Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-17
The Early Settlers.

Rank and Herftage-FeGtur es of Early
Colonial History.
CONTINUED.
The celebrated Sir BuIstrode Whitlock,
one of Oliver OromwelPs lords and one of
The most powerful leaders of the Cromweilian
party, although not directly interested in the
settlement of this country. was SO nearly as
ISOLATED with those who had laid a founda-
ton for its settlement that We will 1--WE trust)
be pardoned for making brief mention of
him from Mr.. Townshends sketch.
He was a son of Sir James Whitlock, Kt.,
(chief Justice of Chester) by Elizabeth,
daughter of Edward Bulstrode of Hedgley
Berks, Esquire, who died in August, 1882, by
whose deoease 1.-THE King lost goodly sub
iect, the country good patriot, and the
people as just judge as ever lived" He
was born in Fleet street, London, August 6,
1905, and christened in st. Dunsten's church
ssWest" and for godfather had his paternal
uncle, Captain Whitlock, man of excellent
wit, but of a wild fancy, who named the
child BuIstrode, which name startled the min
ister who asked in tone of dismay il the
poor babe could not have some other name;
but the captain, man of despotio mood as
godfather, without condescending to argue
the point allowed the good man choice be-
tween the name of Elizabeth and Bulstrode,
being resolved, he said, that the boy should
have one or the other of his mothers names,
and SO the infant was christened Bulstrode.
At seven he became a pupil at the Mer-
chant Tallors school, and his summer vaca
tions were spent at Favley Court, near Hen
ley, in Buckinghamshire, an estate his father
had bought of Sir William Afford. (Mr. T.
thinks this Afford was of the same family as
William Afford of Salem, 1886 whose son
Benjamin Afford married Mary Richards, and
so connects with Sir John Davies and Ed
mund Whites family.) From school We fol-
low him to the Middle Temple, of which his
father was a reader, and from thence to Ok
ford to be entered to that university under
the care of DIR. Laud afterwards Bishop, q
contemporary and friend of his fathers, who
was then president of ST. Johns college. AT
the age of seventeen he took bis degree OF
B. A, and soon after became associated with
a Mr.. Mays. From this family it is suspect
ed at later date came the Mays of Roxbury
and Boston, Mass, as We find supporting
facts in a certain George May, merchant OF
Boston, and once perhaps captain of the ship
"Good Hope" belonging to his third wife's
first husband, Rowland WILSON,, who was
most likely the merchant of that name IN
Boston who was sometimes made the custo-
dian of Governor Bellingham's correspond
ence, as is shown in the New England Regis
ter by letter from the Goodrich family to
him.
At eighteen he became a commoner in the
Middle Temple, and it was his good fortune
to make the acquaintance of many who be-
came celebrated in after life, and whose
names are familiar to every reader of Eng
lish history. Among such were Mr.. Hyde,
afterwRrd Earl eff Clarendon and grandfather
of two queens; Mr.. John Lisls (son of Sir
William Lislel, who became one of the COM
nnissioners of the Great Seal in Cromwells
time and was assassinated as he was going
into church at Lausanne, Switzerland, whose
sad fate WAS followed by the execution of his
widow at Winchester in 1855. She was tried
by that disgrace to human nature, Judge JEFF
fries, for concealing two dissenting ministers
who attended the Duke of Monmouth in his
ridiculous expedition into England. The
jury thrice returned verdict not guilty, it
not appearing that she knew they had been
engaged in the rebellion, shut Jefery was
determined the widow of Mr.. Lisle, one of
the kings judges, should not go into the
grave in peace, though she was loyalist and
more than seventy years of age, and had a
son in the Royal army that fought against
this same duke at Sedgemoor. Therefore he
by threats obliged the jury to find her guilty
and she was sentenced to be hanged, but in
respect to her gentility she was beheaded. y
The Lady Alicia LisIe was the mother of
Bridget, widow of President Hoare of Har-
ward college, and wife of Hezekiah Usher, a
merchant of Boston, Mass, an important as
sociate OF Sir Bulstrode WhitIocks, brother
in-law Edmund White of London (see
Summers history of East Boston, Mass
page 223). who had considerable interest in
New England and of whom We find frequent
mention in the records of Suffolk county,
Mass.
We will here mention only in abridged
form from the sketch the important part Sir
Bulstrode took during the proteotorate of
Cromwell, skipping over his relations with
the Earls of Warwick and Manchester, the
Lord Say and Brook and the parliamentary
generals, Fairfax, Hampden, COTE, Whalley
and DixwelI, and the justices St. John, Ppm
and Rolls
He was several times mGEnber of Parlia-
ment and signed the protestation and took the
covenant, and was one of the assembly of
divi1es in 1913 and served as Parliament
commissioner to treat with Charles at OK
ford and Uxbridge. He was also of the COM
mittee of State and safety in 1647, and in
1919 and 1850 and soon after was made
lieutenant of Windsor Castle and one Of the
lords of the Great Seal. He was sent en-
bassadoI to Queen Christians of Sweden in
1903, was a member of Parliament for OK
ford in 1854 and Bucking hamshire in 1866.
and Speaker of the House of Commons, and
the next year made lord of the upper house
and had patent of viscountship conferred
on him by Cromwell just before his death in
1868. He was by Richard Cromwell again
appointed one of the Lords of the
Great Seal, and in 1860 when he
saw the return of monarchy he Of
fered to wait on His Majesty Charles II If
being sent he retired to the country, spending
his time in great privacy, encountered with
a large family, and died at Charlton Park,
Willis. July %, 1876, and was buried in the
church at Fermly in Bucks where he had
built tomb for himself and family. His
WILL dated May II, 1876, was proved in Lon
don and recorded in Bence, vol lat, of
buried in the parish church of Farmly in
county Bucks if it may not be inconvenient
to my dear wife Mary Whitlock whom I
make my sole executrix.
Items. am sorry 1 am not able to make
so full promise of my worldly estate for my
wife and children in consideration of the
great estate she brought me or our mutual
love might require, having been disabled
from so doing, &C., &c &c.
Itsm-I have settled upon my son Carleton Whit
lock, personal estate Sc, &c.
Itsm-To my beloved friend Mr.. George Cope1n,
etc
Item-To Mr.: James Prattson; to Mr.. William Pen
Item-To my wife, my manuscript books in my
own handwriting.
ltem-To son Carleton whitlock $50; to friend Mr.
Lilley, &c.
Item-To son Bigly Whitlock, children and grand
Item-To brother and sister Wilson and Mr.. CO.
kaine. To my old friends Mt Bartholomew and Mr..
Butler, each ring for 20 shillings
(signed) BULsTRoDE WHH9ooK.
Witnesses-John Hunt, George sharp
Proved. London. 1876, by Marie WhitlocF. widow.
Note-Samuel Wilson, his brother in-laW, but not
aon OF Rowland Wilson, but partner in trade to
Guinea.
NOts-Burned in st. Giles Cripple Gate, London.
Sir Bulstrode had three wives, viz, first,
Rebecca Bennett (by whom he had issus},
daughter of Thomas Bennett, alderman of
London, by wife Dorothy May. daughter of
Richard May, merchant of London and q
member of the before mentioned families of
May and one of the adventurers to Virginia
and New England.
His second wife was Frances, a daughter
of William, Lord Willoughby of Parham and
by whom he had issue an only child after
wards Sir James Whitloek, who died and was
buried at Trompington, Cambridge, October,
17O1.
His third wife, by whom he had numer-
Gus issue, was Mary, daughter of Bigby
Carleton and widow of Rowland Wilson, the
ounger, sheriff of London and member of
Parliament, who died the latter part of the
year 1880, 70. 81 and was married to
Whitlock at Hackney, Midx, Sept. 18th,
1858. He was also brother-in-law to Sir
Henry Rolls, chief justice of the Common