BULLER, Francis I (c.1603-77), of Shillingham, St Stephen-by-Saltash, Cornw.

Family and Education

b. c. 1603, 1st s. of Sir Richard Buller* of Shillingham and Alice, da. of Sir Rowland Hayward, alderman of London; bro. of George* and Anthony*.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 57; Al. Cant. educ. Shillingham sch.; Sidney Sussex, Camb. 5 June 1620, ‘aged 17’;Al. Cant. M. Temple, 23 Nov. 1622.M. Temple Admiss. i. 114. m. 21 Nov. 1625,Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 57. Thomasin (d. c.Jan. 1678),PROB11/356/66. da. of Sir Thomas Honeywood of Elmstead, Kent, 12s. (10 d.v.p.) inc. Francis II* and John*, 3da. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1642.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 57. d. 17 Nov. 1677.IGI; PROB11/355/279.

Offices Held

Local: capt. militia ft. Cornw. 5 Aug. 1633-at least 1637.The Buller Pprs. 15, 17. Under-steward, duchy of Cornwall, and kpr. Trematon Castle, Cornw. 1634-aft. Nov. 1642.Antony House, Carew-Pole BO/21/2–3. J.p. Cornw. 3 Mar. 1640–15 July 1642;C231/5, pp. 373, 529. Mont. by Mar. 1648–30 Mar. 1649.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 143. Commr. further subsidy, Cornw. 1641; poll tax, 1641; Mont. 1660;SR. assessment, Cornw. 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677; Mont. 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664.SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Dep. lt. Cornw. 17 Mar. 1642–?CJ ii. 483b. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Cornw. militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311a. militia, Cornw., Mont. 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. subsidy, Mont. 1663.SR.

Civic: recorder, East Looe 29 June 1640–?Antony House, Carew-Pole BO/21/16. Burgess, West Looe bef. Nov. 1643.Cornw. RO, B/WLO/63/1, f. 10v.

Military: maj.-gen. and col. of ft. (parlian.) forces of William Ruthen, W. Country Oct. 1642–19 Jan. 1643.BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database.

Central: ?member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 19 Nov. 1644.CJ iii. 699b.

Parlimentarian

BULLER, Francis (c.1603-1677), of Shillingham, Cornw.

: of Shillingham, St Stephen-by-Saltash, Cornw.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BULLER, Francis I (c.1603-77), of Shillingham, St Stephen-by-Saltash, Cornw.

Will

7 Dec. 1672, cod. 12 June 1677, pr. 22 Nov. 1677.PROB11/355/279.

Estates

marr. settlement 1626 inc. manors of Shillingham, Trehan and Pelynt, but these passed to him only in April 1646;Cornw. RO, BU/586; Antony House, Carew-Pole BS/14/4. inherited land in Mont. 1644;PROB11/355/279. lands held from duchy of Cornwall (by 1649) inc. property in Lostwithiel borough, Kerrybullock Park in Stoke Climsland manor, and castle and lands of Trematon and Ford.Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. i. 90; ii. 152, 197-8, 201-2.

Oxford 1644

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