General Notes

The Bulkeley family is of great antiquity in England and derives its namefrom the town of Bulkeley, where as early as 1200 they were lords of themanor. The term "lord" in the sense of feudal owner of a manor is oftenignorantly interpreted as baron. Lords of the manor were not ordinarilyand never ipso facto barons. Robert Bulkeley or Bulklileh was theearliest Lord of the Manor of Bulkeley. His four daughters, Felicia,Leuka, Letitia and Emma, quitclaimed lands in Prestland to their brotherWilliam, for one mark of silver.

Bulkeley Pedigree Sources:
    NEHG Register, vol. 23, Pp. 299-304, H.A. Bainbridge, London.
    Bulkeley Genealogy, by Donald Lines Jacobus, pp. 4/5.
    History of Chester Co., England, by Ormerod, Vol. 2, pp. 362/3.
    Harleian Soc. Pub., Visitation of Cheshire, Vol. 18, pp. 54/5.