Family and Education
b. 1611, o.s. of Francis Buckland of West Harptree and Elizabeth, da. of John Warner of Fyfield, Hants.Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 16; Vis. Som. 1672 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xi), 64. educ. L. Inn 16 May 1633; called 18 June 1640.LI Admiss. i. 220; LI Black Bks. ii. 355. m. settlement 12 Aug. 1642 (with £1,300), Elizabeth, da. of Sir Robert Phelips† of Montacute, Som. 1s; d.v.p. 1da.Som. RO, DD/PH/48; DD/PH/175; Vis. Som. 1672, 64.  suc. fa. 1642.VCH Som. iv. 87. bur. 31 Aug. 1678 31 Aug. 1678.West Harptree par. reg. p. 71.
Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Som. Nov. 1645-aft. July 1670.C181/5, ff. 263, 268; C181/6, pp. 74, 394; C181/7, pp. 24, 556. J.p. by Oct. 1646-aft. 1662.Som. Assize Orders, ed. Cockburn, 9; C231/6, p. 205; A Perfect List (1660). Treas. maimed soldiers, 1646.QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, 7; Som. RO, DD/HI/B/462: receipt, 30 Apr. 1647. Commr. assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Sheriff, Nov. 1648-Nov. 1649.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 125. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Jt. sequestrator, Som. and Bristol Feb.-Nov. 1650.CCC 173, 264. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Som. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 788.

Religious: elder, Bath and Wrington classis, 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 415.

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BUCKLAND, John (1611-78), of West Harptree, Som.

Will
9 May 1670, codicils 23 Apr. 1673, 18 June 1677 and 25 Aug. 1678, pr. 29 Oct. 1678.PROB11/357/526.
Estates
leased lands at West Harptree from the duchy of Cornwall; owed £800 by Sir Peter Temple*, 1649;The Humble Petition of the Creditors of Sir Peter Temple [1649]. granted lands in East and West Meath, Ireland, 1654.CSP Ire. Adv. 1642-59, pp. 296, 348; CSP Ire. 1647-60, pp. 478, 491, 514, 519.
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