BULKELEY (BULKLEY), Sir Richard (1535/41-1621), of Henblas, Beaumaris and Baron Hill, Llanfaes, Anglesey; Cannon Row, Westminster; Lewisham, Kent; Cheadle and Whatcroft, Cheshire.

Family and Education

b. Sept. 1535 or c.1541, NLW, 9080E, p. 69; C142/168/14. 1st s. of Sir Richard Bulkeley† of Baron Hill and 1st w. Margaret, da. of Sir John Savage of Rock Savage, Clifton, Cheshire. J.E. Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 42. educ. household of Bp. Bonner; L. Inn 1558. NLW, 9080E, p. 12; LI Admiss. m. (1) 28 Apr. 1560 (with 1,200 marks) Catherine (d. 19 Oct. 1573), da. of Sir William Davenport of Bramhall, Cheshire, 1s. d.v.p. 1da. 7 other ch. d.v.p.; UCNW, Baron Hill 12; SP14/104/24; 14/107/14; Dwnn, Vis. Wales ed. S.R. Meyrick, ii. 135. (2) 18 Feb. 1577, Mary (d. aft. 1632), da. of William, 4th Bar. Burgh of Gainsborough, 2s. 5da. NLW, 9080E, p. 69; UCNW, Baron Hill 285, 310-11; Griffith, 42. suc. fa. 1572; C142/168/14. Kntd. 17 Feb. 1577. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 78. d. 28 June 1621. STAC 8/76/3. sig. Rich[ard] Bulkeley.

Offices Held

Constable, Beaumaris castle 1561–d.; CPR, 1560–3, p. 130; E315/14, unfol.; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 443. mayor, Beaumaris 1561–2; CPR, 1560–3, p. 347. v. adm., Anglesey 1567 – at least71, N. Wales 1577-at least 1584; HCA 14/11/85; UCNW, Baron Hill 19; NLW, Bodewryd 98. j.p. Anglesey (custos rot.) by 1573 – d., Caern. by 1584 – d., Cheshire c.1584-at least 1596, by 1604–d.; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 2–9, 20–6; Lansd. 737, f. 162; SP13/F/11, f. 5v; C66/1620, 66/1988. dep. lt. Anglesey 1587–d.; UCNW, Baron Hill 26B; NLW, Carreglwyd I/1810. commr. subsidy, Anglesey 1599 – 1602, 1608, Caern. 1608, 1621; E179/219/17A; 179/219/70; 179/219/18; UCNW, Plas Coch 169; SP14/31/1; NLW, Brogyntyn 3329. member, Council in the Marches 1602–d.; Cott. Vitellius C.1, f. 100v; NLW, 9056E/809. commr. sewers, River Dee 1607, Denb. 1609, aid, Anglesey 1609, 1612; C181/2, ff. 46v, 102; SP14/43/107; Harl. 354, f. 69. collector aid, Anglesey 1612; E179/220/152. feoffee, Beaumaris free sch. 1609–d.Anglesey RO, David Hughes Charity mss box 5 (Hughes’s will, 30 Dec. 1609); box 16 (28 Sept. 1619, 28 Sept. 1621).

Farmer prise wines, Chester, Cheshire and outports 1561–d. Apparently a sinecure belonging to the constabulary of Beaumaris, see UCNW, Baron Hill 684–91, 695; NLW, 1515D; E134/24 Eliz./Hil.3; 134/35 Eliz./Hil.9; 134/36–7 Eliz./Mich.4; 134/16 Jac.I/Hil.13.

Gent. pens. 1568-c.80/82. E407/1/4, 13; UCNW, Baron Hill 1290.

Commr. Union 1604–6. CJ, i. 208b.

Parlimentarian

BULKELEY (BULKLEY), Sir Richard (1535/41-1621), of Henblas, Beaumaris and Baron Hill, Llanfaes, Anglesey; Cannon Row, Westminster; Lewisham, Kent; Cheadle and Whatcroft, Cheshire.

Main residences: Henblas, Beaumaris; Baron Hill, Llanfaes, Anglesey and Cannon Row, Westminster and and Lewisham, Kent and and Cheadle and Whatcroft, Cheshire.

Bulkley

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Commons 1604-1629

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BULKELEY (BULKLEY), Sir Richard (1535/41-1621)

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Oxford 1644

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