Francis Bullingham (1554 – ca. 1636), of the Cathedral Close,

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was an English politician. Bullingham was the son of

Nicholas Bullingham Nicholas Bullingham (or Bollingham) (c. 1520–1576) was an English Bishop of Worcester. Life Nicholas Bullingham was born in Worcester in around 1520. He was sent to the Royal Grammar School Worcester. In 1536 he became a Fellow of All Souls ...

, Bishop of Lincoln then Worcester. He matriculated at

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in 1568, but transferred to

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, where he studied 1569–1572, and was admitted to

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in 1576. He was a

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(MP) of the

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for

in 1601 and

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in 1604.

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1554 births 1636 deaths Politicians from Lincoln, England Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Members of Gray's Inn English MPs 1601 English MPs 1604–1611 {{17thC-England-MP-stub