Hello Hugo et.al, sorry I missed you when you were in Sydney. Some more information on the Bunny Family. Brice Frederick was my great grandfather. The info I have is Jere was Brice's father, followed by Joseph Bunny, Blandy Buck Bunny, Edmund Bunny, Robert Bunny and Richard Bunny (born 15??)of Ibthorpe in the Parish of Hurstbourne. I am not sure when they moved to Newbury however Blandy Buck was buried there is 1777.
Now for the interesting bit. There is a development called Donnington Square (now it is within Newbury)it was called the Clay pit.
1848Jere bunny purchased the Clay Pit.
1851 Jere sell sells 4 plots to a Newbury Builder named John Dyne.
1852 Jere conveys the principal part of the land to his son Henry for 4200 pounds.
1852 Jhon Dyne seems to be in financial strife.
1853 Henry Bunny conveys the land and some houses to Richard Shaw for 6000 pound.
1853 Richard Shaw borrows 6000 pound from Edward Brice Bunny and Charles Slocock and defaults on payments.
1853 Henry Bunny sails to New Zealand. Two days later Jere dissolves the law partnership and disinheritis him. Ouch
1854 a few months later - Jere Bunny dies at Speen Hill.
1855 Edward Brice Bunny, Jere's brother and banker ends up with Donnington square. They remain in his family until 1919.
1865 Edward Brice Bunny dies and his son Edward John Bunny inherits all his land.
1877 Edward John Bunny changes his surname to St John and his children take the name St John St John.

I believe some more interesting events occured in NZ around Henry Bunny's brother in law, Reverend Arthur Baker.