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The surname Buyers was first found in Huntingdonshire where the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 record John in le Breres in 1273. 1 2
The name is thought to have derived from the Old English word for "prickly thornbush, formerly including the bramble" as in "dweller among the brambles." 2
"Brear is as well-known Yorkshire name" 1 as the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 include: Willelmus del Breres; Ricardus Brere; and Robertus Brere as all holding lands there at that time.
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Bryers, Bruyers, Buyers and others.
Distinguished members of the family include Henry Bryer (d. 1799), English engraver, a pupil of William Wynne Ryland, in partnership with whom he for some years carried on an extensive printselling business in Cornhill; but, owing chiefly to Ryland's extravagance, the firm became bankrupt. In 1762 Bryer gained the Society of Arts...
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