BULSTRODE, Sir William (c.1560/3-1645/6), of Ridlington Park Lodge and Uppingham, Rutland and Blackfriars, London; later of Coventry, Warws.

Family and Education

b. c. 1560 /3,He was described as aged 50 at his 2nd marriage, but aged 66 at his 3rd. o.s. of Richard Bulstrode of Hedgeley Bulstrode, Bucks. Liber Famelicus of Sir J. Whitelocke ed. J. Bruce (Cam. Soc. lxx), 26-7. m. (1) 8 Apr. 1602, Alice (bur. 23 July 1605), ?da. of Richard Temple of Temple Hall, Sibsden, Leics., wid. of John Dive, verderer of Ridlington Park, Rutland, s.p.; Leics. RO, DE3012/1, unfol.; DE3468/1, unfol.; PROB 11/98, f. 111; Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 212; Vis. Rutland (Harl. Soc. iii), 45; Vis. Leics. (Harl. Soc. ii), 167-8. (2) lic. 30 Jan. 1611, Mary, da. of Henry Baskerville, alderman of London, wid. of Benjamin Gonson of Much Baddow, Essex and Charles Brooke of Templecombe, Som. s.p.; Bp. of London Mar. Lics. 1520-1610 ed. G.J. Armytage (Harl. Soc. xxv), 327; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 361. (3) 29 June 1629, Anne (d. 4 Jan. 1634), wid. of Henry Banister* (d.1628), Goldsmith of London and Hackney, Mdx., s.p. J.P. Malcolm, Londinium Redivivum, ii. 371; W. Robinson, Hackney, ii. 25-6; Bp. of London Mar. Lics. 1611-1828 ed. G.J. Armytage (Harl. Soc. xxvi), 196; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 44. Kntd. 6 Aug. 1599. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 97. d. bet. 26 Nov. 1645 and 11 Feb. 1646. PROB 11/195, ff. 173v-4. sig. Will[ia]m Bulstrode.

Offices Held

Capt. of ft. 1589, 1596, 1599 [I]. Norris-Drake Expedition (Navy Recs. Soc. cxxvii) ed. R.B. Wernham, 345 (Bulsterell), 348 (Bolstroode); Longleat, Devereux pprs. (IHR microfilm) vol. 1, ff. 85v, 90; HMC Hatfield, ix. 146, 330.

Capt. militia ft. Warws. 1597, muster-master, Leics. 1598; APC, 1597, pp. 105, 164; 1597–8, p. 504; HMC Hastings, iv. 188. j.p. Rutland by 1604 – at least36, Mdx. 1629-at least 1636; C231/5, f. 20; SP16/405; Eg. 2986, f. 23. sheriff, Rutland Nov. 1604-Feb. 1606; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 113. dep. lt.?1607-at least 1626; HMC Hatfield, xix. 124; HEHL, HA10612–13. collector (jt.) tenths, 1607, aid 1609, 1613, Privy Seal loans 1625–6; SP14/43/107; E179/283, ‘TG 10806’, ‘commrs. for the aid’; E403/2737, f. 159v; E401/2586, p. 69; APC, 1626, p. 167. commr. subsidy 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, 1628, SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–3; HMC 5th Rep. 401; E115/306/81. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1610 – d., enclosures, Oxon. Northants. and Rutland 1611, swans, E. Midlands 1619, C181/2, ff. 106, 139, 341. Forced Loan 1626–7, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; Procs. 1628, vi. 34–5. Midland Assoc. 1643, assessment, Warws. and Coventry 1645. LJ, v. 589; A. and O. i. 620, 641.

Parlimentarian

BULSTRODE, Sir William (c.1560/3-1645/6), of Ridlington Park Lodge and Uppingham, Rutland and Blackfriars, London; later of Coventry, Warws.

Main residences: Ridlington Park Lodge; Uppingham, Rutland; Blackfriars, London; Coventry, Warws.

Author

S.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

BULSTRODE, Sir William (c.1560/3-1645/6)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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