When this Richard Buller dies and leaves his estate to Francis and James Buller (sons of his brother Francis), I am left to think he is the last of his line save his two nephews. Later James died as the last in the line and the properties of this branch passed to John Buller of Morval and he was a younger brother of Sir Richard. However there are a couple of lines not accounted for in the Visitation. Can one assume that they have died out? Possibly not because Francis was the next eldest to Sir Richard followed by John (Mathew appears to have died). I have one line to keep an eye on in the future but I may have answers to that by the next couple of wills in Cornwall.

It really isn't unusual that so many of them did not marry. There was no advantage to them in marrying if they did not have sufficient property to bring up their children in the style to which they were accustomed. However, with the advent of America in the 1600s younger sons could and did go there to make their fortune and even earlier they were involved with the trading companies.

No answers yet on my Buller line but then they are in London in the 1760s and I have not yet reached that time period with these wills.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 5 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/422/262
Testator: Richard Buller
Place: Shillingham, Cornwall, England
Date of document:  8 Apr 1686, probated 1 Sep 1694
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Document quality: 17th century English, legible copy

 [Margin]: Richardi Buller

1    In the name of God Amen
2    Richard Buller of Shillingham in the County of Cornwall Esquire
3    doe make constitute and ordaine this my last Will and Testament
4    in manner following First I bequeath my soul to my blessed Lord
5    and Saviour in hopes of obtaining a Life Everlasting my Body
6    to the Earth to bee Buried as my Executor hereafter shall appoint
7    I give to my Sister Russell Twenty pounds to my Sister Herle
8    Twenty pounds Item I give to my Nephew James Buller Twenty
9    pounds Item I give all my Goods and Chattells Deeds Sum[m]e and Sum[m]s
10    of money to mee owing or due unto my Nephew Francis Buller
11    and I make and constitute Sir Walter Moyle Knight to bee my
12    Executor but In Trust for the use and benefit of my said Nephew
13    Francis and if hee shall happen to dye before his Age of Eighteene
14    yeares then In Trust for my said Nephew James and if both of
15    Them shall happen of my said Nephews to dye before their
16    respective Ages of Eighteene then the said Sir Walter to bee in
17    Trust for my Neice Katherine Buller to whom I give five
18    pounds Item I give to my Cussin Margarett Hals to my Cossin
19    Thomazin and Anna Buller to each of them Tenn pounds to
20    buy them Mourning Item I give unto my Lady Maynard
21    Twenty pounds to my Sister Adams Tenn Guineas I give to
22    John Wipple and Joan his Wife to same of them Five pounds
23    to my Man Thomas Millers I give five pounds In Witness
25    whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seale this Eight
26    day of Aprill in the second yeare of King James the Second
27    Annoqz d[omi]ni One Thousand six hundred Eighty Six Richard
28    Buller Signed Sealed and published in the presence of
29    John Buller James Burdwood Ivan Tutnill

This is the last of the wills in Cornwall although I did not collect the wills from the 1800s on as I didn't really think this was my line and my Christopher Buller was born circa 1763. Thomazine names her sisters and her nephew. This Thomazine is the daughter of John Buller and Anne Coode. She did not marry. She does not mention any other relatives but is already second cousin to the Shillingham Buller family.

She is sister to Elizabeth Worth, Ann Parker and Mary Dodson. Mary Ann Harris is her niece (daughter of her brother John Buller).

She was named in her father's will (John Buller of Morval and he was married first to Anne Coode of Morval). The fortunes of the Shillingham Buller family passed to John Buller of Morval.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 5 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/562/239
Testator: Thomazine Buller
Place: Morval, Cornwall, England
Date of document:  18 Oct 1717, probated 21 Feb 1718
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[Margin]: T[estament]
[Margin]: Thomazina Buller

1    In the name of God Amen I
2    Thomazine Buller of Morvall in the County of Cornwall
3    Spinster being sick and weake in body but of sound and
4    disposing mind and memorie (thanks be unto God) doe make
5    and ordaine this my last Will and Testament in manner and
6    forme following hereby revokeing all former Wills by me
7    made either in word or writing First I commend my Soule
8    unto the hands of Almighty god my Creater and my Body to
9    Christian Buriall to be decently interred Item I give and devise
10    unto my sister Worth Three hundred pounds, and to Mrs
11    Harris the wife of Christopher Harris of Hayne Esquire
12    One hundred pounds Item I give unto my Sister Parker five pounds
13    and to her three Children Five pounds each Item I give unto my
14    late sister Dodsons Children five pounds each I give unto Theophila
15    Roberts my Maid Tenn pounds I give unto John Pound
16    Tenn pounds and to his wife Tenn pounds I give unto John Bedlake
17    five pounds, I give unto Mrs Ellis the wife of Mr. John Ellis five
18    pounds I give unto the poore of Morvall Parish Five pounds
19    I give unto all my Nephew's Servants living in Morvall house
20    Twenty shillings each I give unto Mr James Buller the
21    sonne of my Nephew John Francis Buller Tenn pounds Item
22    all the rest of my Goods and Chattells rights and Creditts Monys
23    due to me on Mortgages or otherwise I give and devise unto my
25    Nephew John Francis Buller Esquire who of this my last Will
26    and Testament I make my Sole Executor, willing directing and
27    comanding him to pay all my debts Legacies and funerall charges
28    In Witnesse whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament
29    set my hand and seale this Eighteenth day of October Anno
30    d[omi]ni 1717 the signe of Thomazin Buller Signed Sealed published
31    and declared by the said Thomazin Buller to be her last Will
32    and Testament in presence of Simpson Deer Mary Bodey
33    Joseph Toms

This next set of wills is for the Devon Buller family and for ease of transcription will be alphabetical beginning with Anne Buller, widow of Exeter whose will was probated 16 Sep 1800.

Anne Buller, widow, Exeter, PROB 11/1347/83, probated 16 Sep 1800
Dame Susan Buller, widow, Churston Court, PROB 11/1517/130, probated 3 Dec 1810
Husey Buller, wife, Downes, PROB 11/945/349, probated 20 Feb 1769
James-1 Buller, Kings Nympton, PROB 11/908/371, probated 23 May 1765
James-2 Buller, Downes, PROB 11/975/309, probated 3 Mar 1772
James-3 Buller, Downes, PROB 11/1731/161, probated 10 Oct 1827
Mary Buller, Honiton, PROB 11/1011/73, probated 6 Sep 1775
William-1 Buller, Surgeon, Honiton, PROB 11/894/43, probated 15 Dec 1763
William-2 Buller, Exeter, PROB 11/1541/14/probated 1 Feb 1813

There are a variety of wills here (some again very long) which may provide information on my Buller family. I do not know if all of these wills are for individuals who descend from the Cornwall line although definitely James Buller of Downes is a descendant of the Cornwall family.

James Buller of Downs (died 1765) was the son of John Francis Buller and Rebecca Trelawny. He married first Elizabeth daughter and coheir of William Gould of Downes (she died 1742) and their single child was James Buller who left his will in 1772. His second wife was Lady Jane Bathurst and their sons included John-2 Buller of Morval and Sir Francis Buller, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (of whom more later). The will for the James Buller dying in 1765 is perhaps the James Buller at Kings Nympton. I have listed below the Buller wills on Genuki for Devon. There are quite a few that would have been rather interesting but all of these were lost during the bombing of the Exeter Record Office in WWII. Some are still available located in other documents and if I find that I am still pursuing the Buller family of my own following all of this transcription I may yet look at these to see if I can find other documents that might help me. Again Christopher was born circa 1763.

List of Wills from Genuki Devon for the Buller family:
http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DevonWillsProject/DWP-Br-By.html

Buller                 [DEV?]           17C     W     ab           PWDRO-A     1/642/66     17th century page from a draft will
Buller           [Plymouth?]     [DEV?]           17C     W     ab           PWDRO-C     1/642/66     page from a draft will
Buller     Anna Sophia     Exeter     DEV     widow     1845     W     co     PCC     PROB11     2010    
Buller     Anne     Exeter     DEV     widow     1800     W     co     PCC     PROB11     1347    
Buller     Anne     Exmouth [Littleham (near Exmouth) or Withycombe Raleigh]     DEV     widow     1851     W     co     PCC     PROB11     2128    
Buller     Anthony     St Dominick     CON           1680     W     le     EPRE     SOG     Glencross Index    
Buller     Audley Cecil     Crediton     DEV           1894     W     co           DRO-W     2065 M/F2/7     also of Mexico
Buller     Audley Cecil     Downes [Crediton]     DEV           1894     W     co           DRO-A     2065M/F2/7     2 copies, copy will; (pr. in Mexico)
Buller     Charles Reginald                       1879     W     ab           MUR1     Vol. 4    
Buller     Emma H                       1845     W     co           DRO-W     2065 M/F3/7    
Buller     Emma H. (Miss)           [DEV?]           1845     W     co           DRO-A     2065M/F3/7     will
Buller     Francis     Dartmoor     DEV     judge     1800     W     co     PCC     PROB11     1345     of the Court of Common Pleas
Buller     Francis     Launceston     CON     esquire     1615     O     ab           TAPS     13 James. I. Ser. II. Vol. 356 (108)     Inquisition post Mortem; See also Ser.II. Vol.105 (5), Richard Buller
Buller     Francis (Sir)     London     LND           1800     W     co           DRO-W     1496 M/Settlements 2    
Buller     George William     Ipplepen     DEV           1846     W     co     PCC     PROB11     2029    
Buller     Georgiana     Exmouth [Littleham (near Exmouth)]     DEV           1875     W     co           DRO-W     2065 M/F2/8    
Buller     Gertrude     Torquay [Tormoham]     DEV     widow     1849     W     co     PCC     PROB11     2102    
Buller     Husey     Downes [Crediton]     DEV     wife     1769     W     co     PCC     PROB11     945    
Buller     Husey     [Downes, Crediton?]     DEV           1768     I     co           DRO-A     2065M/E6/1     inventory; wife of James Buller
Buller     J W     [Downes, Crediton?]     DEV           1861     W     co           DRO-A     2065M-1     will
Buller     James     Cliffden, Teignmouth     DEV           1879     W     co           DRO-W     DD.59829    
Buller     James     Crediton     DEV           1772     W     co           DRO-W     2065 M/F2/10    
Buller     James     Downes [Crediton]     DEV           1772     W     co     PCC     PROB11     975    
Buller     James     Downes [Crediton]     DEV           1827     W     co     PCC     PROB11     1731    
Buller     James     Downes [Crediton]     DEV           1827     W     co     PCC     MISC     Berkshire RO - Miscellaneous Unofficial Collections, Cat. No. 7 Ref. D/EX 636/34     office copy of the will
Buller     James     Downes [Crediton]     [DEV]           1843     W     ab           PWDRO-W     1276/113     abstract of will and settlement
Buller     James     [Downes, Crediton?]     DEV           1772     I     co     COC     DRO-A     2065M/E6/2     inventory of goods and furniture
Buller     James     Kings Nympton     DEV           1765     W     co           DRO-W     2065 M/F2/9    
Buller     James     Kings Nympton     DEV           1765     W     co     PCC     PROB11     908    
Buller     James     Kings Nympton     DEV     esquire     1765     W     ab     PCC     DRO-U     5331 [Box 12264]     names son John Buller as executor; mentions codicil; no other details
Buller     James     Plymouth     DEV     seaman, R.N.     1803     W     le           NAVY     ADM 142/2, f. 208     H.M.S. "Belliquence"; executor - Jenny Buay, wife; [NB - 'Place' shows executor's abode]
Buller     James     Shillingham     [CON]           c1710     W     ab           DRO-A     2065M-4/F42     petition, quoting will
Buller     James     Shillingham [Saltash]     CON     esq     1716     O     or           PWDRO-A     69/M/3/157     case and opinion by Thomas Lutwyehe re: the will
Buller     James Howard     Crediton     DEV           1874     W     co           DRO-W     2065 M/F2/11    
Buller     James Wentworth     Downes [Crediton]     DEV           1831     W     co           DRO-W     2065 M/F1/4    
Buller     John     Exeter     DEV     gentleman     1560     W     co     PCC     PROB11     43    
Buller     John     Exeter     DEV     the elder; gentleman; alderman     1560     W     ab     PCC     MUR1     Vol. 4; two copies     'duplicate'
Buller     John     Exeter     DEV           1827     W     co           IRW     B 1778    
Buller     John     Winkleigh     DEV           1723     [W?]     le     BARN     BECK          
Buller     Laurence     City of Exeter     DEV           1562     A     co     PCC     JHA     Glencross Vol 1 - 6 November 1562    
Buller     Louisa     Cliffden, Teignmouth     DEV           1860     W     co           DRO-W     DD.59828    
Buller     Margaret     Okehampton     DEV     widow     1576     O     ab           TAPS     18 Eliz. Ser. II. Vol. 173 (22)     Inquisition post Mortem
Buller     Mary     Honiton     DEV           1775     W     co     PCC     PROB11     1011    
Buller     Mary     Keverall     CON           1722     A     co           DRO-A     2065M-8/F6/2     admon (detached from will)
Buller     Mary     Keverall     CON     widow     1722     W     co           DRO-A     2065M/F2/12     will; widow of John Buller
Buller     Mary     Keverall [St Martin by Looe]     CON           1722     W     co           DRO-W     2065 M/F2/12    
Buller     Mary     Keverall [St Martin by Looe]     CON     widow     1722     A     co           DRO-A     2065M-9/F6/2     admon (detached from will) of will
Buller     Mary     Keverall [St Martin by Looe]     CON     widow     1722     A     co           DRO-W     2065 Madd8/F6/2     admon
Buller     Peter     Egloshaile [Egloshayle]     CON           1697     W     ab     ECCE     VIV     Vol 2, f. 201     will made at Pelynt?
Buller     Richard     Colyton     DEV     clerk and vicar     1807     A     ab     EPRE     DDR1     IR 26/333    
Buller     Richard     Lanrack [Landrake]     CON           1555     O     ab           TAPS     2-3 Ph. & Mary Ser. II. Vol. 105 (5)     Inquisition post Mortem
Buller     Richard     Tavistock     DEV           1555     O     ab           TAPS     2-3 Ph. & Mary Ser. II. Vol. 109 (20)     Inquisition post Mortem; See also Ser.II. Vol.105 (5), Richard Buller
Buller     Richard     Winkleigh     DEV           1725     W     le     BARN     BECK     A.    
Buller     Robert     Exeter     DEV           c1578     O     ab           MOGT     Series 1, p. 31     cause of proof of will between Gentile Buller and Gilbert Dennys
Buller     Susan     Churston Court [Churston Ferrers]     DEV     widow     1810     W     co     PCC     PROB11     1517    
Buller     Thomas     Exeter St David     DEV           1826     W     co           IRW     B 1779    
Buller     Thomas     Staple Fitzpayn     SOM     gentleman     1568     W     ab     PCC     MUR1     Vol. 4     1 Sheffeld
Buller     Thomas Wentworth     Strete Ralegh [Whimple]     DEV           1852     W     co     PCC     DRO-A     48/22/21     probate of the will
Buller     Thomas Wentworth     Strete Ralegh [Whimple]     DEV           1852     W     co           DRO-W     48/22/21    
Buller     Thomas Wentworth     Strete Ralegh [Whimple]     DEV           1852     W     co     PCC     PROB11     2162    
Buller     Thomas Wentworth     Strete Raleigh [Whimple]     DEV     esq     1852     W     co     PCC     DRO-A     48/22/21     probate of the will
Buller     Thomasin     Ospringe     KEN           1677     W     co           DRO-W     2065 M/F2/13    
Buller     Thomasin     Ospringe     KEN     widow     1677     W     co           DRO-A     2065M/F2/13     will and probate; widow of Francis Buller
Buller     William     Exeter     DEV           1813     W     co     PCC     PROB11     1541    
Buller     William     Honiton     DEV     surgeon     1763     W     co     PCC     PROB11     894    
Buller     William     Honiton     DEV     surgeon     1765     W     co     ECC     MISC     ScotlandsPeople - CC8/8/120: CC000800008-00120-00072     Testament Testamentar
Buller     John     Exeter     [DEV]     the elder; gentleman     1560     W     co     PCC     JHW     56 Mellershe    
Buller     Robert     Exeter     [DEV]     gentleman     1577     W     co     PCC     JHW     35 Daughty    
Buller     Robert     Exon [Exeter]     [DEV]     gentleman     1577     W     co     PCC     JHW     28 Daughty     sentence
Buller(?)     Richard     Devon     DEV     esq     1556     W     co     PCC     JHW     F.6 Ketchyn     Cornwall; died in London

This will for Anne Buller was probated in 1800 and she lived at Exeter. She was widowed at the time of writing the will and names her children Susanna Catherine, Richard and Georgiana. She then also names her daughter Ann married to James Buller of Downes. According to the Visitation this Anne was the daughter of the Bishop of Exeter. James Buller and Anne Buller married 6 Jun 1791. Working back in the visitation this Anne is the daughter of William who married Anne Thomas daughter of the Right Reverend John Thomas, D.D. Bishop of Winchester 19 Apr 1762. This William is a son of John Francis Buller and Rebecca Trelawyn. William was a brother to James Buller who was married to Elizabeth Gould and hence they were first cousins. The Anne Buller testator of this will is the daughter of the Bishops of Winchester, the Right Reverend John Thomas, D.D.

Unfortunately the Visitation does not follow all of the children of William and Anne Buller (parents of Anne Buller married to James Buller of Downes). Only Susanna Catherine is mentioned and she married Admiral Sir John Duckworth Baronet, GCB, MP.

Richard Buller married Anna Sophia Marshall and he was the vicar at Colyton, Devon apparently according to an online tree. Their children were Anna Sophia Buller and William Buller (Anna born 26 Oct 1801 and William born 22 Nov 1803). This line then does not lead to my Christopher as Richard would be a contemporary of his having been born circa 1776 as was Georgiana his sister who was also not followed down in the Visitation.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1347/83
Testator: Anne Buller, widow
Place: Exeter, Devon, England
Date of document: 16 Dec 1797, probated 16 Dec 1800
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

 [Margin]: Anne Buller

1    This is the last Will and Testament
2    of me Anne Buller of the City of Exeter Widow
3    as to all and singular my Messuages Tenements
4    and Lands whatsoever Freehold leasehold Goods
5    Chattels Monies in the Funds securities for
6    Monies and all other my real personal and
7    testamentary Estate and Effects whatsoever and
8    wheresoever of which I shall die possessed seized
9    or intitled unto Subject to the payment of my
10    just debts and funeral Expences I give devise
11    and bequeath the same and every part thereof
12    unto and between my beloved children Susanna
13    Catherine Richard and Georgiana and their
14    several heirs Executors and Administrators to
15    be equally divided between them share and
16    share alike as Tenants in Common and not as
17    joint Tenants provided that if the real and
18    personal property and Effects of which I shall
19    die seized or possessed be more than sufficient
20    to pay my said three children the sum of four
21    thousand pounds each after discharging my just
22    debts and Funeral Expences Then and in such case
23    I do hereby direct and my express will is that
24    the overplus or Surplusage of my said Real and
25    personal property and effects after payment to
26    my said three children of the Sum of Four
    [Page 2]
27    thousand pounds each as aforesaid and my said debts
28    and funeral Expences shall be equally divided and
29    shared between my said three Children Susanna
30    Catherine, Richard and Georgiana and my beloved
31    daughter Anne Buller wife of James Buller of
32    Downes Esquire and their several
33    heirs Executors and Administrators as Tenants in
34    Common and not as joint Tenants and I do hereby
35    make nominate constitute and appoint my said three
36    children Susanna Catherine Richard and Georgiana
37    Executors of this my last Will and Testament And it
38    is my Will and desire that the said James Buller
39    shall have the sole Management and direction of
40    the Charity called Maynards Charity and I do hereby
41    as far as I lawfully can vest in line the sole
42    Management and direction thereof In Witness whereof
43    I the said Anne Buller have to this my last Will
44    and Testament contained and written on one sheet
45    of paper set my hand and Seal the sixteenth day of
46    December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
47    hundred and ninety seven Anne Buller Signed
48    sealed published and declared by the said Ann Buller
49    as and for her last will and Testament in the presence
50    of us who at her request in like presence and in the
51    presence of each other have hereunto subscribed
52    our Names as Witnesses Samuel Davis Thos
53    Turner Attorney at Law Exeter John Suxin his Clerk
54    This Will was proved at London the sixteenth
55    day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand
56    Eight hundred before the Right honourable Sir
57    William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master
58    keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court of
59    Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of the
60    Reverend Richard Buller Clerk the son and Catherine
61    Buller and Georgiana Buller spinsters the daughters
62    of the deceased and the Executors named in the said
63    Will to whom Administration of all and singular the
64    Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased was
65    granted they having been first sworn by Commission
66    duly to administer.

As I work my way through all of these Buller wills I had a rather frightening thought of how good it would be to have a Buller one name study. Fortunately I was able to decide that I couldn't possibly take on such a big study. By the time I am done with these seventy wills though I will have quite a picture of the Buller family. My fingers are itching to reach Warwickshire wills as my Buller family was in St Olave Southwark and St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey when my 3x great grandfather Christopher Buller and his wife Mary Beard were having their family. Then my 2x great grandfather Henry Christopher Buller married first Sophia Scrooby and had a family of two children all of whom had died by 1836 (leaving him a widower at 31 years of age) but his butcher shop was on Lamb Conduit Way in London although he moved his family to Lambeth likely to protect them from illness but they succumbed anyway. Then I find him traveling between London and Birmingham where he married Anne Welch (she was 18 and he was 33) (my 2x great grandmother) and the two of them ran a butcher shop and restaurant in Birmingham and the butcher shop in London. Henry appears on the 1841 census in London with Anne at her parent's home in Birmingham (along with their first born child Henry Buller). Anne's father was a restaurant owner as well. I found Christopher very very early on in my research back in 2004 but have never been able to move further back on the Buller side. The Welch side proved to be quite straightforward.

The Buller family in Warwickshire is generally in the Coventry area and they were farmers. That seems a long reach for my Christopher Buller with his Slop Shop (sailor uniforms) and perhaps not quite so long for my Henry Christopher Buller and his butcher shop.

The Buller family is fairly large and the general criteria for largeness is how many on the 1881 census and there were 975 individuals with the surname Buller. Comparing that with Pincombe (one of my one name studies) at 146 individuals and Blake (my other one name study) 14,428 individuals is actually a surprise. I thought there would be more than 975. However, it is virtually impossible for me to take on Buller at the moment but perhaps I can persuade someone else to do it. They really are a very fascinating family with so many connections into old and aristocratic families in the British Isles. That isn't one of my strong interests but truly I would love to find the parent/parents of Christopher.

The testator Dame Susan Buller was the daughter of Francis Yarde of Churston Ferrers, Devon. She married Francis Buller son of James Buller of Downes and Lady Jane Bathurst. On the Visitation she was known as Susanna Yarde. With this line begins the Yarde-Buller family and they were well known especially for their military careers. But the husband of Dame Susan was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and he was created a Baronet 29 Nov 1789 and he died in London 4 Jun 1800. I have a copy of his will from the Society of Genealogists in paper form. Only two children are listed for this couple in the visitation but there were also two daughters who both died as infants, Sir Francis Buller Yarde Buller and Edward Buller (eldest son died as an infant). The grandson of Sir Francis Buller, John 2 Lord Churston by Royal Licence 13 Feb 1860 used the surname Yarde Buller only.

Dame Susan was the daughter of Francis Yarde and Elizabeth Northleigh and baptized 24 Jul 1740.  I tried to find information on Francis Yarde and Elizabeth Northleigh's parents but nothing particularly online. Neither of them left a will probated at the PCC as far as I can see.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1517/130
Testator: Dame Susan Buller, widow
Place: Churston Court, Devon, England
Date of document: 23 Sep 1805, probated 3 Dec 1810
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 [Margin]: Dame Susan Buller

1    This is the last Will and
2    of me Susan Buller of Churstone Court in the County of Devon widow made and
3    published this twenty third day of September one thousand eight
4    hundred and five first I will and direct that all my just debts and Funeral
5    Expences shall be fully paid and discharged and subject thereto I give and bequeath
6    unto my good friends Edmund Bastard of Sharpham in the said
7    county Esq[uie]r and James Templer of Stover Lodge in the said County
8    Esquire their Ex[ecut]ors and Advisors all my Goods Chattels Monies and
9    securities for Money person and Testamentary Estate and effects
10    whatsoever Upon Trust that they or the Survivor of them or the Ex[ecut]ors or
11    Adm[inistrat]ors of such Surv[iv]or shall and do stand possessed of the same and of every part
12    thereof for the use and benefit of my Grandson Edward Buller Yarde
13    Buller the now second son of my son Sir Francis Buller Yard-Buller
14    Bar[one]t and pay or transfer the same over to him when and as soon as he shall
15    attain the age of twenty one years But if my said Grandson shall happen
16    to die under that age then In Trust for and for the use and benefit of my two
17    Grand daughters Susanna and Elizabeth Buller the two daughters
18    of my said son on their attaining their respective ages of twenty-
19    one years or Marriage which shall first happen in equal proportions
20    share and share alike and if either of my said Grand daughters shall
21    die under the said age of twenty one years and unmarried then it is
22    my Will that the share of her so dying shall go and be paid to the
23    Sur[vi]vor of them for her own absolute use at the same time that
24    her own orig[ina]l share will become payable under this my will and I
25    do hereby request and desire the said Edmund Bastard and James Templer
26    and the sur[vi]vor of them and the Ex[ecut]ors and Adm[inistrat]ors of such Sur[vi]vor and I do hereby
27    authorise and empower them and him during the Minority of my said
28    Grandson or during the Minority of my said Grand daughters as the case
29    shall happen to be to manage and employ my said Trust Estate in such
30    manner as in their of his judgement will be most for the advantage
31    of the person or persons who are or will be entitled to the same under this
32    my Will and I do declare that it shall and may be lawful for my said
33    Trustees to retain deduct and reimburse himself and themselves all Costs Charges
34    and Expences which they may incur or be put into in the execution
35    of this my Will and that each of them shall be answerable for his own
36    acts only in or about the trust hereby by me created and not the one for the
37    other and I do make and appoint them the s[ai]d Edmund Bastard and James
38    Templer Ex[ecut]ors of this my Will upon Trust and for the intent and purpose
39    afores[ai]d In Witness whereof I the Susan Buller the Testatrix
40    have to the first sheet of this my last Will and Testament contained
41    in two Sheets of paper) set my hand and to this second and last sheet
42    thereof my hand and seal the day and year first above written Susan
43    Buller Signed sealed published and declared by the abovenamed
44    Susan Buller the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testam[en]t in the
45    presence of us who at her request in her presence and in the
46    presence of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses
47    hereto A T Farnett Benjamin Turpin
48    Proved at London the 3d dec[embe]r 1810 before the Judge by
49    the Oaths of Edmund Bastard and James Templer Esq[uie]rs the Ex[ecut]ors
50    to whom Adm[inistrati]on was granted having been first sworn duly
51    to adm[iniste]r

The testator James Buller was married first to Elizabeth Gould and second to Lady Jane Bathurst. His will is 835 lines including the probate. I found it an interesting will as you can understand the movement of the Buller family from Cornwall to Devon clearly in this will. The Buller family in Cornwall does continue there as well. At this point in time mid 1700s the Buller family is now found in Somerset, Cornwall and Devon with Somerset being their original first spot in the West Country.

James is the eldest son of John Francis Buller. His mother was Rebecca Trelawny daughter of Sir Jonathan Trelawny Baronet, D.D. and Bishop of Winchester. They were married 22 Jul 1716 (from the Visitation of Cornwall). John Francis Buller had only one sibling Mary Ann who married Christopher Harris, M.P. He does not mention his aunt in his will or any cousins. The Visitation does not list any children for this couple.

John Francis Buller and his wife Rebecca had a large family and the only mention of these children is firstly, Francis Buller, brother to James, who receives an annuity of £300 per annum. Of note, this Francis died without issue in 1766 and he was married to Mary the daughter of Sir Copplestone Warwick Bampfylde (and widow of Sir Coventry Carew Baronet). Secondly, he mentions his sisters Rebecca, Elizabeth, Anne and Mary because of a settlement in their behalf by their father John Francis Buller.

Moving on to the children of James Buller and he was married twice. His first wife was Elizabeth Gould (daughter of William Gould of Downes) and she died in 1742 with their son James Buller of Downes being the only named child in the Visitation. This line is known as the Buller of Downes line in the Visitation. By his second wife Lady Jane Bathurst the daughter of Allan Earl Bathurst he had a large family and James does mostly concentrate on this second family in his will probably because his eldest son has already inherited the property of his mother at Downes although James is named as the right heir in case of default of his half brothers with respect to an heir (John, Francis and Edward).

James mentions as his "eldest" son of this second marriage John and he married Anne daughter of William Lemon of Carelew, his second son was Francis who ultimately was Sir Francis Buller a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas who was created a Baronet 29 Nov 1789 and his third son mentioned in the will was Edward who married Harriet daughter and sole heir of John Hoskyn of Port Looe. There is a will of Sir Francis so will not recount his children here but Edward does not leave a will that I have and his children were John Buller, Vicar of St Stephens by Saltash and daughters Mary and Harriet. Given that Edward was buried in 1791 in Bath Abbey, and not married in 1764 when the will was written this is not my line since Christopher was born circa 1763.

James also mentions his daughters (appear to be unmarried at the time of writing) Jane married to Sir William Lemon Baronet, Mary married to James Templer of Stover and Catherine married to General Macarmick).

Again this will eliminates these Buller families at Downes and Morvall from being possible ancestors of my Christopher Buller. It is interesting to see how the thoughts of an earlier time are not necessarily translated into fact in later generations. The properties at Isleham are still in the family and no thought in this generation of selling these properties.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/908/371
Testator: James Buller, Esquire
Place: Kings Nympton, Devon, England
Date of document: 30 Mar 1764, probated 23 May 1765
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

 [Margin]: James Buller Esquire

1    This is the last Will and Testament
2    of me James Buller of Kings Nympton in the County of
3    Devon Esquire made the thirtieth day of March in the year of
4    our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty four. I do
5    hereby revoke all former Wills by me made and most humbly
6    commit my soul to Almighty God my Creator and Redeemer
7    appointing my Body to be decently but privately Interred in
8    the parish Church of Morvall in the County of Cornwall
9    according to such directions as I may leave in writing or
10    according to the discretion of my Executor hereinafter named
11    I give and bequeath unto my dear Wife the sum of Five
12    hundred pounds and the small pair of diamond Earrings
13    and Gold Watch which she usually wears for her own use
14    and benefit and I give and bequeath unto my Eldest son
15    James Buller the sum of twenty Guineas. Item I give devise
16    and bequeath unto the honourable John Bathurst of
17    Cirencester in the County of Gloucester Esquire Subject
18    nevertheless to the Term of Twelve hundred years and the
19    Trusts of such Term declared in and by a certain Indenture
20    Quinquepartite bearing date on or about the twenty first
21    day of April one thousand seven hundred and forty four made
22    or mentioned to be made between John Francis Buller my
23    late Father deceased and me the said James Buller of the
24    first part Samuel Harris therein named of the second part
25    Charles Bedford and Joshua Dowell Clerks of the third part
26    Jonathan Rashleigh and Harry Trelawny since deceased
27    Esquires of the fourth part and Benjamin Bathurst Esquire
28    and Sir John St Aubin Baronet since deceased of the fifth
29    part All that my Manors or Lordships of Great Isleham
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30    cum Great Barnards Newhall and Uphall with their and
31    every of their Rights Members and appurtenances in the County
32    of Cambridge the Capitall Messuages called Great Barnards
33    hall in Great Isleham aforesaid and the Manor or
34    Mansion house of Newhall with their and every of their
35    appurtenances and the Manor or Lordship of Beck
36    otherwise Beck hall with the Rights Members and Appurt[enance]s
37    thereof in the County of Suffolk And all and singular the
38    Messuages Granges houses Edifices Buildings Barns
39    Stables Outhouses dovehouses Orchards Gardens Lands
40    Tenements Meadows Feedings pastures Commons demesne
41    Lands Turbarys Wastes Furze Heath Moors Marshes
42    Farms and Fenny Ground Woods underwoods Waters Fishings
43    Fishing places Fowling Hennary Swanmarks of the
44    fairest Game Free Warrens Free Fishings Wines Quarries
45    Quarries of Stout Rents and Services as well of Free as
46    Customary Tenants Works of Tenants Farms Fee Farms
47    Annuities Knights Fees Relief Herriotts Fines Amerciaments
48    courts prequisites and profits of courts cattles waites
49    estrays chattels of Felons and Fugitives Felons of themselves
50    and persons put in Exigent deodands Estovers and Common
51    of Estovers Fairs Marketts Tolls customs Rights Jurisdictions
52    Franchises Liberties priviledges Royalties profits
53    commodities Emoluments advantages and hereditaments
54    whatsoever to the said several Manors (Mansion houses
55    and premisses belonging or in any wise appertaining and all
56    other the Manors Messuages Lands Tenements and
57    hereditaments of me the said James Buller or whereof or
58    wherein I am Entitled unto under the said Indenture
59    Quinquepartite in possession Reversion or Remainder situate
60    lying and being in the Towns Fields parishes and hamletts
61    of Great Isleham Great Barnards Newhall Uphall Fordham
62    Isham Chippenham and Freckenham any or either of them
63    in the said counties of Cambridge and Suffolk or either of
64    them with their and each and every of their Rights Royalties
65    Members and appurtenances and the Reversion and
66    Reversions Remainder and Remainders Rents Issues and
67    profits thereof and of every part thereof To hold unto the
68    said John Bathurst his Executors Administrators and
69    assigns from and immediately after the End Expiration or other
70    sooner determination of the said Term of Twelve hundred
71    years or as soon as the Trust of the same Term shall be
72    performed and satisfied for and during the full End and
73    Term of Sixty years from thence next Ensuing and fully to be
74    compleat and Ended to for and upon the several uses Ends
75    Intents and purposes and upon the Trusts and subject to
76    the provisoes declarations and agreements hereinafter
77    mentioned and declared of and concerning the same that is
78    to say Upon Trust that he the said John Bathurst his
79    Executors or administrators do and shall by and out of the
80    Rents Issues Produce Increase and Profits of the said
81    Manors Messuages Lands Tenements hereditaments and
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82    premisses so devised to him well and truly pay or cause to be
83    paid unto my said wife for and during the said Term of sixty
84    years if she shall so long live one annuity or clear yearly sum
85    of one hundred and fifty pounds of lawful money of Great
86    Britain by four equal Quarterly payments on the four most
87    usual Feasts or days of payment in the year (that is to say)
88    The Birth of our Lord Christ the Annunciation of the blessed
89    Virgin Mary the Feasts of Saint John the Baptist and
90    Saint Michael the Archangel without any deduction or
91    abatement whatsoever the first payment thereof to begin
92    and be made on such of the said Feasts or days of payment
93    in the year as shall first and next happen after my decease
94    the said annuity or yearly sum of one hundred and fifty
95    pounds to be accepted and taken by  my said Wife in full
96    Recompence discharge and Satisfaction of the Covenant I
97    entered into previous to my Marriage with her concerning the
98    value of any Lands or hereditaments that were then
99    settled in Jointure upon her during all such time as the
100    said annuity or yearly sum shall be paid to her as afores[ai]d
101    and I do Will order direct and appoint from and im[m]ediately
102    after the death of my said wife that the said Term and
103    Estate hereby devised to the said John Bathurst as aforesaid
104    shall cease determine and be utterly void any thing herein
105    contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding
106    Item all that the deanery and College of Crantock and Saint
107    Columb and all that the prebens called Gosse otherwise
108    Gose prebens in the County of Cornwall and all and every
109    the Rights Members and appurtenances whatsoever to the
110    said College of Crantock now dissolved and heretofore belonging
111    or any time parcel of the possessions thereof and the Rectories
112    of Saint Columb the Lower and Crantock and all and singular
113    the Messuages Mills Granges houses Edifices Lands
114    Tenements Tofts Cottages Meadows Feedings pastures com[m]ons
115    Wasts heaths Marshes Glebe Lands Tythes of Corn Grain
116    Fruit hay and Fishing and all other Tythes whatsoever
117    as well Great as Small and also all the Oblations Obventions
118    Rents Services Profits Commodities and Advantages
119    hereditaments and Emoluments whatsoever to the said
120    deanery or College of Crantock and Saint Columb and the
121    said prebens called Gosse otherwise Gose prebens or to
122    any or either of them belonging or in any wise appertaining
123    or used accepted deemed or taken as any part parcel or
124    Member thereof and all and all manner of Tythes as
125    well Great as Small yearly arising growing or coming
126    within the parishes of Saint Columb the Lower and
127    Crantock being part and belonging to the said deanery
128    College and prebens some or one of them and the Reversion
129    and Reversions Remainder and Remainders of in and to
130    the same respectively I give devise and bequeath the same
131    unto the said John Bathurst his Executors Administrators
132    and Assigns from and immediately after my decease for and
133    during the Term of Eighty years from thence next ensuing
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134    without Impeachment of Waste If my son Francis Buller
135    or any Issue of his Body shall so long live To and for the
136    several uses Ends Intents and purposes and under the
137    several Trusts hereinafter Expressed limited and declared of
138    and concerning the same that is to say In Trust to and for
139    the sole use and benefit of my Son Francis Buller and his
140    Assigns for and during the Term of his natural Life and from
141    and after his decease In Trust to and for the sole use and
142    benefit of the heirs of the Body of my said son Francis
143    Buller lawfully to be begotten for and during the residue and
144    remainder of the said Term and my Will and Mind is that
145    the said John Bathurst his Executors and Administrators
146    shall during and until my said son Francis Buller shall
147    attain his age of Twenty one years pay and apply the
148    Rents produce and profits of the said deanery and College
149    of Crantock and Saint Columb and of the said prebens
150    called Gosse otherwise Gose prebens and of all and singular
151    the Lands Tenements Tythes hereditaments and premisses
152    hereinbefore by me devised to the said John Bathurst for the
153    said Term of Eighty years or so much or such part of parts
154    thereof as he the said John Bathurst his Executors or
155    administrators shall in his or their discretion think fit and
156    reasonable to and for the Maintenance and Education of
157    my said son Francis Buller Item I give devise and
158    bequeath all those my said Manors or Lordships or
159    reputed Manors or Lordships of Great Isleham cum Great
160    Barnards Newhall and Uphall and my said Capital Messuage called
161    Great Barnards hall and my said Manor house of
162    Newhall in the said County of Cambridge with their and
163    each and every of their appurtenances and my said
164    Manor or Lordship of Beck otherwise Beckhall in the
165    said County of Suffolk comprized in the said Term of Twelve
166    hundred years and also all that my Messuage or Tenement
167    Farm Lands hereditaments and premisses situate lying
168    and being in the parish of Great Isleham in the said
169    County of Cambridge heretofore purchased by me of
170    William Affleck Clerk and [missing name] his wife and all
171    other my Manors or Lordships Messuages Lands
172    Tenements Estates and Premisses in the said counties of
173    Cambridge and Suffolk or either of them and also All that
174    the deanery and College of Crantock and Saint Columb and
175    all that the prebens called Gosse otherwise Gose prebens
176    in the County of Cornwall with all and every the Rights
177    Members and Appurtenances whatsoever to the said
178    College of Crantock now dissolved and heretofore belonging
179    or any time parcel of and the possessions thereof and the
181    Rectories of Saint Columb the Lower and Crantock And all
182    and singular the Messuages Mills Granges houses Edifices
183    Lands Tenements Tofts Cottages Meadows Feedings Commons
184    Wastes Heath and any Moors Marshes Glebe Land Tythes
185    of Corn Grain Fruit hay and Fishing and all other tythes
186    whatsoever as well Great as Small and also all the oblations
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187    Obventions Rents Services Profits Commodities Advantages
188    hereditaments and Emoluments whatsoever to the said
189    deanery or College of Crantock and Saint Columb and the said
190    prebens called Gosse otherwise Gose prebens or to any or
191    either of them belonging or in any wise appertaining or used
192    accepted deemed or taken as part parcel or Member thereof
193    and also all and all manner of tythes as well Great as Small
194    yearly arising renewing growing or coming within the parishes
195    of Saint Columb the lower and Crantock being part and
196    belonging to the said deanery College and prebens some or
197    one of them and also all that my Lordship and Manor of
198    Maritavy with the Advowson Right of patronage and
199    presentation of in and the parish Church of Maritavy and
200    all those my Manors or Lordships of Morvall Cargollen
201    otherwise Curgallen otherwise Tregallen otherwise Permarth
202    Keverell Treworgey and Trenope with their and every of their
203    Rights Royalties Members and appurtenances and All that
204    my Capital Messuage Barton Farm and Demesne Lands of
205    Morvall Morvall Church Town Clees otherwise Clies
206    Keverell Old Keverell Instrisicks
207    ontstrisicks Bokenoer Wood without the parks and
208    Keverell Mills in the said County of Cornwall And all and
209    singular other my Messuages Mills Lands Tenements
210    Rents Reversions Services and hereditaments particularly
211    mentioned and described in one Indenture of Bargain and
212    Sale Tripartite and duly Inrolled in his Majestys high court
213    of Chancery bearing date the first day of October one
214    thousand seven hundred and fifty one made or mentioned
215    to be made between me the said James Buller of the first
216    part and William Daddo and Christopher Churchill Clerks
217    of the second part and Samuel Harris therein named of
218    the third part and all that my Capital Messuage Barton
219    Farm and demesne Lands called New Place otherwise
220    Kings Nympton and all other my Messuages Lands
221    Tenements and hereditaments with their appurtenances
222    situate lying and being in the several parishes of Kings
223    Nympton otherwise Nymet Regis Chittlehampton and
224    Chulmleigh each and every of them in the said County of
225    Devon with their and each and every of their Rights
226    Royalties Members and appurtenances unto the
227    honourable Henry Bathurst one of the Justices of his
228    Majestys Court of common pleas at Westminster and Sir
229    Thomas Dyke Ackland of Pixton in the County of Somerset
230    Baronet their heirs and assigns for ever (Subject
231    nevertheless to the said Term of Twelve hundred years
232    and Eighty years and the Trusts thereof as to such parts
233    of the said Estates and premisses as are included therein
234    respectively) to and for the several uses Ends Intents and
235    purposes and Subject to the provisoes conditions and
236    agreements hereinafter mentioned and expressed concerning
237    the same that is to say To the use and behoof of my son
238    John Buller for and during the Term of his Life without
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239    Impeachment of or for any manner of Waste and from and
240    after the determination of that Estate by Forfeiture or otherwise
241    in his Life time Then to the use and Behoofe of the said
242    Henry Bathurst and Sir Thomas Dyke Ackland and their
243    heirs during the natural Life of my said son John Buller
244    Upon Trust to preserve the contingent uses and Estates herein
245    after limited from being defeated and destroyed for that
246    purpose to make Entries and bring actions when and often
247    as Occasion shall require yet nevertheless to permit and suffer my
248    said son John Buller to receive and take the Rents Issues
249    profits and produce thereof during his natural Life and
250    from and after his decease Then to the use and behoofe of
251    the first son of the Body of my said son John Buller lawfully
252    to be begotten and of the heirs Male of the Body of such
253    first Son lawfully issuing and for want of such Issue Then
254    to the use of the second third and all and every other son
255    and sons of the Body of my said Son John Buller lawfully
256    to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one
257    after another as they shall respectively be in seniority of
258    age and of the heirs Male of the Body and Bodies of
259    such son and sons lawfully issuing the elder of such son
260    and the heirs Male of his Body always to
261    be preferred and take before the younger of such sons
262    and the heirs Male of his and their respective bodies
263    and for default of such Issue To the use of my son
264    Francis Buller for and during the Term of his Life
265    without Impeachment of or for any manner of Waste
266    and from and after the determination of that Estate by
267    Forfeiture or otherwise Then to the use and Behoofe of
268    the said Henry Bathurst and Sir Thomas Dyke Ackland
269    and their heirs during the natural Life of my said son
270    Francis Buller upon Trust to preserve the Contingent
271    uses and Estates hereinafter limited from being defeated
272    and destroyed and for that purpose to make Entries and
273    bring actions when and as occasion shall require yet
274    nevertheless to permit and suffer my said son Francis
275    Buller to receive and take the Rents Issues produce and
276    profits thereof for and during his natural Life and from and
277    after his decease Then to the use and behoof of all and every
278    the son and sons of the Body of my said Son Francis
279    Buller lawfully to be begotten and of the heirs Male of
280    their respective Bodys for such Estates and in such manner
281    order and course of priority as hereinbefore are limited to
282    the first and other sons of the Body of my said son John
283    Buller and for default of such Issue To the use of my son
284    Edward Buller for and during the Term of his Life without
285    Impeachment of or for any manner of Waste and from
286    and after the determination of that Estate by Forfeiture or
287    otherwise Then to the use and Behoofe of the said Henry
288    Bathurst and Sir Thomas Dyke Ackland and their heirs
289    during the natural Life of my son Edward Buller upon
290    Trust to preserve the contingent uses and Estates hereinafter
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291    limited from being defeated and destroyed and for that
292    purpose to make Entries and bring actions when and as often
293    as occasion shall require yet nevertheless to permit and suffer
294    my said son Edward Buller to receive and take the Rents Issues Produce
295    and profits thereof for and during his natural Life and after
296    his decease Then to the use and behoof of all and every the
297    Son and sons of the Body of my said son Edward Buller
298    lawfully to be begotten and of the heirs Male of their
299    respective Bodys for such Estates and in such manner order
300    and course of priority as hereinbefore are limited to the First
301    and other sons of the Body of my said son John Buller and
302    for default of such Issue Then to the use and behoof of all
303    and every such other younger son and sons of me the said
304    James Buller begotten or to be begotten severally and in
305    remainder in such manner order and course of priority and
306    for such Estates as before are hereby limited to the sons of the
307    Body of my said son John Buller to be begotten whether such
308    younger son or sons or any of them shall happen to be born
309    in my life time or after my decease and in default of such
310    Issue Then to the use and behoofe of my Eldest son James
311    Buller for and during the Term of his Life without Impeachment
312    of or for any manner of Waste and from and after the
313    determination of that Estate by Forfeiture or otherwise To the
314    use and behoofe of the said Henry Bathurst and Sir Thomas
315    Dyke Ackland and their heirs during the natural Life of my
316    said son James Buller upon Trust to preserve the contingent
317    uses and Estates herein after limited from being defeated or
318    destroyed and for that purpose to make Entries and bring 
319    actions when and as often as occasion shall require yet
320    nevertheless to permit and suffer my said son James Buller
321    to receive and take the Rents Issues produce and profits
322    thereof for and during his natural Life and from and after
323    his decease Then to the use and behoof of all and every the
324    son and sons of the Body of my said son James Buller
325    lawfully to be begotten and of the heirs Male of their
326    respective Bodys in such succession for such Estates and in
327    such manner as hereinbefore are limited to the First and
328    other sons of the Body of my said son John Buller to be
329    begotten and for default of such Issue Then to the use and
330    behoofe of my Eldest daughter Jane and her right heirs for
331    ever provided always and my further Will and meaning is
332    that the said Henry Bathurst and Sir Thomas Dyke
333    Ackland and the Survivor of them and the heirs and
334    assigns of such survivor during the Minority of my said
335    Son and Sons who shall respectively take by virtue of this
336    my Will and for his and their use and benefit and for my
337    said son and sons after they shall respectively attain their
338    several and respective ages of Twenty one years his and their
339    heirs respectively unto or for whom and to whose use I have
340    limited and devised my said Lands in Remainder as above
341    mentioned when and as the said Remainders shall happen
342    respectively and they become seized of the premisses in
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343    possession by virtue hereof shall and lawfully may from time to
344    time and at all times by any writing or writings under his
345    and their hands and seals respectively testified by two or
346    more credible witnesses Grant devise and to Farm Lett all or
347    any part or parcel parts or parcells of my said Messuages
348    Lands and hereditaments to any person or persons for any
349    Term or number of years not exceeding Twenty one years
350    in possession and not in Reversion Remainder or Expectancy
351    so as there be reserved on every such demise Lease or part
352    the most Improved yearly Rent that can conveniently be
353    reasonably got for the same without taking any sum of
354    money or other thing for or by way of a Fine and so as
355    such Rent do continue payable during all such Term or
356    Terms of years and so as the same be not dispunishable
357    for Waste by any express Words or Implication therein to
358    be contained and so as such Lessee and Lessees do
359    respectively execute counterparts of such Leases and also
360    shall and lawfully may from time to time fill up make and
361    Grant Leases for Ninety nine years in possession or
362    Reversion determinable upon the death or deaths of one
363    two or three persons then in being or for the Lives of three
364    persons absolute then in being of all or any such part of
365    parts of my said Estates as are comprized in the said
366    Indenture of Bargain and Sale Tripartite bearing date
367    the first day of October one thousand seven hundred and
368    fifty one as have been hereunto so usually leased or Granted
369    by a case under the Old Rents and Covenants and so as such
370    Conventionary Rent or Rents so continue payable during
371    the continuance of all and every such Lease and so as such
372    Lessee or Lessees do respectively execute Counterparts of such
373    Leases provided also and my further Will is that all and
374    every my said son and sons when and as they shall
375    respectively come and be in possession of the said Manors
376    Estates and premisses as hereinbefore are mentioned shall
377    and may and they are hereby fully Impowered to make or
378    Grant a Jointure on any of the said Lands and
379    premisses unto or for the use of any such person or
380    persons as he or they shall respectively Intermarry or
381    take to Wife after such Remainder shall accrue and happen
382    to them respectively in possession as aforesaid provided
383    such Lands so to be Jointured do not nor shall exceed the
384    value of One hundred pounds a year for every one thousand
385    pounds and so in proportion for any greater or lesser sum
386    than one thousand pounds such son or sons shall actually
387    and bona fide receive as the Marriage portion or portions
388    of his of their Wife or Wives and so as the same be made
389    and Granted under proper conditions and Restrictions to
390    prevent Waste And whereas by the said Indenture
391    Quinque partite bearing date on or about the twenty first day
392    of April one thousand seven hundred and forty four herein
393    before mentioned All my said Manors or Lordships Messuages
394    Lands Tenements and hereditaments comprized in the said
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395    Term of Twelve hundred years stood limited to Jonathan
396    Rashleigh and Harry Trelawny Esquires their Executors
397    Administrators or Assigns for a Term of One thousand years
398    upon Trust for raising seven thousand pounds for John
399    Buller Francis Buller and William Buller the younger sons
400    of John Francis Buller Esquire deceased and Rebeccah Ann
401    Mary and Elizabeth Buller the four daughters of the said
402    John Francis Buller which said sum of seven thousand
403    pounds and all Interest due for the same hath been paid
404    off and discharged by me and the said Term of one thousand
405    years hath been since duly assigned to certain Trustees in
406    Trust to attend and wait upon the Fee simple and Inheritance
407    of the same premisses and which same premisses from and
408    after my decease were limited to the use and behoof of the
409    said Benjamin Bathurst and Sir John St Aubin now
410    deceased their Executors Administrators and Assigns for and
411    during and unto the full End and Term of Twelve hundred
412    years from thence next Ensuing and fully to be compleat and
413    Ended without Impeachment of Wast Upon Trust that they
414    the said Benjamin Bathurst and Sir John St Aubin or the
415    Survivor of them or the Executors of Administrators of such
416    Survivor should after my decease by the ways and means
417    therein mentioned there out Levy and Raise for the portion
418    or portions of the child or children of me the said James
419    Buller on the Body of my said Wife Jane who should be
420    living or in ventre samere at the time of my death the
421    several sums of money therein and herein after mentioned
422    that is to say in case there should be but one such child
423    the sum of Eight thousand pounds and if there should be
424    two such children the sum of Ten thousand pounds and if
425    there should be three or more such children the sum of
426    Twelve thousand pounds for the portions thereby provided
427    for two or more such children to be divided between or
428    amongst them in such parts shares and proportions as I the
429    said James Buller should by any deed or deeds or by my
430    last Will and Testament in Writing only Executed direct
431    limit or appoint and for want of such direction Limitation
432    or appointment Equally to be divided between or amongst
433    them share and share alike and the portion or portions
434    of such Child or Children to be paid at such time and times
435    and in such manner and with such benefit of Survivorship
436    as therein is for that purpose mentioned and from and
437    after the End Expiration or other sooner determination of
438    the said Term of Twelve hundred years to the use and
439    behoof of me the said James Buller my heirs and Assigns
440    for ever Now I the said James Buller in pursuance of the
441    power in and by the said recited Indenture quinquepartite
442    bearing date the said Twenty first day of April one
443    thousand seven hundred and forty four reserved touching
444    the said sum of Twelve thousand pounds and all other
445    powers me thereunto enabling do by this my last Will and
446    Testament by me duly Executed direct limit and appoint
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447    Twenty one pounds part of the said sum of Twelve thousand
448    pounds to my said son John Buller and the sum of Twenty
449    one pounds other part of the said sum of Twelve thousand
450    pounds to my said son Francis Buller and the sum of Twenty
451    one pounds other part of the said sum of Twelve thousand
452    pounds to my son Edward Buller and my Will and Mind is
453    that my said sons John Buller Francis Buller and Edward
454    Buller or any of them shall not have or be Intitled unto any
455    other or greater part of Share of the said Sum of Twelve
456    thousand pounds that the part of Share so by me herein
457    before to them respectively directed limited and appointed and
458    that the said sum and sums of money so by me directed
459    limited and appointed to them my said sons shall be accepted
460    and taken by them respectively in full satisfaction and
461    discharge of his their and each of their share or proportion
462    of the said sum of twelve thousand pounds and of all and every
463    other Sum and Sums of money to be raised by virtue of the
464    said Term of Twelve hundred years And all the rest residue
465    and remainder of the said Sum of Twelve thousand pounds I
466    do by this my will direct limit and appoint to and for the
467    sole use and benefit of my daughters Jane Buller Mary
468    Buller and Catherine Buller and all and every other the child
469    and children of me the said James Buller which I shall
470    hereafter have by my said Wife Jane who shall be living or in
471    ventre samere at the time of my death Equally to be divided
472    between or amongst them share and share alike to be paid
473    at such time or times and in such manner and with such
474    benefit of Survivorship in case of the death of any one or
475    more of my said daughters or such other my said child or children
476    which I shall hereafter have by my said wife who shall be
477    living or in ventre samere at the time of my death before the
478    age of Twenty one years as in the said recited Indenture
479    Quinquepartite is for that purpose mentioned Item I give
480    devise and bequeath unto the Reverend William Daddo and the
481    Reverend Christopher Churchill both of the parish of Saint
482    Thomas in the County of Devon Clerks and to the Survivor of
483    them and to the Executors Administrators and Assigns of
484    such Survivor All the Estate Right title and Interest which I
485    the said James Buller have in the tythes of Saint Stephens
486    and the Sanctuary Manor by Salt Ash under or by virtue
487    of a Lease granted to me by the dean and Cannons of
488    Windsor upon Trust that they the said William Daddo and
489    Christopher Churchill and the Survivor of them and the
490    Executors and Administrators of such Survivor shall Assign
491    the same unto my Son Edward Buller when and as soon as
492    he shall attain the age of Twenty one years for his own
493    proper use and benefit and in case my said Son Edward
494    Buller shall happen to dye before he shall attain his said
495    age of Twenty one years Then and in such case upon Trust
496    that they the said William Daddo and Christopher Churchill
497    and the Survivor of them and the Executors and Adm[inistrat]ors of
498    such Survivor shall assign all my said Estate Right Title
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499    and Interest of in and to the said Tythes of Saint Stephens
500    and the said Sanctuary Manor to such person as shall on the
501    death of my said son Edward be seized in possession of my
502    said Capital Messuages of Morvall and Kings Nympton
503    aforesaid under and by virtue of this my Will and in the
504    mean time In Trust that they the same William Daddo and
505    Christopher Churchill and the survivor of them and the
506    Executors and Administrators of such survivor shall during
507    and until my said son Edward Buller shall attain his said
508    age of twenty one years pay and apply the Rents Produce
509    and profits of all those my said Tythes of Saint Stephens
510    and Manor of Sanctuary or so much or such part or parts
511    thereof as my said Trustees shall in their discretion think
512    fit and reasonable for and towards the Maintenance and
513    Education of my said son Edward Buller. Item I also give
514    devise and bequeath unto the said William Daddo and
515    Christopher Churchill and the Survivor of them and the
516    heirs Executors and Administrators of such Survivor all my
517    Estate Right Title and Interest of in and to the Tythes of
518    Morvall in the said County of Cornwall In Trust that they my
519    said Trustees or the Survivors of them and the Executors and
520    administrators of such Survivor shall from time to time
521    and at all times after my death hold and Enjoy the same In
522    Trust and to and for the use and benefit of such person
523    and persons as shall from time to time stand and be seized
524    and in possession of my said Capital Messuages of Morvall
525    and Kings Nympton aforesaid. Item I give and bequeath
526    unto all and every my Menial Servants who shall live
527    with me at the time of my death one Quarter of a years
528    wages over and besides what shall be due and owing to
529    them respectively at my death. And whereas my said
530    Tythes of Crantock hereinbefore by me devised to or for the
531    use of my said son Francis Buller do with my said
532    Barton of Morvall and other Lands and hereditaments
533    of me the said James Buller stand charged with the
534    payment of one annuity or yearly Sum of Three hundred
535    pounds to my Brother Francis Buller Esquire for and
536    during the Term of his natural Life It is my Will desire and
537    request and I do hereby Will order and  direct that the said
538    annuity or yearly Sum of Three hundred pounds shall be
539    wholly raised and paid to my said Brother Francis Buller
540    for and during his Life by and out of the Rents Issues and
541    profits of my said Barton of Morvall and other the Lands
542    and hereditaments comprized in such security Exclusive of
543    my said Tythes of Crantock and that my said son
544    Francis Buller shall from and after my death Receive or
545    be permitted to Receive to and for his own use and benefit
546    yearly and every year during the said Term of Eighty years
547    hereinbefore mentioned and all and singular the said
548    Tythes of Crantock arising growing renewing and increasing
549    or Rents Issues and profits thereof Free and clear of and
550    from the payment of all or any part or parts of the said
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551    annuity of Three hundred pounds and in case it shall happen
552    that all or any part or parts of the said Annuity shall at any
553    time or times after my death be raised or paid out of the Tythes
554    of Crantock or out of the Rents or profits there of then and as
555    often as the case shall so happen I do will order and direct
556    that they the said William Daddo and Christopher Churchill and
557    the Survivor of them his heirs Executors or Administrators
558    shall and do from time to time and as often as the case shall
559    so happen by and out of the Rents and profits of the Rest
560    and Residue of my Real and Chattel Estate and the rest and
561    residue of my personal Estate hereinafter by me devised and
562    bequeathed to them satisfy and pay unto my said son Francis
563    Buller so much money yearly as shall be so raised out of the
564    said Tythes of Crantock for and towards satisfying and
565    paying of the said annuity to my said Brother Francis Buller
566    Item all other my Messuages Lands Tenements and heredit[amen]ts
567    situate lying and being in near or adjoining to the Borough
568    of Salt Ash in the County of Cornwall and also all that my
569    Manor or reputed Manor or Lordship of Banwell in the
570    County of Somerset and also all that Tenement called Staceys
571    Tenement in the parish of Crediton in the County of Devon
572    which I hold by Lease under the Church of Exeter with their
573    and every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances
574    and all the rest and residue of my Real and Chattel Estates
575    whatsoever not hereinbefore by me Given and devised and
576    all my Goods Chattels household and other Furniture Stock
577    deer in the park the diamond Necklace and Ear Rings which
578    I formerly purchased of Mr Lacam And all my Jewells (Except
579    the small pair of diamond Ear Rings and Gold Watch herein
580    before by me given to my said Wife) and all my Plate
581    Ready money and Securities for money Terms and Interests in
582    any Terms of years which I or any person or persons In
583    Trust for am are or shall be possessed of Interested in or
584    Intitled unto at the time of my death And all other my
585    personal Estate I give devise and bequeath the same and
586    every part and parcel thereof and all my Estate Right title
587    and Interest therein unto the said William Daddo and
588    Christopher Churchill and the Survivor of them and the
589    heirs Executors and Administrators of such Survivor upon
590    Trust that they the said William Daddo and Christopher
591    Churchill and the Survivor of them and the heirs Executors
592    and Administrators of such Survivor shall and do by and
593    out of the Rents Issues and profits of my said Messuages
594    Lands Tenements hereditaments and premisses lying and
595    being in near or adjoining to the said Borough of Salt Ash
596    and my said Manor or Lordship of Banwell and of my
597    said Tenement called Staceys Tenement and all the Rest
598    and Residue of my said Real and Chattel Estates and by
599    and out of my said personal Estate or the Interest or produce
600    thereof pay and discharge as soon as conveniently may be
601    all my debts Legacies and Funeral Expences And also satisfy
602    and pay from time to time unto my said son Francis Buller
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604    all such sum and sums of money as shall at any time or
605    times after my death be raised or paid out of the said Tythes
606    of Crantock or out of the Rents Issues or Profits thereof
607    hereinbefore given and devised to or to the use of or In
608    Trust for my said son Francis Buller as aforesaid for or
609    towards Satisfying or paying of the said annuity of
610    Three hundred pounds to my said Brother Francis Buller
611    and also pay off and discharge the sum of one thousand
612    five hundred pounds and all Interest due and to grow
613    due for the same secured by Mortgage made by me to
614    Bartholomew Jeffrey late of Exeter in the County of Devon
615    Esquire since deceased and my Will and Mind is and I do
616    will order and direct that when and as soon as the said
617    principal sum of One thousand five hundred pounds and
618    Interest as aforesaid shall be fully paid and Satisfied the
619    Estate and premisses comprized in such Mortgage or
620    Security shall be thereupon assigned to some person or
621    persons In Trust to amend the Inheritance of the same
622    premisses to the End and Intent that the same from and
623    after such assignment made shall and may be for ever
624    thereafter held and Enjoyed Freed and Discharged of and
625    from the said Mortgage or Incumbrance and my further
626    Will and Mind is and I do hereby Will Order and direct
627    that the said William Daddo and Christopher
628    Churchill and the Survivor of them and the heirs
629    Executors and Administrators of such Survivor do and
630    shall by and out of the Rents Issues and profits of my
631    said Real and Chattel Estates and the Residue of my
632    said personal Estate for the benefit of my said son
633    Edward Buller and of every other person and persons
634    to whom I have hereinbefore devised or limited the Estate
635    and Interest which I have in the said Lease of Saint
636    Stephens under the dean and Cannons of Windsor within
637    one year after my death Renew and fill up the said
638    Term or Lease to and for the Term of Twenty one years
639    In case the said dean and Cannons shall be willing to
640    fill up or Renew such Lease and to pay such Fine or
641    sum of money to the said dean and Cannons for such
642    Renewall as aforesaid as they the said William Daddo
643    and Christopher Churchill or the Survivor of them his
644    heirs Executors or Administrators shall in that behalf
645    Judge reasonable and upon this further Trust and
646    Confidence that they the said William Daddo and Christopher
647    Churchill or the survivor of them his heirs Executors and
648    Administrators from and after payment and discharge of
649    the said debts Legacys and sums of money hereinbefore men[t]ioned
650    and the Costs and Charges which they my said Trustees or
651    any of them shall or may have been at or shall be put
652    unto in or about the Execution of All or any the Trusts
653    hereby Reposed in them do and shall with all convenient
654    speed convey assign make over and deliver unto my said
655    son John Buller his heirs Executors Administrators and
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656    assigns in case he shall be then Living and shall have
657    attained his age of Twenty one years or as soon after as he
658    shall have attained that age or in case of the death of my
659    said son John Buller before he shall have attained such age
660    To such person and to the heirs Executors Administrators and
661    assigns of such person as shall next after the decease of my
662    said son John Buller be first seized and possessed of my Capital
663    Messuages or Mansion houses of Morvall and Kings
664    Nympton under and by virtue of this my Will when and as
665    soon as such person shall attain the like age of Twenty one
666    years all the rest and residue of my Real Chattel Leasehold
667    and personal Estates which shall then Remain in their or
668    any of their hands Custody power or possession unapplied
669    and undisposed of and it is my further Will and Mind that
670    in case my said son John Buller shall within six months
671    next after my decease by writing under his hand and Seal
672    to the Satisfaction and good Liking of the said William
673    Daddo and Christopher Churchill or the Survivor of them or
674    the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor Secure to
675    be paid all and every my said debts Legacies Funeral
676    Expences and the said sum of one thousand five hundred
677    pounds and Interest or so much thereof as shall remain
678    due and to Renew and pay the Fine on Renewal of the
679    said Lease hereinbefore by me directed to be paid and to
680    Indemnify my said son Francis Buller and the said
681    Tythes of Crantock of from and against the payment of
682    all or any part of the said annuity of Three hundred pounds
683    to my said Brother Francis Buller, than then and in such
684    case they the said William Daddo and Christopher
685    Churchill and the survivor of them his heirs Executors
686    and administrators shall convey assign make over and
687    Tender unto my said son John Buller his heirs Executors
688    Administrators and Assigns all and every my Real Chattel
689    and Leasehold Estates household and other Goods Furniture
690    Stock Jewells Plate Money and other my said personal
691    Estate so devised to them for the purposes aforesaid provided
692    also and my Intent and meaning is that so much of the
693    Rents and profits of the said Chattel and Leasehold premisses
694    and the profits Interest and produce of the other parts of my
695    personal Estate as shall not be necessary or thought fit or
696    convenient in the discretion of my Trustees to be laid out in
697    the Maintenance and Education of my said sons as afores[ai]d
698    shall be laid up by my said Trustees and the Survivor of
699    them and the Executors and Administrators of such survivor
700    and be put out at Interest on Government or Real Securities
701    and that the principal of what shall be so put out and also
702    the Interest attending the same shall follow the dispositions
703    and be subject to such and the like applications as are herein
704    before made and directed concerning such Trust Estates
705    respectively as aforesaid and my said Trustees and the
706    survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such
707    Survivor shall and may Call in after Vary Change and Renew
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708    any of the said securities on which such money shall
709    be so put out or Lent as aforesaid as from time to time they shall
710    so think fit or see necessary and my Will also is that my said
711    Trustees and the Survivor of them and the Executors and
712    Administrators of such Survivor shall and may during the
713    respective Minoritys of my Sons respectively as aforesaid
714    Lease or demise either for any Term or Number of Years not
715    exceeding Twenty one years in possession All or any part of
716    the said Chattell and Leasehold Estates under the most
717    improved Annual Rents payable Quarterly or otherwise as
718    shall be agreed upon with proper Clauses of Entry and
719    distress for Nonpayment of the Rent and under such other
720    Covenants and Reservations their Executors and Adm[inistrat]ors
721    shall be Indemnified and saved harmless and Repay
722    themselves all costs charges and Expences out of the said
723    Trust Estates which they shall severally be put unto or
724    suffer any wise relating to or concerning the Trust afores[ai]d
725    and they my said Trustees shall not be liable to answer
726    for the Receipts Acts of doings of one another but each for
727    himself and his own Receipts actings and doings only
728    Nor shall they or either of them be chargeable for any
729    more Monies than they shall respectively and actually
730    Receive (their Joining for Form sake in Receipts
731    notwithstanding) Nor shall they or either of them be
732    answerable for the Insufficiency or Failure of any Tenant
733    or Tenants of any part of parts of the said premisses so
734    to be demised and Leased by them as aforesaid or by
735    reason of any part of the premisses being at any time
736    untenanted Nor for the Insufficiency of Failure of any
737    of the Real Securities on which the said Trust moneys
738    shall be so Lent as aforesaid without their wilful default
739    or Neglect Nor for the Fall or Insufficiency of Failure or
740    alteration of any Government Security And that they my
741    said Trustees their Executors and Administrators shall be
742    secured again and indemnified from all covenants and
743    agreement which they or either of them shall give or
744    enter into or make for the better Satisfaction of any
745    person or persons who shall take or have any Lease or
746    Leases of any part of the said Leasehold premisses from
747    them my said Trustees and my Will and meaning further
748    is that for the last of my said Trustees they or any of
749    them shall and may from time to time as there shall be
750    occasion deposit for the better and more convenient custody
751    thereof in the Bank of England or in the hands of any
752    Banker or Bankers of good Note and Reputation any
753    sum or Sums of money which shall or may come to their
754    or either of their hands by from or out of or in respect of
755    the said Trust Estate until such Monies can be laid out
756    and an Advantage can be made thereof upon such
757    Government or Real Securities as aforesaid and my said
758    Trustees or either of them shall not be Subject to any Loss
759    or damage which shall or may happen to such Trust Estate
760    by
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761    by their or either of their so doing or by the Failure of any
762    Banker or Bankers and I do hereby nominate constitute
763    and appoint my said son John Buller sole Executor of this
764    my Will In Witness whereof I have to two parts of this my
765    will each written upon three Skins of Parchment, to the two
766    first skins whereof I have set my hand and seal this
767    thirtieth day of March one thousand seven hundred and
768    sixty four James Buller Signed sealed published and
769    declared by the said James Buller the Testator as and for
770    his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his
771    presence and at his request and in the presence of each
772    other have set our names as Witnesses thereto the said
773    Testator having first set his Name to the two first Skins
774    and his hand and seal to the last Skin thereof John Child
775    Saml Harris Wm Harris
776    This is a Codicil to be annexed to the last Will and
777    Testament of me James Buller of Kings Nympton in the
778    County of Devon Esq bearing date thirtieth day of March
779    in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
780    sixty four and which I Will and declare shall be deemed
781    and taken as part thereof. Whereas I am seized in Fee of
782    and in the Advowson and Right of Patronage of the parish
783    and parish Church of Lanreath in the County of Cornwall
784    and also of and in divers Messuages Lands and
785    hereditaments lying within the Town and Borough of
786    Plymouth and in the several parishes of Beere Alston
787    Beere-Ferris and Tamerton-Holiet and also of and in the
788    Moiety of a Messuage or Tenement called Garland lying
789    within the parish of Chulmly in the said County of Devon
790    Now I do hereby give and devise the said Advowson and
791    Right of Patronage and all my Messuages Lands and
792    hereditaments lying in the said Town or borough of
793    Plymouth and the said several parishes of Beer alston
794    Beere Ferris and Tamerton Foliet and also the said Moiety
795    of the said Messuage or Tenement called Garland unto
796    my second son John Buller his heirs and assigns for
797    ever And whereas on or about the fifth day of April
798    last past I entred into a Contract with John Stevens for the
799    purchase of all that the Chapple of Saint Margaret of
800    Isleham in the County of Cambridge with the site and
801    circuit of the same Chapple and all Mansions Messuages
802    Barns Stables houses dwelling houses Buildings Orchards
803    Gardens Lands Tenements Meadows Feedings pastures
804    commons Fen Grounds Tyths Fruits Oblations Obventions
805    Emoluments Commodities and hereditaments thereto belonging
806    for the Residue of a Term of Twenty one years in such contract
807    mentioned for the sum of Fifteen hundred pounds under the
808    Rents Covenants and Reservations in the Lease thereof
809    contained Now I do hereby give and bequeath all the said
810    premises comprized in the said contract and all Benefit of
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811    Renewal or other Advantage to be had or gotten for the same
812    unto my said second son John Buller his Executors or Assigns
813    and lastly I do hereby ratify and confirm my said Will and
814    all the devises and Bequests therein as if the same were
815    here again mentioned and repeated in this my Codicil In
816    witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this
817    twelfth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand
818    seven hundred and sixty four James Buller Signed Sealed
819    published and declared by the said James Buller as and for a
820    Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us
821    who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each
822    other have set our names as Witnesses hereto John Tossell
823    A: Tossell Samuel Hulland
824    This Will was proved at London with a Codicil
825    the twenty third day of May in the year of our Lord one
826    thousand seven hundred and sixty five before the Worshipfull
827    Peter Calvert doctor of Laws and Surrogate of the Right
828    Worshipfull George Hay doctor of Laws Master Keeper or
829    Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
830    constituted by the Oath of John Buller Esquire the son of the
831    deceased and Executor named in the said Will to whom
832    administration was granted of all and singular the Goods
833    Chattels and Credits of the said deceased he having been first
834    sworn duly to administer.
835    Examined with the Original Wills by me Ja: Heseltine

The testator James Buller was the son of James Buller and Elizabeth Gould (daughter of William Gould of Downes) and she died in 1742 with their son James Buller of Downes being the only named child in the Visitation. This line is known as the Buller of Downes line in the Visitation. Downes is about 0.9 miles ESE of Crediton.

This will is dated 6 Jul 1769 and his first wife Husey Gould died 26 Sep 1768. I suspect he had not yet married Mary Hippisley Coxe daughter of John Hippisley Coxe of Ston Eston, Somerset as there is no mention of his second wife or of his son John Francis Buller their son. This John Francis Buller assumed the name of Hippisley Coxe by royal License 19 Apr 1796. He married Hester daughter and heir of Thomas Jeffreys of Creed Place, Gloucester (3 Mar 1803) and she died in 1807. their only child it would appear by the Visitation was Henry Buller Hippesley Coxe who was born 19 Mar 1804 and died at Rome 1823 unmarried and thus ended that line. Presumably any property reverted back to the right heirs of John Hippisley coxe of Ston Eston, Somerset and Thomas Jeffreys of Creed Place, Gloucester. the Visitation does not have any further information on this line. The Buller of Downes line continues down to the present day and they continue to reside at Downes.

Again this is not my line because my Christopher was born in 1763 and already the lines are past that point in the charting. There is one more will for James Buller grandson of the testator (and son of James Buller) who married Anne the daughter of William Buller bishop of Exeter (mentioned in the will of her mother Anne Buller blogged earlier).

The testator James Buller died 11 Feb 1772 and he was buried as requested at St Thomas the Apostle near Exeter. His first wife was Husey, daughter of Thomas Gould of Frome, Dorset. I will check and see if she was a cousin of James since his mother was Elizabeth Gould daughter of William Gould of Downes.

I was curious why no mention of his son by his second marriage initially until I realized that the will was dated prior to his birth so perhaps the death of James Buller in 1772 was rather sudden and he had not yet revised his will. I did find the marriage of Mary Hippisley Coxe to James Buller and it is said to have taken place 20 Jan 1770 in St Michael, Bath. She was apparently well dowered so perhaps she took on the responsibility of raising their son John Francis Buller Hippisley Coxe as his surname became with the Royal License. Thomas Jeffreys his maternal grandfather was a goldsmith from London who purchased Creed Place around 1800.

On Find my past I did find the baptism of John Francis Buller 25 Jun 1771 at St George, Hanover Square and he was born 31 May 1771. I will investigate that when I look at the wills in Middlesex and London. The Record is from Westminster Archives. Perhaps James just did not get around to making any changes in his will if this is him in London. The original record adds just one piece of information that it was James Esquire. However this line does end with the son of this John Francis Buller Hippisley Coxe as he died unmarried at the age of 19 years.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 8 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/975/309
Testator: James Buller, Esquire
Place: Downes, Devon, England
Date of document: 6 Jul 1769, probated 3 Mar 1772
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: James Buller Esquire

1    I James Buller
2    of Downes in the County of Devon Esq[uie]r being of a
3    sound Mind Memory and understanding praised be
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4    God for the same do make and ordain this my last Will
5    and Testament and Give devise and Bequeath and dispose of all
6    my Lands Tenements Goods and Chattels and Real and
7    personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever in manner
8    and form hereinafter mentioned that is to say first I give
9    and bequeath unto my grand Mother Elizabeth Gould the sum
10    of twelve hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain
11    to be paid her by my Executors hereinafter named within three
12    Calendar Months next after my decease also I give and
13    bequeath unto my said Grand Mother Elizabeth Gould all the
14    Jewells Gold Rings Necklaces Earrings Diamonds Pearls
15    Medals Trinkets and all these other things late the property of my
16    Aunt Tuckfield deceased and which I purchased of Mrs Elizabeth
17    Tuckfield administratrix of John Tuckfield Esq[uie]r deceased also I
18    give and bequeath unto Agnes White of Sanford in the County
19    aforesaid Widow and her assigns one clear annuity of
20    thirteen pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid
21    to the said Agnes White and her assigns yearly and every
22    year during the term of her natural life by even and equal
23    half yearly payments and on those days in the year herein
24    after mentioned, that is to say, the twenty fifth day of December
25    and the twenty fourth day of June the first payment thereof
26    to begin and be made on such of the said days as shall first
27    appear next after my decease and I hereby subject and
28    Charge all my personal Estate to and with the payment of
29    the said annuity of Thirteen pounds to the said Agnes White
30    and her assigns yearly and every year during the term of
31    her natural life Also I give and bequeath unto Sir John
32    Chichester of Youlston in the said County of Devon Baronet
33    and John Parker of Saltien in the County aforesaid Esquire
34    their Executors Administrators and assigns all the plate
35    which I lately purchased of Christopher Harris Esq[uie]r and also all
36    my Moneys now in the publick Funds or any or either of
37    them with the Securities for the same upon Trust and to
38    and for the only use Benefit and advantage of my Son
39    William Buller his Executors admors and assigns when and as soon as he shall attain the age of twenty one years But in case my said son William Buller shall happen to dye under the age of Twenty one years Then Upon Trust and to and for the only use benefit and advantage of my son James Buller his Ex[ecu]tors Adm[inistrat]ors and assigns and upon
40    no other Trust whatsoever and I hereby will order and direct
41    that the said Sir John Chichester and John Parker and the
42    Survivor of them and the Executors or administrators of such
43    Survivor do and shall with all convenient Speed after my decease
44    sell and dispose of the said plate and every part thereof
45    for as much Moneys and for such prices as can or may be
46    had or gotten for the same and do and shall pay and
47    apply the Moneys arising by such sale (after all Charges
48    and Expences are deducted) in the purchasing Stock in some
49    or one of the publick Funds and apply the interest proceeds
50    produce or profits thereof and also the Interest proceeds
51    produce or profits of the Moneys already in the publick
52    Funds or some of any of them in the purchasing other
53    Stock in some or one of the Public Funds yearly and every
54    year during the minority of my said two sons or either
55    of them and in Case my said son William Buller shall
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56    live to attain his age of twenty one years Then I hereby
57    Will order and direct that all the stocks or Moneys in the
58    publick Funds and all the Benefit thereof shall be assigned
59    and transferred to the said William Buller his Executors
60    administrators and assigns But in case my said son William
61    Buller shall happen to die under the age of twenty one years
62    in the life time of his Brother James Buller I hereby Will
63    order and direct that the said Stocks of Moneys in the Publick
64    funds and all the Benefit thereof shall be assigned and
65    transferred to the said James Buller his Executors adm[inistrat]ors
66    or assigns on his attaining the age of twenty one years also
67    I give devise and bequeath unto the said Sir John Chichester
68    and John Parker their heirs and assigns all that my Mansion
69    house and my Capital Messuage Barton Farm and
70    Demesne Lands of or commonly called or known by the Name
71    of Wears Downes together with the several Tenements Fields
72    or closes of Land Marshes and Meadows usually held and enjoyed
73    therewith with their and every of their  Rights members and
74    appurtenances and also all those two Messuages and Tenements
75    with the appurtenances commonly called or known by the Names
76    of Higher Dunscombe and lower Dunscombe with the several
77    Tenements Fields or Closes of Land Meadows and Pasture thereto
78    belonging or heretofore demised parts parcells or members
79    thereof situate lying and being in the parishes of Crediton
80    aforesaid and of Newton St Cyres in the county aforesaid
81    and also all those Manors or reputed Manors of or commonly
82    called or known by the Names of Street Rawleigh and Beautiport
83    with the several Messuages Tenements Lands and heredita
84    ments thereto belonging situate lying and being in the
85    several parishes of Wimple and Aylsbeare in the said
86    County of Devon with their and each and every and either
87    of their Rights Members and appurtenances and also all
88    other the Lands Tenements and hereditaments with their
89    appurtenances which descended and came to me on the
90    death of my late Father James Buller Esq[uie]r as for and in
91    lieu of my Share of the Lands Tenements and hereditaments
92    late of my Grandfather William Gould Esq[uie]r deceased to have
93    and to hold the said Mansion house Capital Messuage
94    Barton Farm and Demesne Lands of or commonly called
95    or known by the Name of Wears Downes and the said
96    Messuages or Tenements called Higher Dunscombe and Lower
97    Dunscombe and also the said Manor or reputed Manors
98    of Street Rawleigh and Beautiport and all other the Lands
99    Tenements and hereditaments hereby devised or Intended
100    so to be with their and each and every and either of their
101    Rights Members and Appurtenances unto the said Sir John
102    Chichester and John Parker their heirs and assigns to the
103    several uses upon the Trusts and subject to the powers
104    provisoes declarations and agreements hereinafter
105    mentioned expressed and declared of and concerning the
106    same that is to say as to for and concerning the said
107    Mansion house Capital Messuage Barton Farm and
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108    Demesne Lands of or commonly called or known by the Name
109    of Wears Downes the said Messuages and Tenements called
110    Higher Dunscombe and lower Dunscombe and all the Tenem[en]ts
111    Lands and hereditaments heretofore demised and taken to
112    be parts parcels or Members thereof and all other the Lands
113    Tenements and hereditaments hereinbefore men[t]ioned to be
114    demised situate and lying in the several parishes of Crediton
115    and Newton St Cyres aforesaid to the use and behoof of my
116    son James Buller and his assigns for and during the term of
117    his natural life without impeachment of or for any manner of
118    Waste except Voluntary waste in Houses and Buildings
119    and from and after the determination of that Estate to the use
120    and behoof of the said Sir John Chichester and John Parker
121    and their heirs for and during the natural life of the said
122    James Buller upon Trust to support the Contingent uses and
123    Remainders hereinafter limited from being defeated or destroyed
124    and for that purpose to make Duties and bring actions as
125    occasion shall require yet nevertheless to permit and suffer
126    the said James Buller and his assigns to receive and have the
127    divers Issues and profits of all and singular the said premisses
128    to his and their own use for and during the term of his
129    natural life and from and after his decease to the use and
130    behoof of the first Son of the Body of the said James
131    Buller lawfully to be begotten and the heirs Male of the
132    Body of such first son lawfully Issuing and for default of such Issue to the
133    use and behoof of the second third fourth fifth sixth and of all
134    and every other son and sons of the Body of the said James
135    Buller lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in
136    Remainder and after another as they and every of them
137    shall be in seniority of age and priority of Birth and of the
138    several and respective heirs Male of the Body and Bodies
139    of all and every such son and sons lawfully issuing the
140    Elder of such sons and the heirs Male of his Body being
141    always preferred and to take before the younger of such
142    son and sons and the heirs Male of his and their Body
143    and Bodies Issuing and for default of such Issue to the use
144    and behoof of my son William Buller and his assigns for
145    and during the term of his natural life without Impeachm[en]t
146    of or any manner of Waste except Voluntary waste in
147    Houses and Buildings and from and after the determination
148    of that Estate to the use and behoof of the said Sir John
149    Chichester and John Parker and their heirs for and during
150    the natural life of the said William Buller upon Trust to
151    support the contingent uses and Remainders hereinafter
152    limited from being defeated or destroyed and for that purpose
153    to make Duties and bring actions as occasion shall require
154    yet nevertheless to permit and suffer the said William Buller
155    and his assigns to receive and take the Rents Issues and
156    profits of all and singular the said premisses to and for his
157    and their own use and benefit for and during the term of his
158    natural life and from and after his decease to the use and
159    behoof of the first son of the Body of the said William Buller
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160    lawfully to be begotten and the heirs Male of the Body
161    of such first son lawfully Issuing and for default of such
162    Issue to the use and behoof of the second third fourth fifth
163    sixth and of all and every other son and sons of the Body
164    of the said William Buller lawfully to be begotten severally
165    successively and in Remainder one after another as they
166    and every of them shall be in seniority of age and priority
167    of Birth and of the several and respective heirs Male of
168    the Body and Bodies of all and every such son and sons
169    lawfully Issuing the Elder of such sons and the heirs Male of
170    his Body being always preferred and to take before the
171    younger of such son and sons and the heirs Male of his
172    and their body and Bodies Issuing and for default of such
173    Issue to the use and behoof of all and every the Daughter
174    and daughters of the said James Buller lawfully to be begotten
175    and of the heirs of the Body and Bodies of such daughter and
176    daughters lawfully Issuing severally and respectively as Tenants
177    in Common and not as Joint Tenants and in Case and as often
178    as any such daughter of daughters of the said James Buller
179    shall happen to Die without Issue of her or their Body or
181    Bodies then and so often as to the Share or part of her
182    or them so dying without Issue to the use of the Surviving
183    daughter and daughters of the said James Buller and of
184    the heirs of her and their Body and Bodies lawfully to be
185    begotten as Tenants in Common but not as Joint Tenants and
186    for default of such Issue then to the use and behoof of all and every
187    the daughter and daughters of the said William
188    Buller lawfully to be begotten and of the heirs of the Body
189    and Bodies of such daughter and daughters lawfully Issuing
190    severally and respectively as Tenants in Common and not as
191    Joint Tenants and in case and as often as any such daughter
192    or daughters of the said William Buller shall happen to
193    die without Issue of her or their Body or Bodies then and
194    as often as to the share or part of her or them so dying
195    without Issue to the use of the Surviving daughter or
196    daughters of the said William Buller and of the heirs of
197    her and their Body and Bodies lawfully to be begotten as
198    Tenants in Common and not as Joint Tenants and for default
199    of such Issue to the use and behoof of my own right heirs
200    for ever and as to for and concerning the said Manors or
201    reputed Manors of Street Rawleigh and Beautiport and the
202    Lands Tenements and hereditaments thereto belonging and
203    all other my Lands Tenements and hereditaments situate and
204    lying in the several parishes of Wimple and Aylbeare
205    to the use and behoof of my son William Buller and his
206    assigns for and during the term of his natural life without
207    Impeachment of or any manner of Waste Except voluntary
208    Waste in houses and Buildings and from and after the
209    determination of that Estate to the use and behoof of the
210    said Sir John Chichester and John Parker and their heirs
211    for and during the natural life of the said William Buller
212    upon Trust to support and preserve the Contingent uses
213    and
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214    and Remainders herein after limited from being defeated or
215    destroyed and for that purpose to make Entries and bring
216    actions as occasion shall require yet nevertheless to permit
217    and suffer the said William Buller and his assigns to receive
218    and take the Rents Issues and profits of all and singular
219    the said premisses to and for his and their own use and
220    benefit for and during the term of his natural life and from
221    and after his decease to the use and behoof of the eldest son
222    of the Body of the said William Buller lawfully to be
223    begotten and the heirs Male of the Body of such first son
224    lawfully Issuing and for default of such Issue to the use and
225    behoof of the second third fourth fifth sixth and of all and every
226    other Son and Sons of the Body of the said William Buller
227    lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in
228    remainder one after another and they and every of them
229    shall be in seniority of age and priority of Birth and of the
230    several and respective heirs Male of the Body and Bodies
231    of all and every such son and sons lawfully Issuing the
232    Elder of such sons and the heirs Male of his Body being
233    always preferred and to take before the younger of such Son
234    and Sons and the heirs Male of his and their Body and
235    Bodies Issuing and for default of such Issue to the use and
236    behoof of my said son James Buller and his assigns for
237    and during the term of his natural life without Impeachment
238    of or for any manner of Waste except Voluntary Waste in
239    houses and Buildings and from and after the determination
240    of that Estate to the use and behoof of the said Sir John
241    Chichester and John Parker and their heirs for and During the natural life
242    of the said James Buller upon Trust to support and
243    preserve the Contingent uses and Remainders hereinafter
244    limited from being defeated or destroyed and for that purpose
245    to make Entries and bring actions as occasion shall require
246    yet nevertheless to permit and suffer the said James Buller
247    and his assigns to receive and take the Rents Issues and
248    profits of all and singular the said premisses to and for his
249    and their own use and benefit for and during the term of
250    his natural life and from and after his decease to the use
251    and behoof of the first son of the Body of the said James
252    Buller lawfully to be begotten and the heirs Male of the
253    Body of such first son lawfully Issuing and for default of such
254    Issue to the use and behoof of the second third fourth fifth
255    sixth and all and every other son and sons of the Body
256    of the said James Buller lawfully to be begotten severally
257    successively and in remainder one after another as they and
258    every of them shall be in seniority of age and priority of
259    Birth and of the several and respective heirs Male of the
260    Body and Bodies of all and every such son and Sons lawfully
261    Issuing the Elder of such Sons and the heirs Male of his
262    Body being always preferred and to take before the
263    younger of such son and sons and the heirs Male of his
264    and their Body and Bodies Issuing and for default of such
265    Issue to the use and behoof of all and every the daughter
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266    and daughters of the said William Buller lawfully to be
267    begotten and of the heirs of the Body and Bodies of such
268    daughter and daughters lawfully Issuing severally and
269    respectively as Tenants in Common and not as Joint Tenants
270    and in Case and as often as any such daughter of daughters
271    of the said William Buller shall happen to die without Issue
272    of her of their body or Bodies then and so often as to the
273    share or part of her or them so dying without Issue to the
274    use of the Surviving daughter or daughters of the said
275    William Buller and of the heirs of her and their Body and
276    Bodies lawfully to be begotten as Tenants in Common and not
277    as Joint Tenants and for default of such Issue then to the use
278    and behoof of all and every the daughter and daughters
279    of the said James Buller lawfully to be begotten and of the
280    Issue of the Body and Bodies of such daughter and dau[ght]ers
281    lawfully Issuing severally and respectively as Tenants in Common
282    and not as Joint Tenants and in Case and so often as any
283    such daughter or daughters of the said James Buller shall
284    happen to die without Issue of her or their Body or Bodies
285    then and so often as to the share or part of her or them
286    so dying without Issue to the use of the Surviving daughter
287    or daughters of the said James Buller and of the heirs of
288    her and their Body and Bodies lawfully to be begotten as
289    Tenants in Common and not as Joint Tenants and for default of
290    such Issue to the use and behoof of my own right heirs for ever
291    and to and for no other use End Intent or purpose whatsoever
292    provided always nevertheless and I hereby Will order and
293    direct that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said
294    Sir John Chichester and John Parker and the survivor of
295    them and the heirs and assigns of such Survivor during
296    the Minority of my said sons James Buller and William Buller
297    or either of them and for the said James Buller and William
298    Buller after their respective attainment of the age of twenty
299    one years and after their deceases to and for all and every
300    other person and persons being in the actual possession of
301    the premisses hereby devised by Virtue of the limitations afores[ai]d
302    by any Deed or Deeds under his or their hands and seals
303    respectively to demise or Lease in possession but not in
304    Reversion Remainder or Expectancy the said premisses
305    or any part thereof unto any person or persons and for any
306    Term or Number of years not exceeding twenty one years
307    at the best and most Improved Rents without Fines and
308    also by such deed or deeds to Demise and Lease all and
309    every such part and parts of the same premisses as were
310    letten upon Fines on the sixteenth day of October which was
311    in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
312    Eighteen or by the Space of sixty years before had been
313    letten upon Fines unto any person or persons in possession
314    Reversion Remainder or Expectancy for any term or Number
315    of years determinable on the death or deaths of any and uses or
316    Reversion or persons in such deeds to be named so
317    as there be not at any time upon any part of the premises
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318    so to be demised or dated whether in possession Reversions
319    Remainder or Expectancy Including the Estates and Terms
320    to be granted by virtue of this power any further or other
321    Estate or Estates term or terms than for a number of years
322    determinable on the death or death of one two or three
323    person or persons at the most, the said persons being all
324    taken and computed together and so as upon every such
325    demise or Lease of the said premisses there be reserved
326    for the same during the Continuance of the respective terms
327    and Estates therein comprised the whole account Rents or
328    more or a Just proportion thereof in Case part of a Tenement
329    shall be separately demised and so as all the Rents reserved
330    or any demise to be made by virtue of any power herein
331    contained shall be made due and payable to such person
332    and persons to whom the next Immediate Reversion and
333    Remainder of the premisses shall for the time being appertain
334    and so as no such demise or Lease shall be made dispunishable
335    of Waste by any express Words therein contained nor without
336    such Covenants Conditions and agreements as are usual
337    in the like Cases and so as the several Lessees do deal and
338    Execute Counterparts of their respective Leases provided also
339    and I hereby further Will order and direct that it shall and
340    may be lawful to and for my said Grand Mother Elizabeth
341    Gould to dwell and reside in my Mansion House of Downes
342    and to have the use of the Furniture and Goods therein
343    and the produce of the Gardens thereto belonging during
344    the term of her natural life without paying or being liable
345    to pay any Rent or any other Consideration for the same
346    anything herein contained to the Contrary thereof in any
347    wise notwithstanding also I give devise and bequeath
348    unto the said Sir John Chichester and John Parker their
349    executors adm[inistrat]ors and assigns all that Leasehold
350    Tenement with the appurtenances lying in Crediton afore-
351    said and which I hold by Lease from the Dean and Chapter
352    or some other body of then of and belonging to the
353    Cathedral Church of Saint Peters in the City of Exeter upon
354    Trust nevertheless for such person and persons as shall for
355    the time being be in the possession of my Lands herein before
356    devised lying in Crediton aforesaid and I hereby will order
357    and direct that my said Trustees or the Survivor of them
358    and the Executors or adm[inistrat]ors of such Survivor do and shall
359    during the Minority of my said sons out of my Trust
360    Estate keep the said Leasehold Tenement still stated and
361    Renew the Lease thereof from time to time as Occasion
362    shall require It being my Intent and Meaning that the
363    said Leasehold premisses shall be lived and enjoyed with
364    my Freehold Estate lying in Crediton aforesaid and I hereby
365    further Will order and direct that my Body be buried in the
366    same decent manner as my late wife Husey Buller was
367    buried in the parish Church of Saint Thomas the Apostle
368    and as near as can be to the remains of my said late Wife
369    all the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Lands Tenements
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370    hereditaments Goods Chattels and Real and personal
371    Estate whatsoever and wheresoever Sum and Summes of Money
372    Moneys at Interest securities for Money Mortgages in
373    Fee and for terms of years and the Lands Tenements and
374    hereditaments comprised therein and all other my Real and
375    personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever (after all
376    just debts Legacies and Funeral Expences are first satisfied
377    and paid I give devise and bequeath unto the said Sir John
378    Chichester and John Parker their heirs Executors adm[inistrat]ors
379    and assigns and I hereby make ordain constitute and
380    appoint them the said Sir John Chichester and John Parker
381    whole and sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament
382    hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me made upon
383    the Trusts and to the uses hereinafter mentioned expressed
384    and declared of and concerning the same to pay upon Trust
385    and to and for the only use benefit and advantage of my
386    said two sons James Buller and William Buller their heirs
387    Executors Administrators and assigns to be equally devided
388    between them share and share alike when and as soon as
389    they shall respectively attain the age of twenty one years and in case either of them shall happen to dye under the age of twenty one years
390    then the whole to go to and be vested in the survivor of them
391    and the heirs Executors administrators and assigns of such
392    survivor and to no other use whatsoever and I do hereby
393    further will order and direct that my said Trustees and the
394    Survivor of them and the heirs Executors or administrators of
395    such Survivor do and shall lay out and expend such Sum
396    and Sums of Money part of the Trust Estate in the
397    Maintenance and Education of my said two sons James
398    Buller and William Buller during their respective Minorities
399    as to my said Trustees shall deem meet and convenient and
400    that my said Trustees and the Survivor of them and the
401    heirs Executors and administrators of such Survivor
402    shall and lawfully may Retain and Employ with one or more
403    attorney or attorneys Stewards Agents or Receivers in the
404    Management of the Trust Estate and in the receiving the Rents
405    and profits thereof and Give such salary and salaries Rewards
406    or Compensations to such attorney or attorneys Stewards Agents
407    or Receivers respectively as my said Trustees shall think
408    proper and that my said Trustees respectively and their
409    respective heirs Executors and Adm[inistrat]ors shall be saved harm
410    less and kept indemnified of from and against and shall and
411    lawfully may deduct and retain to themselves severally out
412    of my Trust Estate for all such Costs Charges Trouble Damages
413    Losses and Expences as they shall or may severally be at sustain or
414    put unto for or by reason or means of the Trusts hereby in
415    them reposed or any way relating thereunto and that my
416    said Trustees shall be only answerable and accountable for
417    so much of the Trust Moneys as shall come to their hands
418    respectively and not thus one for the other of them Nor for the
419    acts Receipts payments defaults or Miscarriages one of the
420    other but each for his own acts Receipts payments defaults or
421    Miscarriages only Neither shall they be answerable or
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422    accountable for any loss that shall or may happen to the
423    Trust Estate unless it happened by their or either of their
424    Wilful Neglect or default and I hereby further Will order
425    and direct that my said Trustees respectively and their
426    respective Heirs Executors or adm[inistrat]ors shall and lawfully may
427    call in have and receive any of my Monies now at Interest
428    or invested in any or either of the publick funds and put
429    and place the same or any other of the Trust Moneys or
430    the Rents Issues and profits of the Lands Tenements or
431    hereditaments aforesaid at Interest or such security or
432    securities as they shall think proper or Invest the same
433    or any part thereof in any or either of the publick Funds or
434    Government securities and so alter and change the same
435    from time to time as occasion shall require and in Case
436    any Debtor or Debtors to the Trust Estate shall become
437    ensolvent so as not to be able to pay the whole of their
438    respective debt or debts that then and in every such case
439    and so often it shall and may be lawful to and for my
440    said Trustees to Compound for the same and to accept
441    and take only Dividend or Dividends as can or may be
442    had or gotten from such Insolvent Debtors Estate and Effects
443    in average with his other Creditors and give Receipts
444    and acquittances for the same accordingly as if the whole
445    of such Debt or Debts had been fully paid In Witness whereof
446    I the said James Buller the Testator have to this my last
447    Will and Testament contained in Seven sheets of paper
448    set my hand and seal in manner following to wit my hand
449    to the bottom of the first second third fourth fifth and sixth
450    sheets and my hand and seal to this seventh and last
451    sheet thereof this sixth day of July in the year of our Lord
452    one thousand seven hundred and sixty nine James
453    Buller The writing contained in this and the six
454    preceeding sheets of paper was duly signed sealed
455    published and declared by the above named James
456    Buller the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament
457    in the presence of us who have subscribed our Names as
458    witnesses thereof in his presence and at his request and in the
459    presence of each other of us John Lee, John Hugo, Thos
460    Westlake
461    This Will was proved at London on the third
462    day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
463    hundred and seventy two before the Worshipful George
464    Harris Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the right Worshipful
465    George Hay Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or commissary
466    of the prerogative court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by
467    the Oaths of Sir John Chichester Baronet and John Parker
468    Esquire the Executors named in the said Will to whom
469    administration was granted of all and singular the goods
470    Chattels and Credits of the said deceased having been first
471    sworn duly to administer

The testator Husey Buller is the first wife of James Buller of Downes (married 8 Dec 1762). She was the daughter of Thomas Gould of Frome and died 26 Sep 1768 aged 31 years according to the Visitation. She had two sons James Buller married to Anne Buller (daughter of William Buller, Bishop of Exeter) and William Buller who marrked Caroline Buller (daughter of John Buller of Bake). This the Buller line that was at Pelynt. John Buller second son of John Francis Buller and Rebecca Trelawny. This John Buller was married twice and the mother of Caroline was Elizabeth Caroline Hunter daughter of John Hunter (second marriage) with his first marriage having been to Mary St Aubyn daughter of Sir John St Aubyn, Baronet. It is this first marriage that the first Buller will transcribed in this large set was from and that was Sir Edward Buller and his daughtger Anna Maria married to James Drummond Elphinstone were his heirs.

This was a second marriage for Husey as her first marriage was to Nicholas Gould of Frome Billet, Stafford and she is said to be of Milbourne Stileham, Bere Regis. They married with consent of parents 19 Sep 1757. The witnesses were Thomas Gould and Ann Gould. The marriage was at West Stafford. Looking up in Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Volume 1, Thomas Gould Esquire was of Milborne St Andrews and Frome Bellet, J.P. and D. L. and he married in March 1728 Mary the daughter of Will Freke and they had the following children: John, William, George, Hubert, Nicholas, Robert Freke, Husey, Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret and Jane. It would appear that Nicholas Gould was a first cousin once removed to Husey and considerably older than her. No children were mentioned in Burke's Gentry.

In the will Husey (this surname also has a history in the family in that the grandfather of Thomas Gould (father of Husey) was John Gould Esquire of Upway and Frome Bellet, lieutenant colonel in the Dorset militia and he married in 1655 Sarah the daughter of Hubert Hussey Esquire of Sydling, Dorset)  mentions her two sons William (the eldest) and Francis. In the Visitation these sons are named William and James (perhaps he was James Francis).

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/945/349
Testator: Husey Buller, wife of James Buller
Place: Downes, Devon, England
Date of document: 25 Sep 1768, probated 20 Feb 1769
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

 [Margin]: Husey Buller

1    I Husey Buller
2    the now wife of James Buller of Downes in the County of
3    Devon Esquire by Forme and virtue of the power and powers
4    Authority and Authorities to me given or reserved in and by
5    the Articles or Marriage Settlement made previous to or on
6    occasion of my Marriage with my said Husband James Buller
7    and by Forme and virtue of all and every other power and powers
8    Authority and Authoritys ine any way thereto enabling or
9    come to or beene in as in this belief in any manner
10    whatsoever do make and ordain this my Last Will and
11    testament and by me devise bequeath and dispose of all
12    my Lands Tenements heredita[ment]s Goods Chattles and real and
13    personal Estates whatsoever and wheresoever and whereof I
14    have any power of disposing in manner and forme herein
15    after mentioned that is to say First I Give and Bequeath unto
16    my Brothers and Sisters herein after named (that is to say)
17    Hubert Gould George Gould Robert Freke Gould Margaret
18    Gould and Jane Gould the Sum of one hundred pounds of Lawfull
19    Money of Great Britain to each of them to be paid by my
20    Executors herein after named within Six calendar Months
21    next after my decease Also I give and bequeath unto my
22    Son James Buller my Largest Pearl Necklace All my
23    Medals all my dressing plate my diamond Earrings and
24    Diamond Sprigg and also all my peires of fine worked or
25    wrought Sattin intended for a Bed which were purchased of
26    Matthew Spencer Esquire Also I give and bequeath the rest
27    of all my other plate to my said husband James Buller and
28    his Assigns during the term of his natural Life and from and
29    after his decease I give and bequeath the same plate to my two
30    Sons William Buller and Francis Buller to be equally
31    divided between them Share and Share alike when and as soon as
32    they shall respectively attain the age of twenty one years
33    and in case one of them shall happen to dye under the age
34    of twenty one years the whole to go to the Survivor of them
35    and the executors adm[inistrat]ors and assignes of such Survivor
36    for ever and as to for and concerning all my Lands Tenem[en]ts
37    and heredit[ament]s and all the rest residue and remainder of my
38    Goods Chattels and personal Estates Sum and Sums of Money
39    Moneys at Interest Securities for Money Money in the
40    publick Funds Mortgages in force or for terms of years
41    and the Lands Tenements and Heredit[ament]s comprized therein
42    and all other my real and personal Estate whatsoever and
43    wheresoever not herein Before given and bequeathed after all
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44    my just debts Legacys and Funeral Expences are First satisfyed
45    and paid I give devise and bequeath the same and every part
46    and parcell thereof with their and each and every and either
47    of their Rights Members and Appurt[enances] unto my said husband
48    James Buller and John Burland Esquire Serjeant at Law
49    their heirs Executors Adm[inistrat]ors and assignes And I hereby make
50    ordain constitute and appoint them the said James Buller
51    my husband and the said John Burland whole and sole
52    Executors of this my Last Will and Testament hereby revoking
53    all former and other wills by me made upon the Trusts
54    and to the uses herein after mentioned expressed and declared
55    of and concerning the same (that is to say) Upon Trust
56    and to and for the only use benefit and advantage of my
57    said two Sons William Buller and Francis Buller their heirs
58    Executors Adm[inistrat]ors and assigns to be equally divided between
59    them Share and Share alike when and as soon as they shall
60    respectively attain the age of Twenty one years and in
61    case either of them she happen to dye under the Age of
62    Twenty one years Then the whole to go to and be vested in the
63    survivor of them and the heirs executors adm[inistrat]ors and assigns
64    of such Survivor for ever and upon no other Trust to no
65    other use and for no other End Intent or purpose whatsoever
66    and I hereby will order and direct that my said Trustees
67    and the Survivor of them and the heirs Executors or adm[inistrat]ors
68    of such Survivor do and shall Lay out and Expend such Sum
69    and Sums of Money in the Maintenance and Education of
70    my said two Sons William Buller and Francis Buller during
71    their respective Minoritys as they shall think proper And
72    that my said Trustees or the Survivor of them and the heirs
73    Executors or Adm[inistrat]ors of such Survivor shall and Lawfully
74    may retain and employ such one or more attorney or
75    attorneys Stewards or agents in the Management of my
76    Trust Estate and give such Salary or Salaries Reward or
77    Compensation to such attorneys Stewards or agents as
78    they shall think proper and that my said Trustees respectively
79    and their respective heirs Executors and adm[inistrat]ors shall be
80    saved harmless and be kept Indemipified and shall and
81    lawfully may deduct and retain to themselves severally out
82    of my Trust Estate for all such Costs Charges Trouble damage
83    Loses and Expences as they shall or may severally be at
84    sustain or put into for or by reason or means of the Trust
85    hereby in them reposed or anything relating hereto and
86    that my said Trustees shall be only answerable and accountable
87    for so much of the Trust Moneys as shall come to their hands
88    respectively and not the one for the other of them nor for the
89    Acts Receipts Payments defaults or Miscarriages one of
90    the other but each for his own Acts Receipts payments
91    defaults or Miscarriages only Neither shall they be answerable
92    or accountable for any Loss that shall or may happen unless it
93    by their or either of their wilfull neglect or default and
94    I hereby further will order and direct that my said Trustees
95    respectively and their respective heirs Executors or Adm[inistrat]ors
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96    shall and Lawfully may Call in have and receive any of
97    my Moneys now at Interest or Invested in any or either of
98    the Publick Funds and put and place the same or any other
99    of the Trust Moneys at Interest on such Security of Securities
100    as they shall think proper or Invest the same or any part
101    thereof in any or either of the publick Funds or government
102    securities and to alter and change the same from time to
103    time as occasion shall require it and that in case any
104    debtor or debtors to the Trust Estate shall become insolvent
105    so as not to be able pay the whole of their respective debt
106    or debts That then and in every such Case and so often it
107    shall and may be Lawfull to and for my said Trustees to
108    Compound for the same and to accept and take such
109    dividend or dividends as can or may be had or gotten
110    from such Insolvent Debtors Estate and Effects and give
111    receipts and acquittances for the same accordingly as
112    if the whole of such debt or debts had been fully paid In
113    witness whereof I the said Husey Buller the testatrix have
114    to this my Last Will and Testament contained in two sheets
115    of paper put my hand and seal in manner following to wit
116    my hand to the bottom of the First sheet thereof and my
117    hand and Seal to this second and Last Sheet thereof this
118    Twenty Fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one
119    thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Eight Husey Buller
120    Signed Sealed published and declared by the above named
121    Husey Buller the Testatrix as and for her Last Will and
122    Testament in the presence of us who have subscribed our
123    Names as witnesses thereto in her presence and at her request
124    and in the presence of each other of us Geo. Bent Samuel
125    Hart Thos Westlake
126    This Will was proved at London on the Twentieth
127    day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
128    hundred and sixty nine before the worshipfull George
129    Harris doctor of laws and Surrogate of the Right Worshipful
130    George Hay also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commisary
131    of the prerogative Court of Canterbury Lawfully Constituted
132    by the Oaths of James Buller Esquire the husband of the
133    deceased and John Burland Esquire Serjeant at Law the
134    executors named in the said will to whom administration
135    was granted of all and Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits
136    of the said deceased they having been First sworn duly to
137    administer.

James Buller (the testator) is the son of James Buller and Husey Gould. His father's will was blogged two days ago and his mother's yesterday. His father died 11 Feb 1772 and his mother 1768 so that this James was orphaned at the age of six years and his brother was 5 years of age. No ideas on where they lived but the trustees appointed to look after them and be their guardians were Sir John Chichester and John Parker. I suspect that John Parker is perhaps related to James (the father of the present testator). His great aunt Ann (sister to John Buller of Morval) was married to George Parker and Ann had served as an executor for her father's will.

James Buller (testator) married his cousin Anne the daughter of William Buller Bishop of Exeter and they were married 6 Jun 1791. James was an MP for Exter. They had a very large family with just the one son James Wentworth Buller also MP for Exeter and North Devon. Since he has died after 1858 his will is not in the PCC group. He married Charlotte Juliana Jane the third daughter of Lord Henry Molyneux Howard and niece of the 12th Duke of Norfolk, K.G., and they were married 5 October 1831 from the Visitation. They had a large family which included seven sons and four daughters including Lt Col Redvers H Buller.

James Buller (testator) and his wife Anne also had nine daughters although only seven are mentioned in the will. As mentioned in the will, Hester Eleanor married the Reverend H. Strangways. Other daughters include Elizabeth, Caroline, Georgiana, Anne, and Emma Husey who are not listed as marrying on the Visitation. Three other daughters did marry: Francis Susanna married the Reverend William Molesworth, Rector of St Breock, Louisa married the Venerable William John Phillpotts, Archdeacon of Cornwall and Susanna Catherine married the Reverend William Heberden, Vicar of Broadhembury, Devon.

James also mentioned his nephew Thomas Wentworth Buller who was also one of his executors. Thomas was the son of his brother William Buller of Whimple who had married Caroline Buller the only daughter of John Buller of Bake and they were married 18 May 1791. They also had a large family which included the son already mentioned and two daughters: Elizabeth Caroline married Sir Gregory Allnutt Lewin, QC, and Henrietta married John Divett according to the Visitation. Thomas Wentworth Buller, Commander RN was one of the Tythe Commissioners for England and Wales and he married Anne daughter of Edward Divett Esquire of bystock, Devon. They had one son and four daughters: Cecil Henrietta married Montague Bere of Morebath, Devon, Catherine married Major Hughes, Punjaub Calvary, Gertrude Caroline and Edith Anne did not marry according to the Visitation. Their son William Wentworth Buller of Strete Raleigh, Devon, JP.

There are three wills left for Devon which include the wills of Mary Buller of Honiton widow of William Buller, Surgeon, the will of William Buller, Surgeon and the will of William Buller of Exeter probated 1813. These wills could prove to be interesting looking at my lines as they do not appear to be on the Visitation. However, they are after the birth of Christopher circa 1763.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 9 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1731/161
Testator: James Buller, Esquire
Place: Downes, Devon, England
Date of document: 1 Feb 1823, probated 10 Oct 1827
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Document quality: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: James
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1    In the Name of God Amen I
2    James Buller of Downes in the County of Devon Esquire do make this
3    my last Will and testament in manner following (that is to say) I humbly
4    commit my Soul to the mercy of Almighty god my Creator and Redeemer
5    I direct that my body be decently and privately interred after Seven
6    days from my decease have expired in the Church of Saint Thomas
7    the Apostle near Exeter And Whereas by the Settlement made upon my
8    marriage with my dear Wife Anne Buller bearing date the third
9    day of June One thousand Seven hundred and ninety one and made
10    between me the said James Buller of the first part The Reverend William
11    Buller Doctor in Divinity afterwards Bishop of Exeter and Anne his Wife
12    of the second part Anne Buller my present Wife by the description of Anne
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13    Anne Buller the Younger Spinster Eldest daughter of the said William
14    Buller and Anne his Wife of the third part The Right Honorable Frederick
15    Thomas Earl of Stafford and Sir John Chichester Baronet of the fourth
16    part and Sir William Lemon Baronet my late Brother William
17    Buller Esquire and John Buller the Younger of Morval in the
18    County of Cornwall Esquire of the Fifth part divers Manors
19    Messuages Farms Lands and hereditaments therein particularly
20    described Situate in the said County of Cornwall was granted
21    and released unto the said Frederick Thomas Earl of Stafford and
22    Sir John Chichester and their heirs to the use intent and purpose
23    from and after my decease that if my said Wife should happen
24    to survive me and Lady Jane Buller therein named (who is
25    here said) she my said Wife should have receive and take
26    during the term of her natural life by and out of the rents issues and
27    Profits of the said hereditaments and premises one Annuity or
28    Yearly rent Charge of Five hundred pounds by quarterly payments
29    clear of all deductions whatsoever with such Powers of distress
30    and entry on nonpayment thereof as therein mentioned and
31    subject thereto to the use of the said Frederick Thomas Earl of
32    Stafford and Sir John Chichester their Executors Administrators
33    and Assigns for the term of One hundred Years Upon the trusts
34    therein after expressed for his better raising and paying the same
35    Annuity And from and after the expiration or sooner determination
36    of the said term of One hundred Years to the use of the said Sir
37    William Lemon William Buller and John Buller their Executors
38    Administrators and Assigns for the term of Five hundred Years
39    Upon trust to raise by the ways and means therein expressed the
40    several Sums therein and herein after mentioned for the portion
41    and portions of the Younger Children of the said intended marriage
42    namely If there should be but one such Child the Sum of Six
43    thousand pounds If two such Younger Children the Sum of Eight
44    thousand pounds and if three or more such Younger Children
45    the Sum of ten thousand pounds to be paid in such manner at
46    such time and times with such right of Survivorship and with
47    such Interest in the mean time until the same should become
48    Payable and with under and Subject to such powers provisoes
49    restrictions and declarations as therein expressed And from and
50    after the expiration or sooner determination of the said term of
51    Five hundred Years and in the mean time Subject thereto and
52    to the trust thereof and Charges and Chargeable as aforesaid to the
53    use of me the said James Buller my heirs and Assigns for ever
54    And whereas it is my desire to make some considerable addition
55    to the said Annutiy of Five hundred pounds limitted for the
56    benefit of my said Wife for her life by way of Jointure in and by
57    any said marriage Settlement and in as much as I have eight
58    daughters besides our only Son it becomes necessary for me to
59    make a further Provision for them in addition to the said Sum
60    of ten thousand pounds directed by the said Settlement to be raised
61    for their benefit by virtue of the said term of Five hundred Years
62    created for that purpose as aforesaid Now I do hereby give and
63    bequeath unto my said Wife Anne Buller and her Assigns for
64    and during the term of her natural life One Annuity or Yearly
64    Sum of Seven hundred pounds free and clear of and from all
66    deductions and outgoings whatsoever by quarterly payments
67    at Lady day Midsummer Michaelmas and Christmas in every
68    Year the first payment thereof to begin and be made on such of
69    the said days as shall first happen next after my decease the said Annuity
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70    Annuity of Seven hundred pounds to be in addition to the said
71    Annuity of Five hundred Pounds provided for my said Wife by the
72    said Settlement and making together with the said Sum of Five
73    hundred Pounds the Sum of twelve hundred Pounds And I do
74    hereby Subject and Charge all and Singular the Manors Messuages
75    Farms Lands and hereditaments comprized in and granted by my
76    said marriage Settlement to and with the Payment of the said
77    additional Annuity of Seven hundred Pounds unto my said Wife
78    and her Assigns during her life accordingly. And I do hereby authorize
79    and empower my said Wife and her Assigns during her life to have
80    receive and take the said Annuity of Seven hundred Pounds by and
81    out of the rents issues and Profits of the said Manors Messuages Farms
82    lands and hereditaments by such and the same ways and means
83    and with such and the same powers of distress and entry on non-
84    payment thereof and all such other powers and authorities as are
85    given to my said Wife and her Assigns by my said Settlement for
86    receiving taking and enforcing the Payment of the said Annuity
87    of Five hundred pounds thereby limitted to her as aforesaid And I do
88    also authorize and empower the said trustees of the said term of One
89    hundred Years their Executors and Administrators to make use of
90    and exercise the same term for the better levying and raising the
91    said additional Annuity of Seven hundred pounds upon nonpayment
92    thereof in such and the same manner in all respects whatsoever
93    as they are authorized to do by my said Settlement for levying and
94    raising the said Annuity of Five hundred pounds as hereinbefore
95    mentioned Also I give and bequeath unto or for the benefit of
96    my daughters and Younger Children the Sum of Seventeen thousand
97    Pounds in addition to the Sum of ten thousand pounds directed
98    in and by my said marriage Settlement to be raised and paid
99    for the portions of any three of more of the daughters or Younger
100    Children of my said marriage equally to be divided amongst
101    them share and share alike To be paid at such and the same
102    time and times with such and the same right and benefit of
103    Survivorship with such Interest in the mean time until such
104    portions respectively shall become payable and with under and
105    subject to such and the same powers provisoes restrictions and
106    declarations as are expressed and declared in and by my said
107    Settlement concerning the said Sum of ten thousand Pounds thereby
108    directed to be raised to or for the benefit of my daughters or Younger
109    Children as aforesaid Provided always nevertheless and it is my
110    Will and intention that by reason or means of such right and
111    benefit of Survivorship as four of such my Surviving daughters
112    or Younger Children shall be entitled to have and receive under
113    and by virtue of the provisions made for the portions of my said
114    daughters and Younger children in and by my said marriage
115    Settlement and the addition made thereto by this my Will any
116    larger Sum to be divided between them for their portions
117    respectively than the Sum of twenty four thousand pounds nor
118    any three of such my Surviving daughters or Younger Children
119    any larger Sum to be divided between them for their portions
120    respectively than the Sum of Eighteen thousand pounds nor any
121    two of such my Surviving daughters or Younger children any
122    larger Sum to be divided between them for their portions respectively
123    than the Sum of twelve thousand pounds nor any one such my
124    Surviving daughter of Younger Child any larger Sum than the Sum
125    of ten thousand pounds for his or her portion And I do hereby authorize
126    empower and direct the said trustees of the said term of Five hundred
127    pounds
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128    Years created by the said Settlement and the Survivors and Survivors
129    of them and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor to make
130    use of and exercise the same term for levying and raising the said
131    additional Sum of Seventeen thousand Pounds hereby given for the
132    portions of my said daughters and Younger Children in such and the
133    same manner in all respects whatsoever as they are authorized to do
134    by my said Settlement for levying and raising the said Sum of ten
135    thousand Pounds as therein mentioned. And as concerning all and
136    singular my said monies Messuages Farms land and hereditaments
137    comprized in the said Tridenture of Settlement of which I am Seized
138    in for as aforesaid (Subject to the said Annuity of Five hundred pounds
139    limitted by my said marriage Settlement and the said Annuity of
140    Seven hundred Pounds given by this my Will to and for the benefit
141    of my said Wife for her life And also Subject to the payment of the
142    several sums directed to be raised and paid by my said Settlement
143    and by this my Will in addition thereto for the portion and portions
144    of my daughters and Younger Children and to the powers remedies
145    and authorities for raising and paying the same respectively And also
146    as Concerning all other my Manors Messuages Lands tenements
147    Advowsons hereditaments and real Estate whatsoever Situate
148    lying and being in the said County of Cornwall I give devise and
149    bequeath the same and every part thereof unto James Buller of
150    Sackville Street Piccadilly London Esquire Clerk of his Majesty's most
151    Honourable Privy Council and Thomas Wentworth Buller Esquire
152    Eldest son and heir of my late Brother William Buller Esquire
153    deceased their heirs and Assigns To the Several uses Upon the Several
154    trusts and to and for the ends, intents and purposes and with under
155    and Subject to the powers provisoes declarations and agreements
156    hereinafter expressed and declared of and concerning the same (that
157    is to say) to the use of my Son James Wentworth Buller and his
158    Assigns for and during the term of his natural life without
159    impeachment of Waste except voluntary waste in houses and
160    Buildings And from and after the determination of that Estate by
161    forfeiture or otherwise in his life time to the use of the said James Buller
162    and Thomas Wentworth Buller and their heirs during the natural life
163    of my said Son James Wentworth Buller Upon trust to Support and
164    preserve the contingent uses and Estates hereinafter limitted from being
165    defeated or destroyed and for that purpose to make entries and bring
166    Actions as occasions shall require but nevertheless to permit and
167    Suffer my said Son James Wentworth Buller and his Assigns to receive
168    and take the rents issues and Profits of the said hereditaments and Premises
169    to and for his and their own use and benefit during his life And from and
170    after his decease to the use of the first Son of the body of my said Son James
171    Wentworth Buller lawfully to be begotten and the heirs Male of the body
172    of such first Son lawfully issuing And in default of such Issue to the use of
173    the Second third fourth fifth and all and every other the Son and Sons of
174    the body of my said Son James Wentworth Buller lawfully to be begotten
175    Severally Successively and in remainder one after another as they and
176    every of them shall happen to be in priority of birth and of the Several
177    and respective heirs Male of the body and bodies of all and every such Son
178    and Sons lawfully issuing the elder of such Son and Sons and the heirs Male
179    of his and their body and bodies being always to be preferred and to take
181    before the Younger of such Son and Sons and the heirs male of his and
182    their body and bodies issuing And for default of such Issue to the use of the
183    Second third fourth fifth and all and every other the Son and Sons of my
184    body lawfully to be begotten Severally Successively and in remainder one
185    after another as they and every of them shall happen to be in priority of birth
186    and
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187    and of the Several and respective heirs Male of the body and bodies of all
188    and every such Son and Sons lawfully issuing the elder of such Son and
189    Sons and the heirs Male of his and their body and bodies being always
190    to be preferred and to take before the Younger of such Son and Sons and
191    the heirs Male of his and their body and bodies issuing And for default of
192    such Issue to the use of all and every the daughter and daughters of the
193    body of my said Son James Wentworth Buller lawfully to be begotten
194    equally to be divided between them if more than one Share and share
195    alike as tenants in Common and not as joint tenants and of the
196    Several and respective heirs of the body and bodies of all and every such
197    daughter and daughters lawfully issuing And in case one or more of
198    such daughters shall happen to die without Issue of her or their body
199    or bodies then as to the Share or Shares of her of them so dying without
200    issue to the use of the Survivors or Survivor or others or other of them
201    to be equally divided between them if more than one Share and Share
202    alike as tenants in Common and not as joint tenants and of the Several
203    and respective heirs of the body and bodies of such Survivors or Survivor
204    or other or other of them lawfully issuing And in case all such daughters
205    but one shall happen to die without Issue of their bodies of there shall
206    be but one sure daughter to the use of such Surviving or only daughter
207    and of the heirs of her body lawfully issuing And in default of such Issue
208    to the use of all and every the daughter and daughters of my body
209    equally to be divided between them if more than one Share and
210    Share alike as tenants in Common and not as joint tenants and of
211    the Several and respective heirs of the body and bodies of all and every
212    such daughter and daughters lawfully issuing and in case one or
213    more of my said daughters shall happen to die without Issue of her
214    or their body or bodies then as to the Share or part of her or their so
215    dying without Issue to the use of the Survivors or Survivor or others
216    or other of them to be equally divided between them if more than one
217    share and Share alike as tenants in Common and not as joint tenants
218    and of the Several and respective heirs of the body and bodies of such
219    survivors or Survivor or others or other of them lawfully issuing and
220    in case all my said daughters but one shall happen to die without
221    Issue of their bodies or if there should be but one such daughter to the
222    use of such Surviving or only daughter and of the heirs of her body
223    lawfully Issuing and for default of such Issue to the use of my own
224    right heirs for ever provided always nevertheless that it shall and
225    may be lawful to and for my said Son James Wentworth Buller
226    by any deed or deeds writing or writing to be by him sealed and
227    delivered in the presence of and attested by one two or more credible
228    witnesses to grant limit and appoint to or to the use of any Woman
229    or Women with whom he may happen to marry for her or their
230    life or lives and for her or their jointure or Jointures any Annual
231    Sum or Yearly rent Charge not exceeding the Sum of Six hundred
232    Pounds by the Year for and without any deduction whatsoever
233    to be issuing out of and charged upon the said Manors Messuages
234    Farms and hereditaments or any part thereof but without prejudice
235    to the said Annuities directed to be raised and paid to or for the
236    benefit of my said Wife during her life as aforesaid with such powers
237    and remedies for recovering any such Yearly rent Charge when
238    in arrear and for defraying all costs and charges occasioned by
239    the nonpayment thereof as to my said Son James Wentworth
240    Buller shall seem meet And also to grant and demise limit or
241    appoint all or any of the same Manors Messuages Farms lands and
242    hereditaments to any person or persons for any term or terms of
243    Years for the better Securing the Payment thereof to take Effect immediately
244    after
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245    after the decease of my said Son James Wentworth Buller so as
246    such term or terms of Years be made determinable on the easing
247    of the Rent Charge thereby Secured and the Payment of all arrears
248    thereof and all costs and charges relating thereto Provided also that
249    it shall and may be lawful to and for my said Son James Wentworth
250    Buller by any such deed or deeds writing or writings to be by him
251    executed and attested as aforesaid to grant limit or appoint to or for
252    the benefit of all and every the Younger child and Children of my said
253    Son James Wentworth Buller but without prejudice as aforesaid
254    on the Sum and Sums of money not exceeding the Sum of ten
255    thousand Pounds as my said Son shall think fit as and for the
256    portion and portions of such Younger Child and Children to be
257    raised out of and charged upon the Manors Messuages Farms Lands
258    and hereditaments or a competent part thereof And also to grant
259    and demise limit or appoint all or any of the same Manors Messuages
260    Farms lands and hereditaments to any person or persons for any
261    term or terms of Years for the better raising and Securing the payment
262    thereof Provided also that it shall and may be lawful to and for my
263    said Son James Wentworth Buller and all and every person or
264    persons who shall be in the possession of or intitled to the rents
265    and profits of the said Manors Messuages Farms lands and hereditaments
266    by virtue of the limitations aforesaid And also to and for the said
267    James Buller and Thomas Wentworth Buller during the minority of
268    any person or persons so to be intitled as aforesaid by Indenture
269    or Indentures under his her or their hand and Seal or hands and
270    Seals to secure lease and grant any part of parts of the said Messuage
271    Farms Lands and hereditament for any term or number of Years
272    not exceeding fourteen Years in possession at the best and most
273    improved Yearly rents that can be gotten for the same without
274    taking any Sum or Sums of money or other thing by way of fine or
275    _____ for or in respect of such Lease or Leases And also to secure and
276    lease such of the said Messuages Farms lands and hereditaments as
277    shall have been usually leased for terms of Years determinable on
278    lives and which shall not be of the Clear Yearly Value of Fifty pounds
279    for any term or number of Years determinable on the deaths of one
280    two or three person or persons in reversion possession remainder or
281    expectancy so as there be not more than three lives as being on any
282    one tenement at the same time and so as there be reserved on such
283    lease or leases the ancient and accustomed rents duties suits and
284    Services heretofore usually paid and performed for the same And so as
285    the Lessee or Lessees of any lease or leases to be granted by virtue of any
286    power hereinbefore contained shall not be made dispunishable of
287    waste And so as there be a Clause of reentry for nonpayment of the
288    Rent or rents to be thereby respectively reserved And so as the respective
289    Lessees to whom such Leases shall be made duly execute Counterparts
290    thereof respectively Provided also and I do hereby declare that it shall
291    and may be lawful to and for the said James Buller and Thomas
292    Wentworth Buller and the Survivor of them and his heirs at any time
293    or times with the consent and approbation of my said Son James
294    Wentworth Buller testified by some Writing or Writings and or his hand
295    and Seal to make Sale and dispose of or convey in exchange for or in
296    lieu of other Lands and hereditaments. The Manors Messuages Lands
297    and hereditaments comprized in my said Marriage Settlement or any
298    part or parts thereof to any person or persons and for such prices in
299    money or for such other equivalent in Lands as to them shall seem
300    meet And upon payment of the money arising by such Sales the
301    Receipts of the said trustees or the Survivor of them or his heirs as
302    be good and sufficient discharge for the same and such purchaser or Purchasers
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303    Purchasers shall not afterwards be obliged to see to the application of
304    such purchase money or be answerable for the misapplication or
305    nonapplication thereof And that all and every person and persons
306    to whom any such Sale Conveyance or Exchange shall have been
307    made his her or their heirs and Assigns shall and may have hold
308    and enjoy the Premises by them respectively purchased or had in
309    exchange discharged from all and every the uses trusts and
310    limitations declared containing the same by the said marriage
311    Settlement and by this my Will And I do hereby further declare
312    that when any part of the said Lands and hereditaments shall be
313    Sold the money to arise by such Sale shall forthwith be laid out by
314    the said trustees with such consent as aforesaid in the Purchase of
315    other Lands and hereditaments either Freehold or for long absolute
316    terms of Years situate in the said Counties of Devon and Cornwall
317    or out of them and that as well the Lands to be purchased as them
318    to be taken in exchange shall be settled and Assigned to such and
319    the same uses Upon such and the same trusts and under and
320    Subject to such and the same powers provisoes declarations and
321    Agreements as are limitted and declared concerning the said Lands
322    made Saleable and Exchangeable as aforesaid by my said marriage
323    Settlement and by this my Will or as near thereto as the deaths of
324    parties and other contingencies will admitt of And that in the mean
325    time and until such money shall be laid out in such Purchases
326    shall be lawful for the said trustees with such consent as aforesaid
327    to place out the same at Interest Upon real or Government Security
328    and to pay the Interest dividends and produce arising therefrom
329    to such persons for such uses intents and purposes and in such
330    manner as the rents and Profits of the Lands directed to be purchased
331    and Settled would go and be payable in case such Purchases and
332    Settlement were there actually made Also I give and bequeath unto
333    my said dear Wife Annie Buller the Sum of One thousand Pounds to
334    and for her own use and benefit to be paid to her within three
335    months after my decease Also I give and bequeath unto my said
336    Wife all my Household Goods and Furniture Linen and Wines in
337    my house at Downes to and for her own use and benefit and to be at
338    her absolute disposal And also the use of my plate and of a Pearl
339    Necklace which she usually wears during her life which plate and
340    Necklace after the death of my said Wife and also my Books immediately
341    after my death I give and bequeath unto my said Son James
342    Wentworth Buller I give and bequeath unto my Cosson William
343    Buller and my Nephew James Buller sons of my said late Brother
344    William Buller the Sum of Two hundred pounds each to be paid
345    within twelve Calendar Months next after my decease I give
346    devise and bequeath unto the said James Buller and Thomas
347    Wentworth Buller and their heirs the right of Presentation upon the
348    next Avoidance to the Vicarage of the Parish Church of Saint Thomas
349    the Apostle in the said County of Devon Upon trust that they my said
350    trustees and the Survivor of them and the heirs and Assigns of such
351    Survivor do and shall present the Reverend John Caius Copleston
352    to the said Vicarage or Parish Church upon the death or resignation
353    of the Reverend John Bradford Copleston his father the present Incumbent
354    thereon I request the said James Buller and Thomas Wentworth Buller
355    to accept the Sum of One hundred Guineas each as a trifling mark of
356    my regard and affection for them I give to my faithful Servant William
357    Gowler an Annuity of Twenty Pounds during his life to be paid by
358    quarterly payments at Lady Day Midsummer Michaelmas and
359    Christmas in every Year the first payment thereof to begin and be made
360    on such of the said days as shall first happen next after my decease
361    I give devise and bequeath all and singular my Manors Messuages Lands
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362    and tenements Advowsons and hereditaments and real Estate
363    whatsoever Situate lying and being with the Several Parishes of
364    Saint Thomas the Apostle Coffinswell Crediton and Newton Saint Cyres
365    or elsewhere in the said County of Devon which I have the power to
366    dispose of (Subject to the next right of Presentation to the Vicarage
367    of Saint Thomas the Apostle which I have hereinbefore given and
368    devised for the purpose aforesaid And also Subject and charged to and
369    with the Payment of my debts Legacies and Funeral Expences not
370    visited to be raised and paid by and out of my said Settled Estate in
371    Cornwall by my said Settlement and this my Will and which my
372    residuary Personal Estate may not be Sufficient to discharge unto
373    my said Son James Wentworth Buller his heirs and Assigns to the
374    use of my said son James Wentworth Buller his heirs and Assigns for
375    ever And all the rest and residue of my Goods Chattels monies and
376    Securities for money and all other my personal and testamentary
377    Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever after Payment of my
378    debts Legacies and Funeral Expences I give and bequeath the same
379    and every part thereof unto my said Son James Wentworth Buller his
380    Executors Administrators and Assigns to and for his and their own
381    use and benefit And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint
382    my said dear Wife Anne Buller and the said James Buller and
383    Thomas Wentworth Buller joint Executrix and Executors of this my
384    Will And I do appoint them Guardians of the persons and Estates of
385    my said daughters and Younger Children during their respective
386    minorities And I do hereby request my said Wife that in case
387    of the deaths of the said Sir William Lemon and John Buller two
388    of the trustees named in my said Marriage Settlement in her life
389    time she will in pursuance of the power given for that purpose by
390    my said Settlement nominate and appoint the said James Buller
391    in the room of the first of the said trustees who shall so happen to die
392    and the said Thomas Wentworth Buller in the room of the other of
393    the said trustees who shall so happen to die to the Intent that the
394    said James Buller and Thomas Wentworth Buller or either of them
395    may act in the trusts of the said Settlement in such and the same
396    manner as the present trustees are thereby authorized and empowered
397    to do And I revoke all former Will and Wills by me at any time
398    heretofore made and to declare this to be and contain my last Will and
399    testament In Witness whereof I have to this my Will contained in ten
400    sheets of paper to the first nine Sheets thereof set my hand and to this
401    tenth and last Sheet my hand and Seal this first day of February
402    in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty three
403    1823 James Buller Signed Sealed Published and declared by the
404    said James Buller the testator as and for his last Will and testament in
405    the presence of us three who have subscribed our names as Witnesses
406    thereto in his presence at his request and also in the presence of each
407    other John Rawling Henry Rawling Wm Rawling
408    I James Buller of Downes in the County of Devon
409    Esquire do make and declare this to be a Codicil to my last Will and
410    testament bearing date the first day of February One thousand eight
411    hundred and twenty three Whereas I am Seized of some Share
412    Interest or portion in Freehold Estate consisting of a number of
413    dwelling houses and premises situate and lying in the Parish of Saint
414    Mary le bone in the County of Middlesex Subject to a Lease for a term
415    of Years absolute therein Now I do by this Codicil annexed to my said Will
416    give and devise my said Share Interest or Portion in the said Freehold
417    hereditaments and Premises unto my Son James Wentworth Buller and
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418    and all and every my daughters and their heirs equally Share
419    and Share alike as tenants in Common and not as joint tenants And
420    in case of the death of any or either of them before attaining the Age
421    of twenty one Years without leaving Issue the Share of such to go
422    to the Survivors or Survivor of them and his her or their heirs
423    equally also as tenants in Common and not as joint tenants In
424    Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twenty
425    Seventh day of December in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight
426    hundred and twenty five James Buller Signed Sealed Published
427    and declare by the said James Buller as and for a Codicil to his last Will
428    and testament in the presence of us three who in his presence at his
429    request and also in the presence of each other have Subscribed our names
430    as Witnesses to such his Execution hereof John Rawling Henry Rawling Wm Rawling
431    This is a further Codicil to the Will of me James Buller of Downes
432    in the County of Devon Esquire bearing date the first day of February
433    One thousand eight hundred and twenty three Whereas since the
434    making of my said Will my daughter Hester Eleanora has intermarried
435    with the Reverend Henry Strangways And upon such her marriage
436    and for her better Advancement in life I advanced and settled the Sum of
437    three thousand three hundred and seventy five pounds in favor of
438    her said husband herself and the children of their marriage Now
439    I do therefore hereby revoke all legacies and Sums of money bequeathed
440    to her (as one of the Young Children of myself and Wife) by my said
441    Will and declare that the Advancement portion or portions which
442    I have so made and Settled in and by her marriage Settlement is
443    to be secured and considered to be in full Satisfaction and discharge
444    thereof And also in full Satisfaction and discharge of her Share
445    of the Portion or portions to which she is or shall be otherwise
446    would be (also as one of the Younger children of myself and Wife)
447    entitled to under the Settlement made on our marriage In all
448    other respects I confirm my said Will And also on former Codicil
449    dated the twenty Seventh day of December One thousand eight
450    hundred and twenty five and and declare this writing to be a further
451    Codicil to my said Will and taken as part thereof In Witness whereof
452    I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this ninth day of July
453    One thousand eight hundred and twenty Seven 1827 James
454    Buller Signed Sealed published and declared by the said James
455    Buller as and for a further Codicil to his said last Will and Testament
456    in the presence of John Rawling Henry Rawling
457    Proved at London with 2 Codicils 10th October 1827 before the
458    Judge by the Oaths of Anne Buller Widow the Relict James Buller
459    Esquire and Thomas Wentworth Buller Esquire the Nephew the
460    Executors to whom Adm[inistrati]on was granted having been first sworn
461    (that is to say) the said Anne Buller and Thomas Wentworth Buller
462    by Commission and the said James Buller before the Worshipful John
463    Daubeny Doctor of Laws and Surrogate duly to administer

Mary Buller the testator was likely married to William Buller a Surgeon at Honiton and  his will is next.

Information on the children of William and Mary Buller of Honiton on Otter, Devon

Baptism Mary Buller 4 Jun 1736 at the New Meeting House Independent, Honiton on Otter, Devon, England (daughter of William and Mary Buller). Mary Buller married James Broadfoot 19 Jun 1769 at Honiton on Otter, Devon.

William Buller son of William and Mary Buller baptized 17 Mar 1734 at the New Meeting House Independent, Honiton on Otter, Devon, England.

Other children baptized at the New Meeting House Independent, Honiton on Otter and with parents William and Mary Buller in this time frame:

Elizabeth Buller, 1 Jul 1737
Susannah Buller 24 Oct 1738 and 16 Jan 1740
John Buller 5 Oct 1739
Richard Buller 28 Feb 1742

An Elizabeth Buller married a John Maynard 28 Oct 1765 at Honiton on Otter, Devon, England.  Mary the testatrix does mention a daughter Ann and this is perhaps Susannah.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1011/73
Testator: Mary Buller, Widow
Place: Honiton, Devon, England
Date of document: 7 Oct 1772, probated 6 Sep 1775
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[Margin]: Mary
[Margin]: Buller

1    I Mary Buller of
2    Honiton in the County of Devon do make this my last
3    Will and Testament viz I give and bequeath unto my
4    Executors hereinafter named the Sum of three hundred
5    Pounds on Trust that they place out the same on good
6    Security and pay the Interest thence accruing to my
7    daughter Mary Broadfoot during her life the same to
8    be for her sole and separate use and independant of the
9    debt control or engagements of her present husband or of
10    any person or persons whom she may hereafter marry
11    and her Receipt alone to be their discharge and after her
12    decease the said Sum of three hundred pounds with such
13    Interest as may be due thereon to be equally divided amongst
14    such children as she may leave on their attaining the age
15    of twenty one years respectively but if she should leave no
16    Issue or leaving such they shall die in their minority then
17    the said sum of three hundred pounds with such Interest
18    as may be due thereon to sink into my residuary Estate for
19    the equal use and benefit of  my residuary Legatees herein
20    after named I give and bequeath unto my Executors herein
21    after named the further sum of three hundred pounds on
22    Trust that they place out the same on good Security and pay
23    the Interest thereto accruing to my daughter Ann Buller
24    during her life the same to be for her sole and separate
25    use independant of the debts control or Engagements of
26    any person or persons whom she may hereafter marry and
27    her Receipt alone to be their discharge and after her
28    decease the said Sum of three hundred pounds with such
29    Interest as may be due thereon to be equally devided amongst such
30    Children as she may leave on their attaining the age of twenty
31    one Years respectively but if she should leave no Issue or leaving
32    such they should die in their minority then the said Sum of
33    three hundred pounds with such Interest as may be due thereon
34    to sink into my Residuary Estate for the equal use and benefit
35    of my residuary Legatees hereinafter named I give and
36    bequeath unto my Executors herein after named the further
37    sum of two hundred pounds in Trust that they may place out the
38    same on good security and the Interest thence accruing to
39    accumulate and to be added to the principal for the benefit of
40    my Grandaughter Elizabeth Maynard if she shall attain the
41    age of twenty one years after which to pay unto her during
42    her life the Interest arising from the said principal Sum and
43    from its increase by accumulation of Interest during her
44    minority and after her decease the same to be equally divided
45    amongst such children as she may leave on their attaining
46    the age of twenty one years respectively but if she should die
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47    without Issue or leaving such they should die in their
48    Minority then the said Sum of two hundred pounds with
49    its increase by accumulation of Interest to sink unto my
50    residuary Estate for the equal use and benefit of my
51    residuary Legatees hereinafter named and all that residue of
52    my Estate or Effects of what nature or kind soever I give and
53    bequeath unto my Sons William Buller and Richard
54    Buller to be equally divided between them and I hereby
55    constitute and appoint my said Sons William Buller and
56    Richard Buller Executors of this my last Will and Testament
57    whereunto I have set my hand and Seal this seventh day
58    of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
59    hundred and seventy two Mary Buller Signed sealed
60    and declared by the testatrix to be her last Will and Testament
61    in presence of us Jno Sexton Elizabeth Sexton
62    This Will was proved at London the sixth day of
63    September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
64    and seventy five before the Right Worshipfull Sir George
64    Hay Knight doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary
66    of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
67    by the oaths of William Buller and Richard Buller the Sons
68    of the deceased and Executors named in the said Will to whom
69    Administration of all and singular the Goods Chattells and Credits
70    of the so s[ai]d deceased was granted they having been first sworn by
71    Commission duly to Administer.

William Buller the testator was a Surgeon at Honiton and I believe that his wife Mary was the will which was published yesterday on the blog. William only  names his son William and no other names for his children. The couple appear to have had seven children in total in birth order: Mary, William, Elizabeth, Susannah (deceased by 1740), John, Susannah, and Richard. Two of the daughters were married, Mary married James Broadfoot and Elizabeth married John Maynard. The other children John and Susannah are not accounted for in any of the text.


Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/894/43
Testator: William Buller, Surgeon
Place: Honiton, Devon, England
Date of document:  13 Aug 1763, probated 15 Dec 1763
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Buller

1    This is the last Will and Testam[en]t
2    of me William Buller of Honiton in the County of Devon
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3    Surgeon I give and bequeath to my son William who has been
4    educated at a very considerable expence and set up in
5    business by me twenty pounds as a token of my love and
6    regard for him to each of my other children their heirs
7    Executors and Administrators I Give and bequeath an hundred
8    pounds to be paid out of my Effects in twelve Months after
9    my decease to my Wife I give and bequeath all the
10    residue and remainder of all my Goods Chattels Moneys plate
11    and Jewells on this express condition that she pay or cause to
12    be paid the full Sum of Two hundred pounds to every one of
13    my children my Son William excepted in case she Marries
14    after my decease but provided she continues to her Death
15    unmarried then my Will is that my Said Children shall
16    have no claim to the said Sum of Two hundred pounds
17    each but that she shall possess and enjoy the same during her
18    natural life on the determination of which I hereby Give and
19    bequeath the said Sum of Two hundred pounds to each of
20    my said children their heirs Executors and Administrators
21    my Son William excepted and Lastly I appoint my Wife
22    Executrix of this my last Will and Testament Will: Buller
23    Signed Sealed published and declared to be the last Will and
24    Testament of the said Will: Buller in the presence of us Will
25    Harris I Rutter This Will was executed Aug[us]t 13 1763 Will Harris
26    This Will was proved at London on the Fifteenth
27    day of December in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven
28    hundred and Sixty three before the Right Worshipful Sir
29    Edward Simpson Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or
30    Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
31    constituted by the Oath of Mary Buller Widow the Relict of
32    the said deceased and Sole Executrix named in the said Will to
33    whom administration was granted of all and singular the
34    Goods Chattels and credits of the said deceased having been
35    first sworn by Commission duly to administer.

It always pleases me when I can tie wills together and this third will following the will of William Buller, Surgeon and Mary Buller, Widow both of Honiton does just that. This is William, the eldest son of William Buller and his wife Mary and within his will are references that take me back to both of these wills. By this time Ann Buller has married Robert Pearce and there are three children John Buller Pearse, Maria Pearse and Ann Pearse. He mentions Elizabeth Maynard and Janet Bradbord. A nice linking will but I, at this time, have no ideas on the parentage of William Buller. Living in the Honiton area they are both close geographically to the Buller family in Somerset and the Buller family in Exeter and other parts of Devon.

Elizabeth Buller Maynard married Thomas Colyer at Honiton in 1784 (Boyd's Marriage Index - Find my Past).

Anne Buller married Robert Pearce 4 Dec 1780 at Honiton On Otter, Devon.

William must have drifted away from his family. His father mentioned that he had been very well educated and set up in business and the results of his labour show in his benevolence towards his siblings' children. One nephew has been named and he is John Buller Pearse leaving one to wonder if John Buller (son of William and Mary) did not survive. The three daughters have married and Ann is widowed with three children John Buller Pearse, Maria Pearse and Ann Pearse, Elizabeth has perhaps died although her daughter is mentioned and has married a Thomas Colyer and they live in America, Mary Broadford/Bradford has one daughter Janet whom William also mentions. Although the link between William Buller, Surgeon is somewhat tentative, the link between Mary Buller, widow and William is proven with the mention of the married names of his sisters.

The parentage of William Buller, Surgeon is not known by me.

http://www.familydeeds.org/DT17.php is a rather interesting document that is a transfer of mortgage. The actual document may pertain to these wills but especially the date and two of the signers namely,  4 Jan 1780 and the two signers Richard Buller Surgeon of Honiton in the County of Devon and Robert Pearse also Surgeon of Honiton in the County of Devon. They are friends of one of the signers Thomas How. The document is for sale for £4.25 but the actual content doesn't actually interest me. It is just interesting to see these two names in this time period. Richard Buller was a son of William Buller Surgeon and Robert Pearse was the name of the husband of Ann Buller. 

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1541/14
Testator: William Buller
Place: Exeter, Devon, England
Date of document:  16 Sep 1811, probated 1 Feb 1813
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Document quality: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Buller

      I William Buller now
1    residing in the City of Exeter do make this my Will and Testament
2   I give and bequeath unto my Sister Ann Pearse and unto
3    my Nephew John Buller Pearse and unto my esteemed
4    friend the Reverand J Douglas one thousand pounds on trust
5    that they place out the same on good security either on a
6    Mortgage of land or on Government Security as they may
7    Judge expedient and pay the interest thence ensuing to
8    my Niece Maria Pearse during her life the same to be
9    independant of the debts contract or Engagement of any
10    person whom she may hereafter marry and at her decision
11    the said principal sum of one thousand pounds to be
12    disposed of as she may or will direct I give and bequeath
13    unto my said trustees above named the farther sum of
14    one thousand pounds on trust for the use and benefit
15    of my Niece Ann Pearse to be secured and paid in like
16    manner as above directed respecting her Sister Maria
17    Pearse I give and bequeath unto my said trustees above
18    named the farther sum of one thousand pounds for
19    the use and benefit of my Niece Janet Bradford to be
20    secured and paid in like manner as above directed for my
21    other Nieces during her life but in case she should dye
22    without issue only one moiety thereof to be at her disposal
23    by will the other moiety to revert to my residuary Estate
24    I give and bequeath unto my said trustees above named
25    the farther sum of Five hundred pounds In trust for the
26    use and benefit of Ann Brott daughter of my late Niece
27    Margaret Brott to be secured and paid in like manner
28    as above directed for my Niece during her life and at
29    her decease to be disposed of as she may by will direct
30    and whereas Thomas Collier who married my
31    Niece Elizabeth Maynard and now resides in America
32    is indebted to me for his bond dated the ninth day of Feb[uar]y
33    1789 for the sum of three hundred and twenty pounds
34    I give and bequeath the said bond to my trustees above
35    named in trust for the use and benefit of his wife the s[ai]d
36    Elizabeth Collier during her life and at her decease to
37    be disposed of as she may by will direct I give and bequeath
38    to my trustees above named the farther sum of Five
39    hundred pounds in trust for the use and benefit of my
40    said Niece Elizabeth Collier in case she should return
41    to reside in England the interest thereof to be paid to
42    her during her life and at her decease the said principal
43    sum to be by her will disposed of to such child or
44    children as she may have but if she should die
45    without any surviving issue the said principal sum
46    to revert to my residuary Estate I bequeath unto my
47    Sister Ann Pearse the use of such part of my household
48    furniture as she may chuse to retain during her life and
49    the residue to be divided between her daughters Maria
50    and Ann in such time in manner and proportion as she may
51    In expedient I desire that no part of my household
52    furniture be disposed of by auction or sale and all the
53    residue of my Estate and Effects of what nature or kindsoever
54    I give and bequeath unto my Nephew John Buller
55    Pearse except such part thereof as I may otherwise dispose of
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56    of by Codicil annexed to this my will and testament
57    and I hereby constitute and appoint my Sister Ann
58    Pearse and my Nephew John Buller Pearse Ex[ecut]ors
59    of this my will written with my own hand this sixteenth
60    day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand
61    Eight hundred and Eleven William Buller
62    I William Buller do make this Codicil to this my will
63    I bequeath unto my faithful servant Mary Blate one hundred
64    pounds towards purchasing an annuity for her life
64    and all the Furniture of the room on the attic story which
66    she is accustomed to occupy as her Bedchamber and
67    all such part of my wearing apparel as is suitable and
68    ten Guineas for suitable mourning
69    In the goods of William Buller deceased
70    January 27th 1813
71    Appeared personally James Townsend of
72    Honiton in the County of Devon Gentleman and
73    Thomas Maunder of the same place Gentleman
74    and made oath they knew and were well acquainted
75    with William Buller late of the City of Exeter Esquire
76    deceased for some time previous and up to the time of his
77    death and also with his manner and character of
78    handwriting and subscription having several times
79    seen him write and subscribe his name and having
80    now carefully perused the paper writing hereunto
81    annexed purporting to be and contain the last will
82    and testament with a Codicil of the said deceased the
83    said will beginning thus I William Buller now
84    residing in the City of Exeter ending thus written with
85    my own hand this sixteenth day of September in the
86    year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred
87    and Eleven and thus subscribed William Buller and
88    the said codicil beginning thus I William Buller
89    do make this Codicil ending thus and Ten Guineas
90    for suitable mourning they further made oath
91    that they verily and in their consciences believe the
92    whole series and contents as well of the said will as
93    of the said Codicil to be of the proper handwriting
94    and subscription of the said deceased Jas Townsend
95    Thos Maunder Same say the said James Townsend and
96    Thomas Maunder were duly sworn to the truth
97    hereof before me Richard Lewis Cornet
98    Proved at London on the 1st February 1813 before the Judge by
99    the oath of John Buller
100    Pearse the Nephew and one of the Executors having been first
101    sworn by Commission duly to administer power reserved
102    to Ann Pearse Widow the Sister and other Executor.
103    Proved at London with a Codicil of 8th January 1823 before
104    the Judge by the Oath of Ann Pearse Widow the Sister and
105    other Executor to whom Adm[inistrati]on was granted having
106    been first sworn by Com[missi]on duly to admi[niste]r

No ideas on the Buller family in Kent. Two sisters Hannah (the testator) and her sister Elizabeth. No ideas of ages. There are a number of wills for Buller family members in Kent (six in total):

Peter Buller, Gentleman of Sandwich, Kent, PROB 11/1421/293, probated 30 Mar 1805
Mary Buller, Widow of Ramsgate, Kent, PROB 11/2138/378, probated 3 Sep 1851
Thomazin Buller, Widow of Ospringe, Kent, PROB 11/356/3, probated 17 Jan 1678
Sarah Buller, Widow of Minster Isle of Thanet, Kent, PROB 11/1405/264, 6 Mar 1804
Right Reverend William Buller (Lord Bishop of Exeter, Dean of Canterbury, Kent, PROB 11/1284/89, probated 28 Jan 1797

The Will of Sarah Buller might be rather interesting although probably attached to the Buller family of Cornwall with their interest in the Isle of Thanet. Also Thomazin Buller probated in 1678 although this will is over one hundred years later.

London wills for the Buller family will follow next.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 11 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1117/380
Testator: Hannah Buller, Spinster
Place: Town and Port of Sandwich, Kent, England
Date of document: 23 Apr 1783, probated 17 Jun 1784
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[Margin]: Hannah
[Margin]: Buller

1    This is the Last Will
2    and Testament of me Hannah Buller of the Town and port
3    of Sandwich in the County of Kent Spinster First I do give
4    and bequeath all my ready Money Goods Chattels and personal
5    Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and whereof I shall die
6    possessed after payment of my just debts Funeral Expences and
7    the Charges of proving and executing this my Will unto my
8    Sister Elizabeth Buller to and for her own use and benefit and
9    I do hereby make nominate and appoint my said Sister
10    Elizabeth Buller the Sole Executrix of this my last Will and
11    Testament and lastly I do hereby revoke all former Wills by me
12    at any time made In Witness whereof I the said Hannah Buller
13    the Testatrix have hereunto set my hand and Seal the twenty
14    third day of April in the year of Our Lord One thousand
15    seven hundred and Eighty three The Mark of Hannah Buller
16    Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Hannah Buller
17    the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the
18    presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our Names as
19    Witnesses in the presence and at the request of the said
20    Hannah Buller the Testatrix Edw: Baker, Jno Erston
21    This Will was proved at London the Seventeenth
22    day of June in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred
23    and Eighty Four before the Right Worshipful Peter Calvert Doctor
24    of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court of
25    Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Elizabeth Buller
26    Spinster the Sister of the deceased and Sole Executrix named in
27    the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and
28    singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased.

There are five City of London wills and these have a strong probability to be my Buller line (along with the Buller family of Warwickshire since my Henry Christopher Buller went back and forth between his butcher shop in London and his butcher shop in Birmingham - my 2x great grandfather).

Mary Buller, Spinster of Saint Benet Fink London, PROB 11/982/169, probated 16 Nov 1772
Walter Buller (present will)
Stephen Buller, Coal Merchant of Saint Giles without Cripplegate, City of London, PROB 11/767/394, probated 23 Feb 1749
Richard Buller, Merchant of Bearbinder Lane, City of London, PROB 11/769/443, probated 9 May 1749
Julius Buller, Merchant now going on a Voyage to the Spanish West Indes of City of London, PROB 11/589/230, probated 11 Feb 1723

Walter Buller's will is the oldest one in London dating back to 1625 so he was likely born in the mid to late 1500s. He has a brother Thomas Buller whom he names executor. It is a noncupative will.

The Church of St Mildred in Bread Street is an ancient one having been dedicated in the 7th century to Saint Mildred the daughter of Merewald, sub-king of West Mercians. It was rebuilt following the Great Fire of London and then succumbed to bombing in 1941. Amazing to think this will dates back to before the Great Fire of London and that Walter Buller was buried in that Church.

There is a list of the Residents of Bread Street in 1638 on the British History Online website:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=32054

No Buller members are listed. It is a valuation of the houses in the Parish of St Mildred for Tythe purposes. There is a Mr. Butler.

Although the original Parish Registers were destroyed in 1941, the Harleian Society had fortunately made a transcription of these registers in 1912. (http://ia700408.us.archive.org/25/items/registersofstmil42stmi/registersofstmil42stmi.pdf )  The baptisms begin in 1658, the Marriages begin in 1670, and the Burials begin in 1670. There were no entries for Buller in the Register.

He is listed on Find My Past under Boyd's Inhabitants of London as being a Salter on Bread Street in St Mildred. He is also listed as being a Citizen. It would be so exciting if someone would take on the Buller one name study. Again this is one of the well known surnames of the British Isles. There isn't a Thomas Buller listed under Boyd's Inhabitants of London.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 11 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/146/169
Testator: Walter Buller, Salter of Saint Mildred Bread Street
Place: City of London, England
Date of document: 11 Jun 1625, probated 13 Jun 1625
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[Margin]: T. incupative
[Margin]: Walteri
[Margin]: Buller
[Margin]: desc.

1    Memorand That Walter Buller late of the p[ar]ish of St Mildrede in Bred Streete London
2    Cittizen and Salter deceased on the Eleaventh daie of June Anno d[omi]ni 1625 beinge of p[er]fect
3    mind and memory and havinge an intent to settle and dispose of his estate made and declared
4    the last will and testament nuncupative as followeth viz[a vi]t Imprimis his bodie to buried
5    in the upper end of St Mildreds Church aforesaid Alsoe he gave and bequeathed unto
6    his fower sisters viz[a vi]t Marye Underhill Alice Mayall Elizabeth Aynge and Katherine
7    Newberry Twentie pounds a peece of lawfull English money Alsoe he gave and
8    bequeathed unto [blank] his Goddaughter Fifteene pounds of lawfull
9    money Alsoe he gave and bequeathed unto the poore of the parishe of Halford where
10    he was borne Fower poundes of lawfull money Alsoe he gave and bequeathed
11    unto Elizabeth Clarke his Landlady the some of Fower pounds of lawfull money
12    Alsoe he gave and bequeathed unto [blank] his godsonne Thirtie
13    nobles of lawfull money Alsoe he gave and bequeathed unto the poore of the p[ar]ishe
14    of St Mildred in Bredstreete London the some of Fower pounds of lawfull money
15    All the rest of his goods chattells and debts (whatsoever his mind debts being afix I
16    paid and this his will beinge p[er]formed he gave left and bequeathed to his brother
17    Thomas Buller whom he nominated Executor of this his last will and testament
18    or he uttered and used words to the like effect In the p[re]sence of us Raphe Clarke
19    William Turner

Thought this could be a possibility to help me out given the time frame (after Christopher Buller was born circa 1673) however the will is for Mary Butler I am fairly sure and will check that out with the National Archives. Handy will though for this family as she identifies her brother and sister who are living in Louth Lincolnshire.Indeed The National Archives has sent me an email stating this is Mary Butler.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 13 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/982/169
Testator: Mary Butler, Spinster
Place: Saint Benet Fink, London, England
Date of document: 12 Nov 1772, probated 16 Nov 1772
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[Margin]: Mary Butler

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I Mary Butler of Bear Alley of the parish of Saint
3    Bennet Finck London Spinster being sick and weak of
4    Body but of sound Mind Memory and Understanding do
5    make this my last Will and Testament in manner and
6    forme following that is to say First and principally I commend
7    my Soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator
8    hoping for pardon of my Sins by the Merits and
9    Intercession of my blessed Saviour my Body I commit to
10    the Earth to be buried and as to all such Estate Goods
11    and Chattels that I shall be possessed of interested in or
12    intitled unto at the time of my decease after payment
13    of all my Debts Funeral Charges and all other necessary
14    Expences I do dispose thereof as followeth that is to say
15    I do give and bequeath unto my Brother James Butler
16    Shoemaker now living at Louth Lincolnshire and to my
17    Sister Ann Ward (wife of Thomas Ward Shoemaker living
18    at the aforesaid place) all and every part of my Estate in
19    Effects Goods and Chattels that may be remaining after
20    the following Legacies herein mentioned being paid I do give
21    and bequeath unto Elizabeth Cuthbert two Tea Spoons
22    marked C I do give and bequeath unto Elizabeth
23    Robinson daughter of Eleanor Robinson a Silver Medal
24    and pin and I do give and bequeath three Rings as
25    follow one to Mrs Ann Brown one to Mrs Catherine
26    Brown and one to Mrs Bridget Hughes if they please
27    to accept of them I do also give and bequeath Five
28    Guineas to my Executrix Mrs Jane Monkhouse for her
29    care and trouble and I do give and bequeath Three Rings
30    unto Mr Edward Derby and his two Daughters Isabella
31    Derby and Carolina Derby and I do hereby constitute and
32    appoint Jane Monkhouse Spinster of the parish of
33    Peckham in the County of Surry my Executrix of this my
34    last Will hereby revoking all other Wills and Testaments
35    by me at any time heretofore made or published I do
36    declare this to be my Will and Testament In Witness
37    whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the
38    Twelfth day of November in the Twelfth Year of the
39    Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the
40    Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland
41    King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the year
42    of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and seventy two
43    Mary Butler Signed sealed published and Declared by
44    the Testator as and for her last Will and Testament in
45    the presence of us who here subscribe our Names as
46    Witnesses hereto in her presence and at her request in
47    the presence of another; Witnesses E: Derby, Sarah Ireland X her mark
48    This Will was proved at London the Sixteenth
49    day of November in the Year of our Lord One Thousand
50    seven hundred and seventy two before the Worshipful George
51    Harris Doctor of Laws and Surrogate of the Right
52    Worshipful George Hay Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or
53    Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
54    constituted by the Oath of Jane Monkhouse Spinster the
55    Executrix named in the said Will to whom administration
56    was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattles and
57    Credits of the said deceased having been first sworn duly
58    to administer

I have mis-sorted this will as it actually belongs with the Westminster wills but since I have begun I shall carry on after all the last one that I did was for Butler instead of Buller! This one does rather interest me as it is probated in 1764 (one year after the projected birth of Christopher Buller my 3x great grandfather).

There is an affidavit attached to this will which accurately places this family into the Cornwall family. The Testator is an Uncle to Francis Buller of the Inner Court. I believe this to be Sir Francis Buller, Baronet Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. That would mean that this Francis is a son of John Francis Buller and certainly his sister Rebecca (his executrix) married Sir Charles Watson and was identified as Rebecca Watson, widow. An Elizabeth Buller is mentioned and this is perhaps his sister who married the Reverend John Sturgess, D.D. John Buller was the second son of John Francis Buller and he remained at Pelynt and many of his descendants were in the Military and the first Buller will is one of the grandsons of John Buller (Sir Edward Buller of Trenant Park). I rather believe this too does not lead me back to Christopher but does provide more details on the Buller family of Cornwall.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 13 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/903/207
Testator: Francis Buller, Esquire
Place: Westminster, Middlesex, England
Date of document: 30 Jun 1764, probated 19 Nov 1764
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[Margin]: Francis
[Margin]: Buller

1    The last Will of me
2    Francis Buller of Abingdon Street Westminster Esquire
3    Imprimis I Give to my Sister Watson and Brother John
4    Buller all my Manors Messuages Lands Tenements and Real
5    Estate of what Nature soever and also all my personal Estate
6    to hold to them their heirs Executors and Adm[inistrat]ors In Trust to Sell
7    and Dispose thereof and convert the whole into ready Money
8    and that they do thereout when and pay the Sums and Legacys
9    following Viz [a vi]t the Sum of Fifteen hundred pounds to her my said
10    Sister Watson the Sum of Two hundred pounds to him my said
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11    Brother John To the Rev Jos: Foot of Anthony One hundred
12    pounds To Mr James Coulthard Fifty pounds over and above w[ha]t
13    I may owe him To my Servant Susanna Mason Forty pounds To
14    my Servant Charity Youlin Twenty pounds and to my Servant
15    Daniel Ellis Twenty pounds to be paid at his Age of 21 and all
16    my Wearing Apparell I forgive Wm Ellis the one hundred
17    pounds he owes me on Note and the Interest I desire that the
18    twenty pounds Given by my late Dear Wife's Will to Wm Ellis
19    of [blank] Son of the said Wm Ellis may be paid I give the
20    Diamond Ring which I Generally Wear in Memory of my said
21    late Wife to her Neice Miss Gertrude Bampfylde And I
22    desire that the then residue after payment of my Debts and
23    Legacies and Funeral Expences be Equally Distributed between and
24    paid to or retained by her my said sister Watson and Brothers
25    John and William and Sister Elizabeth But the above bequest
26    to my Brother William is on Condition that he do relinquish and
27    release all such Right and Interest as he may have to or in
28    a certain Copyhold Lease at West Anthony and also pay or
29    allow to my Executors the Five hundred pounds he owes me and
30    my Will is that all my Debts not carrying Interest be paid within
31    3 Months next after my Death I Desire that my Funeral may be
32    as private as Decency will admit but I leave the same entirely
33    to the Discretion of my Executors And I do hereby appoint my said
34    Sister Watson and Brother John Executors of this my Will In
35    Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand this 30 Day of
36    June 1764 Francis Buller Signed and published by the s[ai]d
37    Francis Buller as and for his last Will in the presence of us
38    who in his presence and in the presence of each other have
39    hereto subscribed our Names as Witnesses, John Cowell, John
40    Shears, Charles Blore
41    M[emorandu]m this 30th June 1764 the Sum of three hundred
42    pounds was remitted me by Mr John Peke of Antony parish to
43    be applied on his account and the same stands placed to my Credit
44    in the Shop of Mess[ieur]s Backwell and Co Now I declare that the
45    said 300 li is Mr Pekes property and desire it may be paid or
46    applied as he shall Direct Frs: Buller Witness
47    James Coulthard
48    A Codicil to the Will of me Francis Buller Esq[uie]r
49    Whereas by my last Will bearing date on or about the
50    thirtieth Day of June last I have made my Brother John an
51    Executor and also Given him a Legacy and bequeathed part of my
52    Residuary Estate to him And Whereas he my said Brother and I as
53    co-exec[u]tors of our late Father have respectively received and paid
54    several Sums and possessed several parts in respect out and on
55    account of our said late Father's Estates the accounts of which have
56    not yet been Closed Now in order to remove all Disputes relating
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57    thereto And I being well Satisfied that I am not Indebted to my
58    said Brother on account of such Executorship I do hereby Will and
59    Direct that my said Brother John shall and Do before he be permitted
60    to prove my said Will or in any wise Intermeddle with  my Executors on
61    one or more proper Deeds or Instruments effectually Release
62    and Discharge my Estate from all Claims and Demands which he
63    can (or may have) thereon for or on account of my receiving or
64    possessing or disposing of this my said late Father's Estate the Effects
65    or otherwise Intermedling therein And in case of his Neglect
66    or refusal for three Months after my Death so to do then I revoke
67    all Benefits intended him by my said Will and also the appointment
68    of him as an Executor and Direct that such benefits and bequests
69    Go to my older Residuary Legatees and that my Sister Watson do
70    remain Sole Executrix and Sole Trustee;
71    But on his Giving such Release and Discharge as aforesaid
72    Then I Will and Direct that he also releases and discharges from
73    all Demands which For my Estate may have on him on account of
74    his Receipts and payments touching the said Executorship or on any other account
75    It being my Intent and Meaning that the
76    accounts between him and me touching our respective receipts
77    and payments relating to such Executorship and all other accounts
78    up to the Day of my Death be Considered and taken as Settled and
79    Closed. But nevertheless I do not Mean that my Demands on the
80    outstanding of future Effects of my Said Father should be relinquished
81    And I give five pounds to the poor of the parish where I
82    Shall be Buried As to my Brother Buller I have tried
83    many Marks of affection and friendship from and I think my
84    self Greatly obliged to him on many Occasions But as a
85    Considerable advantage will accrue to him on my Death I therefore
86    hope he'll not be displeased at my not making any Bequest
87    in his Favour In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand this
88    11 July 1764. F. Buller Signed and published by the said
89    Francis Buller as a Codicil to his Will in the presence of us
90    who in his presence and in the presence of each other have
91    hereto set our Names as Witnesses the Words other account
92    and the words (In all other accounts) having first interlined near the
93    bottom of the first side Thomas Wildman John Cowell John Shears
94    15th Nov 1764
95    Appeared personally Francis Buller of the Inner
96    Temple London Esq[uie]r and being Sworn on the holy Evangelists
97    made Oath that the well known Francis Buller late of the parish
98    of St Margaret Westminster in the County of Middlesex Esquire
99    Deceased he being the Deponents Uncle and the Deponent is well
100    acquainted with his the Deceased's manner and Character of hand
101    writing having often seen him write and having now carefully viewed
102    the Name Frs Buller Subscribed to the Codicil or paper
103    Writing hereto annexed beginning thus Mm this 30th
104    June, 1764 and ending thus as he shall Direct Saith
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105    that he Doth verily believe the said Name and Subscript,
106    Frs Buller to be of the proper hand Writing of the said Francis
107    Buller Esq[uie]r deceased, Fra[nci]s Buller same Day, the said Francis
108    Buller Esq[uie]r was duly Sworn to the Truth of this affidavit before me
109    Geo. Harris Surrogate present H. Stevens Jan Not Pub
110    This Will proved at London (with two Codicils) the
111    Nineteenth Day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand
112    Seven hundred and Sixty four before the Worshipful William Compton
113    Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful George Hay also
114    Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative
115    Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Rebecca
116    Watson Widow the Sister of the deceased and one of the Executors
117    named in the Will to whom Administration was Granted of all and
118    Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased She
119    having been first Sworn duly to Administer (power reserved of
120    making the like Grant to John Buller Esq[uie]r the Brother of the
121    said Deceased and other Executor named in the said Will and Second
122    Codicil when he Shall apply for the same) Agreeable to the Tenor of
123    the said Codicils

William Watson Buller the testator and his wife must have lived in Lisbon Portugal at some point as their daughter Sarah was baptized 19 Feb 1736 at the British Factory Chaplaincy, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal (C88000-1 - Family Search). A second baptism can be found for Elizabeth Watson Buller baptized 21 Mar 1734 at the same place (C88000-1 Family Search).

Under William Buller and Sarah I also found

Sarah Buller baptized 10 Nov 1726 (deceased by 1736)
Lucy Carolina Buller baptized 31 Mar 1728 (not named in the will)
Richard Buller baptized 5 Jun 1732

and all at British Factory Chaplaincy, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal.

I did find William Watson Buller  on a Peerage page saying that he was the son of a Richard Buller and Anne Watson and that this Richard was born circa 1637 and died in 1691. They lived at Shillingham Cornwall. Although the date of birth doesn't fit well he could perhaps be the Richard Buller baptized 24 Aug 1628 at St Stephen's by Saltash and son of Francis Buller and Thomas Honywood but very speculative. Not listed in the Visitation as having married anyone at all. The webpage is a personal one.

Then another interesting webpage on a Felizarda Guerhelmina Buller/Burmester who married firstly Ruddolfo Burmester and secondly Richard Buller. Richard being one of the sons of the testator and continued with his father's business being a merchant in England and Portugal. His parents being listed as William Watson Buller and Sarah Stert. This webpage viewed 13 Feb 2013:  http://genforum.genealogy.com/buller/messages/260.html

I can not find the connection back to the Buller family at Shillingham by the Visitation.

Ancestry does have some information. The marriage of Elizabeth Watson Buller to Eman Walton 6 Apr 1758 at York, Yorkshire and a Charlotte Buller baptized 6 Aug 1738 at St George the Martyr, Queen Square, Middlesex, England with father William Watson Buller. The Burial of William Watson Buller is listed at St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Tower Hamlets on 17 Nov 1750. He is listed as being brought to St Dunstan from St Anne Westminster. No other information on the original parish register lines. Tower Hamlets is rather interesting as that is close to where my Buller family lived in Southwark (St Olave and St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey). I wonder now what is crossed out! The lines for the baptism of Charlotte in the original parish Register show them as living on Great Ormond Street at the time of her baptism.

Interesting line and I shall have to keep an eye open for records on this family. An interesting Bill and answer at the National Archives. Isaac Lusitano de Pinna and Maria Ayres his wife (widow and administratrix of Manuel Mendes Monforte, deceased late of Bahia, Portugal) versus William Watson Buller, merchant, of London, and Peter Ford alias Gabriel Lopez Peneiro with the date of the bill 1739. By the baptism of Charlotte it is known that they have been in England at least in 1738 and they are living at Great Ormond Street and this is the location of William Watson Buller in his Will.

He asked to be buried in the Family Vault at Stepney which would presumably mean St Dunstan Parish Church. The only record I found online from the parish registers for St Dunstan was the marriage of John Buller of Lower Waping mariner and Margaret Hicks 21 Sep 1644. William Watson Buller was probably born around the end of the 1600s so somewhat distant from this record but does bring into question the connection back to the Shillingham family.

The marriage of the eldest daughter Anna Maria to Henry Leaves and this is perhaps the Henry Leaves baptized 14 Jun 1629 at St Nicholas Cole Abbey, London son of Henry Leaves (C02263-2 Family Search) I have not yet found.

There is a baptism for William Leaves (mentioned in the will as second eldest grandson) and he was baptized 27 Jun 1749 at St James Westminster, Middlesex, England with mother Anna Maria (C13553-9 Family Search).

Writing out his son James Buller is quite fascinating in this time period. I now have a Buller line possibility in the London area which I can look at. There are more wills in this area though and it is possible That James simply took ill at some point and was unwell for whatever reason and he has been written out of his large inheritance and given eighty pounds per year to live on. But did he marry and leave progeny? Richard appears to be accounted down past 1763 so not likely my line.

The surname Watson is interesting as there was a marriage of Rebecca Buller (daughter of John Francis Buller and Rebecca Trelawney) to Vice Admiral Sir Charles Watson (circa 1720)

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 14 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/783/233
Testator: William Watson Buller, Merchant
Place: St George the Martyr, Middlesex, England
Date of document: 28 Dec 1748, probated 9 Nov 1750
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[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Watson Buller

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I William Watson Buller of Great Ormond Street in the
3    parish of Saint George the Martyr in the County of
4    Middlesex Merchant being at present praised be God almighty
5    in perfect and sound good health and Memory and desirous
6    and wishing to settle and bequeath the small Fortune and
7    Estate which God hath been pleased and Gracious to bless
8    me withall in the manner and form following viz[a vi]t
9    Impri[mi]s - I Give and Bequeath unto my Sister Anna
10    Maria Josepha Martin Widow of the late Reverend James
11    Martin if living at the time of my decease the Sum of
12    forty two pounds for Mourning
13    2dly - I Give and Bequeath to my Brother Richard Buller
14    the sum of twenty one pounds for Mourning
15    3dly - I Give and Bequeath unto my youngest daughter Charlotte
16    Buller the sum of two thousand pounds to be paid unto her
17    when she arrives at the Age of twenty one years or sonner
18    upon the Day of her Marriage provided the somme be with the
19    consent and Approbation of her Mother my wife Sarah but if
20    otherwise not to be paid her untill she is fully twenty one
21    years old
22    4thly I Give and Bequeath unto my next daughter Sarah
23    Buller the sum of three thousand pounds to be paid unto
24    her when she arrives at the Age of twenty one years or
25    sooner upon the Day of her Marriage provided the same be
26    with the consent and Approbation of her Mother my Wife
27    Sarah but if otherwise not to be paid her untill she is full
28    twenty one Years old
29    5thly I Give and Bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth
30    Watson Buller the sum of three thousand pounds to be paid
31    unto her when she arrives at the age of twenty one years
32    or sooner upon the day of her marriage provided the same
33    be with the consent and approbation of her mother my wife
34    Sarah but if otherwise not to be paid her untill she is full
35    twenty one years old
36    6thly I Give and Bequeath unto my youngest son Richard
37    Buller the sum of three thousand pounds to be paid unto
38    him when he arrives at the age of twenty one years or
39    sonner at the discretion Will and pleasure of his Mother muy
40    Wife Sarah but not otherwise
41    7thly - [crossed out and illegible] [Word] Will [in margin]
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42    8thly Whereas my eldest daughter Anna Maria is marryed
43    unto Henry Leaves Esquire with whom I gave three
44    thousand pounds for her portion and therefore I now
45    Give and Bequeath unto her only Fifty two pounds  ten
46    shillings or fifty Guineas for Mourning
47    9thly I Give and Bequeath unto my Grandson and Godson Henry Leaves
48    the sum of one hundred Guineas or one hundred and five
49    pounds to be layed out in Bank Stock and the Interest or
50    Dividend thereof from time to time as the same becomes
51    due to become principal Stock in the Bank of England and
52    when he comes and arrives at the Age of twenty one years
53    the whole principal together with the Interest or Dividend
54    thereof to be paid unto him
55    10thly I Give and Bequeath unto my beloved Wife Sarah
56    Buller all my Jewells, silver plate and Linnen together with
57    all my household Goods and furniture likewise my coach
58    and Chariott which I shall be in possession of at the time of
59    my death desiring my Wife Sarah that upon her death she
60    Give and Bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Watson her
61    best and largest Diamond Ear Rings and the Rest of her other
62    Jewells to give unto my other Daughter or Daughters She shall think
63    fitting
64    11thly I do hereby Will constitute and appoint my Wife
65    Sarah Buller to be whole and sole Executrix of this my last
66    Will and Testament ordaining and appointing her sole
67    Guardian for the Management and education of all my
68    aforesaid five children which I recommend unto her best
69    and tender care in all respects
70    12thly Whereas my Brother in Law Arthur Stert is at present
71    my partner in my house in Lisbon in the Kingdom of
72    Portugal him I therefore Will and appoint and constitute to
73    remain and be Trustee to this my Will and Testament
74    desiring him to adjust all accounts and so make up and
75    Ballance our company Books as soon as possible to be
76    done immediately after my death in order for him together
77    with my Wife and Executrix to go depositing into the
78    Bank of England and without loss of time the several Sums
79    of Money and Legacies bequeathed and given unto my two
80    sons and three daughters as well also unto my Wife Sarah
81    in the manner hereafter appointed and bequeathed and
82    given unto her for into the Bank of England (at price
83    currant from time to time) I do hereby Will and appoint that
84    my whole Estate and Fortune be put in and made all principal
85    stock that is to say all that may appear to be due and
86    comming unto me and my family both from the company
87    Books of my house at Lisbon as well also from my own
88    Books in London in like manner
89    13thly I Give and Bequeath unto my partner Arthur Stert
90    of Lisbon the Sum of fifty Moidors[?] of Gold at 46 800 each
91    for his care and trouble of Trusteeship in settling and adjusting
92    all my Accounts as well also in Assisting my Wife and
93    Executrix in the due and true executing the contents and
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94    Meaning of this my Will and Testament appointing him
95    Trustee thereof as before declared hereby willing and
96    ordering that nothing be done executed or transacted by
97    him without the consent and approbation of my wife and
98    Executrix first had and obtained under her own hand and seal
99    14thly I Give and Bequeath unto my Wife Sarah Buller the
100    Sum of (I say) the Income and full Interest or Dividend of
101    Eight thousand pounds which sum of eight thousand pounds
102    more or less I do hereby Will ordain and Appoint to be laid
103    out in buying Bank Stock and so to become Capital Stock in
104    the company of the Bank of England in order for my Wife
105    Sarah Buller to Enjoy and receive the Interest or Dividend
106    thereof to be made Yearly or half Yearly for the same during
107    her own natural Life in the nature or manner of a jointure
108    and upon the Death or Demise of my Wife Sarah I do hereby
109    will ordain and that that her aforesaid jointure of eight
110    thousand pounds more or less She will give bequeath and
111    divide unto my sons and daughters in the best manner
112    she shall please and esteem most proper and necessary to
113    be done for their future advantage in marrying or otherwise
114    15thly I doe hereby declare order and appoint my wife Sarah Buller
115    to remain and go sole and only Guardian unto my aforesaid
116    two sons and three daughters I mean whilst and during
117    her remaining my widow but not otherways I do then the
118    Interest and Dividend of the several Sums of Money left and
119    bequeathed unto them as aforesaid shall from time to time
120    be received by her from the Bank of England and do expended
121    and belayed out in common for the Maintenance of herself
122    and my two sons and three daughters together for the better
123    Education of my aforesaid sons and daughters my Intent and
124    Meaning being nevertheless and I do hereby also Will order
125    and appoint that in case my wife Sarah should marry
126    again after being my Widow Then in such case whatever
127    child or children of mine as shall be then still Minors or
128    under age of twenty one Years Then the full Interest and
129    Dividends of his her or their Fortune or Fortunes shall be
130    fully and wholly received and enjoyed by themselves only and
131    independant from their Mother for their own and separate
132    better Living and Education and do thereby become Independant
133    also from their Father in Law in case it should please God
134    so to happen
135    16thly In order the better to explain the true meaning and
136    Intent of the aforesaid fourteenth article my Will and
137    pleasure is And I do hereby Will and Order that my
138    Executrix and Wife Sarah Buller do in the first place
139    adjust pay and discharge all my debts oweing at the time
140    of my death in the next place for her to make good and
141    pay the several Legacies bequeathed and given unto my
142    children Relations and other persons declared in this my
143    Will and Testament as aforesaid And Lastly all the Remainder
144    of my personal Estate to go to my wife Sarah Buller and by
145    her to be enjoyed as her own property whether the same be
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146    be more or less than the eight thousand pounds declared
147    and bequeathed unto her agreeable to the Tenore and
148    true Intent and Meaning of the fourteenth Article as
149    aforesaid
150    17thly I Give and Bequeath unto Arthur Smythe my present
151    Book keeper the sum of Twenty one pounds as Legacy
    together with a compleat suit of Mourning which my
152    Executrix is hereby desired to give him with a Mourning
153    Ring also
154    Lastly I desire to be buryed in the Family Vault at
155    Stepney in a decent and private manner with only two
156    coaches and six horses attending my corps humbly recommend-
157    ing my soul unto God Almighty my sole hope and redeemer
158    and Saviour Amen and Amen hereby declaring this to be
159    my last Will and Testament As Witness my hand and seal this
160    twenty eight day of December one thousand seven hundred
161    and forty eight or 1748 in Ormond Street London Wm Buller
162    Memorandum that the seventh article of
163    this my Will remains blotted out with my own hand making
164    the same Will and of no effect nor validity and in lieu and
165    place thereof my Will and pleasure is and I do hereby order
166    will and appoint my Wife and Executrix Sarah Buller to pay
167    into and deposit in the Bank of England three thousand pounds
168    making the same Stock as Security for her receiving the
169    accustomed Interest or Dividend thereof in Order for her
170    paying my Eldest Son James Buller a pension or Annuity
171    during his natural Life of Eighty pounds per Annum in four
172    Quarterly Payments of twenty pounds each payment And
173    further my Will and Pleasure is that upon his death or demise
174    of my son James Buller the aforesaid Three thousand pounds
175    deposited in the Bank of England and made capital Stock be
176    immediately paid and received by my other son Richard Buller
177    or by his heirs as his or their own lawful property hereby bequeathed
178    unto them without any Let or Molestation from any other
179    person or persons whatsoever Whereas in the Eight Article I
181    have bequeathed and given unto my daughter Anna Maria
182    Leaves fifty two pounds ten shillings only for Mourning but
183    instead thereof I now Will and Bequeath unto her five hundred
184    pounds in all and no more to be paid unto her by my Executrix
185    and Wife Sarah Buller And Whereas my Grandson Henry Leaves
186    being dead I therefore now give and bequeath unto my Godson
187    and Grandson William Leaves the Sum of one hundred Guineas or one hundred
188    and five pounds to be paid him when he arrives at the Age of
189    twenty one years in the Interim said Money to be laid out in Bank
190    Stock by my Executrix Sarah Buller and the Interest or Dividend
191    She goes receiving from time to time to be made principall
192    Stock for the better advantage of my aforesaid Godson William
193    Leaves In Witness my hand in Hampton this twentieth day of
194    April Anno domini one thousand seven hundred and fifty or 1750
195    Wm W Buller
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196    Appeared Personally Henry Clive of the Inner
197    Temple London Gentleman and Henry Leaves of the Parish
198    of Saint James Westminster in the County of Middlesex
199    Esquire and severally made oath that they knew and were
200    very well acquainted with William Watson Buller late of
201    the Parish of Saint Ann Westminster aforesaid deceased for
202    several Years before and to the time of his death which
203    happened in the said Month of November and with his
204    manner and character of hand writing having often seen
205    him write and subscribe his Name and having now viewed
206    and perused the paper Writing hereunto annexed purporting
207    to be the last Will and Testament and Codicill thereto of the
208    said deceased the said Will beginning thus "In the Name of God
209    Amen I William Watson Buller of Great Ormond Street in the
210    parish of Saint George the Martyr in the County of Middlesex
211    Merchant Ending In Ormond Street London and subscribed
212    Wm W Buller The Codicill beginning thus Memorandum That the
213    seventh Article of this my M remains blotted out with my
214    own hand making the same Will and of no Effect or validity
215    Ending As Witness my Name in Hampton this twentieth Day
216    of April Anno domini one thousand seven hundred and fifty or
217    1750 and subscribed Wm W Buller now these deponents
218    depose and say that they verily believe the whole series
219    of the said Will and Codicill beginning and Ending as aforesaid
220    and subscribed as aforesaid is of the proper hand writing
221    of the said deceased and they these deponents further
222    depose that they verily believe the obliteration made
223    between the sixth and Eighth Article in the first side of
224    the said Will was done by the said deceased and also the
225    word Will wrote in the Margin of the same is as they
226    verily believe wrote by the said deceased Henry Clive
227    Hen: Leaves 9th Nov[embe] 1750
228    The said Henry Clive and Henry Leaves were sworn to
229    the Truth of this Affidavit before me Rich[ar]d Smalbroke
230    Surrogate present Tho[ma]s Adderly No[ta]ry Publ[ic]
231    This Will was proved at London with a
232    Codicill the ninth day of November in the year of our Lord
233    one thousand seven hundred and fifty before the
234    Worshipfull Richard Smalbrooke Doctor of Laws and
235    Surrogate of the Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth also
236    Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the
237    Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
238    by the Oath of Sarah Buller Widow the Relict of the
239    deceased and sole Executrix in the said Will named to
240    whom Administration was granted of all and singular
241    the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased being
242    first sworn duly to administer.

Stephen Buller the testator identifies his two daughters Alice and Susannah with Alice married to Ryall Wells. His wife is identified in the Probate as Mary.

I could not find anything for this family on LDS or Find my Past including Boyd's Inhabitants of London. However on Ancestry Stephen Buller is listed with the London, England Land Tax Records in 1723 at Cripplegate within. Once again in 1735 near Crown Court in Cripplegate without. 

I also found the Marriage Bond and Allegation 27 Jul 1747 between Ryall Wells and Alice Buller mentioned in the will. The original Image is available on Ancestry and it is a full page document to be transcribed below:

Know all Men by these Presents, That we Ryall Wells of
the Parish of Saint Giles Cripplegate London Cooper and
are bolden and firmly bound to the Worshipful Thomas Salusbury
Doctor of Laws Commissary General of the Worshipfull the Dean and Chapter
of the Cathedral Church of St Paul London in and throughout the whole peculiar

Jurisdiction lawfully appointed in one hundred pounds
of lawful Money of Great-Britain, to be paid to the said Thomas
Salisbury or his certain Attorney, his Executors, Administrators,
or Assigns: To which Payment, well and truly to be made, we bind our-
selves, and each of us by himself for the whole, our Heirs, Executors,
and Administrators, firmly by these Presents. Sealed with our Seals
Dated the twenty seventh Day of July
in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and forty seven

The Condition of this Obligation is such, That if hereafter there shall
not appear any lawful Let or Impediment, by reason of any Pre-Con-
tract, Consanguinity, Affinity, or any other lawful Means whatsoever; but that
the above bounden Ryall Wells a Bachelor and Alice Buller
Spinster

may lawfully solemnize Marriage together, and in
the same afterwards lawfully remain and continue for Man and Wife, accord-
ing to the Laws in that behalf provided: And moreover, if there be not at this
present time any Action, Suit, Plaint, quarrel, or Demand, moved or depend-
ing before any Judge Ecclesiastical or Temporal, for or concerning any such
lawful Impediment between the said Parties: Nor that either of them be of any
better Estate or Degree, than to the Judge at granting of the License is
suggested,

And lastly, if the same Marriage shall be openly solemnized in the Church
in the License specified, between the Hours appointed in the Constitutions Eccle-
siastical confirmed, and according to the Form of the Book of Common Prayer,
now by Law established; then this Obligation to be void, or else to remain in full
Force and Virtue

Sealed and Delivered            Ryall Wells seal
in the Presence of Wal[te]r Gough

This is probably not a line for me to pursue. However Susannah can not be traced down by me.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 15 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/767/394
Testator: Stephen Buller, Coal Merchant
Place: Saint Giles without Cripplegate, City of London, England
Date of document: 15 Jul 1747, probated 23 Feb 1749
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Stephen
[Margin]: Buller

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I Stephen Buller of the parish of Saint Giles without
3    Cripplegate London Coal Merchant being of Sound and
4    disposing Mind Memory and Understanding do make and
5    declare this my last Will and Testament as follows Whereas
6    upon the Contract of the Marriage of my Daughter Alice
7    with Ryall Wells of the parish of Saint Giles without
8    Cripplegate London aforesaid Cooper I entered into one
9    Bond or obligation to the said Ryall Wells bearing date
10    the fifteenth day of July instant in the penal Sum of Six
11    hundred pounds with Condition thereunder Written for
12    securing to the said Ryall Wells the Marriage portion
13    intended and agreed by me to bee given and paid to him
14    with the said Alice my Daughter at and upon the Contingencies
15    in the said Condition mentioned Now in pursuance of the
16    said Condition I do hereby give devise and bequeath all my
17    Freehold Estate in Golden Lane in the parish of Saint
18    Giles without Cripplegate London aforesaid in part of
19    which I now dwell and also all other my Real Estate whatsoever
20    unto my good Friends William Grant of the Burrough of
21    Southwark Waterman and Simon Ring of the Parish of
22    Saint Giles without Cripplegate London aforesaid Cook and
23    their heirs upon Trust to permit and Suffer my loving Wife
24    Mary Buller to receive and take to her own use the Rents
25    Issues and Proffitts of the said premisses during the Term of
26    her natural Life and as to my personal Estate my Debts
27    and Funeral Charges being thereout first paid I give the
28    same and every part thereof to my said Friends William
29    Grant and Simon Ring and the Survivor of them and the
30    Executors and administrators of such Survivor upon Trust to
31    permit and Suffer my said Wife to hold and enjoy the
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32    same for and during the Term of her natural Life and from and after
33    the Decease of my said Wife in Case my said Daughter Alice shall
34    have any Issue of her Body then living Then I give devise and
35    bequeath the one half part of all my Estate both Real and personal
36    after the payment of my Debts and Funeral Expences unto the said
37    Ryall Wells and my said daughter Alice To hold to them their
38    heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns forever and the other
39    part thereof I give devise and bequeath to my Daughter Susannah
40    To hold to my said daughter Susannah her heirs Executors
41    Administrators and Assigns forever But if it shall happen that
42    my said Daughter Alice shall not have any Issue of her Body
43    living at the time of the Decease of my said Wife then from
44    and after the decease of my said Wife I give all and Singular
45    my Estate both real and Personal of what nature kind or Quality
46    soever the same be or shall consist at the time of the decease
47    of my said Wife as aforesaid unto my said Daughter Susanah her
48    heirs Executors administrators and assigns forever she paying
49    unto the said Ryall Wells thereout the Sum of Two hundred
50    pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain in Three Months next after
51    the Decease of my said Wife and I do hereby charge my whole
52    Estate both Real and personal with the payment thereof and I
53    give the said William Grant and Simon Ring Ten pounds each for
54    Mourning and I do make ordain Constitute and appoint my said
55    Wife Sole Executrix of this my Will and I do revoke all former
56    and other Wills by me at any time before the date of these
57    presents made and do declare this only as and for my last Will
58    and Testament and none other In Witness whereof I the said
59    Stephen Buller the Testator have hereunto set my hand and
60    Seal this fifteenth Day of July in the Twenty first Year of the
61    Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace
62    of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender
63    of the faith and so forth and in the year of our Lord one thousand
64    seven hundred and forty Seven Stephen Buller Signed
65    Sealed published pronounced and declared by the said Stephen
66    Buller the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament In the
67    presence of us who Subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereunto
68    in his presence and at his request Tho[ma]s Stagg attorney in Red
69    Cross Street London Tho[ma]s Harvey Willm Shield Cl to Mr Stagg
70    This Will was proved at London the Twenty third Day of
71    February in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred
72    and forty eight before the Worshipful George Hay Doctor of
73    Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful John Bettesworth also
74    Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative
75    Court of Canterbury lawfully Constituted by the Oath of Mary
76    Buller the Relict of the said and Sold Executrix named in
77    the said Will to whom administration was granted of all
78    and Singular the Goods Chattells and Creditts of the said
79    deceased being first Sworn duly to administer.

Julius Buller the testater married Bridget Petty 16 Sep 1721 (Society of Genealogists, Faculty Office Marriage Licence Allegations on Find My Past). They were married at St Anne Blackfriars from Boyd's Marriage Index also on Find my Past. There might be a clue in one of the signers Richard Buller. As I gather information on the Buller family in London (which I will likely do given that it is beginning to look interesting) I may be able to work this line in.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 16 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/589/230
Testator: Julius Buller, Merchant
Place: City of London, England
Date of document: 15 Jul 1747, probated 12 Feb 1723
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Julij
[Margin]: Buller

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I Julius Buller of the City of London Merchant now going a Voyage
3    to the Spanish West Indies being in good health and of perfect mind
4    and memory (thanks be to God) do make and ordain this my last Will
5    and Testament I give leave and bequeath all my worldly Estate of
6    what nature kind or quality soever to my Wife Bridget Buller and
7    make and ordain her to be my heir and Executrix In Witness whereof
8    I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this second day of October
9    Anno d[omi]ni one thousand seven hundred and twenty one Julius Buller
10    Signed sealed and published in the presence of us W[illia]m Bentley Rich[ar]d
11    Buller Jo: Searle

George Buller the testator names his wife Elizabeth and his friend Samuel Legg. This is an interesting one with respect to the Somerset Buller family since George is an often used forename for this family. There is a record for the burial of George Buller at St Anne Soho 15 Feb 1795. He was only 27 years of age and his cause of death was a disorder in the Arm and he lived at Chapel Street. The cost of his burial was £1 5s 2d. His year of birth was circa 1768.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 16 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1257/39
Testator: George Buller, Chandler
Place: Soho, London, England
Date of document: 6 Feb 1795, probated 4 Mar 1795
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[Margin]: George
[Margin]: Buller

1    George Buller
2    of Chaple Street Soho Chandler do make this my last Will
3    and Testament I desire all my just debts and Funeral Expences
4    be paid and that whatever providence should bless me with
5    of Stock household Goods Stock in trade of whatsoever sort
6    or kind I desire to give unto my wife Elizabeth Buller and
7    I hereby appoint my said Wife and Samuel Legg of Fleet
8    Street Upholder whole and Sole Executors to this my last will
9    Witness my hand and Seal this 6th of Feb[ruar]y 1795
10    George Buller and in the presence of Sam[ue]l Legg Upholder
11    Fleet Street John Adamson
12    This Will was proved at London the fourth day
13    of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred
14    and ninety five before the worshipful John Fisher Doctor of Law
15    and Surrogate of the Right Honourable Sir William Wynne
16    Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the
17    prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oaths
18    of elizabeth Buller widow the Relict of the deceased
19    and Samuel Legg the Executors named in the said Will
20    to whom Administration was granted of all and Singular
21    the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said deceased having
22    been first Sworn duly to Administer