Bulmer family

The surname Bulmer is the subject of much discussion as it is believed that they were an aristocratic family of Anglo-Saxon origin who retained their status after the Norman Conquest of 1066.

The Domesday Book of 1086 lists the lord of the manor of Bulmer in Yorkshire as Nigel Fossard[2] who held it from Robert, Count of Mortain, half-brother of William the Conqueror.

The de Bulmers are thought to have continued as tenants of the Normans who inherited Liulf's land in Yorkshire.

To memorialise the important marriage, the de Neville family adopted a bull as their canting crest and for their seal.

His son Sir John Bulmer (1481–1537) and his wife Margaret Stafford, were heavily involved in the Pilgrimage of Grace of October 1536 led by Robert Aske and in Bigod's Rebellion, the uprising of January 1537 led by her nephew Sir Francis Bigod of Settrington.

Joseph Bulmer had been purportedly hanged in 1649 due to accusation of witchcraft during Witch trials in Early Modern Europe in Newcastle, England.