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Bevis Bulmer, the Glossary

Sir Bevis Bulmer (1536–1615) was an English mining engineer during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. He has been called "one of the great speculators of that era".^[1]

81 relations: Alston, Cumbria, Anne of Denmark, Baffin Island, Bannow, Bathgate, Ben Jonson, Bridlington, Bullion, Bulmer family, Calamine (mineral), Charles Wriothesley, Cheapside, Chewton Mendip, Christopher Schutz, Clonmines, Combe Martin, Company of Mineral and Battery Works, Cornwall, County Tipperary, Dartford, De re metallica, Devon, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, Elizabeth I, Fathom, Fountains Abbey, Francis Bigod, Galena, George Bowes (prospector), George Bowes (soldier), Georgius Agricola, Gisborough Priory, Gold mining in Scotland, Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, Hilderston, West Lothian, Hugh Beeston, Humphrey Gilbert, James Elphinstone, 1st Lord Balmerino, James VI and I, John Dee, John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley, John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland, John Murray, 1st Earl of Tullibardine, Julius Caesar (judge), Lanarkshire, Lapidary, Leadhills, Lionel Duckett, London, London Bridge, ... Expand index (31 more) »
16th-century English engineers
17th-century English scientists
Gold mines in Scotland
Mining engineers

Alston, Cumbria

Alston is a town in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, within the civil parish of Alston Moor on the River South Tyne.

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Anne of Denmark (12 December 1574 – 2 March 1619) was the wife of King James VI and I. She was Queen of Scotland from their marriage on 20 August 1589 and Queen of England and Ireland from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until her death in 1619.

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Baffin Island

Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada, the second largest island in the Americas (behind Greenland), and the fifth-largest island in the world.

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Bannow

Bannow is a village and civil parish lying east of Bannow Bay on the south-west coast of County Wexford, Ireland.

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Bathgate

Bathgate (Bathket or italic, Both Chèit) is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, west of Livingston and adjacent to the M8 motorway.

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Ben Jonson

Benjamin Jonson was an English playwright and poet.

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Bridlington

Bridlington is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Bullion

Bullion is non-ferrous metal that has been refined to a high standard of elemental purity.

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Bulmer family

The Bulmer family were a noble family of Norman England, resident in Yorkshire.

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Calamine (mineral)

Calamine is a historic name for an ore of zinc.

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Charles Wriothesley

Charles Wriothesley (REYE-əths-lee; 8 May 1508 – 25 January 1562) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.

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Cheapside

Cheapside is a street in the City of London, the historic and modern financial centre of London, England, which forms part of the A40 London to Fishguard road.

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Chewton Mendip

Chewton Mendip is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England.

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Christopher Schutz

Christopher Schutz (1521–1592) also commonly known in England as Jonas Schutz, was a German-born metallurgist who worked in England for several decades.

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Clonmines

Clonmines is a civil parish and townland in the Bannow Bay area of County Wexford, Ireland, the site of "the finest example in Ireland of a deserted medieval borough".

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Combe Martin

Combe Martin is a village, civil parish and former manor on the North Devon coast about east of Ilfracombe.

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Company of Mineral and Battery Works

The Company of Mineral and Battery Works was, with the Society of the Mines Royal, one of two mining monopolies created by Elizabeth I. The Company's rights were based on a patent granted to William Humfrey on 17 September 1565.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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County Tipperary

County Tipperary (Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland.

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Dartford

Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England.

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De re metallica (Latin for On the Nature of Metals) is a book in Latin cataloguing the state of the art of mining, refining, and smelting metals, published a year posthumously in 1556 due to a delay in preparing woodcuts for the text.

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Devon

Devon (historically also known as Devonshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham

Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (3 February 1478 – 17 May 1521) was an English nobleman.

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Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603.

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Fathom

A fathom is a unit of length in the imperial and the U.S. customary systems equal to, used especially for measuring the depth of water.

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Fountains Abbey

Fountains Abbey is one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England.

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Francis Bigod

Sir Francis Bigod (4 October 1507 – 2 June 1537; also spelled Bigot, Bygod, Bygott, Bygate) was an English nobleman who was the leader of Bigod's Rebellion.

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Galena

Galena, also called lead glance, is the natural mineral form of lead(II) sulfide (PbS).

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George Bowes (prospector)

George Bowes (died 1606) was an English prospector. Bevis Bulmer and George Bowes (prospector) are gold mines in Scotland and mining engineers.

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George Bowes (soldier)

Sir George Bowes (1527 – 20 August 1580) was an English military commander.

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Georgius Agricola

Georgius Agricola (born Georg Bauer; 24 March 1494 – 21 November 1555) was a German Humanist scholar, mineralogist and metallurgist.

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Gisborough Priory

Gisborough Priory is a ruined Augustinian priory in Guisborough in the current borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England.

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Gold mining in Scotland

Gold has been mined in Scotland for centuries. Bevis Bulmer and Gold mining in Scotland are gold mines in Scotland.

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Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland

Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, KG (c. 1502 – 1537) was an English nobleman, active as a military officer in the north.

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Hilderston, West Lothian

Hilderston or Hilderstone in West Lothian, Scotland, was the site of the discovery of a vein of silver in 1606 and a mining operation that attracted international interest.

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Hugh Beeston

Sir Hugh Beeston (c. 1547 – February 1626) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1614.

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Humphrey Gilbert

Sir Humphrey Gilbert (c. 1539 – 9 September 1583) was an English adventurer, explorer, member of parliament and soldier who served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and was a pioneer of the English colonial empire in North America and the Plantations of Ireland.

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James Elphinstone, 1st Lord Balmerino

James Elphinstone, 1st Lord Balmerino (1553?-1612) was a Scottish nobleman and politician, disgraced in 1609.

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James VI and I

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.

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John Dee

John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was an English mathematician, astronomer, teacher, astrologer, occultist, and alchemist.

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John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley

John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley, KB (c. 1533 – 1609) was an English aristocrat, who is remembered as one of the greatest collectors of art and books of his age.

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John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland

John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland (c. 1559 – 24 February 1588) was the son of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, and Lady Margaret Neville, daughter of Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland.

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John Murray, 1st Earl of Tullibardine

John Murray, 1st Earl of Tullibardine (d. 5 July 1613) was a Scottish courtier and leader of the Clan Murray.

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Julius Caesar (judge)

Sir Julius Caesar (1557/155818 April 1636) was an English lawyer, judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1622.

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Lanarkshire

Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark (Siorrachd Lannraig; Lanrikshire), is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the Central Lowlands of Scotland.

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Lapidary

Lapidary (from the Latin lapidarius) is the practice of shaping stone, minerals, or gemstones into decorative items such as cabochons, engraved gems (including cameos), and faceted designs.

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Leadhills

Leadhills, originally settled for the accommodation of miners, is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, WSW of Elvanfoot.

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Lionel Duckett

Sir Lionel Duckett (1511August 1587) was one of the merchant adventurers of the City of London.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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London Bridge

The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark, in central London since Roman times.

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Lowther Hills

The Lowther Hills, also sometimes known as the Lowthers, are an extensive area of hill country in the Southern Uplands of Scotland, though some sub-ranges of hills in this area also go under their own local names - see "Hillwalking" below. Bevis Bulmer and Lowther Hills are gold mines in Scotland.

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Margaret Cheyne

Margaret Cheyne, later Margaret Bulmer (died 25 May 1537), was a woman burned at the stake for high treason in the aftermath of the Pilgrimage of Grace and Bigod's Rebellion during the reign of Henry VIII of England.

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Martin Frobisher

Sir Martin Frobisher (– 22 November 1594) was an English sailor and privateer who made three voyages to the New World looking for the North-west Passage.

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Megget Water

Megget Water is a river in the parish of Yarrow, Selkirkshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.

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Mendip Hills

The Mendip Hills (commonly called the Mendips) is a range of limestone hills to the south of Bristol and Bath in Somerset, England.

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Palace of Westminster

The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is located in London, England.

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Patrick Murray, 1st Earl of Tullibardine

Patrick Murray, 1st Earl of Tullibardine (died 1644) was a Scottish aristocrat.

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Pilgrimage of Grace

The Pilgrimage of Grace was a popular revolt beginning in Yorkshire in October 1536, before spreading to other parts of Northern England including Cumberland, Northumberland, Durham and north Lancashire, under the leadership of Robert Aske.

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Porringer

A porringer is a shallow bowl, between 4 and 6 inches (100 to 150mm) in diameter, and 1½" to 3" (40 to 80mm) deep; the form originated in the medieval period in Europe and was made in wood, ceramic, pewter, cast iron and silver.

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Privy Council of England

The Privy Council of England, also known as His (or Her) Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, was a body of advisers to the sovereign of the Kingdom of England.

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Rievaulx Abbey

Rievaulx Abbey was a Cistercian abbey in Rievaulx, near Helmsley, in the North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, England.

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River Thames

The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London.

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Robert Aske (political leader)

Robert Aske (c. 1500 – 12 July 1537) was an English lawyer who became a leader of the Pilgrimage of Grace uprising against the Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535 in 1536.

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Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury

Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, (1 June 156324 May 1612) was an English statesman noted for his direction of the government during the Union of the Crowns, as Tudor England gave way to Stuart rule (1603).

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Robert Constable

Sir Robert Constable (– 6 July 1537) was a member of the English Tudor gentry.

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Selkirkshire

Selkirkshire or the County of Selkirk (Siorrachd Shalcraig) is a historic county and registration county of Scotland.

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Settrington

Settrington is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) east of Malton.

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Smithfield, London

Smithfield, properly known as West Smithfield, is a district located in Central London, part of Farringdon Without, the most westerly ward of the City of London, England.

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Somerset

Somerset (archaically Somersetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Stephen Atkinson (fl. 1586–1619), English metallurgist and author of The Discoverie and Historie of Gold Mynes in Scotland. Bevis Bulmer and Stephen Atkinson (metallurgist) are gold mines in Scotland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bevis_Bulmer

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16th-century English engineers

17th-century English scientists

Gold mines in Scotland

Mining engineers

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