Bunbury of Johnstown, Co. Carlow - Turtle Bunbury.com

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  • Full Title: Turtle Bunbury, Bunbury of Johnstown, Co. Carlow (http://www.turtlebunbury.com/family/bunburyfamily_bunburys/bunbury_family_bunburys_johnstown.html : accessed ), .
  • Short Title: Bunbury, Bunbury of Johnstown, Co. Carlow, .
  • Author: Turtle Bunbury
  • WebsiteTitle: Bunbury of Johnstown, Co. Carlow
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  • Bibliography: Bunbury, Turtle. Bunbury of Johnstown, Co. Carlow. http://www.turtlebunbury.com/f...ys_johnstown.html : .
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  • Dulcibella left her signet ring to her brother Benjamin Bunbury, later of Killerig, ancestor of the Bunbury family in Ireland. There is a memorial in Stoke Church, Cheshire which reads:- 'Here lyeth the body of Dulcibella Bunbury eldest daughter to Thomas Bunbury of Stanney, Gent by Eleanor his second wife who was fifth daughter to Henry Berkenhead of Backford Esq: She died the 5th July MDCLXXXVI (1686) aged XLVIII years . The Will of Dulcibella Bunbury, which names a large number of relations and friends, was dated 13th June 1686 and proved at Chester by her sister Diana, the widow of Richard Bunbury, on the 28th August following. She desires to be buried 'at Stoke in the chancell as nigh to my father as possible. I cann & doe hereby humbly request Sir Henry Bunbury that he be pleased to let me lye there & not doubting that he will grant my desire herein I leave unto my cozen [first cousin twice removed] Henry Bunbury his sonn and heire one eleven shillings piece of old gold'.
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