This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Bulmer,' parishes in North Riding of Yorks and Essex Doubtless the former place is the chief parent. In the latter county the surname is found sometimes in the guise of Bullimer; compare Greenaway for Greenway, or Ottaway for Ottway.

Walter de Bulmer, mercer, 1319-20: Freemen of York (Surtees Soc).

Richard de Bulmer, tewer, 1310-12: ibid.

Bertram de Bulemer, 1143: History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham.

John de Bulmer, Leicestershire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Roger de Bolemere, Essex, ibid.

Ansthet III de Bulmer, Yorkshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Walter Bolymer, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1576. Richard Leyle and Margaret Bulmer, widow: Marriage Lic. (London).

1595-6. John Beeston and Prudence Bulmer: ibid.

1656. Married — Henery Bosgrave and Mary Bullmar: St. Mary Aldermary.

1780. — William Bulmer and Sarah Boyton: St. George, Hanover Square.

Perhaps from the parish of the name in the North Riding of Yorkshire which gave name to a family in the twelfth century (Guppy). Anketin de Bulemer or Bulmere was one of the witnesses to the letter of David I respecting the consecration of Robert, bishop of St. Andrews, at York, and also to the charter by Thurstin, archbishop of York, on the same subject in 1128 (Haddon and Stubbs, Councils and ecclesiastical documents, II. pt. I, p. 215). Johannes de Bulom (= Bulomer) witnessed a gift to the church of Glasgow, c. 1260 (REG., p. 177).

Parishes in cos. Essex and York. A distinguished family derived from the latter, and flourished temp. Henry I. See Baronage.

Bulmer is the name of a North Riding parish. From the 12th to the 16th century the ancient family of De Bulmer, or Bulmer, were lords of Wilton, and they frequently filled the office of high sheriff of the county of York (D. and O.).