Sir William Bulstrode

1460 -

• Name	William Bulstrode
  Title	Sir
  Birth	1460	Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Abt 1485
  	Gentleman Usher to Catherine of Arogan
  Office	Abt 1500
  	Justice of the Peace and Member of Parliament
  Notes	Catherine of Aragon, Queen of Henry VIII., was the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Castile, and was born in 1483. In her 18th year she was married to Arthur, prince of Wales, eldest son of Henry VII. The young prince dying in a few months after his marriage, Henry's mercenary dread of losing the rich dowry of Catherine induced him to marry her of to her brother-in-law, afterwards Henry VIII. The vast religious changes to which the dissolution of this marriage gave occasion belong rather to history than to biography. Suffice it, therefore, to say, that after years of anxiety and spirited resistance she was divorced. But though she was no longer called queen at court, her attendants at Kimbolton Castle, where she took up her residence, were never allowed to address her otherwise than as a queen, as she protested to the last that the divorce was unjust and illegal. Just before her death she wrote a pathetic letter to Henry in favour of Mary, their daughter, and he is said to have shed tears as he perused it. She possessed considerable literary ability, but some devotional pieces, which have been attributed to her pen, were the production of queen Catherine Parr. Died at Kimbolton, Jan. 1, 1536.
  Person ID	I2313	bolstridge
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Robert Bulstrode,   b. Abt 1430, Upton Cum Chalvey, Buckinghamshire, England d. 1493 (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Abrahall,   b. Abt 1432, Hitchenford, Hertfordshire, England bur. Abt 1470, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England (Age ~ 38 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1455
  Family ID	F122	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maud UNKNOWN,   b. Abt 1460
  Marriage	Abt 1485
  Children	1. Reynold Bulstrode,   b. Abt 1490   d. Abt 1495 (Age 5 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F2192	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1460 - Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S634] Prof. N A Dudley (1988), The Bulstrodes of Bucks, (Name: From a tree deposited at the S.O.G. London;), 78672. Date of Import: 1 Feb 2000