22 April 1553 Elynore, deceased wife Christopher Huckvale, son and heir William Bucknour of Cumnor in Berks., son (in law) & executor Dorothie Bucknour of Cumnor in Berks., daughter & executrix Margaret Demes(?), servant, legatee Richard Carrick of Chipping Norton, brother (in law), debtor, legatee wife's brother Thomas Carycke of Tewkesbury(?), legatee, probably younger relative Extensive, complex legacies to poor of his parish, complex year-mind legacy. Property in Oxford and Gloucester. Mr. Bryttlbanke, witness William Lannder(?), witness Thomas Dugdale (?), witness Abbot Smyth, witness Codicil dated Mar. 1556: James Dodwell, witness John Tolder(?), witness Wyl(?) Hedyll, witness Robert Jackson, witness John Bucknore, son of dau. Dorothie, legatee, overseer (John Buckner of Botley?) John Huckvale, son of son Christopher, legatee, overseer prob. 26 Aug 1556
This Robert Huckvale, father of Dorothy Buckner who married William Buckner of Botley. The will shows that his wife was named Elenor Carrick, and she died before 1553. The codicil suggests to me that John Buckner (grandson) probably came of age between 1553 and 1556, so he was probably born in early-mid 1530s.
9 Mar 1603/4 Frances Barry, wife two unnamed minor sons one unnamed minor daughter Vincent Barry of Hampton Gay (also Hampton Gate), brother, supervisor Thomas Collett, cousin Robert Rufin (and wife), cousin Frances Rufin, cousin Edward, man Joan, servant Henry Rathbone of Brize Norton, Oxon., gent., friend, executor Edward Standard of Whitehill in the par. of Tackley, Oxon., friend, executor Richard Chibnall of Long Crendon, Bucks., yeoman Sir Herbert Crofte of Herefordshire, knight, brother in law, supervisor Richard Bowcher, witness Thomas Ballowe, witness Richard Pynnock, witness John Bennett, court official Thomas Ward, notary public prob 2 May 1604
Francis Barry was the son of Lawrence Barry and Joan Buckner (dau. of Richard Buckner of Whitley, Cumnor Parish, Berks.) As a prominent armigerous family, the Barrys appear in the 1634 heralds visitation of Oxford, which reveals that two of the children in the will were named Vincent and Elizabeth.
25 Nov 1611 ("16ii")
Thomas Turney, son, executor, residuary legatee
Innocent Turney, son
Barnett (Barnard) Turney, son
John turney, son
Joan, daughter
Alice ("Alce"), daughter
children's children
poor of parish
servants
Barnett Webbe
Elizabeth, wife, executor, residuary legatee
John Cripps, scriptor, witness
Thomas Turney, witness
Sir William Smithe, court official
prob 13 Nov 1612
(full inventory given)
Inventory £145/8/4
Witnesses
Robert Hull
Barnard Collyns
Giles Grome
William Rogers
John Cripps
Barnard Turney's daughter Alice is generally thought to have been the wife of Lawrence Buckner. I've never seen direct proof of that, but circumstantial evidence seems to support it.
2 Mar 1619 Elizabeth Adams, wife, executor, resid. legatee for life Elizabeth Adams, daughter Mary, daughter Anne, daughter (not yet 21) Dr. Watkins, brother in law George Birch Thomas Birch Andrew Birch George Adams, brother Thomas F[l?]emming, godson Symon Burton Sarah Constable, goddaughter Thomas Aspley, godson Margaret, maidservant Mr. Dr. Day Mr. Dr. Peirce & wife Mr. Dr. Watkins & wife Mr. Wickham & wife Christopher Stanley & wife Thomas Mountford William Aspley? & wife (probably a noted printer and former apprentice of Adams' master, George Bishop - see the ODNB entry - Aspley was one of Shakespeare's publishers) lands in N&S Shoebury recently purchased of Gyles Browne, gent. Sir Richard Kettleby, sold TA land William Leake, overseer George Simchone?, overseer Henry Watkins, witness William Aspley? Thomas Muntfort, witness Andrew Hebb, servant, witness probate 4 May 1620
Thomas Adams' daughter Mary married John Buckner of London and had by him at least one son named Thomas. This is known from a 1650 deed for the Shoebury, Essex properties mentioned in the will, at which time Mary was deceased. A similar land record dated 1659 shows that her sister Elizabeth married Edward Bosdon (or Bosden) of Foxton, Cambridgeshire, esquire. Bosden and Elizabeth sued William Mongre, Anne Mongre his wife, Sir Thomas Fanshaw kt, John Buckner and Frere Durden in 1639 (TNA C 8/49/83), so the other sister Anne may have married Mongre. Adams was also noted enough in the early printing business that he has a wikipedia entry.. It should be noted that William Aspley (above) was later essentially a colleague of Thomas Buckner, DD, in their capacity as publication licensers. This might suggest that John Buckner of London was Thomas' brother, John Buckner Jr., (both sons of John Buckner of Abingdon, the elder) though the leading alternative theory is that he was instead the eldest son of Thomas Buckner, a mercer of London. See comments on Humfrey Cantrell's will for more on this confused situation involving (at least) three different John Buckners.
25 Feb 1629/30 Payne Cantrell , eldest son, & any children Humfrey Cantrell, son, & any children Thomas Cantrell, son Edward Cantrell, son, & any children Nicholas Cantrell, son Humfrey Cantrell, son of Nicholas and godson unnamed Yateman, daughter, and her child if any William Cantrell, son, residuary legatee and executor Robert Lord Bishop of Bristol, friend, overseer Anthony Blagrave of Dunnish? in Par. of Sonning, Berks, Gent., friend, overseer Andrew Milward, witness William Newberry, witness Henry Martin, court official Prob. 29 Sep 1630
Humfrey Cantrell's daughter Mary married John Buckner of Abingdon. The full marriage record reads: John Buckner of Abbingdon in the Comit of Berkes gentleman and Marie Cautrell ye daughter of Humphrie Cautrell in Suninge in comitat predict gentl were maried ye 27 of Noueber [1620] p facult license
("Cautrell" seems to be a misreading.) This is found in the register of the parish of St. Christopher le Stocks in London. Because John Buckner, son of Thomas Buckner the Mercer, appears to have lived in that parish around the same time, it is usually assumed that this is him. I agreed with that, until I saw the full record. This John Buckner clearly lived in Abdingdon, which is undoubtedly the reason why they needed a license. John Buckner, Thomas' son, was christened in St. Mary Colechurch, London, and his father was regularly mentioned in the vestry minutes of St. Christophers from 1617 to 1630. It is extremely difficult to fathom why he would have had to get a license to marry in his father's parish or why he would have been referred to as "of Abingdon." There was in fact a John Buckner who lived in Abingdon at least as late as 1609 (along with Edward Buckner, probably his brother), so I think it's clear that this is not Thomas the Mercer's son in the marriage record. More likely, it seems to me, is that John Buckner the mercer's son married Mary Adams, daughter of a noted London stationer, Thomas Adams (see above). The mystery is why John of Abingdon wanted to get married in this particular parish. The reason might be related to Thomas Buckner's residence there - they were undoubtedly related not too many generations back.
Of John Buckner of Abingdon, I know little. He purchased two houses in Abingdon in 1599, attempted to purchase the manor of Barton in 1587, and was involved in a lawsuit in 1609. He was probably the son of Thomas Buckner of Whitley, Berks., Sr. and had 5 children who were alive in 1643, Thomas (DD), John, and William, Mary and Elizabeth. There are 4 known Buckner christenings from St. Helen's, Abingdon: Jane (1597), Elizabeth (1604), (son) Francis (1607), and Martha (1611), all children of John. However, I think that the John Buckner of Abingdon who married Marie Cantrell may have been the son rather than the father, who had to have been at least in his mid fifties in 1620. There is also a christening of a Thomas Buckner, son of John, in Sonning, Berks. from 1623, which is probably an instance of a well known phenomenon in which the family's first child was born at the mother's parents' house.
Another good possibility is that this "John Buckner of Abingdon" was yet another one of the many John Buckners running around at the time, specifically John Bucknor (1595-ca. 1660) son of Thomas Buckner Jr. of Whitley, Berks., who subsequently moved to Dromore, Ireland. He was the nephew of the elder John Buckner of Abingdon. John Bucknor of Dromore married a widow in 1633 and at least one and perhaps two of his sons were probably born before that marriage, so I think he was a widower himself. Of the two first sons, the more certain one was Capt. Thomas Bucknor. Capt. Thomas Bucknor was sometimes associated with one Humfrey Buckner, and from this association I've long suspected but been unable to prove that he was also a son of John Bucknor of Dromore. If this is the case, the fact that he's named Humfrey strongly associates him with John Buckner + Mary Cantrell, which fits well with the idea that John of Dromore had been married previously. However, since John of Dromore and John the son of John Buckner of Abingdon were first cousins, it's also not hard to see Capt. Thomas Bucknor and Humfrey Bucknor as being two first cousins who did business together. In any case, I think we can be reasonably sure about two things from this: (1) Humfrey Buckner was the son of John Buckner of Abingdon and Mary Cantrell & (2) this John Buckner of Abingdon was one of these three John Buckners, John Buckner of Abingdon Sr (b ca 1565), his son John (about whom almost nothing is known other than that he was alive in 1643 and had a son named Thomas), or John Bucknor of Dromore (1595-ca 1660), who was their nephew and first cousin, respectively.
19 Aug 1685 wife (unnamed) Rowland Holt, younger son (some doubt of his financial probity is expressed) John Holt Esq., eldest son, main heir, residuary heir, executor Sir John Cropley, Baronet, deceased father of John Holt's wife Susanna Maria Leman, granddaughter Thomas Levitt, grandson Edward Leman, son in law, father of Susanna Maria Francis Levitt, son in law, father of Thomas William Richards, witness John Blabe, witness Sargeant Hughes, witness Thomas Pinfold, court official Richard Raines, court official probate 9 Aug 1686
Sir Thomas Holt was the son of Mary Buckner, daughter of Thomas Buckner the Mercer. I had hoped the Buckners would be mentioned in his will, but no such luck. Mary died when he was fairly young, so he might not have known her family well. The son John Holt Esq. mentioned here went on to be Sir John Holt, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.