Buller family of Morval

The Buller documents deposited at the County Record Office by Whitford and Sons of St. Columb form only a small part of the records of this important Cornish family. They consist of deeds, leases, estate papers and some mining records for that group of properties classified by stewards of the estate as "Shillingham Lands" - manors of Bogullas, Carva, Colensoe, Drannick, Liskeard, Lostwithiel, Marazion, Pengersick, Rosemodres, Shillingham and Trehan, Tolgus, Treganebris, Treglasta, Trewirgie, Trewolland, Trezela Mulfra, and Callington lands, Clyes lands, Creed and Grampound lands, and Shillingham scattered lands.

Manor of Bogullas (St. Just-in-Roseland, Philleigh).

Title deeds, 1898-1899

Leases, 1692-1861

Estate administration, 1796-1914

Callington lands

Leases, 1736, 1743

Estate administration, 1780

Manor of Carva (Gulval, St. Ives, Lelant, Madron, Morvah, Zennor).

Leases, 1659-1797

Estate administration, 1790-c.1800

Manor of Colensoe (Breage, St. Hilary)

Title deed, 1799

Leases, 1711-1801

Estate administration, 1840-1933

Clyes lands (Constantine, Gulval, Penzance)

Leases, 1699-1790

Creed and Grampound lands

Leases, 1706-1795

Estate administration, 1747-1853

Manor of Drannick (Gwinear, Phillack)

Leases, 1697-1806

Estate administration, 1695-1870

Manor of Liskeard

Estate administration, c. 1800

Manor of Lostwithiel

Title deed, 1823

Leases, 1698-1811

Estate administration, 1793-1797

Manor of Marazion

Leases, 1697-1808

Estate administration, 1788

Manor of Pengersick (Breage)

Leases, 1711-1799

Estate administration, 1713-1901

Manor of Rosemodres (St. Buryan, St. Erth, Gwinear, Paul, Penzance)

Leases, 1697-1810

Estate administration, 1799-1929

Manor of Shillingham and Trehan (St. Stephen-by-Saltash)

Title deeds, 1781-1845

Leases, 1699-1837

Estate administration, 1710-1857

Shillingham scattered lands (Antony, Bodmin, Botus Fleming, St. Cleer, Landulph, St. Martin-by-Looe, Menheniot, Pelynt, Stokeclimsland, Plymouth)

Leases, 1654-1803

Estate administration, 1770-1942

Manor of Tolgus (Cubert, Gwennap, Gwinear, Helston, Kenwyn, Redruth, Stithians, Truro)

Title deeds, 1883-1913

Leases, 1698-1887

Estate administration, 1768-1912

Manor of Treganebris (St. Buryan, Paul, Penzance, Sancreed)

Title deeds, 1633, 1746

Leases, 1711-1813

Estate administration, 1787-1897

Manor of Treglasta (Davidstow)

Leases, 1711, 1733

Estate administration, 1814

Manor of Trewirgie and Golden (Lamorran, Philleigh, Probus, Ruanlanihorne, Veryan)

Leases, 1699-1862

Estate administration, 1774-1844

Manor of Trewolland (Menheniot)

Lease, 1714

Estate administration, 1794

Manor of Trezela Mulfra (Germoe, Gulval, Ludgvan, Madron).

Leases, 1699-1803

Estate administration, 1695-1876

Non-manorial deeds of properties acquired by purchase, mortgage or assignment, in St. Anthony-in-Meneage, St. Columb Major, Manaccan, Philleigh

Estate administration

Rentals, 1759-1901

Estate accounts, 1677-1920

Lease and life books, 1690-1852

Manorial, 1809-1865

General and miscellaneous, 1710-1913

Legal

Court cases, appointment of attorneys, bills of costs, 1694-1823

Public Office

Shrievalty, 1823

Personal

Personal and private papers, 1789-1790

Industrial

Mining:

Setts (parishes of Breage, Creed, St. Erth, Germoe, St. Hilary, Gulval, Gwennap, Gwinear, Phillack, Kenwyn, Lelant, Madron, Marazion, Probus, Redruth, Sancreed), 1727-1928

Administration, 1750-1926

Whole estate

Survey book of manors and lands, 1711, 1788

Marriage settlement, James Buller and Elizabeth Gould, 1739

Common recovery, whole estate, 1765

Queries concerning Buller lands, 1907

The documents deposited by Whitfords have been arranged manor by manor, each section listing title deeds, leases and estate administration. The "Industrial records" section contains a number of setts for tin, copper and other minerals, and there are a few legal and personal papers

<span class="wrapper"><p>Other documents relating to same properties will be found in the main Buller collection (BU) which includes also the records of the Morval and West Cornwall estates, and documents relating to many out-county properties.</p> <p>A further collection of Buller papers is kept at Antony House among the archives of the Carew-Pole family. The documents were taken to Antony House in about 1890 on the death of the last of the male line of the Bullers of Morval, J. F. Buller. He left four heiresses, one of whom married W. H. Pole Carew and brought the family documents to Antony. They include records relating to the whole of the Buller estate. A catalogue of these documents is available at the County Record Office.</p> <p>The three groups of Buller documents (WH., BU., CRO and the Antony documents) together provide material for a comprehensive history of the family and their extensive properties, showing the acquisition and administration of lands all over Cornwall as well as in other parts of the country.</p> <p>BUCRO: records of Buller family of Morval.</p> <p>Carew-Pole records at Antony House include Buller documents.</p> <p>Lake's Parochial History:</p> <p>vol. III p. 379, Morval (also pedigree)</p> <p>vol IV p. 170, Saltash (Hals on Shillingham)</p></span>