BUCKTON

(Buckton seems to distinct from Buxton and its variants - at least around the Haddon/Bakewell area in the 17th century)

John Buckton, yeoman of Haddon, 1615

Will dated 6/2/1608[/09] mentions:

• "to be buied in the parish Church of Bakewell"
• "unto my honorable good master Sir George Manners knight ... his wife"
• "unto Mr Roger Manners Esquire"
• "my three children John, Roger and Gilbert" (mentions their education and future apprenticeships)
• "my said children to be ... brought upp by my executors"
• "Sir George Manners to be supervisor"
• "good friendes Edmund Adams and John Redferne my true and lawfull executors"
• Witnesses: John Stevenson, Tho: Bennett, Henry Thorpe, Edward Stevenson