Richard Bulkeley

Born [date unknown] in Bulkeley, Cheshire

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Died about 1349 in Cheadle, Cheshire, England

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"Historically Hulme Hall lay within the township of Cheadle Moseley, one of two townships into which the ancient manor of Cheadle was divided. In or shortly before 1321 Sir Roger de Chedle, lord of the manor, died leaving no male heirs. The manor passed to his wife but after her death in 1326 was divided between their two daughters. The younger, Agnes, was married to Richard de Bulkelegh. Their share, known as Cheadle Bulkeley, descended through the Bulkeley family until the 18th century when it was sold off to pay the family’s debts. The elder daughter, Clemence, was married to William de Bagylegh. In the mid-17th century this second share of the manor was acquired by the Mosley family whose tenure, though brief, gave it the name of Cheadle Moseley (Arrowsmith 1997, 36)."^[1]

Inquisition Post Mortem 1349: at Chester.....Richard de Bulkelegh held.....half of the manor of Chedle, together with the advowson of the church of Chedle.....certain lands there, and one water-mill......half of the vill of Tymperleigh....a certain messuage in Dssheleigh (? Assheley) called le Barewe.....a piece of land in Hale, called Thenale. And William de Bulkelegh is his son and next heir, and is aged 3 years.^[2]

Notes

2 Jan 1308: Grant by Robert, son of William de Bulkilegh [Bulkeley], to John, son of John de Lowtborw, and Felicia, daughter of William Swan, his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, of a plot of land in Middlewich [Cheshire], two curtilages, a salting, a messuage in Wheelock Street, 3s 6d annual rent from the messuage of Adam Faber, 6d annual rent from land in Wheelock Street, and plots of land in Newton and Middlewich (locations given), paying 16s annually to Robert for the term of Felicia's life. If they die without heirs, remainder to the heirs of Richard, son of Robert de Bulkilegh.^[3]

1325-26: Be it remembered that in the 19th year of the reign of King Edward, son of King Edward [1325–6], Peter, abbot of Vale Royal, sold all the acorns coming in the wood of Bradford for 40s. to Richard son of Robert de Bulkelegh^[4]

18 Jul 1326: "Writ of certiorari to the bailiffs of Maclesfeld, on the complaint of William de Baggeleye [alias de Bagylegh] and Clemence his wife, and Richard de Bulkele [alias de Bulkylegh] and Agnes his wife, that the said bailiffs had removed them from the manor of Chedle, which they had entered after the death of the said Maud, who held the same for life of the inheritance of the said Clemence and Agnes, 18 July, 20 Edward II."^[5]

1326: Peter, one of the most noteworthy of the line, began to rule about 1322, as appears from pp. 37, 74 in the text. In 1326 he was defendant in a suit (Harl. MS. 2079, fol. 136), and in the same year acknowledged the receipt of a cask of wine from the Earl of Chester (afterwards Edward III); p. 117. About the same time he sold the acorns of Bradford Wood to Richard de Bulkelegh for 40s. (p. 122).^[6]

1327: "A. 10258. Indenture tripartite being the memorandum of an agreement, Tuesday after the feast of St. Mark the Evangelist, 1327, between William son of Ralph de Baggilegh and Richard son of Robert de Bulkylegh, for a partition of the inheritance which had descended to Clemence and Agnes their respective wives, as daughters and heirs of Sir Roger de Chedle, on the death of Maud late the wife of the said Roger; their bonds, one to the other, in 100l. were delivered to Sir Hugh de Dotton, &c. French." ^[7]

1339: A. 191. Demise by Thomas, son of Richard son of Michael de Medio Wico, to William Swan and Joan his wife, of a messuage in Middlewich, for twelve years from Christmas, 1339. Witnesses:— Richard de Bulkelegh, Richard del Shawe, Richard Haregreve, and others (named). Middlewich, the morrow of the Purification, 1339[–40]. Portion of seal.^[8]

1342: "LEASE for 14 years, by Richard de Hadlegh to Richard de Bulkylegh and Thomas son of William de Bulkylegh" "Witnesses: Robert de Bulkylegh"^[9]

14th century: Quitclaim by Ellen, widow of Hamon de Ahsselegh [Ashleigh], to Richard son of Robert de Bulkylegh [Bulkeley] and Agnes, his wife, of lands and tenements in Timperley and Hale, Cheshire.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ This report presents the results of an archaeological building survey of Hulme Hall, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, carried out by the University of Manchester Archaeological Unit and commissioned by NPS Property Consultants Ltd on behalf of Stockport MBC. [1]
2. ↑ https://books.google.com.au/books?id=VwMcAQAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&hl=en&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
3. ↑ WARD 2/15/53D/71 [2]
4. ↑ 'Pleas and evidences: Fos. 55-59', in The Ledger Book of Vale Royal Abbey, ed. John Brownbill (Manchester, 1914), pp. 114-124. British History Online [3] [accessed 25 June 2020].
5. ↑ J E E S Sharp and A E Stamp, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 104', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 6, Edward II (London, 1910), pp. 479-486. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol6/pp479-486 [accessed 25 June 2020].
6. ↑ 'Ledger Book: The abbots of Vale Royal', in The Ledger Book of Vale Royal Abbey, ed. John Brownbill (Manchester, 1914), pp. 20-23. British History Online [4] [accessed 25 June 2020].
7. ↑ "Deeds: A.10201 - A.10300,", A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds: Volume 4, ed. H C Maxwell Lyte (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1902), 520-533. British History Online, [5] [accessed April 4, 2016].
8. ↑ 'Deeds: A.101 - A.200', in A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds: Volume 1, ed. H C Maxwell Lyte (London, 1890), pp. 9-21. British History Online [6] [accessed 25 June 2020].
9. ↑ DCH/D/76 [7]
10. ↑ WARD 2/16/53I/9 [8]

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