Faulkbourne is a small settlement and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the

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, England, about 2 miles (3 km) northwest of

Witham Witham () is a town and civil parish in the Braintree district, in the county of Essex, England. In the 2011 census, it had a population of 25,353. It is twinned with the town of Waldbröl, Germany. Witham stands on the Roman road between the ...

. The population at the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Fairstead. The name of the village (which was also spelled "Faulkbourn") is said to be derived from the

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words "falk" or "folc" (meaning "folk") and "burn" (meaning "well"). The manor of Faulkbourne was centred on Faulkbourne Hall and nearby St Germanus' Church. The manor had been held by Turbin in the time of

Edward the Confessor Edward the Confessor ( 1003 – 5 January 1066) was King of England from 1042 until his death in 1066. He was the last reigning monarch of the House of Wessex. Edward was the son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy. He succeede ...

and was given by

William the Conqueror William the Conqueror (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England (as William I), reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was D ...

to Hamo Dapifer, whose granddaughter passed it by marriage to

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's natural son,

Robert, Earl of Gloucester Robert FitzRoy, 1st Earl of Gloucester (c. 1090 – 31 October 1147 David Crouch, 'Robert, first earl of Gloucester (b. c. 1090, d. 1147)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 200Retrieved 1 ...

. It subsequently belonged to

Richard de Luci Richard de Lucy, Luci, Lucie, or Lusti (1089– 14 July 1179), also known as Richard the Loyal, was first noted as High Sheriff of Essex, after which he was made Chief Justiciar of England. Life The De Lucy family took its surname from Lucé ...

, Lord Chief Justice of England and Sheriff of Essex in 1156. In 1243

Richard de Redvers Richard de Vernon seigneur de Redvers (or Reviers, Rivers, or Latinised to ''de Ripariis'' ("from the river-banks")) ( 1066 – 8 September 1107), 1st feudal baron of Plympton in Devon, was His origins are obscure, but after acting as ...

succeeded to the manor. Colonel John Bullock

After passing through several hands, the manor was left by Sir Thomas Montgomery to his nephew John Fortescue in 1494, whose descendant of the same name sold it to Sir Edward Bullock in 1637. The

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lived at Faulkbourne until the turn of the 20th century, and included

Colonel John Bullock Colonel ( ; abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military Officer (armed forces), officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...

, Member of Parliament for several Essex constituencies for 56 years. In April 1885,

Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (Louisa Caroline Alberta; 18 March 1848 – 3 December 1939) was the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Albert. In her public life, she was a s ...

(

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's daughter) stood as sponsor at the christening of a member of the Bullock family.Bullock, Llewellyn C W, ''Memoirs of the Bullock Family'', A J Lawrence 1905Bullock, Osmund, ''Faulkbourne and the Bullocks'', 2005

Notable people

* Sir Edward Bullock (c. 1580–1644), landowner * John Bullock (1731–1809), landowner and politician * William Bullock (1837–1904), cricketer and journalist * Henry Fortescue (d. 1576), politician *

Dudley Fortescue The Honourable Dudley Francis Fortescue (4 August 1820 – 2 March 1909) was a British Liberal politician. Background Fortescue was the third son of Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue, and Lady Susan, daughter of Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Har ...

(d. 1604), politician * Rev.

Francis William Galpin Francis William Galpin (December 25, 1858 December 30, 1945) was an English cleric and antiquarian musicologist. He was known as a collector of old musical instruments. Life Born in Dorchester, Dorset, Galpin was educated at Sherborne and Trini ...

(1858–1945), clergyman and musicologist * Rev.

Frederick Spurrell Frederick Spurrell (2 August 1824 – 23 February 1902) was an Anglican priest and archaeologist. Early life and education Frederick Spurrell was born at 23, Park Street in Southwark at a time when his father, Charles Spurrell (1783–1866), was ...

(1824–1902), clergyman and archaeologist

References

External links

White Notley & Faulkbourne Parish Council
Braintree District Civil parishes in Essex Hamlets in Essex {{Essex-geo-stub