Will of Hugh Blackmore, yeoman, of Bishops Nympton - The National Archives...
Hugh Blackmore the testator of the following will is my 9x great grandfather and he was married to Johan Whetstone (daughter of Walter Whetstone). They married 23 Oct 1586 at Bishops Nympton. I think...
View ArticleWill of Jane Blackmore widow of Bampton - The National Archives PROB...
Bampton in Devon is located about six miles north of Tiverton close to the Somerset border. Just 2.9 miles west is Oakford where my Bishops Nympton Blackmore family also had property. The testator Jane...
View ArticleCalendar of Patent Rolls - Blake family
I am in the process of proofreading the OCR'd extracts of the entries in the Calendar of Patent Rolls which were pertinent to the Blake family of the British Isles. The 162 pages of text will...
View ArticlePincombe one name study
My Pincombe family research has suffered lately due to my intense work on the Blake family. Working two one name studies at the same time has proven to be somewhat difficult although it shouldn't be...
View ArticleWill of Sir Edward Buller, Baronet, Vice Admiral, Trenant Park - The National...
This next set of wills is a hunt for information on my Buller family of St Olave Southwark. They lived there in the late 1700s and early 1800s. They may have lived there in the earlier part of the...
View ArticleWill of Francis Buller of Tregarricke - The National Archives PROB...
This next group of three Buller wills I have labeled Francis 2, Francis 3 and Francis 4. I do not know if my Christopher Buller is descendant of this line but not being able to locate him anywhere thus...
View ArticleMuster Rolls, Protection and Garrison database
Barrie Blake brought to my attention the following sitehttp://www.icmacentre.ac.uk/soldier/database/index.phpwhich is a project by the University of Southampton and the University of Reading to make...
View ArticleWill of Francis Buller of Tregarricke - The National Archives PROB...
Francis Buller (testator) is my Francis-3 will and is the grandson of Sir Richard Buller (son of his son Francis) and one of the nephews named in the will of his uncle Francis Buller of Tregarricke....
View ArticleWill of Francis Buller of Shillingham - The National Archives PROB...
The Francis-4 Buller will was a puzzle initially because I had a first page that didn't match the rest of the will. Working through the Visitation I realized that I was actually missing one of the...
View ArticleWill of Francis Buller of Pelynt - The National Archives PROB 11/126/336,...
The will of Francis-1 Buller and thus begins the series of Francis Buller wills. This Francis is the son of Richard Buller and Margaret Trethersie. The Visitation of Cornwall lists his death as 28 Sep...
View ArticleWill of Francis Buller Esquire of Isleham Cambridgeshire - The National...
This is the will of Francis-5 Buller. They are not in their order of appearance (i.e. date order). This will is said to be for Francis Buller of Isleham Cambridgeshire but actually within the body of...
View ArticleWill of James Buller Esquire of Shillingham - The National Archives PROB...
James Buller (testator) is the brother of Francis-4 and their father was Francis-3 married to the daughter of Sir James Rushout of Maynard's Green in Essex first and second to Mary Maynard and this...
View ArticleWill of John Buller Esquire of Morval - The National Archives PROB...
This lengthy will of 556 lines not including the probate is a fascinating study of the Buller family in this time frame. They were consistently through the generations good managers of their...
View ArticleWill of John Buller Esquire of Keverall - The National Archives 11/463/333,...
The testator John Buller was the eldest son of Johannis-1 Buller (will probated 13 Apr 1716 and was the last one blogged) and he died of smallpox in 1701 and his son was John Francis Buller (hence son...
View ArticleWill of John Buller Esquire of Morval - The National Archives PROB...
The testator John-2 Buller was the son of James Buller of Downes (Devon and his will is with the Devon Buller wills) and Lady Jane Bathurst daughter of Allan Earl Bathurst. He was the brother of Sir...
View ArticleWill of John Francis Buller Esquire of Morval - The National Archives PROB...
The will of John Francis Buller follows and he was the grandson mentioned in the will of his grandfather Johannis Buller-1. He married Rebecca Trelawny daughter and heir of Sir Jonathan Trelawny...
View ArticleCalendar of Patent Rolls - le Blake, le Blak
I have now added the word file of the extracted material from the Calendar of Patent RollsThese files were made available by Dr. G.R. Boynton, University of Iowa under a project by Professor G.R....
View ArticleWill of Mary Buller Widow of Keverall - The National Archives PROB...
The next will is written by Mary Buller the mother of John Francis Buller. She was the daughter of Sir Henry Polloxfen, Knight, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. It was her husband who died...
View ArticleWill of Richard Buller Esquire of Shillingham - The National Archives PROB...
The next three wills are the set of Richard-1, Richard-2 and Richard-3. This first will was written by Richard Buller in the month of November he says and in the year One thousand five hundred and...
View ArticleWill of Sir Richard Buller, Knight, of Shillingham - The National Archives...
Sir Richard Buller the testator was MP and Sheriff of Cornwall in 1637. He married Alice the daughter of Sir Rowland Hayward of London. The will does make it sound as if they had a very happy marriage...
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