Edward Bulstrode

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Between 1620 and 1650; Lawyer and J.P.
• Office: 1655; Cromwell's Chief Justice of North Wales

Notes:

Memorials to two of Edward's grandsons, Edward Bulstrode, who was buried at Upper Deal church in Kent in 1718, and his brother, Whitelocke Bulstrode (not to be confused with cousin Bulstrode Whitelocke), who was buried in the Hounslow Priory chapel in Middlesex in 1724, each record that their grandfather was Edward Bulstrode of Soley End, near Astley in Co. Warwick, also of the Inner Temple, London, Esquire, sometime Chief Justice of North Wales. Soley End or Sole End, as it is now known, was a hamlet mentioned in the Doomsday Book, but is now represented only by the ancient Sole End Farm and a large house nearby, called Cow Lees.
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According to Wood's " Atheniae Oxienses " , 1632-95, Edward Bulstrode in the time of the grand rebellion, siding with the Presbyterians, and taking the covenant, was, by the endeavours of his nephew Bulstrode Whitelocke, a leading man in the long parliament, and a favourite of Oliver, made one of the justices of North Wales. Bulstrode Whitelocke records that, on 21st January 1646, I attended this committee and procured them to name my uncle Mr. Edward Bulstrode, a reader in the Inner Temple, to be a judge in Wales for which he was a fit and learned person. Edward was so appointed on 15th June 1649, the year of Charles I's execution.
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Edward was the author of: " A Golden Chain: or a Miscellany of Divers Sentences of the Sacred Scriptures, and of other Authors, collected and linked together for the Soul's Comfort " , 1657, and of " Reports of divers Resolutions and Judgments " , in three parts, 1657, 1658, 1659. Thomas Fuller's " History of the Worthies of England " , under " Writers on the Law " , records that:

Edward Bulstrode, Esq., (born in this county [Bucks.] bred in the studies of our municipal laws in the Inner Temple and his Highness's justice in North Wales) hath written a book of divers resolutions and judgments, with the reasons and causes thereof given in the Court of the King's Bench in the reign of King James and King Charles, and is lately deceased.
In 1712, Edward was referred to as a very learned Lawyer as appears by his book of Reports, a Work of great esteem to this Day.
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Bulstrode Whitelocke records that, on 21st January 1646, I attended this committee and procured them to name my uncle Mr. Edward Bulstrode, a reader in the Inner Temple, to be a judge in Wales for which he was a fit and learned person. Edward was so appointed on 15th June 1649, the year of Charles I's execution.
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Buried:
Buried Adjacent to the Pulpit

Family/Spouse: Unknown UNKNOWN. Unknown was born about 1590. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Edward Bulstrode was born about 1612; died in 1706 in Charterhouse, Middlesex, England.

Edward married Margaret Chamberlain about 1616. Margaret (daughter of Richard Chamberlain and Unknown UNKNOWN) was born about 1590 in Astley, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On 10th January 1623, an agreement was signed between:

Richard Chamberlayne of Astley, in the County of Warwick, Esquire, of the one part, and Edward Bulstrode of the Inner Temple, London, Esquire, Margaret Bulstrode, wife of the said Edward (and daughter of the said Richard) and Richard Bulstrode, son of the said Edward and Margaret, of the other part, whereby, in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds of good and lawful money of England,

Edward purchased, on a 99 years lease, a dwelling house and an estate,
Lying and Being in the Several Parishes of Astley, aforesaid, and Bedworth in the said County of Warwick.

The estate comprised :
one Messuage or Tenement Anciently called Emeries and divers Closures, Crofts, Parcels of Land, Pastures, Meadows, Coppice and Groves with the said Messuage or Tenement used or unto the same belonging and appertaining. All with parcels and known by the several names of the Longcroft, the Middlecroft, the Pear tree Piece, the Croyfield the Leafield, the Soleyfield, the Middlefield, Stanhurst Meadows, one little Coppice or Grove called Lacock Grove, the Spring Lees, the Cow Lees pasture or the over Cow Lees, the Nether Cow Lees, one other little Coppice or Grove called the Cow Lees Grove, the Cow Lees Close, or pasture, lying and abutting next unto and upon the Spring Lees at the one end, and the over Cow Lees, at the other end, with all and singular Houses, Barns, Gardens, Orchards, Lands, Meadows, Feeding Pastures, Crofts, Groves, woods, underwoods and commons and all other the appurtenances whatsoever to the said Messuage or tenement belonging or therewith used or occupied .?? This estate, lying midway between Astley church and Bedworth church, was part and parcel of the Marriage portion of the said Margaret and for the better preferment and advancement of the said Margaret in her said marriage and for divers other good causes and considerations.

1. Sir Richard Bulstrode was born in 1617 in Astley, Warwickshire, England; died on 10 Mar 1710 in St. Germain, France.
2. Henry Bulstrode was born about 1620 in Astley, Warwickshire, England; died in 1717 in Westminster, London, England.
3. John Bulstrode was born about 1624; died in Dec 1656; was buried on 24 Dec 1656 in Inner Temple Church, Westminster, London, England.
4. Thomas Bulstrode was born about 1628 in Bedworth, Warwickshire, England; died between 1680 and 1707.
5. Francis Bulstrode was born about 1630 in Bedworth, Warwickshire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Of: Hedgerley Bulstrode, Buckinghamshire, England
• Occupation: Lawyer of the Inner Temple
• Baptism: 3 Nov 1550, Upton Cum Chalvey, Buckinghamshire, England
• Office: Between 1576 and 1584; High Sherriff of Buckinghamshire

Notes:

He was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1573-4 and appointed Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1576. Head of the family, he died in 1598 and was buried in Upton church where there are memorial brasses engraved with figures of Edward, wearing plate armour and a sword, his wife, Cecilia, and their four Sons and six daughters, with shields bearing the family coats of arms and an inscription: Here lyeth the body of Edward Bvlstrode Esqvire and Cecill his Wife, one of the daughters of John Croke Esq. by whom he had issue four sons Henrye, Thomas, Edward, and William and vj Daughters Elizabeth, Margarett, Anne, Cecil!, Magdalen, and Dorothy, Whoe Departed this mortal life the last day of August in the yere of our Lorde God 1598.

Edward married Cecilia Croke in 1571 in Saint Dunstan's In The West, London, England. Cecilia (daughter of Sir John Croke and Elizabeth Unton) was born about 1553 in Chilton, Buckinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Of: Hedgerley Bulstrode, Buckinghamshire, England

Thomas married Anne Barker on 16 Jun 1541 in Saint Martin, Pomeroy, London, England. Anne (son of Ambrose Barker) was born about 1520 in Sonning, Berkshire, England; died in 1560. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Parentage: Dau Ambrose Barker of Sonning Berks

Other Events and Attributes:

• Of: Chilton, Buckinghamshire, England
• Occupation: Lawyer
• Office: Abt 1530, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Member of Parliament

John married Elizabeth Unton about 1552. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir Alexander Unton and Cicely Bulstrode) was born about 1538 in Horton, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 24 Jun 1611 in Chilton, Buckinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: George Bulstrode
• Of: Hedgerley Bulstrode, Buckinghamshire, England

George married Joan Piggot about 1518. Joan (daughter of Sir Thomas Piggot) was born about 1500 in Whaddon, Buckinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Parentage: Dau Sir Thomas Pigott Serjeant at Law

Other Events and Attributes:

• Of: Chequers, Buckinghamshire, England
• Parentage: Son Sir Thomas Unton

Alexander married Cicely Bulstrode in 1533. Cicely (daughter of Edward Bulstrode and Mrs Margaret Ashfield) was born about 1512 in Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• NB: Alexander Unton's second wife

Notes:

Note by le Neve in Visitation of Buckinghamshire 1634 Bulstrode of Upton
Regarding Margaret Relict of Edward Bulstrode

Quaere if not daughter of ..... Brent widdow of John Ashfield. She was the relict of Edward Bulstrode of Hugeley Bulstrode and by him had a daughter Cecely 2nd wife of Sir Alexander son and heir of Sir Thomas Unton of Wadley in Berks Knight and mother of Sir Edward etc
The articles in Celeley's Marriage dated 14 and 16 July 25 H 8 Between Sir Thomas Unton father of Alexander and Margaret widdow of Edward Bulstrode Esquire