BULLER, Sir Richard (c.1578-1642), of Shillingham, Cornw.

Family and Education

b. c. 1578, C142/356/108. 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 1597. M. Temple Admiss. m. settlement 1601 (with £1,563), C142/356/108; W. Jay, ‘Sir Rowland Hayward’, Trans. London and Mdx. Arch. Soc. n.s. vi. 523. Alice, da. of Sir Rowland Hayward†, alderman of London, 7s. (2 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.). Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 57; A.B. Beaven, London Aldermen, ii. 36. Kntd. 13 June 1608. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 145. suc. fa. 1615. C142/356/108. d. by 30 Nov. 1642. Buller Pprs. ed. R.N. Worth, 86. sig. Rich[ard] Buller. SP16/74/78.

Offices Held

Collector, tenths and fifteenths, Cornw. 1610–11, E401/1887, 2415. under-sheriff 1611 – 12, sheriff 1636–7, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 23. j.p. 1614 – 27, 1628–42, C66/1988; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 255; C231/4, f. 246v; 231/5, f. 529. commr. subsidy 1621, 1624, 1626, 1641, C212/22/21, 23; E179/89/308, 329. dep. lt. 1623 – 27, by 1629-at least 1640, Cornw. RO, DD.BU/393; SP16/72/57; 16/150/74; Buller Pprs. 24. commr. piracy 1624 – 26, from 1637, C181/3, ff. 113, 195v; 181/5, f. 83. Privy Seal loan 1625, E401/2586, p. 82. Forced Loan 1626–7, C193/12/2, f. 7. knighthood fines 1631, SP16/187/18. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral 1633, GL, ms 25475/1, f. 13. incorporation of maltsters 1636, PC2/46, p. 374. assessment 1641–2; SR, v. 82, 149. under-steward, Trematon Castle, Cornw. 1619 – 30, 1631–4; Antony House, Cornw. Carew Pole mss BO/21/1–2. commr. harbour clearance, Saltash, Cornw. 1624–5, J. Forster, Sir John Eliot, i. 186–9. martial law, Plymouth, Devon 1627, CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 440. sick and injured 1628. APC, 1628–9, p. 208.

Steward, Stannary Ct. Cornw. by 1627; Cornw. RO, DD.BU/608. recorder, Saltash by 1620-at least 1628. Vis. Cornw. (Harl. Soc. ix), 284; SP16/74/78.

Parlimentarian

BULLER, Sir Richard (c.1578-1642), of Shillingham, Cornw.

Main residence: Shillingham, Cornw.

Author

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

BULLER, Sir Richard (c.1578-1642)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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