Sir William Bulmer ( 1465 – 1531 ) of Wilton was High Sheriff of Durham 1503 – 1516 and High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1517 . His son Sir John Bulmer ( 1481 – 1537 ) and his wife Margaret Stafford , were heavily involved in the Pilgrimage of Grace of October 1536 led by Robert Aske and in Bigod 's Rebellion , the uprising of January 1537 led by her nephew Sir Francis Bigod of Settrington . Both John Bulmer and Lady Bulmer were convicted of High Treason and were executed on 25 May 1537 , he by hanging at Tyburn , London and she by burning at the stake at Smithfield , London , by order of King Henry VIII . All their estates were forfeited but the Wilton Castle and a small portion of the original estate was later restored to their nephew , Sir Ralph Bulmer by King Edward VI in 1547 . In 1558 by sequestration , Queen Mary I granted the estate to a politician by the name of Thomas Cornwallis
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
Bulmer family