
Read: Electronic copy images
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: John Blake


1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I John Blake of Winslow in the County of Bucks Tanner
3    being indisposed in body but of a sound and disposing Mind
4    Memory and Understanding (for which I bless God) and being
5    desirous to settle my Worldly Affairs whilst I have Strength
6    and Capacity so to do therefore make and ordain this my last
7    Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is
8    to say) First and principally I commend my Soul into the
9    hands of Almighty god my Creator and my body I commit to
10    the Earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my
11    Trustees and Executors hereinafter named and as to such
12    Temporal Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to intrust
13    me I dispose of the same as followeth First I give devise
14    and bequeath unto my Brother Thomas Blake all and every
15    my Freehold and Copyhold Messuages Lands Tenements
16    Tanyard hereditaments and premisses whatsoever situate
17    lying and being in the parish of Winslow aforesaid with
18    their and every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances
19    late in the occupation of me the said John Blake and now in
20    the Tenure or occupation of Richard Norwood together with
21    all such Rent as shall be due and in arrear to the same
22    premisses at the time of my decease To hold the said
23    Messuages Lands Tenements Tanyard hereditaments and
24    premisses with the Appurtenances unto my said Brother
25    Thomas Blake his heirs and Assigns forever Also I give devise
26    and bequeath unto my Brother Robert Blake All that my
27    Freehold Messuage or Tenement and Close of pasture Ground
28    thereto adjoining situate lying and being in Northmarston in
30    the said County of Bucks together with the Commons profits
31    priviledges and appurtenances thereto belonging now in
32    the Tenure or occupation of John Symmonds or his Assigns
33    and also all such Rent as shall be due and in arrear for the
34    same premisses at the time of my decease To hold the said
35    Messuage or Tenement and Close of Pasture Ground with
36    the appurtenances unto my said Brother Robert Blake
37    for and during the Term of his natural life he keeping
38    the same in good Repair And from and immediately after
39    his decease I give devise and bequeath the same Messuage
40    Tenement and Close of pasture Ground with the appurtenances
41    unto my Nephew John Blake (son of the said Robert
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42    Blake) and his heirs forever Also I give devise and bequeath
43    unto my Brother Francis Blake all those my three inclosed
44    closes of pasture ground situate lying and being in the parish
45    of Northmarston aforesaid adjoining each other which I
46    lately purchased of John Bennell Edward Bennell and
47    Francis Collins commonly called or know by the several names
48    of Sannder's Close and Mappy closes with the Commons
49    profits and Appurtenances thereto belonging and now in the
50    Tenure or Occupation of James Grace and Joseph Foster And
51    also all and every my Copyhold Messuages Lands Tenements
52    hereditaments and premisses whatsoever situate lying and
53    being in the Town and Common Fields of King Sutton in
54    the County of Northampton and held of the Mannor of
55    King Sutton aforesaid (which I have already Surrendered to
56    the use of this my Will) and which are now in the several
57    Tenures possessions or occupations of the said Francis Blake
58    Richard Grimley and me the said John Blake with their
59    and every of their Appurtenances And also all that Freehold
60    Messuage or Tenement with its Appurtenances situate and
61    being in King Sutton aforesaid now in the Tenure or Occupation
62    of John Turbitt which I am intitled unto upon the decease of
63    Elizabeth Bennell my Aunt And also all those Freehold and
64    Copyhold Messuages Cottages Lands Tenements hereditaments
65    and premisses whatsoever with their and every of their
66    Appurtenances situate lying and being in Astrop and in the
67    open and Common fields of Astrop in the parish of Kingsutton
68    aforesaid now in the tenure or occupation of my Uncle Edward
69    Bennell and which I am intitled unto upon his decease by
70    virtue of the last Will and Testament of my late Uncle
71    George Bennell deceased And also all and every my Freehold
72    Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments whatsoever
73    with their and every of their Appurtenances lying and being in
74    Owen Hall in the parish of Wootton Wawen in the County of
75    Warwick now or late in the occupation of William Pardy or
76    his assigns To hold the said Closes Messuages Lands
77    Tenements hereditaments and premisses with their and
78    every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances and all
79    my Estate Right Title Interest and Revertion therein unto
80    my said Brother Francis Blake his heirs and assigns forever
81    Also I give devise and bequeath unto my Nephew George
82    Carpenter son of my Brother in Law John Carpenter of
83    Swanburne in the said County of Bucks Farmer and Ann
84    his Wife All that my Messuage Tenement or Farmhouse
85    situate standing and being in Northmarston aforesaid And
86    also all those my inclosed Closes of pasture Ground called
87    Wools Closes And also all those several pieces and parcells
88    of Arable Land Ley Meadow and pasture Ground lying and
89    being dispersedley in the common Fields and parish of
90    Northmarston aforesaid belonging to the said Messuage or
91    Tenement or Farmhouse containing by Estimation Three
92    Yard Land and one Quarter of a Yard Land And also all those
93    Two Acres of Arable Land lying and being in the Common fields
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94    of Northmarston aforesaid which I lately purchased of my Uncle
95    Edward Bennell now in the Tenure or Occupation of James Grace
96    And also all that Messuage or Tenement situate and being in
97    Northmarston aforesaid with the homeclose and pightle of
98    pasture Ground thereto belonging and adjoining which I lately
99    purchased of Esther Holland and Jonathan Holland her son
100    now also in the Tenure or Occupation of James Grace his
101    undertenants or Assigns with their and every of their Appurtenances
102    And also all such Rent as shall be due and in Arrear for all and
103    singular the same premisses at the time of my decease To hold
104    the said Messuages Farm Closes Land Tenements hereditaments
105    and premisses in Northmarston aforesaid with their and every
106    of their Appurtenances unto my said Nephew George Carpenter
107    his heirs and Assigns forever Subject nevertheless and I do
108    hereby charge the said Messuages Closes Lands Tenements
109    hereditaments and premisses so devised to my said Grandson
110    George Carpenter to and with the payment of the two
111    Annuitys or yearly Rent Charges and the several Legacies
112    or Sums of Money  hereinafter in this my Will by me given
113    (that is to say) I give and bequeath unto my Brother George
114    Blake and Mary his Wife for and during the term of their
115    natural Lives and the life of the longer liver of them One
116    Annuity or yearly Rent Charge of Ten pounds of lawfull
117    Money of Great Britain free of Taxes and all other deductions
118    whatsoever parliamentary or otherwise to be issuing and
119    payable yearly and every year from and after the decease
120    of the said Elizabeth Bennell the wife of my said late Uncle
121    (Uncle George Benwell deceased) out of all and every the said
122    last mentioned Messuages Closes Lands Tenements hereditaments
123    and premisses Also I give and bequeath unto my Sister Ann
124    Carpenter for and during the Term of her natural life One
125    Annuity or yearly Rent Charge of Ten pounds of like Money
126    free of all Taxes and deduction whatsoever parliamentary or
127    otherwise to be issuing and payable yearly and every year from
128    and after the decease of the said Elizabeth Bennell my Aunt out
129    of all and every the said last mentioned Messuages Closes Lands
130    Tenements hereditaments and premisses And it is my Will and
131    desire that the aforesaid Two Annuity shall be respectively
132    paid and payable by two equal half yearly payments on the
133    two most usual Feasts or days of payment in the year (that
134    is to say) the Feasts of the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin
135    Mary and Saint Michael the Archangell in every Year the
136    first payment to begin and to be made on such of the said
137    Feasts as shall first happen next after the decease of the
138    said Elizabeth Bennell my Aunt And my further Will is that
139    in case the same Annuitys or yearly Rent Charges or either
140    of them or any part of them or either of them shall be
141    behind or unpaid by the Space of One Month next over or
142    after either of the aforesaid Feasts or days of payment whereon
143    the same is hereinbefore directed to be paid as aforesaid
144    Then and so often it shall and may be lawfull to and for
145    my said Brother George Blake and Mary his Wife and the
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146    Survivor of them and my said Sister Ann Carpenter to enter
147    upon all and every or any part of the said premisses charged
148    with the said Annuitys as aforesaid and to distrain for the
149    same or for so much thereof as shall be so in Arrear and all
150    Costs and Charges occasioned by Nonpayment thereof Also
151    I give and bequeath unto my Brother Robert Blake the
152    Sum of Twenty pounds of lawfull Money of Great Britain
153    to be paid to him within Six Months after my decease Also I
154    give and bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth Dancer and to
155    William Blake and Edward Blake my Brothers the Sum of
156    Twenty pounds each of like lawfull Money to be paid to each
157    of them respectively immediately after the decease of the said
158    Elizabeth Bennell my Aunt Also I give and bequeath unto the
159    poor of the parish of Winslow aforesaid the Sum of Five
160    pounds of like lawfull Money to be laid out in Bread and to
161    be distributed in such manner and proportions and to such
162    objects of Charity as my Executors and Trustees hereinafter named
163    or the Survivor of them shall think fit Also it is my Will
164    and I do hereby Authorize impower and direct my said Trustees
165    and Executors hereinafter named and the Survivor of them his
166    Executors and Administrators from and after my decease and
167    untill my said Nephew George Carpenter shall attain his Age of
168    Twenty one years to manage and improve the Estate of
169    him my said Nephew for his use and benefit and to Lease
170    all or any part of the Messuages closes Lands Tenements
171    hereditaments and premisses to him by me hereinbefore
172    given and devised and to lend and place out upon Security or
173    Securitys at Interest or otherwise improve according to his
174    or their discretions all or any part of the Monies belonging
175    or arising from the Estate of my said Nephew and to pay
176    and account with him for all such Rents Interest produce
177    and Improvements after deducting the expences of his Board
178    Education and Maintenance as shall arise or be made
179    from his said Estate when he shall attain his Age of
181    Twenty one years And lastly All the Rest Residue and
182    Remainder of my Real Estate whatsoever and also All my
183    Goods Chattels Ready Money debts and Securitys for Money
184    Stock in Trade Cattle Implements of husbandry Corn
185    Grain and Hay and all other my personal Estate
186    whatsoever and wheresoever (after payment of my just
187    debts Funeral Expences and Charges of proving this my Will
188    and all other Charges and Expences incident thereto) I give
189    and bequeath the same and every part and parcell thereof
190    unto my said Brother Francis Blake his heirs Executors
191    Administrators and Assigns And I do hereby nominate
192    constitute and appoint my said Brother Francis Blake and
193    my said Brother in Law John Carpenter joint Trustees
194    and Executors of this my Last Will and Testament hereby
195    Revoking and making void all former and other Wills by
196    me at any time heretofore made And do publish and declare
197    this only to be my last Will and Testament In Witness
198    whereof I the said John Blake have to this my Will contained
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199    in Five Sheets of paper to the First four Sheets thereof set
200    my hand only and to the Fifth and last Sheet my hand
201    and Seal this Fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord
202    One Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty one, Jn Blake
203    Signed Sealed published and declared by the said John Blake
204    the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the
205    presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as
206    Witnesses thereto in the presence and at the Request of the
207    said Testator and also in the presence of each other R[ichar]d
208    Shelton, William King, James Burnham
209    This Will was proved at London the Twenty
210    Second day of June in the year of our Lord One Thousand
211    Seven hundred and Sixty one before the Worshipfull James
212    Marriott doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipfull
213    Edward Simpson doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary
214    of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by
215    the Oaths of Francis Blake the Brother of the deceased and
216    John Carpenter the Executors named in the said Will To
217    whom Administration of all and Singular the Goods Chattels
218    and Credits of the said deceased was granted having been
219    first Sworn duly to Administer  -- Ed[war]d

Will of William Buller, Innkeeper, Maltster and Farmer, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire - The National Archives PROB 11/2168/168, probated 29 Mar 1853

William Buller, malster at Stratford upon Avon, is the testator and he is married to Elizabeth. There are a couple of possibilities for his birth in the LDS 1745 at West Hatch Somerset (son of William and Jane Buller), 1753 at Poulton le Fylde, Lancashire (son of William Buller), 1757 at Banbury, Oxford (son of William and Ann Buller), and 1759 at Bodmin Cornwall (son of William and Mary Buller).

Clifford Chambers is two miles south of Stratford upon Avon and fourteen miles NNW of Long Compton. Is William Buller related to the Buller family of Compton. By the will of Richard-5 of Long Compton (and the Halford Estate papers) the family no longer retained their property at Halford. The family of Richard was quite large including children: Richard, William, John, Robert, Elizabeth Jefferis and Anne Joiner. Both daughters are married and Anne may be deceased.

His daughter Mary Ann married John Smith. His daughter Elizabeth is married to Daniel Morse. Possibly the marriage of his son William was 1 Nov 1825 to Jane Gibbs at Stratford Upon Avon (his wife is known to be Jane). Baptism for their son William 19 Jul 1826 at Stratford Upon Avon. William was likely born circa 1796 and he was buried at Stratford Upon Avon 4 Dec 1852. They appear to have had a large family: William, Mary, Elizabeth, Thomas, Frederick, Edward and Ellen. His daughter Letitia Buller married John Court 7 Nov 1825 at Stratford Upon Avon (Family Search M00913-7).

Related to my Christopher Buller? Completely unknown plus he isn't living that close to Birmingham where my known Buller family lived in the mid 1800s to early 1900s. Birmingham is 22 miles NNW of Stratford upon Avon. No ideas really on the pedigree of this particular Buller family. There is a family pedigree chart at the Archives in Stratford upon Avon and I have written to enquire about purchasing an image of the Pedigree Chart.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 17 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2168/168
Testator: William Buller, Innkeeper, Maltster and Farmer
Place: Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire
Date of document 14 May 1850, probated 29 Mar 1853
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: William
 [Margin]: Buller
[Margin]: 8

1    This is the last Will and Testament
2    of me William Buller of Stratford upon Avon in the County of
3    Warwick Innkeeper Maltster and Farmer I direct that all my just
4    debts funeral expences and the expence of proving this my Will be
5    paid as soon as may be after my decease I give and devise unto William
6    Gibbs of Alveston Hill in the Parish of Alveston in the County of
7    Warwick Farmer and Samuel Goss of Alveston Pasture in the said
8    Parish and County Farmer All my real and personal estates
9    and effects whatsoever and wheresoever the same may be found
10    consist of and all my right and interest whereof I may be entitled as
11    mortgagee Upon trust that they do and shall permit and suffer my
12    Wife Jane Buller to have receive and take the interest use and
13    benefit thereof for and during the term of her natural life and from
14    and immediately after her decease that my said Trustees do and shall
15    sell and convert the same into money and pay and divide the same
16    unto and equally between such of my children as shall be then
17    living and the issue of such of them as may be dead at the decease of
18    my said Wife such issue taking amongst them equally the share
19    only of their deceased parent but in case my said wife Jane Buller
20    depart this life before all my children shall have attained their
21    majority I then direct my Executors hereinafter named to make such
22    advances in money of such share or shares as they may think fit to
23    those who are of age or shall respectively come of age prior to the
24    youngest of my children attaining its majority when and at which
25    time the same child or children having received such advance shall
26    be entitled to the remainder to make them on equality with those
27    who have had no advance I do hereby nominate and appoint my
28    said Trustees together with my said Wife Jane Buller to be
30    Executers and Executrix of this my Will Provided lastly and I
31    hereby declare that on the death refusal or incapacity of either of them
32    my said Executors it shall be lawful for the acting Executor for the
33    time being of this my Will to appoint a new Trustee or Executor in
34    the stead of such trustee or Executor dying refusing or becoming inca-
35    pable to act as aforesaid and shall have and may exercise the same
36    powers and authorities as if he had been appointed a Trustee or Executor
37    by this my Will and that neither of the Trustees or Executors or Executrix
38    appointed or to be appointed as aforesaid shall be answerable for the
39    other of them or for the acts deeds or defaults of the other of them nor
40    for involuntary losses nor for money received under receipts for
41    which they shall jointly for conformity and that the present and
42    every future trustee or Executor shall and may reimburse themselves
43    and each other out of the said freehold premises and personal effects or
44    out of any monies that may come into their hands by virtue of
45    these presents all costs and expences to be incurred by them in the
46    execution of this my Will or any wise in relation thereto In
47    witness where of I the said William Buller have to this my
48    Will contained on two sheets of paper to the first of which I have
49    set my hand and to the second and last sheet thereof set my
50    hand and affixed my seal the fourteenth day of May in the year
51    of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty William
52    Buller Signed sealed published and declared by the
53    said William Buller the testator as and for his last Will and
54    Testament in the presence of us who at his request in  his presence
55    and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as
56    witnesses William Gibbs Farmer Samuel
57    Goss
58    Proved at London 29th March 1853 before the Judge by the
59    oaths of William Gibbs and Samuel Goss two of the Executors named
60    in the said Will as therein mentioned to whom admon was granted
61    having been first sworn by Com[missi]on duly to administer. Power
62    reserved of making the like grant to Jane Buller Widow the relict the
63    other Executor named in the said Will as therein mentioned when
64    she shall apply for the same

Will of William Buller, Malster, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire - The National Archives PROB 11/1681/109, probated 4 Feb 1824

William Buller, malster at Stratford upon Avon, is the testator and he is married to Elizabeth. There are a couple of possibilities for his birth in the LDS 1745 at West Hatch Somerset (son of William and Jane Buller), 1753 at Poulton le Fylde, Lancashire (son of William Buller), 1757 at Banbury, Oxford (son of William and Ann Buller), and 1759 at Bodmin Cornwall (son of William and Mary Buller).

Clifford Chambers is two miles south of Stratford upon Avon and fourteen miles NNW of Long Compton. Is William Buller related to the Buller family of Compton. By the will of Richard-5 of Long Compton (and the Halford Estate papers) the family no longer retained their property at Halford. The family of Richard was quite large including children: Richard, William, John, Robert, Elizabeth Jefferis and Anne Joiner. Both daughters are married and Anne may be deceased.

His daughter Mary Ann married John Smith. His daughter Elizabeth is married to Daniel Morse. Possibly the marriage of his son William was 1 Nov 1825 to Jane Gibbs at Stratford Upon Avon (his wife is known to be Jane). Baptism for their son William 19 Jul 1826 at Stratford Upon Avon. William was likely born circa 1796 and he was buried at Stratford Upon Avon 4 Dec 1852. They appear to have had a large family: William, Mary, Elizabeth, Thomas, Frederick, Edward and Ellen. His daughter Letitia Buller married John Court 7 Nov 1825 at Stratford Upon Avon (Family Search M00913-7).

Related to my Christopher Buller? Completely unknown plus he isn't living that close to Birmingham where my known Buller family lived in the mid 1800s to early 1900s. Birmingham is 22 miles NNW of Stratford upon Avon. No ideas really on the pedigree of this particular Buller family. There is a family pedigree chart at the Archives in Stratford upon Avon and I have written to enquire about purchasing an image of the Pedigree Chart.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 16 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1681/109
Testator: William Buller, Malster
Place: Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire
Date of document 9 Aug 1823, probated 4 Feb 1824
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Document quality: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: William
 [Margin]: Buller
[Margin]: 21

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I William Buller of the Borough of Stratford upon Avon in the
3    County of Warwick Maltster do make and publish this as and for my
4    last Will and Testament in manner following that is to say I give
5    and bequeath unto my Son William Buller All the Stock Crops
6    Implements of husbandry and other Effects which shall at my decease
7    be growing standing and being or belonging to the Messuage Farm and
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8    Lands at Clifford Chambers in the County of Gloucester now in my occupation
9    And also all my Stock of Malt and Effects appertaining and belonging to
10    my business as a Maltster and which at my decease may be found in
11    the Malthouse now in my Occupation in Winsor Street in Stratford upon
12    Avon aforesaid And also all my Estate Term Right and Interest in and to
13    the said Farm and Malthouse respectively To hold the said Stock
14    Crops Implements of husbandry Malt and other Effects hereinbefore
15    mentioned unto my said Son William Buller his Executors Administrators
16    and Assigns as and for his and their own Goods and Chattels for ever And
17    to hold the said Farm and Malthouse unto my said Son William Buller
18    his Executors Administrators and Assigns for all the Term Estate Right
19    and Interest I may have therein at the time of my decease Subject to
20    the payment of such Rent Levies and Taxes as shall or may be due
21    and owing from me in respect of such Farm and Malthouse at the
22    time of my decease Also I give devise and bequeath unto my Wife
23    Elizabeth Buller and her Assigns all those my six Messuages Cottages
24    or Tenements Gardens Buildings Land and premises to the same respectively
25    belonging situate in Cliffords Chambers aforesaid for and during the term of
26    her natural life and from and after her decease I give and devise the said
27    six Messuages, Cottages or Tenements Gardens Buildings Land and premises
28    unto my said Son William Buller his heirs and Assigns for ever Subject and
30    chargeable nevertheless to and with the payment of the Sum of one hundred
31    pounds to my daughter Letitia Buller her Executors Administrators and
32    Assigns to whom I give and bequeath the same accordingly and direct
33    the same to be paid and become payable to my said daughter her Executors
34    Administrators or Assigns within three Months next after the decease of my
35    said wife Also I give devise and bequeath unto my said Wife and her
36    Assigns All those my six other Messuages or Tenements Gardens Buildings
37    and premises to the same respectively belonging situate in the said Borough
38    of Stratford upon Avon at a place there called the Waterside for and during
39    the Term of her natural Life And after the decease of my said Wife I give
40    devise and bequeath the said last mentioned Messuages or Tenements
41    Gardens and Premises unto my said Son William Buller his Executors
42    Administrators or Assigns shall and to receive the Rents Issues and profits
43    of the said last mentioned messuages or Tenements Gardens and premises
44    during the natural life of my daughter Mary Ann Smith the Wife of John
45    Smith of Clifford Chambers aforesaid Taylor and do and shall pay apply and
46    dispose of the same Rents Issues and Profits from time to time as and
47    when the same shall be so received into the proper hands of my said
48    daughter Mary Ann Smith or otherwise to permit and suffer her m y said
49    daughter to receive the same to and for her own sole and separate use and
50    and benefit to the Intent that the same may not be at the disposal of
51    or liable to the Control debts or Engagements of her present or any after
52    taken husband but only at her own sole and separate use and disposal
53    whose Receipts under her hands shall from time to time notwithstanding
54    her Coverture be a sufficient discharge for the same And from and after the
55    decease of my said daughter Mary Ann Smith I give and devise the said
56    Messuages Cottages or Tenements Gardens hereditaments and premises
57    unto the Children of my said daughter Mary Ann Smith their heirs
58    and Assigns for ever as Tenants in Common and not as joint Tenants Also
59    I give and bequeath unto my said Son William Buller his Executors
60    Administrators and Assigns All those my three leasehold Messuages or
61    Tenements Garden and premises to the same respectively belonging situate
62    lying and being in the Borough of Stratford upon Avon aforesaid in a place
63    there called the Rother Market and which I hold by lease under the s[ai]d
64    Corporation of Stratford upon Avon aforesaid To hold unto my said Son
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65    William Buller his Executors Administrators and Assigns for all the
66    Term Estate Rights and Interest as I may have therein at the time of
67    my decease upon trust that he my said Son his Executors Administrators or
68    Assigns shall and do receive the Rents Issues and profits of the same
69    Messuages or Tenements Garden and premises for and during the remainder
70    of the said Term and do and shall pay apply and dispose of the same
71    Rents Issues and profits from time to time as and when the same shall be
72    received unto the proper hands of my daughter Elizabeth Morse the wife
73    of Daniel Morse of Stratford upon Avon aforesaid Cordwainer or otherwise to
74    permit and suffer her my said daughter to receive the same to and for her
75    own sole and separate use and benefit to the intent that the same may not
76    be at the disposal of or subject or liable to the Control debts or
77    Engagements of her present or any after taken husband but only at her
78    own sole and separate use and disposal whose Receipts under her hand
79    shall from time to time notwithstanding her Coverture be a sufficient
80    discharge for the same And from and after the decease of my said daughter
81    Elizabeth Morse in case any part of the same term shall there remain
82    unexpired in the said three Messuages and premises Then upon Trust
83    that he my said Son William Buller his Executors Administrators or
84    Assigns shall and do receive the Rents Issues and profits of the same
85    premises during so much of the said term term as shall be then to come
86    and unexpired and pay and apply and dispose of the same Rents Issues
87    and profits from time to time as and when the same shall be received
88    in the Maintenance Education and bringing up of such of the Children of
89    my said daughter Elizabeth Morse as shall be living at the time of her
90    decease in such manner as he my said Son William Buller his
91    Executors Administrators or Assigns shall in his and their discretion
92    think proper Also I give and bequeath unto my said daughter Elizabeth
93    Morse the use of all the household Goods and and Effects belonging
94    to me and which I have entrusted her and her said husband with
95    the care of and now being in the house and premises in which they
96    now reside and after her decease I give and bequeath the same
97    household Goods and Effects unto such of her Children as shall be living
98    at the time of her decease equally between and among them Also I give
99    devise and bequeath unto my said Wife and her Assigns for and during the
100    Term of her natural life All that my Messuage or Tenement Garden
101    Buildings and premises situate and being in the Borough of Stratford
102    upon Avon aforesaid in a certain Street there called the Wood Street
103    and now in my own occupation and from and after the decease of my said
104    Wife I give and devise the same Messuage or Tenement Garden Buildings
105    and premises unto my said daughter Letitia Buller her heirs and Assigns
106    for all such Term Estate Right and Interest as I may have therein
107    or which may remain unexpired at the decease of my said Wife Also I
108    give and bequeath unto my said Wife the use of all my household Goods
109    plate Linen and China of what nature or kind soever the same may
110    be or consist of now being in or upon my said last mentioned Messuage
111    and premises for and during the Term of her natural life and from and
112    after her decease I give and bequeath the said household Goods plate
113    Linen and China unto my daughter Letitia Buller her Executors Adm[inistrato]rs
114    and Assigns and for her and their own Goods and Chattels for ever save
115    and except two Feather Beds part of my said household Effects which
116    I give and bequeath unto my said Son William Buller with the priviledge
117    of making therein of the same Also I give devise and bequeath unto my
118    said Son and Daughter William Buller and Letitia Buller their heirs
119    and Assigns for ever as Tenants in Common All that my pew being in the
120    Gallery of the Parish Church of Stratford upon Avon aforesaid giving saving
121    and reserving unto my said daughters Mary Ann Smith and Elizabeth Morse
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122    the priviledge or right of sitting in the said pew at any time during the Time
123    of their respective natural lives All the Rest and Residue of my Monies
124    Securities for Money Goods Chattels real and personal Estate whatsoever and
125    wheresoever situate not hereinbefore specifically given and disposed of subject to
126    the payment of my just debts Funeral Expences and the Expence of proving
127    this my Will I give devise and bequeath unto my said Wife Elizabeth
128    Buller her heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns for ever And my
129    Will is that my said Trustee and Executrix and Executor and the
130    Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor
131    shall and may at all times in the first place deduct and reimburse him her
132    and themselves respectively out of the said Trust provided respectively all
133    such Costs Charges damages and Expences as they or either of them shall
134    or may at any time expend lay out and be put unto for or by reason or
135    means of all or any or either of the said Trusts hereby in them reposed
136    and that neither of them shall be answerable for any loss which may
137    happen to any of the said Trust premises unless such loss happen through
138    his her or their wilful neglect or default nor the one for the other or others
139    of them nor for more Monies than shall actually come to each of their
140    hands respectively but each and every of them for his her or their own
141    Acts Deeds Receipts Neglects and defaults only nor for any loss which shall
142    or may happen by occasion of depositing any Money in the hands keeping
143    or Custody of any public or common Banker And lastly I do hereby make
144    ordain nominate constitute and appoint my said Wife Elizabeth Buller and
145    my said Son William Buller Executrix and Executor of this my last Will
146    and Testament hereby revoking and making void all former and other Will and
147    Wills at any time heretofore by me made and declare this only to be my last
148    Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have at the bottom of the first
149    four Sheets of this my Will the whereof is contained in five Sheets of paper
150    subscribed my Name and to this fifth and last Sheet my hand and Seal
151    this ninth day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
152    and twenty three William Buller Signed sealed published and declared
153    by the above named William Buller as and for his last Will and Testament
154    in the presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence
155    of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto William Horton
156    Jun[io]r Cha[rle]s Cresswell Tho[ma]s Cresswell
157    Proved at London 4th February 1824 before the Judge by the oaths of
158    Elizabeth Buller Widow the Relict and William Buller the Son the Ex[ecut]ors
159    to whom Adm[inistrati]on was granted having been first sworn by Com[missi]on duly to administer

Will of Arthur Buller, Clerk, Milverton, Warwickshire - The National Archives PROB 11/2125/93, probated 30 Jan 1851

A wonderful will to have for the family of the Reverend Arthur Buller second son of Richard Buller and Felizarda Guerhelmina Burmester (maiden name unknown). Arthur was married to Grace Bell Ward. Richard's will was blogged:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/03/will-of-richard-buller-esquire-of-saint.html

as was the will of his mother Sarah Stert Buller:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/03/will-of-sarah-buller-widow-saint-george.html

Arthur had five siblings: Anna Guilhermina Buller married to Sir Peter Pole, Baronet; Felizarda Matilda Buller married to Charles Pole (brother of Sir Peter), Marianna married to Reverend Henry Isham, eldest brother Cornelius Buller married Mary Down and youngest brother Daniel.

In his will he mentions his nieces and nephews:

Arthur Isham
Cornelius Buller
Marianna Buller
Spencer Wellington Buller
Vivian Arthur Buller
Plumer Alexander Buller
Frederick Pole Buller
John Burmester
Susan Pullene
Mariana Barker
Harriet Burmester

and his great niece

Charlotte Emma Bulkeley

Although he hasn't remembered all of his nieces and nephews, this will  is still a great family linker.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 16 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2125/93
Testator: The Reverend Arthur Buller, Clerk
Place: Milverton, Warwickshire
Date of document 21 Aug 1850, probated 30 Jan 1851
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Document quality: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: The Rev[erend]
[Margin]: Arthur
[Margin]: Buller
[Margin]: 13   Clerk

1    This is the last Will and Testament
2    of me the Reverend Arthur Buller of Bertie Terrace in the parish of Milverton
3    in the County of Warwick Clerk I desire to be buried in the Church yard of
4    Milverton aforesaid in an unostentatious and quiet manner I will and desire
5    that all my just debts funeral and testamentary expences and the legacies due
6    on the several legacies hereinafter by me bequeathed be first fully paid and
7    satisfied out of my personal estates I give and devise all that my freehold
8    messuage or tenement with the premises and appurtenances thereto belong-
9    ing situate in and being number eight in Bertie Terrace aforesaid now in
10    my own occupation unto my dear wife and her assigns for and during the
11    term of her natural life and from and immediately after her decease I give
12    and devise the same unto my nephew the Reverend Arthur Isham his
13    heirs and assigns for ever and my will and desire is that my said wife
14    do not let the said messuage or tenement unfurnished without the consent
15    of my said nephew Arthur Isham and that in case she do let the same
16    the sum of twenty pounds per annum part of the cost for which
17    the same is let be paid to my said nephew Arthur Isham and be ap-
18    propiated by him in and towards keeping the said messuage or ten-
19    ement and premises in good a tenantable state and condition and
20    give and bequeath unto my said nephew Arthur Isham ten shares
21    in the Guardian Life and Fire Insurance Company and two shares in
22    the Imperial Fire Insurance Company for the purpose of keeping
23    the same messuage or tenement and premises in repair I give and
24    devise all that my freehold messuage or tenement with the premises
25    and appurtenances thereto belonging situate in and being number
26    seventeen in Clarendon Square in the Parish of Leamington Priors
27    in the same county unto my nephew Cornelius Buller his heirs and
28    assigns for ever I give and bequeath unto my dear wife all the house-
30    hold goods and furniture wines spirits linen pictures ornaments (except
31    my five Saxon vases which I had from my father ) pianofortes and
32    other musical instruments and music books in and belonging to my
33    house in Bertie Terrace aforesaid at the time of my death and all the
34    plate plates goods and books which my said wife has at the time of our
35    marriage and thirty volumes of books to be selected by her and also the
36    following articles of silver plate belonging to me that is to say twelve
37    table spoons twelve desert spoons twelve tea spoons twelve table forks
38    twelve dessert forts two salt cellars with ladles one pair of candlesticks
39    (not the high candlesticks with branches that stand with cruets and
40    mustard spoon To hold to her my said wife to and for her own absolute
41    use and benefit I give and bequeath unto my said nephew Arthur
42    Isham fifty shares in the York Newcastle and Berwick Railway Also
43    my crole repeater watch and gears and the remainder of my books
44    after my wife has made her selection and after the decease of my said
45    wife I also give and bequeath unto my said newphew Arthur Isham two
46    thousand pounds in the three per cent asured annuities part of a
47    sum settled upon my said wife for her life I give and bequeath unto
48    my said nephew Cornelius Buller two shares in the Imperial Fire
49    Assurance Company and my five Saxon vases which I has from my
50    father and also after the decease of my said wife two thousand
51    pounds in the three per cent reduced annuities further part of the said
52    sum settled upon my said wife I give and bequeath unto my niece
53    Marianna Buller fifty shares in the London and South Western
54    Railway also after the decease of my said wife two thousand pounds
55    in the three per cent reduced annuities further part of the sum settled
56    upon my said wife I give and bequeath unto my nephew Spencer
57    Wellington Buller twenty five shares in the Imperial Life Assurance
58    Company and also after the decease of my said wife one thousand
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59    pounds three percent reduced annuities further part of the said sum
60    so settled I give and bequeath unto my nephews Vivian Arthur Buller
61    twenty shares in the York and North Midland Railway Also after the decease
62    of my said wife one thousand pounds three per cent reduced annuities further
63    part of the sum settled as aforesaid I give and bequeath unto my nephew
64    Plumer Alexander Buller twenty shares in the York and North Midland
65    Railway Also after the decease of my said wife one thousand pounds three per
66    cent reduced annuities likewise further part of the sum settled upon her I
67    give and bequeath unto my grand niece Charlotte Emma Bulkeley two shares in the
68    Imperial Fire Insurance Company Also after the decease of mys aid wife
69    one thousand pounds three per cent reduced annuities further part of the
70    sum settled on my said wife I give and bequeath to each of my nephews
71    and nieces Frederick Pole Buller John Burmester Susan Pullene Marianna
72    Barker and Harriet Burmester a legacy of fifty pounds sterling I give and
73    bequeath the remainder of my plate equally between the said Cornelius
74    Buller Marianna Buller Spencer Wellington Buller Vivian Arthur Buller
75    and Plumer Alexander Buller All the Rest Residue and Remainder
76    of my money securities for money goods chattels effects and personal
77    estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever
78    I give and bequeath unto and equally between and amongst my said wife
79    and nephews Arthur Isham and Cornelius Buller and I direct that the
80    said several legacies and bequests shall be paid free of legacy duty and that
81    the provisions of this my will shall be carried out and fulfilled as far as
82    may be within three calendar months next after my decease and I con-
83    stitute and appoint my said nephews Arthur Isham and Cornelius Buller
84    joint Executors of this my will and hereby revoke all other wills by me
85    at any time heretofore made In witness whereof I the said Arthur
86    Buller the testator have hereunto set my hand this twenty first day of
87    August one thousand eight hundred and fifty Arthur Buller
88    Signed published and declared by the said Arthur Buller the testator
89    as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his
90    request in his presence and in the presence of each other have set our
91    names as witnesses Tho[ma]s Sam[ue]l Wright Sol[icito]r Leamington
92    George Pole his Clerk
93    Proved at London 30th Jan[uar]y 1851 before the worshipful James
94    Parker Deane Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oaths of The Rev[eren]d
95    Arthur Isham Clerk and Cornelius Buller Esquire the newphews the
96    Executors to whom adm[inistratio]n was granted having been first sworn
97    duly to administer

Will of Richard Buller, Yeoman, Long Compton, Warwickshire - The National Archives PROB 11/323/635, probated 15 May 1667

Will of Richard-5 Buller. This Richard Buller family continues at Long Compton and has the property in Halford. Again he has named a son Richard but also has sons William, John and Robert. His daughters, both married, are named as Elizabeth Jefferis and Anne Joiner (although I can not tell if Anne Joiner has died as he ony mentions her daughters with respect to inheritance). He mentions his brother Water Webb and his sister Anne Webb and perhaps Water is his brother in law.

With so many dangling lines I do wonder if this is my Buller line back from Christopher born circa 1763 and his birthplace is unknown only his death place is known. I feel there are two potential lines for my Christopher Buller having transcribed so many Buller wills. The one is the line at Long Compton/Halford and the second is the line at Halesworth Suffolk. I do not know the origin of either one. I am not sure when the Buller surname was assumed or whether it was a singleton name. That research still needs to be done and must admit I am hoping that someone would take it on. Would most willingly share all the material that I have acquired on the family to anyone interested in registering the name with the Guild of One Name Studies.

I am coming to the end of the Buller wills with six more wills transcribed and ready to post and two remaining to be transcribed. I also have the will of Samuel Hucks which just plain interested me because of his location and the middle name of the infant brother of my Henry Christopher Buller. He did not survive infancy but his middle name has left a question mark with regard to why that surname. The other unusual surname with which Henry's sibling Emma was blessed was Hemsley and that was the surname of their grandmother (the wife of Henry Beard parents of Mary Beard, wife of Christopher Buller). It is a lengthy document although compared to some it is not so long - five pages in total. I have never read it but it was probated in 1788 and Samuel Hucks, the testator, lived in the parish of Saint Mary Magdalen Bermondsey the very parish where my Henry Christopher Buller was baptized (and Robert Hucks Buller his younger brother).

My first business to do on returning to my Blake one name study is the updating of my mediaeval file on the le Blak/le Blake surname since I did complete proofreading the material. The changes are typos only but do wish to get that done. I will then carry on with my other projects for the Blake family and Pincombe family.

There is one other Buller will at Long Compton. Joane Buller, widow, and wife of the present testator left her will which was probated 5 May 1677. But then they cease and there are none for a Buller family at Halford. The next wills in Warwickshire are for the Buller family that is living at Stratford upon Avon and Clifford Chambers. Is this the same line? I have not yet been able to link the two Buller families. There is over one hundred years separating them. However, it is worthy to note that William Buller (son of the testator) does inherit his father's malt business and tools and the Buller families in Stratford upon Avon and clifford Chambers are maltsters.

Ancestry.co.uk (plus World Membership) has the records of Warwickshire online. It is possible to follow this family in the parish records which I shall likely do on one of my Buller research days. But at a quick glance the Buller family continues at Long Compton into the 1700s. Gradually there is a Buller family at Coventry which is rather interesting as my Grandmother visited "family" in Coventry when she went back to England in 1939.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 15 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/323/635
Testator: Richard Buller, Yeoman
Place: Long Compton, Warwickshire
Date of document:  30 Oct 1666, probated 15 May 1667
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Document quality: 17th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent] Richirdi
[Margin]: Buller
[Top]: October the thirtith day 1666

1    In the name of God Amen I Richard Buller
2    the elder of Long compton in the County of Warwicke yeoman doe make and
3    ordaine this my last Will and testament in manner and forme as followeth
4    Imprimis I give and bequeath my soule to Allmightie God my maker
5    and my body to be buried at the discretion of my Executor and freinds
6    And as for my worldly Good I dispose of them as followeth Imprimis
7    I give and bequeath three pounds in money to be paid to my wife within one
8    half yeare after my decease and three Bedds and furniture for them and
9    the wood as shall be aboute the backside at my decease and the hovills
10    and Scaffolds and Garners and Furnace and Malt mill and table bords
11    frames and Beddsteads and Cupbords and Chaires and Coffers and Cheasts
12    and Stooles and Benches to remaine for the use of my wife so long as it
13    may please god She shall live and afterwards the hovills and scaffolds
14    and otheir goods above mentioned to remaine as Standers to Richard Buller
15    my Sonne or to his wife or sonne if it may please god that hee may have
16    any sonne and if hee or his sonne if he shall have any may come to injoye
17    my house and Lande other wise to remaine to my Sonne William or to his
18    sonne if it please God that either of them may come to injoye it or
19    to either of my Sonnes or Sonnes Sonnes that may come to inioye mye
20    house and Land and the pewter and brases and Cowles and pailes and
21    brewing vessells and Convenient things for brewing and bakeing and the
22    dayrie within doores to remaine for the use of my wife dureing her life
23    Item I give to my Sonne John Buller five pounds to be paid within one yeare
24    after my decease and a paire of sheetes and one blanckett Item I give
25    to my sonne Robert Buller tenn pounds to be paid within one yeare
26    after my decease Item I give to my daughter Elizabeth Jefferis forty
27    shillings to be paid within one yeare after my decease and a paire of
28    sheetes and one blanckett Item I give to my daughter Anne Joiners
30    three daughters four pounds apeece to be paid to them when they come
31    to Age to give a discharge by Lawe if they shall bee then liveing Item I give
32    to all the rest of my Grandchildren that are now liveing forty shillings
33    a peece to be paid to them when they come to Age if they be then liveing
34    Item I give to my sonne Richard Buller my sillver bowle and my best suite
35    of Apparell and a paire of Sheetes and one blankett and the biggest brasse
36    pann Item I give to my Brother Water Webb my next best suit of
37    apparell and my best stockins and one shirt Item I give to my sonne
38    Robert Buller my best gray Coate and my best hatt and next best paire
39    of Stockins and a paire of Sheets and one blankett Item I dispose of three
40    yeares rent for the yardland at Halford after my decease two yeares and
41    a halfes rent to bee paid to my sonne Robert Buller and the last halfe years
42    rent of the three I give to my sonne John Buller Item I give to my
43    Sister Anne Webb twenty shillings to be paid within one month after my
44    decease Item I give to my three servants three shillings Item to my sonne William
45    Buller I give and bequeath all the rest of my goods and stocke of Cropp and
46    Cattell and implements of husbandry and my yardland at halford after the
47    three yeares before expressed to him and his heyres for ever and all my
48    money
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49    Money with my bonds and bills that I have or shall have at my decease whome
50    I make my full and whole Executor of this my last Will and Testament
51    And in witnes hereof I Sett to my hand and Seale in the sight and presence
52    of my Brother Water Webb and my Sonne in Law John Joyner whome I
53    make Overseers of this my laste Will and for their paines I give them
54    tenn shillings a peece by me Richard Buller Water Webb his marke
55    John Joinere his marke

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
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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

Will of Richard Buller the elder, Long Compton, Warwickshire - The National Archives PROB 11/83/388, probated 6 May 1594

This is the will of Richard-2 Buller.

Long Compton is quite near to the Oxfordshire border on the south east side and Sutton which was the place mentioned for a John Buller in the earlier will is closeby in Gloucestershire. What is the origin of this Buller family in Warwickshire/Oxfordshire/Gloucestershire? They are there by the early 1500s since the will of the first Richard was probated in 1527 and he had accumulated both property and sheep by this time. Is this a singleton family? Are these Buller families related to the Somerset Buller families and this would be about the time of John Buller marring Thomasine Orchard and their children John Buller married to Alice Sidnam, Robert Buller and John Buller. There isn't a Richard Buller on the Visitation in this earlier time period.

But moving forward from this thought how long had this Buller family been at Long Compton? The Buller family is not mentioned in the writeup on Long Compton in British History online.

There are a few records on the LDS site:

Richard Buller son of Richard Buller baptized 10 Apr 1668 at Long Compton
Richard Buller son of Richard and Margaret Buller baptized 19 Feb 1687 at Long Compton
Richard Buller son of Richard Buller baptized 18 Jan 1628 at Long Compton
Richard Buller son of Richard and Sarah Buller baptized 9 Jul 1713 at Long Compton

This will is probated 1594 and curiosity does tend to make me wonder if any of these children have as father Richard the testator - he mentions daughter Elizabeth and son Richard as well as one other daughter not named and possibly a second one - the surname of the first being Joyner and perhaps the second being Argent. Interesting that there was a Joyner in the will of the earlier Richard at Long Compton. Who is Alexander Buller? There is an Alexander Buller in the Somerset family although he died in 1526. The brother of the testator is William Buller with daughters Anne and Mary.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 14 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/83/388
Testator: Richard Buller the elder
Place: Long Compton, Warwickshire
Date of document:  20 Sep 1593, probated 6 May 1594
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Document quality: 16th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: T[estament] Richi[ard] Buller

1    In the name of God Amen the Eighthe and
2    twentith daye of September in the fyye and thirtith yere of the Raigne of oure soveraigne
3    Ladye Elizabeth by the grace of god of England etc I Richard Buller the elder of Longe
4    Compton in the Countie of Warwicke beyng in good and perfect memory (thankes be gyven
5    to god) do make and ordeyne this my last will and testament in manner and forme
6    folowing First and before all other thinges I commend my soule to Almightie god
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7    my maker and Redemer and my bodye to be buryed in theChurche or Churchyard of longe compton
8    at the discretion of my neighboures and freinds Item I give to the poore of longe compton sixe
9    poundes of lawfull money which Thomas Dey of Cherrington doth owe unto me All the rest
10    that he oweth me I geve yt to the sayed Thomas Deye my Will ys that sixe poundes shal[l ]be
11    set forthe by Feoffers whome the towne shall thinke well ofe to the use and benefitt of the
12    poore and the same use and profittes to be distributed unto them yerelie every yere during the
13    end of the world Item I give to the maynteyning of the Bells three shilling fower pence
14    Item I give and bequeathe to William Buller, my brother sixe poundes sixe shilling eighte
15    pence and two quarters of meslynge corne Item to his twoe daughters Anne and Mary
16    Fiftie shillinges a yeere unto his sonne Thomas fyve shillinges to be payed within one yere
17    next after my decease Item I give to Alexander Buller meate drincke and lodging for fower
18    yeres next after my decease (yf my Executor live so longe) Item I geve to John Joyner my
19    sonne in lawe sixe poundes sixe shillinges eighte pence to be payed within one yere next after
20    my decease unto his twoe daughters Anne and Jone fortie shillinges a peece to be delivered
21    within three yeres next after my decease: then to be sett forthe to theire benefitt and ad-
22    vantage untill they be one and twentie yeres of age or be marryed: yf either of them dye before
23    theise yeres be expired or be marryed the other sister to have her parte and portion Item I
24    give to Roger Bishoppe one Angell of tenne shillinges To heser Bishoppe one Angell of
25    tenne shillinges to be payed within one yere next after my decease Item I geve to John
26    Wynchin fortie shillinges yf he iscape this sicknes to be payed within one yere next after
27    my decease Item I geve to every godchilde I have twelve pence a peece Item I geve to
28    my daughter Elizabethe one hundred markes of lawfull money and one score of shepe
30    to be payed at her daye of marriage the one halfe and the other halfe within one yere
31    next after Item I geve to Anne Argent Elizabeth Argent fortie shillinges apeece to be
32    delivered them within three yeres next after my decease then to be set forthe to theire use
33    and advanntage untill they be one and twentie yeres of age or be marryed yf either of
34    them dye before theise yeres be expired or be marryed the other sister to have her  parte
35    and portion Item I geve to Anne Belcher yf she escape this sicknes fortie shillinges
36    to be payed within twoe yeres next after my decease Item all the rest of my goodes catells
37    chattells and all other ymplements within my house and without or els where I geve
38    and bequeathe to Richard Buller my sonne whome I make my whole Executor to
39    recyve my debtes and to paye my debtes And John Bishoppe of greate wolford
40    in the countie of warwicke gent and Alexander Buller and Anthony Russell of
41    Salford my overseers of this my last will and testament the Witnesses of this my
42    last will William Hacklin Edward Walker John Joyner

Will of Richard Buller, Long Compton, Warwickshire - The National Archives PROB 11/22/381, probated 8 Nov 1527

The testator Richard-1 Buller  is of Long Compton, Warwickshire. He has been married twice and his second wife is Agnes. He has daughters Agnes and Dorothy. He has a brother John Buller and mentions another John Buller of Sutton. He has been very generous with his property and one wonders if these are relatives of his.

I did find an interesting will on line for a William Buller of Kennett (probably has nothing to do with this particular Richard but wanted to put it somewhere where I wouldn't lose it :) ):

June 19, 1719. October 12, 1719. A. 78.
To eldest daughter Hannah Branton, daughter Eliz Buller and 3 sons
Thomas, John and Richard, household goods and wearing apparel as
described. Executors: brother John Buller and son Thomas, son Richard
to be apprenticed.
Witnesses: Robert Stevens, Robert Wry.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 13 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/22/381
Testator: Richard Buller
Place: Long Compton, Warwickshire
Date of document:  28 Sep 1527, probated 8 Nov 1527
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Document quality: 16th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Test[a]m[ent] Ric[har]d
[Margin]: Buller

1    In dei nomme amen The xxviij day of Septembr[e] In the yere of our Lord
2    god a thousande fyve hundred twenty and sevyn I Richard Buller of longe Compton sike in
3    body hole of minde and remembrance make my testament in this maner of wise here after folowing
4    First I bequeth my soule to almighty god to o[u]r lady saint mary and to all the company of hevyn And
5    my body to Be Buried in the churche yarde of Long Compton Also I bequeth to the mother Church
6    of Worceto[r] vj d To the high awter of Long Compton vj d And to the Sacrament of the said awter
7    to have a cloth of silke iij s iiij d To saint Anselm of the same to have a Top to be maynteyned for my
8    fader and me the space of fouer yeres price xx d To the sanctuare light iij s iiij d To our Lady light
9    To Saint Kateryns light To saint nicolas To saint Clement To saint George To the Rede __clye of
10    these a shepe To the bells iiij shepe To the lampe light iiij d Item to the Church of Long Compton
11    a shepe price iiij marcs To the Chapell in Weston for my fader and me xx s Item I bequeth to have a
12    prest to serve in Compton Church for my fader and moder and me with all my goode frends oon yere
13    viij marcs Item I bequeth to Cheryngton Church To Stoweton Chapell to Milford Chapell ev[er]y of
14    of them a halfe of a yere ____ Item I Bequeth to Sir James White x s To Sir Richard Mude iiij s iiij d
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15    Item I Bequeth to Agnes my wife xiij score shepe and viij score of them to be maynteyde at Weston
16    Item I bequeth to Agnes my wife vj oxen xiij kyne xij young beasts vij horses and mares my Best
17    carte w[i]th the harrnyss longinge thereto a paire of woollen wheles And all the corne longing to the
18    p[ar]sonage bothe titlye and glebe and the money that Thomas Robyns oweth me for bothe__ corne that
19    sume of vij li xviij s iiij d and vij quarters of whete and all the householde stuffe that she had before
20    I maried her and the increase of my dusse house in Weston thats oon yere and all my old malt
21    except two q[u]aters And to mawde her daughter a kowe Item I Bequeth to my brother John
22    Buller fyve score shepe iiij oxen oon heyffer two quarters of whete and two quarters of malt
23    and the money that Henry Dewarde of Worce[s]tor oweth me whiche is x s Item I bequeth to
24    Thomas Joyner thre score shepe a horse a mare two oxen and half a quarter of whete a yok
25    a towe Item to William his brother fiftye shepe twoe oxen a horse a mare a yock a towe
26    half a quarter of whete And the said Thomas and William to have betwen them a matres
27    a paire of shets and a coverlet a cut tyne and x s to bye them wheles and nayles Item
28    to Richard Prewe and Robert Prewe either of them xl shepe and either of them an heiffer
30    Item I Bequeth to Agnes my douthter a fether bed ij paire of shets and a shete w[i]th a blake
31    sri__t xij pewter disshes a pair of beads that was her moders fyve hundred shepe and xl
32    beasts Item to Dorathye my doughter a fether bed ij paire of shets fyve hundred shepe and
33    xl beasts And the said Agnes and Dorathye to have betwene them vj silver spoones Item to
34    George Osbaston my best younge colt of ij yeres olde Item to Richard Wilkyns a colt price
35    vjs viij d Item to John Pyg a heiffer Item to Robert Frinkley a mare Item to John Buller
36    of Sutton a mare Item to young Thomas Hadon of Wolford a bullock of ij yere olde Item to
37    Colette Wis[']s doughter of Sutton xx shepe and two ____ calves And those xx shepe and ij calves
38    to be kept in my grounde at Weston during the yeres of my takying by the sight of  my executors
39    The residue of my goodes not bequethed after my body be buried my detts paid and my legacis
40    fulfilled I geve and bequeth to Agnes and Dorathye my doughters and they to have Weston
41    w[i]th all comodities longing thereto during the yeres of my taking to kepe their catall uppon
42    And the said Agnes and Dorathe my doughters with their goodes and catall and with
43    ____ase_ent thereof to be in the guyding and government of John Bushby of Dunnyngton
44    till they be of lawfull age And if oone of these chyldren dye the other childe to have her parte
45    with her owne parte And if both these chyldren dye I will that my brother John Buller and
46    his chyldren have xx li of the forsaid goodes And Cherington Church to have v marcs  And the
47    residue of my goodes to _____ze a prest to serve in Long Compton Church yf they will extende
48    thereto, yf not I will that they be bestowede for the westlye of my soule and my good frendes as mky
49    executores and overseers thincke best And to this my testament I ordeyn and make John Bushbye
50    of Dunnyngton and John Buller of Sutton my executores to p[er]forme and fulfill my wille above
51    writen And these forsaid executors to paye almaner of dues longing to the chyldren with the
52    chyldrens goodes And they executores to have yerely till the chyldren be of lawfull age either of
53    them xx s And as ofte as these executors ride or goe in busyness longing to my testament or to my
54    chyldren I will that they clame them selfe conciently for their labour and costs of the forsaid
55    chyldrens goodes And also I ordeyn and make Sir James White my brother John Buller Richard
56    Wilkyns and John Pyg overseers that my will be p[er]formed and fulfilled as is above written.

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.