The Estates belonging to the Bulmers, at different periods, were very extensive, which gave them great influence in the two Counties in which they lived. The Manor of Sheriff-Hutton then styled Hotune, near Easingwold, and Raskelfe with other lands in the neighbourhood, were bestowed by William the Conqueror on Aschitel de Bulmer. He also acquired Marton-in-Galtres by purchase from King Henry I.

Sheriff-Hutton Castle, part of which exists in a ruinous condition, was originally built by Bertram de Bulmer, among the woods, in 1140; and in the Civil wars between King Stephen and the Empress Maud, it was seized for the King by Alan, Earl of Brittany and Richmond.

It was afterwards purchased by Bertram Bulmer, a descendant of the founder, and was given in marriage with his only daughter, Emma, to Geoffrey de Nevill, Lord of Raby.

Thorpe Bulmer. 3 miles from Hartlepool, in Durham, now containing 827 acres derives its name from the distinguished family that in early times. By Charter, Nov 19, 1312, Bishop Richard Kellawe granted Free-Warren to Ralph de Bulmer in all his lands in Thorpe Bulmer and Nesbit, Co. Durham. The estate descended in the family and was held by the fifteenth part of a Knight’s fee, a red rose, and suit at the Manor Court at Hart, till the Attainder of Sir John Bulmer, Knt., of Wilton.

Pinchingthorpe. The Bulmers had lands here. It is a township in the Parish of Guisborough. In Domesday Book it is styled "Thorpe" only and was at that time, held by the family of Malet. The Thorpes, afterwards, had an interest in the property; and amongst subsequent owners, appear the names of Conyers, Bulmer and Lee. In 23 Henry VIII, Sir William Bulmer, Knt. died seized of lands in Pinchingthorpe. Dodsworth's MSS contained this note: 23 Hen. VIII. "Willmus Bulmer, miles, obut 18 Octob. Johannes, filius et haeres, act 40 annor, et Anna Tempest militis est uxor dicti Johannis. Tenet terras in Wilton, Lasingby, West Cotum, Pinchingthorpe, Bulmer, Welbourne, etc."

Claxton. The family of Bulmer possessed this Manor, near Stockton in Durham. In 1349 Leo de Claxton granted his Manor of Claxton to John Bulmer, reserving an annuity of £20 for life; and in the same year, John Bulmer, Lord of Claxton, grants to Alis, widow of Leo, four messuages in Claxton, and a croft adjoining, called Ladygarth. Sir Bertram Bulmer and his son William alienated half the manor of Claxton in 1632 to Ralph Johnson of Greatham and Robert Bromley of Hart. By the attainder of Ralph first lord of Lumley, South Preston or Symonside, a district within the chapelry of South Shields, was granted to Sir Ralph Bulmer, Knt., and in that family it remained till 1522. Sir William Bulmer exchanged his lands in Monkwearworth, Symonside and Durham for certain lands of the Convent in Thorpe Hewles, Claxton and Fishburne.

Elmeden, or Embleton, as it is now styled, is a Chapelry in the parish of Sedgefield, 8.5 miles from Stockton, in Durham. It comprises 3,356 acres. The earliest lords here were the family of Elmeden, and their ancient seat was situated near the Chapel. The Farm-hold, which now bears the name of the "Old Hall", lies across the Dene, a deep hollow containing some ancient Elms. This mansion rose, probably, after the Reformation and was the occasional residence of the Bulmers during the declension of their fortunes. The whole of the squared freestone jambs-and quoin-stones were led away, more than a century ago, to build the present mansion of Mainsforth, late the property and residence of Mr Surtees, the celebrated Antiquary. In 1667 Anthony Bulmer, grandson of Sir Bertram Bulmer, conveyed his messuage called Elmeden, or Embleton, to John Hickson of Black Hurworth, Robert Surtees of Ryton and George Surtees of Colte Park.

The Manor of Pontop, in the township of Collierly, 12 miles- from Durham, allotted to the family of Elmeden, through marriage with a co-heir of Sir Robert Claxton was carried by the heiress, Elmeden, amongst other 1arge possessions to her husband, Sir William Bulmer. In 1600 Bertram Bulmer, great-grandson of Sir William, sold his whole Messuage of Pontop to Anthony Meaburne.

The Manor of Pelawe, in Durham, was in 1557 settled by Elizabeth (nee Elmeden), widow of Sir William Bulmer, then wife of Anthony Preston, on herself and her husband Anthony, for life, with the remainder to her son Francis Bulmer whose grandson, Sir Bertram, sold his Manor of Pelawe, in 1602, in four equal portions, to Robert Punshon and Richard Maddison of Pelawe, Richard Sampson of Urpeth and John Cooke of Pelton, Yeoman.

The Manor of Fishburne also a property of the Elmedens, descended to Francis Bulmer, thence to his son Anthony and grandson, Sir Bertram. By Fine. 26 Eliz. Bartram Bulmer, Esq. conveyed his one third of this manor of Fishburne to John Orde, gentleman. who died in 1625.

East Morton. an estate acquired from the Elmedens, was sold by Sir Bertram Bulmer.

Bruntoft. In 1484 this estate came to Sir William Elmeden by marriage with Margaret. daughter and co-heir of Sir Robert Claxton and thence to the Bulmers. By Indenture, 1605, Sir Bertram Bulmer, Knt. of Tursdale and Henry Bulmer, Esq. of Guisborough, granted the manor of Bruntoft to John Fetherstonhalgh of Stanhope, Esq.

Sadberge. In 1507 a lease occurs to Sir William Bulmer, Knt. and William Bulmer, Esq. of all the demesne lands of Sadberge near Darlington, for 99 years at 8/- per annum.

In the Parish of Aycliffe, distant 5 miles from Darlington, the family of Bulmer of Tursdale held some hereditary parcels of Freehold. In 1622 Sir Bertram Bulmer, Knt. and William,S his son, granted all their lands in Aycliffe to John Atkinson.

Basedale. There was a small Cistercian Nunnery at Basedale, in the Parish of Stokesley, Co. York. the site of which was granted, in 1544, to Ralph Bulmer and John Thyn to be held "de rege in capite"; and the daughters and co-heirs of Sir Ralph Bulmer, Knt. held this manor by the same Tenure.

Atwick. The Manor of Atwick, near Hornsea. Co. York. according to Lewis's "Topographical Dictionary of England", has been possessed by the families of Hastings, Mauley, Bigot, Bulmer and Constable.

Marrick. On referring to the Pedigree of Bulmer, it will be seen that Sir Ralph Bulmer, Knt. married Anne, daughter and co-heir of Sir Roger Aske, Knt. circ. 1535. This alliance brought the Manor of Marrick, near Richmond, Co. York, but it only remained with them for a short period. as Dorothy, the only daughter and heir of the said Sir Ralph. carried it by marriage into the family of Sayer of Worsall. near Yarm. With them it continued two generations. when it again reverted to the Bulmers by the marriage of William Bulmer, Esq. of Tursdale, Durham with Dorothy, daughter and co-heir of George Sayer, Esq. of Worsall and Marrick Park. In "Collectanea Topographica et Genealogia" by Sir Francis Madden, Knt. there is an account of Marrick Abbey, with plans of the same taken from the original documents of the House, in which it states that Marrick Abbey, on June 6, 34 Hen. 8, with the site of the Priory and some of the demesne lands, were granted to John Uvedale, one of the Commissioners for the Suppression of Monasteries in the North. His son, Alvered signed a Deed, August 12,1552, for the exchange of certain lands in Marrick, the other parties being John Sayer, of Worsall and Dorothy, his wife and Sir Raulf Bulmer, Knt. who were then possessors of the Manor and demesne lands which had remained to the family of Aske. The Documents, before mentioned, from which the above is taken were in the possession of Martin Farquhar Tupper, the author of "Proverbial Philosophy", who was maternally descended from the Uvedales It is also stated by Sir Francis Madden, that Sir Raulf Bulmer was of Blackborough in Norfolk, and that his Seal attached to the Deed which was signed by Alvered Uvedale has the Armorial bearings of "Barry of six, two fleur-de-lis in chief". There has been a family named Bulmer in Norfolk, according to Burke, and they bore for Arms "Sable on a bend Argent, cotised ermine, three escallops gules".

Silksworth. Amongst the estates belonging to the family of Sayers of Worsall, inherited by William Bulmer, was either the whole, or portion of, the Manor of Silksworth, situated about 3 miles from Sunderland, in Durham. In 1654 William Bulmer of Marrick and Dorothy, his wife, George (?) their eldest son, and William (?) and Antony, two of their youngest sons, granted for £360, this property to Anthony Watson of Throston, Yeoman.

We find that the Bulmers, besides owning property in Durham, had lands in Norfolk and Northamptonshire, as the following Extracts will show.

Blomefields "History of Norfolk" states that the manor of South Wootton was held, under the lords Montault, by the family of Bulmer, of Yorkshire:- "John de Bulmer was found to hold it by the Service of two Knight's fees and a half, temp. Hen III and Ed. I". "John de Bulmer, lord of Bulmer and Wilton, gave for his own Soul, and that of Theophania, his wife, for that of John, his father, and Alice, his mother, two Combs of Salt out of his new Salt Work here, to the Priory of Walsingham also to Richard, his eldest son, and Clementia, his wife, daughter of Sir Gervas Clifton, the Manor of South Wootton in tail. Their daughter and heiress, Alice de Bulmer, married Geoffrey de Warren. This Richard de Bulmer also gave lands to the father of Geoffrey de Warren, by deed, without date, sealed with a "Bull passant". This Richard must have been a younger son, as the eldest son was Ralph de Bulmer ,who married the daughter of Lord Fitzhugh. See Bulmer Pedigree.

31. Ed. I. Robert Lord Montalt sold to John de Warren, the custody or guardianship of Alice, the daughter and heir of Richard de Bulmere and Clementia, his wife, for £60.28. Ed. I. Hugh de Massingham and Clementia, his wife brought their Action against Ralph de Bulmer, son of John, and brother of Richard, for her thirds in the manor of Wherlton in Cleveland, Thornton-by-Rustbergh, Lasingby, East and West Cotham, Bulmer and Welbington, in which she had her dower, by the will and assent of John, father of Richard.

This family of Bulmer was descended from Bertram de Bulmer, who, with the assent of Aschitel, his son, gave to the Monks of Rievaulx, in Yorkshire, a carucate of land in Welleburne in that County, in pure alms, which Aschitel, son of Gospatric, held of him."

Whalley, in his "History of Northamptonshire",says: That the family of Bulmer appear from Eschaets, 33. Ed. III, 7 Hen IV to have held lands in Brington. The rest of Harleston lordship was in the hands of Ralph de Bulmer and Roger de Lomeley, whose father married a sister of Theophania de Morwic.

In 24. Ed. I, John de Roseles and John de Bulmere were certified by inquisition, to hold a moiety in the township of Harleston of the heirs of Robert Keynes by the service of half a knight' s fee.

In 9. Ed. II, Roger de Lomeley was found to be lord of Harleston.

In 20. Hen. VI, Sir Robert Bulmer, Knt. so stated in Rot. Claus. 20, Hen. VI., but Whalley says it is probably a mistake, for Sir Ralph Bulmer gave up to Sir William Tresham and others all land and tenements in Harleston, Heyford and other places.

Plantagenet Harrison, in his "Pedigree of Bulmer", differs from other genealogists, who chiefly make Sir Ralph de Bulmer (son of Sir John de Bulmer by Theophania de Morwic) the husband of a daughter of Lord Fitzhugh, Baron of Ravenswath, by marrying him to Alice, sister and heir of John, fil. John de Killingholme, lord of Boythorpe. She also held lands in Hayford, Harleston, Bryngton, Colyntrogh and Brockoles, Northants.

It is singular that the Bulmers were lords of Boythorpe, though I have not been able to ascertain where it was situated; neither have I been able to find anything about the family of "De Killingholme" beyond the fact that there is a place of that name in North Lincolnshire.

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