Family and Education
b. by 1465, s. of Sir Ralph Bulmer of Wilton by Joan, da. of Sir William Bowes of Streatlam, co. Dur. m. by 1490, Margery (d.1524), da. of John Conyers, 3s. 1da. suc. fa. 23 June 1486. Kntd. ?30 Sept. 1497.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., CIPM Hen. VII, i. 108. CP, ii. 418; Vis. Yorks. (Harl. Soc. xvi), 43 gives his mother-in-law as his second wife.
Offices Held
Commr. musters, Yorks. (N. Riding) 1495, 1511, 1512, concealed lands, Northumb. and Westmld. 1505, subsidy, Yorks (N. Riding) 1512, 1514, 1515, 1523, 1524; j.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) 1496 – 1514, (E., W. and N. Ridings) 1525 – d., ?Cumb. 1525, Westmld. 1525 – d., Northumb. 1531; sheriff and escheator, Durham 1503 – 16, 1523 – 27, jt. (with s. Sir John) 1527 – 29; sheriff, Yorks. 1517 – 18; member, council of 4th Earl of Shrewsbury 1522; lt. east march 1523; lt. Norham castle, Northumb. 1523; member, council of Duke of Richmond and steward of his household 1526.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Wilton, Yorks.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
BULMER, Sir William (by 1465-1531)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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