Sir Edward Bullock

[1][2] Born about 1580, he was the elder son of Edward Bullock of Wigborough and Loftes in Great Totham and Joan Collen of High Laver, Essex.

In the early days of the reign of King Charles I, he was appointed a Forced "Loan" Collector for the County of Norfolk whilst living in Pentney (c. 1622-1631).

The unpopularity of the directive can be judged by the number of individuals who applied for "special dispensation licences" and the prosecutions in the Star Chamber for non-compliance.

[7] As the English Civil War approached, a man named William Poe petitioned Parliament in May 1642 as a distressed prisoner against an unjust sentence of the Star Chamber following a suit against him taken by Bullock.

His public and social duties resulted in heavy expenditure so that on his death the outlying estates of Loftes, Little Mapelstead and Finchingfield, amongst others, were sold.