Walter Buckler
Sir Walter Buckler (or Bucler) (died 1554/8) was a
Origins
Walter Buckler was the second son of John Buckler, gentleman, of Causeway near Radipole and Weymouth, Dorset. He had an elder brother, John, and a sister, Edith, who married John Wolley of Leigh, Dorset, and was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I's Latin secretary, Sir John Wolley.[3]
Career
Buckler studied in France at the
According to the
Buckler was a known supporter of the
Buckler also served as secretary to Henry VIII's sixth wife,
Buckler was knighted on 22 February 1547, two days after the coronation of
Marriage
Buckler married Katherine Denys (d.1582), the widow of Sir Edmund II Tame (d.1544) of
On 24 November 1546 Christopher Mont wrote to Buckler saying that he supposed him 'now married with an honest wife',[17] and on 8 December 1546 Buckler conveyed properties to his future brothers-in-law Sir Walter Denys and Maurice Denys as feoffees to his use 'until the celebration of his intended marriage with Katharine Tame, widow of Sir Edmund Tame, deceased, and after that to the use of him and his said wife in survivorship'.[23] The marriage was childless and Walter Buckler's heir was his nephew, Richard Buckler, second son of his brother John.[24] After Walter Buckler's death, his widow, Katherine, married Roger Lygon (d.1584), esquire.[25] The effigies of Katherine and Roger Lygon lie side by side in Fairford Church. She was still living on 12 September 1575, when she wrote to Lord Burghley on behalf of 'Andrew Buckler, Comptroller of the Port of Poole, a nephew of her late husband, Sir Walter Buckler'.[26] She is said to have died in 1582.
Death and burial
Confusion concerning the date of Buckler's death has arisen from the claim in Wood's Fasti that he was appointed to Queen Elizabeth I's Privy Council at her accession in November 1558.
Footnotes
- ^ a b Smythe 1853, pp. 1–48.
- ^ a b Henry VIII – August 1544, 6–15 | Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 19 Part 2 (pp. 18–36) Accessed 6 February 2013
- ^ Metcalfe 1887, pp. 8, 18; Burke 1906, p. 141.
- ^ Bliss 1815, p. 70.
- ^ Bliss 1815, p. 98; Bigland 1791, pp. 12–13.
- ^ Boland 1981, pp. 104–110.
- ^ Henry VIII – August 1536, 21–31 | Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 11 (pp. 138–157)
- ^ Letters and Papers – April 1539, 26–30 | Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 14 Part 1 (pp. 399–424)
- ^ Letters and Papers – October 1539, 21–25 | Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 14 Part 2 (pp. 128–137)
- ^ Henry VIII – April 1542, 21–25 | Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 17 (pp. 126–153)
- ^ Henry VIII – May 1543, 16–20 | Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 18 Part 1 (pp. 324–335)
- ^ Porter 2010, pp. 166, 227.
- ^ Preface | Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 20 Part 1 (pp. I-LXII)
- ^ Henry VIII – December 1545, 26–31 | Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 20 Part 2 (pp. 518–547)
- ^ Henry VIII – January 1546, 16–20 | Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 21 Part 1 (pp. 27–45)
- ^ Holland 1890, pp. 642–3.
- ^ a b Henry VIII – November 1546, 21–30 | Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 21 Part 2 (pp. 203–248)
- ^ Shaw 1906, pp. 59–60; Bigland 1791, pp. 12–13.
- ^ a b Loades 2003, p. 78.
- ^ Lemon 1856, p. 45 .
- ^ a b Bigland 1791, p. 13.
- ^ Maclean 1885, p. 51
- ^ Henry VIII – December 1546, 26–31 | Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 21 Part 2 (pp. 313–348)
- ^ Metcalfe 1887, p. 8.
- ^ Bigland 1791, pp. 12–13
- ^ Cecil Papers – September 1575 | Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House, Volume 2 (pp. 103–116)
- ^ Bliss 1815, p. 98.
- ^ Goding 1868, pp. 71–2.
- ^ Parishes – Coln Rogers | A History of the County of Gloucester: volume 9 (pp. 21–30)
References
- Bigland, Ralph and Richard Bigland (1791). An Account of the Parish of Fairford in the County of Gloucester. London: John Nichols. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- Bliss, Philip, ed. (1815). Athenae Oxoniensis . . . to which are added The Fasti. Vol. II. London: F.C. and J. Rivington. pp. 70, 98. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- Boland, Bridget, ed. (1981). The Lisle Letters; An Abridgement. Chicago: Chicago University Press. pp. 104–110. ISBN 9780226088006. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- Burke, A. Meredyth (1906). "The Connoisseur Genealogical and Heraldic Department". The Connoisseur; an Illustrated Magazine for Collectors. XV (May–August). London: Otto Limited: 141. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- Goding, John (1868). Norman's History of Cheltenham. London: Longman Green. pp. 71–2. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- Holland, Bernard H. (1890). "Charitable Endowments". The National Review. XV (March–August). London: Otto Limited: 642–3. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- Lemon, Robert, ed. (2003). Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reigns of Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth 1547–1580. London: Longman, Brown, Green. p. 45. ISBN 1-85285-304-2. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- Loades, David (2003). Elizabeth I. London: London and Hambledon. pp. 76, 78, 333. ISBN 1-85285-304-2. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- Maclean, John and W.C. Heane (1885). The Visitation of the County of Gloucester Taken in the Year 1623. Vol. XXI. London: Harleian Society. p. 51. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- Metcalfe, Walter C., ed. (1887). The Visitation of Dorsetshire A.D. 1565 by William Harvey, Clarenceux King of Arms. Exeter: William Pollard & Co. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ISBN 0312384386
- Shaw, William A. (1906). The Knights of England. Vol. II. London: Sherratt and Hughes. p. 60. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- Smythe, Percy, Viscount Strangford, ed. (1853). "Household Account of the Princess Elizabeth". II. London: Camden Society: 1–48. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
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