Person:Robert Busby (2)

A Busby Family History

There is a publication from 1823, which includes a section on the history of the Busby family. This is: The Genealogical History of the Croke family, originally named Le Blount, by Sir Alexander Croke (1758-1842).^S3 It includes one very brief paragraph on Robert Busby, "a woollen draper in Saint Andrew's, Holborn, (who), in 1663, married Grace, the daughter of Sir Henry Cary of Devonshire." Near the end of this Busby family history there is a fold-out pedigree chart, which includes this Robert Busby's five siblings and their parents:

« Robert Busby, Esquire, of Addington, Barrister and Bencher of Gray's Inn, died 15 Sept. 1652, æt. 52 == (1st.) Elizabeth Kendricke, first wife, married in 1629. [no issue] == (2nd.) Abigail Gore, daughter of Sir John Gore, Knt. of Gilstone, Herts, Alderman of London, sister to Sir John Gore and Mrs. Martin, mar^d. 1632, d. 28 Sept. 1698, aged 92. 2d wife. »

Their six children:

1. « Sir John Busby, knighted 1661, born in 1625, died 1700,æt. 65 == (1st.) Judith Mainwaring, first wife, died 1661, 19 years old, buried at Ridge, in Herts. [issue shown: a son and a daughter] == (2nd.) Mary, eldest daugh. of Lee Grange, married Nov. 3 1662, died 1714, æt. 71 Second wife. [issue shown: "five sons, nine daughters. ... most of them died young."] »

2. « Robert Busby, of St. Andrew's Holborn, woollen Draper. == Grace Cary, afterwards mar^d. ___ Sydenham, daughter of Sir Henry Cary, of Devonshire, married 1663. »

3. « William Busby, Esq. Barrister of Gray's Inn. Will dated 1704. == Elizabeth Metcalf, of London, widow married 1680, died in 1733. »

1. « Hester, married Thomas Saunders, Esq, of Haddenham, in 1655. Issue, William, Francis, Thomas, Abigail, Hester. Perhaps not quite correct. »

2. « Elizabeth, born in 1638, died without issue in 1661. »

3. « Abigail, married 1. Edward Shiers, Esq. of the Inner Temple, about 1662. 2. Samuel Tryst, Esq. born 14 Oct. 1647, died 1707, æt, 60. »

And below Robert Busby and his wife, Grace née Cary, their seven children:

The following is a transcription of most of this Busby family history.
[The alphabetical footnotes are here converted into end-notes, listed in the reference source below.]

« The earliest account we have of the BUSBY family extends only to JOHN BUSBY of East Claydon in Buckinghamshire. In deeds and old pedigrees he is styled Yeoman, and Goodman John Busby, and a rich shepherd.^x How he acquired the very considerable property which he possessed is not known. He purchased the estate at Marsh Gibbon of Richard Abraham, Sir Edward and Sir Henry Cary, in 1610; and that at Addington, in 1625, of Sir John Curzon of Waterperry.^y He died the 11th of June, 1635, and was buried in the church at Addington.

These estates descended to his son, ROBERT BUSBY, ESQUIRE, who was a Barrister, and a Bencher of Gray's Inn ; who had two wives, Elizabeth Kendricke, whom he married in 1629, and, secondly, Abigail, the daughter of Sir John Gore, of Gilston in Hertfordshire: and, dying on the 15th of September, 1652, in the fifty-second year of his age, was likewise there buried.^z He left three sons by his second wife, John, Robert, and William, and as many daughters, Hester, Elizabeth, and Abigail.

SIR JOHN, the eldest son, who succeeded to the estate at Addington, was knighted June 25, 1661, by King Charles the Second, out of respect to the memory of his father-in-law, Sir William Mainwaring, who was slain in the King's service in the civil wars in defending Chester.^a His first wife, Judith, was the daughter of Sir William Mainwaring by his wife Hester, who afterwards married Sir Henry Blount, Knight, of Tittenhanger in Hertfordshire, and by that her second husband she was mother to Sir Thomas Pope Blount, Baronet, Charles Blount, and four other sons, and a daughter, Frances, married to Sir Thomas Tyrrell, Baronet. Judith died the 28th of December, 1661, in the nineteenth year of her age, and is buried at Ridge in Hertfordshire.^b She left two children, but the son died young, and the daughter, Hester, married the Honourable Thomas Egerton, of Tatton Park in Cheshire, and died in 1724.^c

Sir John Busby's second wife, to whom he was married the 3d of November, 1662, was Mary Dormer, daughter of John Dormer, Esquire, of Lee Grange in Buckinghamshire, who died in 1714, in the seventy-first year of her age. She had five daughters, and nine sons, and was buried at Addington. Most of his children died before him.^d

Sir John Busby himself died the 7th of January, 1700, aged sixty-five. On his monument he is styled, “learned, Deputy Lieutenant, and Colonel of the Buckinghamshire Militia.”

His son and heir was Thomas Busby, Doctor of Laws, who was instituted to the living of Addington on his father's presentation, in 1693, and died in 1725, leaving two daughters, by his wife, Anne, daughter of John Limbry, of Hoddington, Esquire.

Abigail, daughter of Sir John Busby, by his second wife, married the Reverend Harrington Bagshaw, who was father to the Reverend Thomas Bagshaw, since Rector of Addington.

Of the two daughters of Doctor Busby, Jane died single in 1780, and Anne, the eldest, married Sir Charles Kemeys Tynte, Baronet, of Halsewell in Somersetshire. She died without issue, in 1798, and left the estate at Addington, away from her own relations, to a number of noble persons in succession.

The second son of Robert Busby, and Abigail Gore, was named after his father, was a woollen draper in Saint Andrew's, Holborn, and, in 1663, married Grace, the daughter of Sir Henry Cary of Devonshire, by whom he had one son, Robert, and six daughters. After his death she married ______ Sydenham.

Of the daughters of Robert Busby and Abigail Gore, Hester married Thomas Saunders of Haddenham in Buckinghamshire, in 1655; by whom she had issue, Elizabeth, born in 1638, and died unmarried in 1661 ; and Abigail, who was born October 14, 1647, and married, first, Edward Shiers, Esquire, of the Inner Temple, and, secondly, Samuel Tryst, Esquire, whom she survived, and died in 1707, in the sixtieth year of her age.

The third son was WILLIAM BUSBY, ESQUIRE, who was also a Barrister of Gray's Inn, and resided at Marsh Gibbon. His wife was Elizabeth Metcalfe of London, a widow, whom he married in 1680. His will is dated in 1704, about which time he died, and his widow survived till 1733. They had three children, John, William, and Abigail. I have his portrait, and that of his wife.

JOHN BUSBY, born in 1681, was a man of philosophical pursuits, and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He obtained a patent from King Charles the Second for a new invented method of drying malt by hot air ^e as the Earl of Berkshire had a similar patent from Charles the First, for a new kiln for the same purpose.^f It appears that at last he studied physic, and perhaps took his degree in medicine, as I find him styled Doctor Croke, and he had many books in that science, and furnaces for chemical experiments. He died without issue about 1727. I have his portrait.

WILLIAM BUSBY, ESQUIRE, the second son, born in 1685, was a Barrister of Gray's Inn, and lived at Marsh Gibbon. He married, in 1725, his cousin, Mary Busby of Addington. He died the 4th of August, 1733, and his widow survived him. His picture is extant. Having no issue, his sister Abigail inherited his property at Marsh Gibbon.^g She was born in 1683, and in 1709 became the wife of RICHARD BARKER,Esquire, of Great Horwood. Besides Abigail, Hester, and Richard, who died infants, they had an only daughter, Elizabeth Barker, married to Alexander Croke, Esquire. Abigail died on the 18th of August, 1712, of the small pox, which succeeded a miscarriage, in the twenty-ninth year of her age, and was buried at Marsh Gibbon, where there is a neat monument to her memory. Her husband afterwards married Anne Peck of Bedford, who survived him.

The inscription upon Abigail Barker's monument is as follows :

Abig. Barker, Rich. Barker de Horwood Magna in com. Bucks, armig. conjugis dilectissimæ, necnon Gul. Busby in eodem com. armig. et Elizabeths; uxoris filiæ unicæ charissimæ. Quje puerperio (abortu scilicet et variolis simul infirmata) vita spoliata est, Aug. 18. Anno Domini 1712, aetatis suæ 29.

A coat of arms, Barker impaled with Busby.

...

The arms of Busby are, or, three darts, reversed, in pale, sable. On a chief of the second, three mullets pierced of the first. Crest on a wreath, a stag's head erased, transfixed with a dart.
Of Barker, argent, three bears' heads, erased, gules, muzzled, or. In chief three ogresses.

.... »

Following its page 688, there is a foldout pedigree chart entitled 'The Genealogy of Busby' [see excerpts at top above].

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Harrison, Fairfax. Devon Carys, Vol. 1 (New York: De Vinne Press, 1920), Chapter XII - pp. 275-277.

   « The children of Sir Henry Cary and Amy Bagge, his first wife, as recorded in the Cockington parish register (Dymond, H. & G., viii, 100) were: (i) GRACE baptized January 17, 1640; (ii) EDWARD, baptized June 9, 1642; (iii) HENRY, baptized September 26, 1643; (iv) RICHARD, baptized April 27, 1646; and (v) HASTINGS, baptized May 16, 1652. It seems probable that Hastings died an infant, his mother having certainly died in childbirth of him; at all events there is no further record of him. Edward was buried in the cloister of Westminster Abbey January 13, 1661, where his father was buried beside him October 4, 1665, and his brother Henry August 16, 1667. The last surviving son, Richard, administered August 1, 1669, on the estate of his mother, "D^na Araia Cary, vid. nup^r de Cockington in Com. Devon, defunct." (P.C.C. Admon. Act Book, 1669. There was a mistake in the description as widow, for the parish register of Cockington, as quoted by Dymond in H. & G., viii, 101, shows her burial June 16, 1652.) He could not have done this if either of his older brothers was then alive. Finally, it being remembered that the only daughter, Grace, had married, February 10, 1663, Robert Busby of St. Bride's, London (Chester, Westminster Marriage Licenses), we find the will of Richard Cary dated February 8, 1671, and proved March 19 following (P.C.C. Duke, 35), whereby he describes himself as "of the parish of St. Brides, London, Esquire," and leaves his entire estate to his "dear sister Grace Busby, wife of Robert Busby of said parish, woolen draper." This was apparently the extinction of Sir Henry Cary's name. »
   Source:Harrison, Fairfax. Devon Carys
   The full Vol. I may be accessed here: archive.org

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Allegations for marriage licences issued by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, 1558 to 1699 : also, for those issued by the vicar-general of the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1660 to 1679. Extracted by (the late) Colonel Joseph Lemuel Chester, LL.D., D.C.L., and edited by Geo. J. Armytage, F.S.A., Honorary Secretary to the Harleian Society. London: 1886 in The Publications of The Harleian Society. Volume XXIII for the year MD.CCC.LXXXVI. (1886).

   « MARRIAGE ALLEGATIONS IN THE REGISTRY OF THE / VICAR-GENERAL OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
   1662-3
   Feb. 10 Robert Busby, of St Bride's, London, Gent, Bachr, about 25, & Grace Cary, of St Giles in Fields, Spr, abt 21 ; consent of father Sir Henry Cary, Kt.; at St Mary’s Whitechapel, St Dunstan’s East, or Gray’s Inn Chapel. » Google Books

3. ↑ Croke, Alexander, Sir, (1758-1842}: The Genealogical History of the Croke Family, originally named Le Blount, Vol. I, Oxford, Printed by W. Baxter for J. Murray, London; and J. Parker, Oxford , 1823. Chapter XI, pp.685-689 .

   « The earliest account we have of the BUSBY family ...
   ... The second son of Robert Busby, and Abigail Gore, was named after his father, was a woollen draper in Saint Andrew's, Holborn, and, in 1663, married Grace, the daughter of Sir Henry Cary of Devonshire, by whom he had one son, Robert, and six daughters. After his death she married ______ Sydenham.
   .... »
   Footnotes (end-notes):
   x Browne Willis's MSS. vol-21. folio 52.
   y Browne Willis's Collections for Bucks, p. 1 13.
   z Monument at Addington.
   a Kennet's Chronicle, p. 482.
   b Chauncy's Hertfordshire, p. 503.
   c Collins's Peerage, vol. ii. tit. Bridgewater, and Sharpe's Registrum Roffense, under Penshurst. Monument at Addington.
   d Monument there.
   e See his printed proposals, Appendix, No. XXXV.
   f Whitelocke's Memorials, p. 24. a.
   g Wood, in his Diary, vol. 142. p. 26, 1734, says, Dr. Thomas Busby, a civilian, formerly of University College, died lately at Marsh. His books, which are valuable, are to be sold. This must be William Busby. There is a tradition that Doctor Richard Busby, the celebrated Head-Master of Westminster School, was of this family. Gentleman's Magazine for January, 1795, page 15, where are many particulars relating to the Busby family. Genealogy of Busby, Browne Willis's MSS. vol. lg, and his History of the Hundred of Buckingham. See Genealogy of Busby, No. 43. »
   Accessed at: archive.org
   The fold-out pedigree chart at: archive.org

4. ↑ Website: The National Archives' catalogue > C - Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions > Division within C - Records of Equity Side: the Six Clerks > C 8 - Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings before 1714, Mitford.

   « Reference: C 8/194/65 / Description: Short title: Langley v Busby.
   Plaintiffs: Jonathan Langley.
   Defendants: Robert Busby and Grace Busby his wife, Thomas Pawlin and Mary Pawlin his wife, Daniel Wayte and Anne Wayte his wife, Edmund Le Neve and Jane Tooth.
   Subject: money, Surrey.
   Document type: bill and answer
   Date: 1673
   Held by: The National Archives, Kew / Legal status: Public Record(s) / Closure status: Open Document, Open Description »
   Accessed at: nationalarchives.gov.uk

5. ↑ Website: The National Archives' catalogue > C - Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions > Division within C - Records of Equity Side: the Six Clerks > C 6 - Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings before 1714, Collins.

   « Reference: C 6/312/25 / Description: Short title: Busby v Willcocks.
   Plaintiffs: Robert Busby.
   Defendants: Thomas Willcocks, Richard Sydenham, Grace Sydenham his wife, Robert Tilly, Rawlin Mallock and James Courtney.
   Subject: personal estate of the deceased Henry Cary, and mortgage of the rectory of Talland, Cornwall. / Document type: answer only.
   Date: 1698
   Held by: The National Archives, Kew / Legal status: Public Record(s) / Closure status: Open Document, Open Description »
   Accessed at: nationalarchives.gov.uk

6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 Website: The National Archives' catalogue > C - Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions > Division within C - Records of Equity Side: the Six Clerks > C 6 - Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings before 1714, Collins.

   « Reference: C 6/383/80 / Description: Short title: Busby v Mallack.
   Plaintiffs: Robert Busby gent of London.
   Defendants: Richard Sydenham, Rawlin Mallock, of Cockington, Devon.
   Subject: Inheritance of a rectory, tithes and glebe land conveyed to Robert Busby woollen draper, of St Bride, London, the plaintiff's late father, on his marriage to Grace Sydenham (alias Grace Busby alias Grace Cary) the plaintiff's mother and wife of Richard Sydenham: mentions Sir Henry Cary kt, of Cockington, Devon: property in Talland, Cornwall. / Document type: answer only.
   Date: 1699-1700
   Held by: The National Archives, Kew / Legal status: Public Record(s) / Closure status: Open Document, Open Description »
   Accessed at: nationalarchives.gov.uk