'Bunce1'
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Families covered: Bunce of Kemsing, Bunce of Otterden (Ottrinden)
| The first of this family shown by Le Neve is named John father of John father of James of Ottringden. Commoners, supported by Visitation (Kent), names him ... | |||||||||||||||
| Edward Bunce of Malmesbury (living in Kent temp Henry VIII who r. 1509-1547) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Bunce of Ottrinden (Otrinden, Ottringden or Otterden), Kent | ||||||||||||||
| A. | James Bunce of Ottrinden (Otterden) (d 1606) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Reyner (dau of Mathew Rayner of Kent) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Simon Bunce of Linsted & Ottrinden | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Grimsditch (dau of William Grimsditch of Grimsditch) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Anne Bunce | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.05.1616) Sir William Brockman (d 06.12.1654) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | James Bunce of London (d 26.01.1631, leatherseller, 3rd son) omitted by Commoners | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.01.1595/6) Mary Holmedon (d 02.10.1612, dau of George Holmedon or Holmsden of Brookhouse) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir James Bunce of Otterden, Sheriff of London, 1st Bart (b c1600, d 13.12.1670) | ||||||||||||||
| Le Neve is doubtful that James's baronetcy was confirmed, and he is not mentioned in BEB1841, but he and his successors are included in TCB. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1628) Sarah Gipps (dau of Thomas Gipps of London by Mary, dau of Richard Sherwood of Ludlow) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir John Bunce of Otterden, 2nd Bart (bpt 24.01.1629-30, d 1683) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1658) Amy (bur 1686) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir John Bunce, 3rd Bart (b c1659, dspm 1687) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.04.1686) Frances Cotton of Westminster (b 1658-9) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sir James Bunce, 4th Bart (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | James Bunce of Kemsing, Kent (a 1633) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c12.1661) Dorothy Hugeson (dau of Sir William Hugeson of Linstead/Provender) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir James Bunce of Kemsing, 5th Bart (bpt 30.11.1632, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| Berry shows a James in this generation, father of Edward & Elizabeth, but names the husband of Alana Bernard as John. TCB shows that it was James who married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1699) Alana Bernard (dau of James Bernard of Playhach) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir James Bunce of Kemsing, 6th Bart (dspms 15.08.1741) | ||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | issue - James (d infant?), Mary Anne (d unm 06.01.1776) | ||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue (dsp) - Thomas, Nicholas, William, Edward, Sarah, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Mathew Bunce (b c1629, of Lincoln's Inn) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Mary Bunce (d 08.04.1652) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1620) Sir John Langham of London, Bart | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Stephen Bunce of Boughton Malherbe (d 1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anna Barnham (dau of Arthur Barnham, son/heir of Nicholas) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Matthew Bunce (a 1619) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Lane (dau of Richard Lane of Warwick) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Jane Bunce | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Roberts of Breaksbourn, Cranbrook & Canterbury | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Ann Bunce (a 1619) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Upton of Feversham | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Elizabeth Bunce (a 1619) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel Smith | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue - James, Stephen, Richard, Katherine | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Anna Bunce | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Elwin of Stacefield | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Margaret Bunce | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1600) Thomas Southouse of Throwley | |||||||||||||||
| vi.+ | other issue (dsp) - Richard, Matthew (d 1624) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Richardine Bunce (b 1544-5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Catherine Bunce | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Pordage of Rodmersham | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Commoners (vol 3, 'Brockman of Beachborough', p369, note), 'Le Neve's Knights' (pp43-44), CountyGen (Kent, Berry, p378+), Visitation (Kent, 1619, Bunce), TCB (vol 3, 'Bunce of Otterden', p24+) with just a little support from Visitation (London, 1633, Bunce)
[Most of the above was originally uploaded 29.09.14 into BZmisc20. It was reviewed & expanded on 27.02.16 and moved here on 22.04.20.]
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