Francis Bulmer (abt. 1517 - 1578)

Born about 1517 in Elmeden, Durham, England

Ancestors

Husband of Katherine (Norton) Bulmer — married about 1542 in Norton Conyers, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died 13 Jul 1578 at about age 61 in Elmeden, Durham, England

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Biography

Francis Bulmer was born about 1517 in Elmeden, Durham, England, son of William Bulmer (>1491–1546) and Elizabeth Elmeden (1494–1558).^[1][2]

Descent from Sir Ralph Bulmer

Francis (24) married Katherine Norton (19) (born in 1522; daughter of Richard Norton and Susan (Neville) Norton) about 1542 in Norton Conyers, Yorkshire, England.^[3]

Their children were:

• Francis Bulmer (~1543– )
• Elizabeth Bulmer (1547– )
• Joyce Bulmer (~1549– ) [uncertain].
• Henry Bulmer (~1550– )
• Margaret Bulmer (~1551–<1584)
• Anthony Bulmer (~1553–1584)^[4]

Francis died on July 13, 1578 in Elmeden, aged about 60.

Sources

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
2. ↑ The visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 Flower, William, ca. 1498-1588 page 43 at Archive.org (accessed Jul 2023)
3. ↑ Foster, J. (1887). "Bulmer of Tursdale," in Vis. of Durham, 1575, 1615 & 1666, p. 53. Google Books.
4. ↑ Dugdale, W. (1901). "VIII. Richard Norton," in Dugdale's Vis. of York., V, p. 73-74. J. W. Clay, Ed. Exeter: W. Pollard page 84 Archive.org (accessed Jul 2023)

See also:

• Surtees, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, vol. 1 part 2 pp. p. 77-78: Francis Bulmer, Esq. (son of William and Margaret) had livery (inter alia) of the Manor of Trillesden 1559.-He was succeeded by his son Anthony in 1577 [footnote i: Inq. p. m. 20 Eliz. 4 July], father of Sir Bertram Bulmer, who resided here in considerable splendour in the reign of King James, and died in 1638, after having dissipated the greater part of his paternal inheritance.-In 1638, (20 Dec.) William Bulmer of Morwick, Esq. (for £1658) conveyed the Manor of Thirlesden, otherwise Tursdale, to Lord William Howard of Naworth.