Faulkbourne

Faulkbourne is a small settlement and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England, about 2 miles (3 km) northwest of Witham.

The manor had been held by Turbin in the time of Edward the Confessor and was given by William the Conqueror to Hamo Dapifer, whose granddaughter passed it by marriage to Henry I's natural son, Robert, Earl of Gloucester.

It subsequently belonged to Richard de Luci, Lord Chief Justice of England and Sheriff of Essex in 1156.

The Bullock family lived at Faulkbourne until the turn of the 20th century, and included Colonel John Bullock, Member of Parliament for several Essex constituencies for 56 years.

In April 1885, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (Queen Victoria's daughter) stood as sponsor at the christening of a member of the Bullock family.