William Bulkeley (priest) explained

William Bulkeley was an Anglican priest^[1] in the 17th century.^[2]

The son of Lancelot Bulkeley Archbishop of Dublin from 1619 to 1650, he was born in Dublin^[3] and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.^[4] He was Prebendary of Mulhuddart in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from 1626 to 1627^[5] and then Chancellor from 1627 to 1636;^[6] and Archdeacon of Dublin from 1636^[7] until his death in 1671.^[8]

Bulkley built Old Bawn House in 1635 in Tallaght in South County Dublin.^[9]

Notes and References

1. House at Oldbawn, Co. Dublin H. G. Leask pp. 314-325: Dublin; The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland; Sixth Series, Vol. 3, No. 4 (31 Dec. 1913
2. "ThePeerage of Ireland on a Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom" Lodge, J. p:Dublin; James Moore; 1789
3. "The Families of County Dublin, Ireland" O'Laughlin, M.C. p74: Kansas City; IGF;1999
4. "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)" George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p109: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
5. "Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland Vol II" Cotton, H pp153: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860
6. "Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland Vol II" Cotton, H pp117: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860
7. "Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland Vol II" Cotton, H pp130: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860
8. "The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St Patrick" Mason, W.M. p74: Dublin; W.Folds; 1820
9. Web site: Old Bawn . www.askaboutireland.ie . 17 November 2021.