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Family and Education
b. c. 1578, 1st s. of Francis Buller of Shillingham and Tregarrick, Cornw., and Thomasine, da. of Thomas Williams of Stowford, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 56-7. educ. M. Temple, 1 Dec. 1597.M. Temple Admiss. i. 72. m. (1601) Alice, da. of Sir Rowland Hayward, alderman of London, 7s. (2 d.v.p.) inc. Anthony*, Francis I* and George*, 6da. (2 d.v.p.).Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 57. Kntd. 13 June 1608;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 145. suc. fa. 1615.C142/356/108. d. bef. 30 Nov. 1642, bur. 1 Dec. 1642 1 Dec. 1642.Buller Pprs. 86; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 638.
Offices Held

under-sheriff, Cornw. 1611 – 12; sheriff, 1636–7.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 23. J.p. 1614–27, 28 May 1628–15 July 1642.C66/1988; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 255; C231/4, f. 246v; C231/5, p. 529. Under-steward, Trematon Castle 1619–30, 1631–4.Antony House, Carew-Pole BO/21/1–2. Commr. subsidy, 1621, 1624, 1626, 1641. 1623 – 27C212/22/21, 23; E179/89/308, 329. Dep. lt., by 1630-aft. 1639. 1624 – 26Cornw. RO, BU/393; SP16/72/57; SP16/150/74; Buller Pprs. 24. Commr. piracy,, 1637;C181/3, ff. 113, 195v; C181/5, f. 83. privy seal loan, 1625;E401/2586, p. 82. Forced Loan, 1627.C193/12/2, f. 7. Commr. martial law, Plymouth 1627;CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 440. sick and injured, 1628.APC, 1628–9, p. 208. Steward, stannary ct. bef. 1628.Cornw. RO, BU/608. Commr. knighthood fines, Cornw. 1631;SP16/187/18. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1633;GL, 25475/1, f. 13. incorporation of maltsters, 1636;PC2/46, p. 374. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642.SR.

free burgess, West Looe from 1615.Corporation Chronicles… of East and West Looe ed. A.L. Browne (Playmouth, 1904), 186. Recorder, Saltash by 1621-aft. 1627.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 284; SP16/74/78.

Parlimentarian
BULLER, Sir Richard (c.1578-1642), of Shillingham, Cornw.
St Stephen-by-Saltash, Cornw.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BULLER, Sir Richard (c.1578-1642), of Shillingham, St Stephen-by-Saltash, Cornw.

Will
30 Mar. 1640, pr. 1 Mar. 1647.PROB11/199/594.
Estates
inherited substantial estate centred on Shillingham, near Saltash; the lands in East Hundred were rated at £25/£10 in the subsidy of 1640 – making them the most valuable of all the holdings in the Hundred;E179/89/329. Buller also purchased lands in Lanhydrock, St Cleer and other parishes in Cornw., and at Tamerton Foliott, Devon.PROB11/199/594.
Oxford 1644
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