Nicholas Bullingham (or Bollingham) (c. 1520–1576) was an English cleric who became the

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and

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Life

Nicholas Bullingham was born in

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around 1520. He was sent to the Royal Grammar School Worcester. In 1536 he became a Fellow of

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, graduating BCL in 1541, DCL in 1546 (or he supplicated for DCL but was not admitted). He was created

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in 1559 ( incorporated DCL at Oxford in 1566). After his education in law, Bullingham entered the church, becoming

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in 1549. On the accession of Queen Mary, Bullingham, being married and Protestant, was deprived of the archdeaconry and his other church positions, and went into exile at

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. On the accession of

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, Bullingham returned to England, resumed his church positions, and became a private chaplain to Archbishop Parker, who often consulted him on legal matters. He became

in 1560, and finally returned to his old city as Bishop of Worcester until his death in 1576. While in Worcester, he greeted the Queen on her visit to the city in 1575. Bullingham is buried in

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in an unusual tomb, with an inscribed tablet on his stomach.

Marriages and issue

Bullingham married firstly Margaret Sutton (d.1566), daughter of Hamond Sutton of

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, by whom he had two sons,

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(1553–c.1636) and Nicholas Bullingham (1566–1639), and two daughters, both named Susan, who died in 1561 and 1564 respectively. He married secondly, about 1569, Elizabeth Lok (1535–c.1581). She was the widow of the London mercer and alderman Richard Hill (d.1568), by whom she had had thirteen children, and was the daughter of Sir William Lok and his first wife, Alice Spenser (d.1522). By his second wife Bullingham had a son, John (baptized 1570).

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External links

Will of Richard Hill, Mercer of London, proved 13 November 1568, PROB 11/50/351, National Archives
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