Sir Bertram Bulmer, Knight of Tursdale, co. Durham (living 1597 - bur 06 May 1638 St. Oswald par., co. Durham),[1] was the son of Anthony Bulmer, esq. of Elmedon and his wife Dyonis or Diana (will proved 25 Apr 1639), d. & h. of Francis Metham, esq. of Wigginthorpe (will dated 24 Oct 1597).[2][3][4][5]
"Sir Bertram, lived in great splendour in the reign of King James, and dissipated the greater part of his paternal inheritance. He spent much of his time at Court and would then be exactly the character described in the excellent old song :
With new titles bought with his father's old gold,
For which many of his father's old manors were sold,
Like a new courtier of the King's, and the King's new courtier.
After his fortunes were broken Sir Bertram led a troop, which he raised himself in the Low Country wars, where his men on one occasion deserted him, and he was taken prisoner by the Spaniards. He afterwards returned to Durham, and dying in the parish of St. Oswald in 1638 was buried there.
Much land was sold by Sir Bertram Bulmer (1579–1638) and that remaining was sequestered in 1644 when his son, William Bulmer was declared a delinquent for opposition to Parliament during the Civil War. The estate was eventually restored to his brother Anthony and sold by him. Wilton Castle was slighted following the Civil War and was thereafter uninhabitable. It was demolished and rebuilt by a new owner in the early 19th century.[6]
William Bulmer, his eldest son, acquired a considerable property by marriage with Dorothy, heiress of Sayer of Morwick, a village near Reeth, in Yorkshire; but several branches of the family were reduced soon after Sir Bertram's death to very low conditions in life. In 1654, William Bulmer of Morwick, Dorothy his wife, and William and Anthony Bulmer, two of their younger sons, granted a third part of the manor of Silksworth for 360l to Anthony Watson of Throston. A pedigree and notes of the family (from which the preceding lines. are extracted) appear in Surtees, llist. Durham, i. 79, 244, and iii. 53."[3]
Bertram was buried on 06 May 1638 at St. Oswald's in Elvet, co Durham.[1]
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 Davison, P.R.D. (2007). "Saxon Survivors? The Bulmers Thanes to Sheriffs and Knights A Continuing English Identity, p. 125. GB: privately published. Google Books.
↑ 3.03.13.23.33.4 "Anthony Bulmer of High Embleton," in The Publications of the Surtees Society, 111, p. 137. Google Books.
↑ Hutchinson, William. The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham. S. Hodgson & Robinsons, 1794, p. xxix. This reference also lists numerous siblings.Google Books
FindmyPast (subs req) Bertram County Durham Sex Male Country England Last name Bulmer Source Diocese Of Durham Marriage Bonds 1590-1815 Parish Tursdale Archive Durham University Library - Special Collections Marriage bond year 1600 NDFHS Reference 8931309 Marriage bond date 26 Jul 1600 Record type Marriage Bonds Spouse's first name(s) Isabella Record set Britain, Marriage Licences Spouse's last name Tempest Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Spouse's sex Female Subcategory Parish Marriages Spouse's parish Stella, Ryton Marriage to Isabel Tempest (accessed Dec 2021)
History of York by Plantagenet-Harrison pub 1885 page 117 at accessed at archive.org Nov 2023
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