Family and Education
b. 11 Nov. 1614, o.s. of William Bulkeley of Nether Burgate and Margaret (d. aft. 31 Aug. 1652), da. of Francis Culliford of Encombe, Dorset.Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. n.s. x), 104; Berry, Pedigrees of Hants, 122; Hants RO, 1M53/453, 1185. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 13 Apr. 1632;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 2 Nov. 1633;MTR 813. travelled abroad (France) aft. Aug. 1634.CSP Dom. 1634-5, pp. 192-3. m. (1) lic. 4 Jan. 1638, Anne (d. 8 Feb. 1642), da. of Sir William Dodington† of Breamore, Hants, 1s. d.v.p. 2da.;Hants Marriage Licences, 1607-1640, 126; Hants RO, 1M53/442-5; I.o.W. RO, OG/AA/31, p. 3. (2) settlement June 1646, Elizabeth (d. Mar. 1651), da. of William Sotwell of Greenham, Berks., wid. of Francis Trenchard of Cutteridge, Wilts. s.p.;Hants RO, 1M53/449-50, 1179. (3) settlement 1652, Penelope, da. of Sir Thomas Trenchard* of Wolverton, Dorset, 3s. (1 d.v.p.).Hants RO, 1M53/471, 1591. suc. fa. June 1617.WARD7/56/284; PROB11/129/672. d. Sept. 1662.Fordingbridge par. reg.
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Local: commr. subsidy, Hants 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660. 24 Mar. 1641 – 10 Dec. 1644SR. J.p., by Feb. 1650–d.;C231/5 p. 438; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 243; C193/13/3, f. 57; C220/9/4, f. 76v. Wilts. 9 May 1646 – bef.Jan. 1650, 27 Mar. 1655-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, pp. 45, 307; C193/13/5, f. 117; C193/13/6, f. 97; A Perfect List (1660), 59. Commr. contribs towards relief of Ireland, Hants 1642;SR. assessment, I.o.W. 1642, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Hants 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661; Wilts. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 26 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661; Berks. 16 Feb. 1648. 11 Feb. 1643 – aft.Aug. 1648SR; A. and O.; Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); A. and O.; Ordinance for Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Treas. maimed soldiers, Hants 1642. 11 Feb. 1643 – aft.Aug. 1648Add. 24861, f. 39. Member, cttee. for Hants; I.o.W. 1 July 1644.LJ v. 691b-692a; x. 447b; CJ iii. 537a; I.o.W. RO, OG/BB/484. Commr. sequestration, Hants 27 Mar. 1643; defence of I.o.W. 10 Apr. 1643. Dep. lt. Hants by Apr. 1643–? Commr. levying of money, I.o.W. 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Hunts. 3 Aug. 1643; Hants. 10 June 1645; Eastern Assoc. Hunts. 20 Sept. 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. Hants. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Hants, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644.A. and O. Member, cttee. for Southampton, 19 Aug. 1648.LJ x. 447b. Commr. militia, Hants, Wilts. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, Hants 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 9 Feb. 1658 – June 1659, 10 July 1660–d.;C181/6 pp. 274, 308; C181/7 pp. 9, 155. preservation of timber, New Forest 1 Mar. 1660.CJ vii. 856b. Kpr. Linwood bailiwick, New Forest 7 July 1660–d.Hants RO, 1M53/466; Cal. New Forest Docs. ed. Stagg, 121, 141.

Civic: burgess, Christchurch 31 July 1645–d.,Christchurch Bor. Council, corp. minute bk, pp. 550, 563. Newtown, I.o.W. 3 Nov. 1645.I.o.W. RO, JER/BAR/3/9/8, p. 41. Freeman, Lymington by Feb. 1660–d.;Hants RO, 27M74/DBC2, f. 52v. Winchester by Apr. 1660–d.Hants RO, W/B1/5, f. 137.

Religious: elder, third Hants classis, 29 Dec. 1645.King, Bor. and Par. Lymington, 262–3.

Central: commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647.A. and O. Commr. to present Four Bills to king, 14 Dec. 1647;CJ v. 383b. treaty with king at Newport, 6 Sept. 1648.LJ x. 492b.

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Commons 1640-1660
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BULKELEY, John (1614-62), of Nether Burgate, Fordingbridge, Hants.

Will
11 Sept., pr. 3 Oct. 1662.PROB11/309/167; Hants RO, 1M53/469.
Estates
inherited manors of Burgate and Arneys, and other land in Fordingbridge, Hants, and manors of Milborne Stileham (or Milborne St Andrew) and Milborne Ford, Dorset; house at Nether Burgate and other property subject to his mo.’s life interest.PROB11/129/672; Hants RO, 1M53/426-9, 442-3, 449-50, 835-6, 838, 1179, 1246, 1261. Also owned land in Downton, Lymington, Hants.Hants RO, 1M53/884-6. Shared interest in manor of Rodney Stoke, Glos.Hants RO, 1M53/469, 1640. Acquired the lease of Barton farm, Whippingham, I.o.W. in 1650 from Winchester Coll. and sold it in Mar. 1653 for £2,200 to William Stephens*.Hants RO, 1M53/461-5, 1182. In 1654-6 purchased manors of North Tidworth, Wilts. (for £1,400) and South Tidworth (Hants), and other land in the area worth a total of £4,145; ?mortgaged and sold in Apr. 1662.Hants RO, 1M53/1247-8, 1515-8, 1528-32. Also owned and leased out in Aug. 1655 a cottage and orchard in Ludgershall, Wilts.Hants RO, 1M53/1250.
Oxford 1644
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