Faulkebourne Hall, Faulkebourne, Essex - geograph

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 below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in the Braintree district of

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Grea ...

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

Witham Witham () is a town in the county of Essex in the East of England, with a population ( 2011 census) of 25,353. It is part of the District of Braintree and is twinned with the town of Waldbröl, Germany. Witham stands between the city of Che ...

. 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

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th c ...

words "falk" or "folc" (meaning "folk") and "burn" (meaning "well"). St Germans, Faulkbourne, Essex - geograph

The manor of Faulkbourne was centred on

Faulkbourne Hall Faulkbourne Hall is a Grade 1 listed manor house in the village of Faulkbourne in Essex. It is the centre of the manor of Faulkbourne, first recorded under Edward the Confessor. Its grounds contain the parish church A parish church (or par ...

and nearby St Germanus' Church. The manor had been held by Turbin in the time of Edward the Confessor and was given by

William the Conqueror William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first House of Normandy, Norman List of English monarchs#House of Norman ...

Hamo Dapifer Hamo DapiferHollister ''Henry I'' pp. 363–364 (died c. 1100) (''alias'' HaimoBarlow ''William Rufus'' pp. 188–189) was an Anglo-Norman royal official under both King William I of England (r. 1066–1087) and his son King William II of England ...

, whose granddaughter passed it by marriage to

Henry I Henry I may refer to: 876–1366 * Henry I the Fowler, King of Germany (876–936) * Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (died 955) * Henry I of Austria, Margrave of Austria (died 1018) * Henry I of France (1008–1060) * Henry I the Long, Margrave of the ...

's natural son,

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

. It subsequently belonged to

Richard de Luci Richard de Luci (or Lucy; 1089 – 14 July 1179) was first noted as High Sheriff of Essex, after which he was made Chief Justiciar of England. Biography His mother was Aveline, the niece and heiress of William Goth. In the charter for Sées Ca ...

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

Richard de Redvers Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...

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

Bullock family The Bullock family traces its roots to the 12th century, living primarily in the southern English counties of Berkshire and Essex from the mid-Norman period to the late Victorian era. Origins of the name The name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon " ...

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

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

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. In her public life, she was a strong proponent of the arts and highe ...

(

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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 *Rev. Francis William Galpin (1858–1945), clergyman and musicologist *Rev. Frederick Spurrell (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