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Richard Bunny (died 1584)

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328: 173: 322: 157:, he returned to England to resume his political career. Much of his time was devoted to the acquisition and management of land, although in his last will he referred to his "molestation" of his own estates. Like most landowners of the time, he was extremely litigious, even over such minor matters as a neighbour's right to erect a 164:
He died on 30 April 1584 in Bolton Percy, the home of his son Edmund, to whom he left only personal property, the lands passing to the younger Richard. He explained in his will that he had decided not to leave Edmund any land, not because of any ill-feeling between them but because of the burden
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which would be placed on him, due to his own mismanagement of the estates. At the same time, he maintained his innocence of the charges of
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Bunny was the son of Richard Bunny (died 1535) and Rose Bunny, nÊe Topcliffe, only daughter and heiress of Sir
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brought against him thirty years earlier, arising from his service as Treasurer of Berwick.
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in 1559. He held a number of Court offices, including the position of Treasurer of
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1550–1554. He has removed from this office on the discovery of his record of
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All Saints Church, Bolton Percy, where Bunny's son Edmund was vicar
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Index

Richard Bunny I
Bunny Hall
Wakefield
Newland
Normanton
Yorkshire
John Topcliffe
Topcliffe
Lord Chief Justice of Ireland
Gray's Inn
The Vache
Buckinghamshire
Richard Bunny
Edmund Bunny
vicar
Bolton Percy
Selby
Member
Parliament of England
Bramber
Boroughbridge
Berwick-upon-Tweed
embezzlement
forgery
exile
Protestant
Queen Mary
Elizabeth I
pew
corruption

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