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

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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.
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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.

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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.
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BULKELEY, Richard (1606-1640), of Beaumaris and Baron Hill, Llanfaes, Anglesey

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b. 11 June 1606, 1st s. of Sir Richard Bulkeley (d.1624) of Baron Hill and Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Wilsford* of Ilding, Kent.NLW, 9080E, p. 69; D. Lysons, Environs of London iv. 527; J.E. Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 42. educ. G. Inn 1626. GI Admiss. m. 16 July 1622, Dorothy, da. of John Hill, ?innkeeper of Honiley, Warws. s.p. Memorials of St. Margaret’s, Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 330; Griffith, 42; Vis. Leics. (Harl. Soc. ii), 170-1; R. Lockyer, Buckingham, 72-3; NLW, 9080E, p. 39; SP16/378/10. suc. grandfa. Sir Richard Bulkeley* in Anglesey and Caern. estate 1621. STAC 8/76/3. d. 5 Mar. 1640. C142/600/123. sig. Rich[ard] Bulkeley. Bulkeley probably signed himself this way to avoid confusion with his distant relative Richard Bulkeley of Porthamel, who signed himself ‘Richard Bulkley’.
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Dep. lt. Anglesey ?1624–d.; NLW, Carreglwyd I/114. This may have been Richard Bulkeley of Porthamel, a deputy lieutenant in 1621 (ibid. I/147). The MP was serving at his death, see NLW, 1595E, f. 334v. j.p. Anglesey and Caern. 1626–d.; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 9–12, 27–30. commr. subsidy arrears, Anglesey 1626 – 27, subsidy 1628, charitable uses, Anglesey and Caern. 1630, knighthood fines, Caern. 1630; E179/224/598, ff. 1, 4; 179/219/19, 22; C192/1, unfol.; NLW, 9062E/1545. feoffee, Beaumaris free sch. 1632–d.; Anglesey RO, David Hughes Charity mss box 16 (3 Oct. 1632; n.d. [?1649]). mayor, Beaumaris 1634–5; Ibid. 12 Aug. 1635. commr. St. Paul’s cathedral repair, Anglesey 1637; GL, ms 25475/1, f. 89v. capt. militia horse, Anglesey by 1637; HEHL, EL7443. sheriff 1638–9. List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 237.

Sewer of Chamber, extraordinary 1629–d. LC5/132, pp. 158, 163; LC3/1, unfol.

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BULKELEY, Richard (1606-1640), of Beaumaris and Baron Hill, Llanfaes, Anglesey
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BUCKING (BOCKING), Robert (d.1604), of Bridgwater, Som.

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m. 28 Mar. 1572, Anstice (d.1605), da. of Robert Blake, merchant, of Bridgwater,Som. RO, St. Mary’s, Bridgwater par. reg.; Som. Wills ed. F. Brown, i. 59. 1s. 1da. PROB 11/104, f. 228v. bur. 7 Aug. 1604 7 Aug. 1604. Som. RO, St. Mary’s, Bridgwater par. reg.
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Mayor, Bridgwater 1580 – 81, 1592 – 93, 1601–2, Som. RO, D/B/bw 1474, 1581, 1587. alderman 1591–d. Ibid. 1478.

Freeman, Spanish Co. 1604. Spanish Co. ed. P. Croft (London Rec. Soc. ix), 43.

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BROWNE, Sir Valentine (c.1582-1626), of Croft, Lincs.

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b. c. 1582, 1st s. of Sir Valentine Browne of Croft, and Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Monson of South Carlton, Lincs.Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 180. educ. St. John’s, Camb. 1598; G. Inn 1598.Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. m. 19 Feb. 1611,C2/Jas.I/B13/37. Amy (bur. 3 May 1632), da. of Richard Fulstow of High Toynton, Lincs. and coh. to her bro. Peregrine, s.p.Lincs. N and Q, v. 30. Kntd. 23 Apr. 1603;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 102. suc. fa. 1606.C142/295/25. bur. 29 Apr. 1626 29 Apr. 1626.Lincs. N and Q, v. 30.
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Commr. sewers, Fenland 1604, River Gleane, Lincs. and Notts. 1607 – 19, city of Lincoln, Lincs. 1608, Newark, Notts. 1610, preservation of ditches, Fenland 1605.C181/1, ff. 75, 117v; 181/2, ff. 48, 75, 119, 353.

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BROWNE, Sir Richard (c.1539-1604), of Sayes Court, Deptford, Kent

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b. c. 1539, 3rd s. of John Browne of St. Peter’s, Colchester with his 1st w. Florence, da. and h. of John Chertsey. educ. ?I. or M. Temple. m. (?1) unknown, at least 1s.; (?2) by 1591, Joan (d. Nov. 1618), da. of John Vigerus of Langham, Essex, yeoman, s.p. Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 360; P. Morant, Essex, i. pt. 1, p. 111; N. Dews, Hist. Deptford (2nd edn.), 81; Feet of Fines for Essex VI: 1581-1603 ed. F.G. Emmison, 86; PROB 11/144, f. 52. For discussion of a possible 1st mar. see HP Commons, 1558-1603, i. 503-4. Kntd. 24 July 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 127. d. 13 May 1604. P. Croft, ‘Parl., Purveyance and the City of London’, PH, iv. 33, quoting LS13/168, f. 78v.
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Kpr./steward of Leicester House, Westminster and/or Wanstead House, Essex, for the earl of Leicester (Sir Robert Dudley†) by 1566 – d., steward, Leicester’s household, Neths. 1587. S. Adams, ‘Pprs. of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, I. The Browne-Evelyn Collection’, Archives, xx. 65, 67; APC, 1588–9, p. 81; Household Accts. and Disbursement Bks. of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester ed. S. Adams (Cam. Soc. ser. 5. vi), 28, 430, 452.

?Escheator, Essex 1569–70, List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii), 46. clerk of the peace 1577 – 1600, 1603; Clerks of Counties, 1360–1960 comp. E. Stephens, 84. commr. oyer and terminer, Marshalsea 1596; C231/1, f. 13. j.p. Surr. 1597 – 1601, Mdx. 1600–d. Ibid. ff. 37, 81, 117; C66/1620.

Victualler, earl of Leicester’s Neths.’ expedition 1585-at least 1587; Leycester Corresp. ed. J. Bruce (Cam. Soc. xxvii), 40; CSP For. 1585–6, p. 358; 1586–7, pp. 154, 357. Adams incorrectly suggests that Browne was engaged in victualling Leicester’s forces for just six months: Adams, ‘Dudley Pprs.’ 67, 82.

? servant, queen’s Household by 1588, APC, 1588, pp. 354–5. clerk comptroller of the Green Cloth by 1594-at least 1597, Essex RO, D/Y 2/6, p. 25; Lansd. 80, f. 89 (we are grateful to J.C. Sainty for this ref.); A. Woodworth, ‘Purveyance for the Royal Household in the Reign of Eliz.’ Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. n.s. xxv. pt. i, p. 60. clerk of the Green Cloth by 1600–d. APC, 1599–1600, pp. 120–1, 156; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 72.

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BROWNE, Sir Richard (c.1539-1604), of Sayes Court, Deptford, Kent
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THURBARNE, James (by 1567-1627), of New Romney, Kent and Gray’s Inn, London; later of Canterbury, Kent

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b. by 1567,Age estimated from date of admiss. to G. Inn. s. of John Thurbarne of New Romney, jurat. educ. Clare, Camb. 1580; Barnard’s Inn; G. Inn 1585; called by 1594. m. 2 Dec. 1599, Mary, da. of Giles Estcourt of Salisbury, Wilts. Al Cant.; GI Admiss.; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 56; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 287; Reg. St. Mary Aldermanbury (Harl. Soc. lxi), 67. and wid. of William Sudall (d.1598), Haberdasher of London, REQ 2/154/13; PROB 11/92, f. 200. at least 2s. 2da. PROB 11/152, f. 449. d. 6 June 1627. HMC 13th Rep. IV, 187. sig. James Thurbarne.
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Att. Barnard’s Inn by 1585; CSP Dom. 1581–90, p. 266. fee’d counsel, Cinque Ports 1594–d., Cal. of White and Black Bks. of Cinque Ports ed. F. Hull (Kent Recs. xix), 343, 437. New Romney 1606-at least 1620, E. Kent Archive Office, NR/AC/1, ff. 154, 266. Rye, Suss. by 1607–d., HMC 13th Rep. IV, 137, 187. Sandwich, Kent 1625; E. Kent Archives Office, Sa/AC/7, f. 124v. reader, Staple Inn 1599, asst. reader G. Inn 1610, pens. 1611. PBG Inn, i. 146, 192, 195.

Commr. sewers, Kent and Suss. 1604, Kent 1604, C181/1, ff. 91–2. piracy, Cinque Ports 1612-at least 1616; C181/2, ff. 185, 247. j.p. Kent 1623-at least 1625; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 145, 159; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Chas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 3. commr. charitable uses, Canterbury, Kent 1625. C93/10/18.

Patentee (jt.), licensing of inns 1617–21. CD 1621, vii. 379.

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THURBARNE, James (by 1567-1627), of New Romney, Kent and Gray’s Inn, London; later of Canterbury, Kent
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BROOKE, Sir Basil (d.1612), of Lubenham, Leics.

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1st s. of Andrew Brooke of Monks Kirby, Warws. and w. Mary. m. by 1588, Goodeth (d.1614), da. of Sir William Feilding of Newnham Paddox, Warws., 3s. suc. fa. 1569; Kntd. 23 Apr. 1603. d. 12 Nov. 1612.Nichols, County of Leicester ii. 698; PROB 11/51, f. 149; 11/121, f. 212; 11/124, f. 299; C142/338/70; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 103.
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Escheator, Warws. and Leics. 1597; List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii), 175. j.p. Leics. 1601-at least 1608, C231/1, f. 116; SP14/33, f. 36v. sheriff Feb.-Nov. 1606, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 75. collector, fifteenths 1607, E179/283/4. commr. subsidy 1608. SP14/31/1.

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BOND, Martin (c.1558-1643), of Throckmorton House, Aldgate, London.

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b. c. 1558, ?4th s. of William Bond (d.1576) of Aldgate, Haberdasher and w. Margaret.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 86; IPM London ed. E.A. Fry, iii. 133-4. educ. ?St. Alban Hall, Oxf. c.1572.Al. Ox. unm. bur. 11 May 1643.St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxxi), 295.
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Merchant Adventurer; Annals of St. Helen’s Bishopsgate ed. J.E. Cox, 63. freeman, Haberdashers’ Co. 1580,GL, ms 15857/1, f. 118v. We owe this ref. to Helen Bradley. liveryman 1589, renter warden 1601 – 02, 2nd warden 1606 – 07, 1st warden 1608 – 09, master 1624–5;GL, ms 15842/1, ff. 43v-4, 120, 155, 166, 239v. asst. Spanish Co. 1605–6;Spanish Co. ed. P. Croft (London Rec. Soc. ix), 35, 74. dep. gov. Irish Soc. 1613–14,CLRO, Jors. 29, ff. 16v, 180v; Research Pprs. box 1.26. auditor 1613;CLRO, Jors. 29, f. 118v. pres. Art. Co. 1616–18;Ancient Vellum Bk. ed. G.A. Raikes, 21. freeman, Virg. Co. by ? 1620, Somers Is. Co. by 1622;Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.R. Kingsbury, iv. 157, 318; Rich Pprs.: Letters from Bermuda ed. V.A. Ives, 354. commr. govt. of Virg. plantation 1624.Recs. Virg. Co. iv. 491.

Capt. (later lt.-col.) of militia ft., London by 1588–d.;HMC Foljambe, 39; G. Goold Walker, ‘Trained Bands of London’, Jnl. of Hon. Art. Co. xvi. no. 181, p. 3; Lansd. 255, f. 493; CLRO, Letter Bk. FF, f. 80; Jors. 30, f. 128v; Annals of St. Helen’s, 63. collector subsidy, London 1589, 1621,CLRO, Jors. 22, f. 335; E115/146/5. Palatinate Benevolence, Aldgate ward 1622;SP14/156/14. common councilman, London by 1606,CLRO, Jors. 27, ff. 35v, 73v. auditor 1609 – 11, 1623–5,A.B. Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 290. dep. alderman and j.p. by 1626-at least 1640;C193/12/2, f. 90; CSP Col. E.I. 1630–4, p. 80; GL, ms 7706, ff. 3v, 12v. gov. St. Bart.’s hosp., London 1607, auditor 1617 – 19, treas. 1620–42;N. Moore, Hist. St. Bart.’s Hosp. ii. 228, 470; St. Bart.’s Hosp., HA1/4, ff. 269v-70. commr. assurance, London 1612–13,C181/2, ff. 174, 194. charitable uses 1626.C93/10/21.

Treas. (jt.), subsidy 1624;‘Nicholas 1624’, f. 279. commr. i.p.m. Thomas Howard, 1st earl of Suffolk 1628.C142/466/63.

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