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BUMPUS RESEARCHERS WORLDWIDE

 

 

BUMPUS RESEARCHERS WORLDWIDE

(including wills and other data)

www.bumpas.co.uk/bumpas.htm

www.bumpus.co.uk/bumpas.htm

19 July 2008

Why not visit here and listen to the music?

Want to know what Stretton-on-Fosse is like?  See HERE
 

bon puys, Bampass, Bompass, Bompasse, Bomphus, Bomposs, Bompus, Bompuss, Bompuz, Bonbers, Bonfux, Bonpas, Bonposse, Bonpuce, Bonpux, Bumbas, Bumfus, Bump, Bumpace, Bumpad, Bumpar, Bumpas, Bumpase, Bumpass, Bumpasse, Bumpast, Bumpaste, Bumper, Bumperes, Bumpers, Bumpes, Bumpess, Bumph, Bumphas, Bumphes, Bumphouse, Bumphus, Bumpir, Bumpis, Bumpor, Bumpos, Bumpous, Bumpurs, Bumpus, Bumpuss, Bunpus, Pompus 

 

Derivation of the surnames: Bonpas, Bompas, Bompus, Bumpus:

Local name: 'good crossing or good passage' (Old French)
Nickname: 'good pace' (Old French); Someone who walks in a lively manner.

Possible origins of the surname: (1)  This includes the village coat of arms in the history section;  (2) ; (3)  ; (4)

H. A. Cody's An Apostle of the North, Memoirs of the Right Reverend William Carpenter Bompas M.D., said this about  the family's origins:    "The Bompas family is of French extraction...the name still exists in the West of France...it is believed that in the seventeenth century members of the family owned land in Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.....The great-grandfather of Bishop Bompas was lord of the manor of Longden Heath, in Worcestershire, and was descended from the Gwinnetts of Gloucestershire."

Here's an extract from a fictional work called Gascoyne, the Sandalwood Trader by R. M. Ballantyne (1825 - 1894), which features John Bumpus, a wily sailor. Do you know of any Irish or Yorkshire connections with real BUMPUS ancestors?


"Young man," retorted Jo, gravely, "I'd have you to know that the family of the Bumpuses is an old and a honourable one. They comed over with the Conkerer to Ireland, where they picked up a deal o' their good manners, after which they settled at last on their own estates in Yorkshire. Though they HAVE comed down in the world, and the last of the Bumpuses -- that's me -- is takin' a pleasure trip round the world before the mast, I won't stand by and hear my name made game of, d'ye see; and I'd have ye to know, farther, my buck, that the Bumpuses has a pecooliar gift for fightin', and although you ARE a strappin' young feller, you'd better not cause me for to prove that you're conkerable."

 

  • Apologies for any inconvenience caused while parts of the site are developed! This will be a regular occurrence.

  • Please remember that this site relies on the generosity of researchers who submit Bumpus information for the site. 

  • Mistakes can and do happen.

  • You should always consult original sources where possible. 

  • If you see an error, please let me know so that I can correct it.

  • If you are interested in one of the forms of the surname Bumpus in the United Kingdom,

why not e-mail me Rosie so that I can post an entry about your research?

 

 

 

Dedication

These pages are dedicated to the memory of Sarah Ann Apperley nee Bumpas, my grandmother, b 25 August 1892, d 10 June 1974, and Laura Bumpas (nee Wilkinson), my great grandmother, b 26 September 1865, d 30 August 1956.  They are the only Bumpas relatives that I remember meeting, but they made a lasting positive impression on me.

I would also like to thank James Griffin for his generosity in entrusting into my care his Bumpus research, especially his painstaking work on the Bumpus booksellers of London.

Laura Bumpas aka Bumpus

Sarah Ann (Sally) Bumpas aka Bumpus

In England, in a village a few miles north of Stretton-on-Fosse where my Bumpus ancestors lived for at least two centuries, The Ilmington Morris Dancers play a tune called 'Bumpus o' Stretton', which is listed in the Handbook of Morris Dancing by Lionel Bacon.

Nick Oliver of Ilmington told us that there is a processional dance in the records called 'Old Bumpus'. 

 

 

 

SITE CONTENTS
BUMPUS RESEARCHERS WORLDWIDE Introductory Page
Section 1 gives details of the Family Codes that are linked to identified family groups.  Please note that only some of the researchers interested in the family groups are shown in the 'Other Researchers' section.
Section 2 gives details about the surname and researchers interested in the various forms of the surname.
Section 3 is a list of all the references to Bumpus (and variant spellings) individuals found in public documents, e.g. wills and admons.
Section 4 is a list of useful genealogical links for researchers + War Deaths
Section 5 contains a small selection of photographs and a family tree giving details of the Stretton-on-Fosse and Birmingham Bumpus ancestors of Rosie Wells.
Section 6 is just for fun!

 

BRITISH BUMPAS / BUMPUS BIRTHS PAGES
A detailed list of all British Bumpas / Bumpus individuals found so far. These six pages list the births of all British Bumpas / Bumpus (and variant spellings) individuals that have been found.

 

BUMPUS BIOGRAPHIES PAGE (under construction)

II: The Bumpus families of Stretton, Stow, Shipston, Stratford and LeicestershireRW/RE/LS/JB/TOD PS

I: The early Bumpas families of Aston sub Edge, Weston sub Edge, Bredon... AW1BW  which leads to:

III: The Bompas Family - Medicine, the Law and the Church (B1/2)

IV: The Bumpus booksellers of LondonLS/L1

  • Family history with details of their bookselling business in the early days

  • The Bumpus bookselling business in the twentieth century

  • Bumpus publishers and authors (including non-L1 individuals, e.g. Bompas)

V: The Bumpus Slateworkers of Stonesfield W1/W2/IF/IFr

 NEWS: At present, I am working on the BOMPAS family tree and I am grateful to the Browns: Nick and Charlotte (nee Bompas Smith) and Terrence Bompas for their help.

I expect that the biography is not likely to be completed until 2008.  Source material that I have been able to consult is often interesting in its detail, as shown by this snippet:

'At Christmas 1859 we removed to 6 College Crescent, a pleasant light abode found by Uncle William and our mother, and though it was a trial to leave the home of so many associations, the scene of all our joys and sorrows, it had then become much less pleasant from the growth of London beyond.  The smoke spoiled the garden, the house was out of repair, and the noise of the constantly passing omnibuses made it very different from the countrified residence entered in 1830 looking across the park with scarcely any obstruction to the Zoological Gardens...'

 

 

SECTION 1

Family Codes that are linked to identified family groups

I would like to thank all the researchers who have contributed information. 

If you cannot find a researcher below who is interested in your particular family, please contact me for information. 

Please remember that the spelling of the surname can be very variable (see (LS) for a good example of spelling changes) and the information contained in these pages may not be reliable/accurate. 

Always check original sources! 

 

  • Many Americans will be interested in the family of a 'Fortune' pioneer, Edward BOMPASSE bc1600 in London.  At present we have not been able to construct a tree for him in England.  Family code LON1 has been assigned to any information that we may receive about him.

  • Two early large BUMPAS families have been indicated by AW1 (Aston Subedge) and BW (Bredon).  

          Places to look at: Bredon Hill; Bredon ; Aston Subedge and area
 
  • The following are descendants of the BW  group and for details of the family tree see: The Bumpus Biographies III:  BUMPAS family of Bredon; BOMPAS(S) families of Bristol, Lancashire and Lymington; the BOMPAS(S) families of London. Occupations include asylum superintendant, physician, schoolmaster, architecture student, bishop, telegraph operator, commercial clerk, bank clerk, commercial traveller, window dresser, ministerial student, shorthand typist, barrister, solicitor, hospital nurse. Earliest date on B1/2 tree: 1703 .  The BUMPAS family adopted the BOMPAS form of the surname and married into the GWINNETT family in the 1700s. 
  • The GWINNETT name can be traced back 5 generations to George GWYNNEDD who fled to Shurdington, Gloucestershire from North Wales to escape religious persection.  Button GWINNETT is linked to this family.  He was born 1735 and emigated to the USA in 1765, becoming one of the signatories of the American Declaration of Independence in 1776.  He became the Governor of Georgia in March 1777 and was killed in a duel 3 months later.
  • Why not visit the excellent Fishponds Local History Society site and read the 1891 description, which mentions the Bompas family?  Also, see the 1839 map showing Bompas buildings. Andrew Roberts has written a history of the Fishponds Asylum where George Gwinnett Bompas was Superintendant:  Bristol Record Office's archives contain considerable material on the family (transactions, letters, photographs, articles, etc.).  If you search the online catalogue, search for 2 spellings: BOMPAS and BOMPASS.

 

  • It is now known that this group is descended from the AW1  group (Weston Subedge/Aston Subedge): BUMPAS(S)/BUMPAS(S)/BOMPHUS/BOMPUSS families of Lower Swell, Bourton on the Water, Slaughter, Guiting Power, Stow on the Wold LS.  Occupations include miller, flour dealer, baker.  The family lived in the Old Manse (now Hotel), Bourton on the water, first home to Benjamin BEDDOME.   They are related to the L1 group below.

          Places to look at: Lower Swell ; Bourton on the Water ; Upper and Lower Slaughter ; Guiting Power ; Stow on the Wold

  • The BUMPUS booksellers/publishers/writers/composers/bookbinders of London L1 (Finsbury, Holborn, Stoke Newington, Hampstead, Islington, Camberwell, etc)  The family came from Lower Swell, Gloucestershire in the eighteenth century.

 

  • The BUMPUS(S)/BUMPAS(S) families of Stratford, Stretton on Fosse and Shipston on Stour (and other Warwickshire / Gloucestershire / Worcestershire / Oxfordshire villages, and later towns and cities such as Birmingham and Leicester) RW/RE. Occupations include: farmer, agricultural labourer, pork butcher, midwife, brickmaker, domestic servant, brewer's labourer, basket weaver master, excavator, errand boy, bus inspector.  Earliest date on tree: 1724. Other groups, which may be related: the JB/TOD group of Toddington, Oxenton, Childswickham, Willersey and Broadway.  Occupations include yeoman.  Earliest date on tree: 1675.  Also the PS group of Preston on Stour, Admington, Ilmington and Quinton.  Occupations include cordwainer.

          Places to look at: Ascott under Wychwood ; Stretton on Fosse (1)  Stretton on Fosse (2) ; Shipston on Stour ; Broadway

 

  • The BUMPERS/BUMPUS(S) families of Northampton, Loughborough, Brackley, Rutland, Stratford, Derby, Birmingham and London. WD  and  RW/RE Occupations include: printer, music teacher, commercial traveller, watchmaker/jeweller, horticultural builder. 

 

  • The BUMPUS(S)/BUMPAS(S) families of Little Compton, Stonesfield, Combe, Enstone, Woodstock, Oxford and Westbury IF and IFr; another branch of this tree: the families of Witney, Manchester and London W1 and W2.  Occupations include slateworker, bricklayer, painter, gloveress, warehouseman, domestic servant, telegraph worker, teacher, printer, policeman stocks & shares broker, insurance workers and ballerina. 

          Places to look at: Stonesfield ;  Woodstock ; Little Compton ;  Enstone

 

  • The BUMPUS family of Barton Hartshorn, Tingewick/Buckingham (1600s), Bierton with Broughton and Maids Moreton (1700s and 1800s) JY.  Earliest date on tree: 1605. Occupations include baker, fuller, labourer, soldier. NB The A1/A2 trees contain some of the JY individuals.  Where they coincide, I have used the family code JY/A1/A2.

          Place to look at: Tingewick

 

  • The BUMPAS family of Aylesbury is distinctive in the late eighteenth century when the form 'BUMPHOUSE' is often used. Dorchester and Wallingford are also popular settlement areas for this group. A1 and A2 Occupations include: general and farm labourer, bricklayer and brickmaker. Earliest date on tree: 1775. As well as their connection with the JY trees, they may also be connected to the Hanbury group which also features BUMPHOUSE as a popular form of the surname.

 

  • The BUMPUS(S)/BUMPAS(S) families baptised in Worcester; the (PLEVY)BUMPUSS family baptised Worcester and Birmingham; the John Plevy BUMPUSS (aka Reuben J COUSINS) family of Australia WOR30; the BUMPUSS/BUMPASS families born/baptised/registered Devonport, Stoke Damerel, Portsmouth, Queensferry Scotland and Queenstown Ireland  WOR31.  Occupations include boatswain, lodging house keeper, saleswoman, dressmaker, clown/circus proprietor.

          Places to look at: Devonport ; Portsmouth

 

SECTION 2

 

Other Researchers

I have shown Family Codes used on the list of births for some of the families being researched by researchers below.

e-mail: Rosie Wells if you want to be listed

HOST Researcher: Family Code RW/RE

Rosie Wells: Researching all BUMPUS/BUMPAS (and variants) families in the UK, especially those in Stretton-on-Fosse, Birmingham and Leicestershire (described in Section 5).

e-mail: Rosie Wells

Family Code PS


Phil Smith: Researching gg grandparents John SMITH b1783, d1843 Meon Hall, Lower Quinton=Jane (nee ALLEN) and their possible connection with the BUMPAS family of Preston on Stour. The christenings of Edward (1723), Susanna (1724), Thomas (1726) and Esther (1727) are recorded in the SMITH family bible. Quinton records show their father to be William BUMPAS.

e-mail: phil_a_smithyahoo.co.uk

(Information update: Hester/Esther BUMPAS b 1727 Quinton, daughter of William BUMPASSE b 1 Sep 1689 Quinton, 20 Dec 1722 Ilmington =Susanna NEAL, and granddaughter of Edward BUMPAS, married Joseph PRENTICE in Ilmington on 17 Oct 1735. One of their children, Susannah, b 8 Jan 1759 Ilmington, married John SMITH in 1780. They were the parents of John SMITH b1783 Quinton.)

 A useful Bible page      

linking Bumpas, Brazier and Smith families.                     

HELP SOUGHT

1) UPDATED   Information is sought about Henry Edward Meredith BUMPUS of Brandon, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, who, in 1937 (Vancouver Island), married Barbara Mary Frances TWIGG , only daughter of Capt Harold Despard TWIGG.  He amassed three fortunes in his life; he was a friend of Monty SCHOEDSACK who filmed features such as King Kong on location at BUMPUS properties; and he sponsored several young people to get a start in life.  He died in California in 1983.

Was he the Henry Meredith BUMPUS registered at Swansea in the September quarter of 1892?  Was he the son of Henry F. BUMPUS bc 1857-8 Marylebone, bookseller (part of the L1 London bookselling/publishing company), who, in 1885 (March quarter 1885 Marylebone) married Elizabeth JENKINS (?bap 10 Feb 1856 Pembray Camarthen, daughter of William=Ann)?

2) site research: i) seeking information about Hamstead Colliery and its links with the BUMPUS family in the first half of the twentieth century;

                        ii) seeking information about T. BUMPUS who ran a tailor/draper's business at 64 Newhall Hill, Birmingham.

3)  Still seeking a record of the birth of my great grandfather William BUMPAS, believed to have been born about 1860 in King's Heath.

e-mail: Rosie Wells

Family Codes: W1+W2+IF(+IFr)   The trees involving Stonesfield, Little Compton, Combe, Oxford, Witney, Hackney and ensuing areas in and around London are connecting significantly now. 

Michelle Jolly: Researching the family of John BUMPUS, born 1814 Combe, Oxfordshire, who came to London (Hackney) and worked as a tailor and married Mary Pearl KING on 15 Nov 1838 Marylebone.  Mary Pearl was born 1819 Calcutta and died 1905.  Her brother was Thomas KING who moved to New Zealand and had a book written about him - "Tom's letters - a Victorian gentleman".  Thomas had 2 sons, Newton and Frederick.  Frederick became Sir Frederick Truby King, founder of "The Plunkett Society" in New Zealand.

John and Mary had 5 children: John, Thomas King, Jane King, James and William.

Thomas King BUMPUS, born 1839, grew up in Hackney and had 6 children with his first wife, Emily TRUBY, (his second cousin): Henry Alfred, Arthur Cecil and Emily Mary, Charles, Thomas Truby and Kate E.  After Emily's death, Thomas King married Mary BURROWS and had 5 children: Elizabeth Pearl, Gerald William, Bernard Ebenezer, Grace Dorothy and John Gerald.  After Mary's death, Thomas King married Mary L. IRVINE.  He died in Teignmouth in 1919.

Arthur Cecil married Harriet Maude Effie MORRIS and they had one son, Geoffrey Morris, born 1914, died 1998.

I am interested in finding out more about  Stonesfield Bumpuses and also the branch that first moved to Hackney (John Bumpus and Mary Pearl King).

e-mail: m_jolly_ukyahoo.co.uk

Thomas King Bumpus with son, Arthur Cecil, and daughters, Emily and Kate

Grave in Stonesfield of Ann Bompus nee Sergent d 1745, 2 days after husband, John Bompus

Arthur Cecil Bumpus

Arthur Cecil, Kate and Emily Bumpus

Family Code IF+W1 + W2 (+IFr)

James Laurence Bumpus: Researching BUMPUS of Stonesfield 1650-1900

e-mail: jimjamesbumpus.jazztel.es

Family Code IFr

Research Update April 2007: It seems likely that James's mother was Elizabeth BUMPUS b 27 Jan 1799.  She married John MAYCOCK on 22 Feb 1826 in Stonesfield.  In 1851 a James BUMPAS was staying with them, described as a relative.  Rose believes that the two girls, Mary Ann and Fanny whose death is referred to in the Bible extract below are John and Elizabeth MAYCOCK's daughters.

Emily Ann EDDEN's father came from Winchcombe or Sevenhampton in Gloucestershire.

Rosemary Alderson:  Researching the family of James BUMPUS bc1822 Stonesfield who married Emily Ann EDDEN b1831. Their marriage certificate shows James's father as John BUMPUS, glover. However, Rosemary's late aunt, Dorothy Emily Cooper, had doubts about this when she recalled, "Emily Ann's father Richard EDDEN was an estate gardener from Oxfordshire. He came to London and had a small holding in Harrow Road. Emily Ann married a man who had been taken in by the family next door, or at least very close. His name was James Bumpus. He had taken his Mother's maiden name of Bumpus. He was the illegitimate son of a Saville Row tailor named POOLE. His mother had been in his employ and had been sent away to have the child. Poole had the boy boarded out and paid for him and his education. He was put out to nurse. Grandmother (Emily Ann ) said she could remember being looked after by Grandfather (James) when she was very young. James's mother married a local farmer and did well for herself."
This raises a few problems for me. Maybe someone can help. Who was James's Mother? Who was the John Bumpus named as Father on the marriage certificate?
e-mail: rosenrickoptusnet.com.au

Emily Elizabeth Cooper nee Bumpus and her children at Bournemouth, 1911.

James's wife, Emily Ann Bumpus nee Edden (1831-1908), her daughter Emily Elizabeth Cooper nee Bumpus (1871-1944)

and her daughter Dorothy Emily Cooper (1893-1981)

Useful family Bible extracts!

Family Code LON1 

Barbara Good is descended from the Edward BUMPUS who came to the U.S. in 1621 and who has many descendants that are researching for his roots.  She has sent us this message:

I don't know if you are aware of the Bumpus family surname DNA project that we have done in the States.  We tested the DNA of the male Y-chromosome in eight Bumpus descendants, two each from four different Bumpus families identified here.  Results showed that three of the pairs (six participants of the eight) had matching DNA indicating that they were descended from a common ancestor.

I was wondering if any of you who are descendants of UK Bumpus families would be interested in the same type of DNA project.  It could identify which of the families from different parts of the UK are descended from a common ancestor.  It could very possibly help to extend the research of someone who has reached a dead-end in their Bumpus research.  Needless to say, it could also help us in the States to find a UK family that we match.  It does require a male Bumpus (or other spelling) surname descendant as the Y-chromosome that we are testing is only passed from father to son.

The cost of DNA testing has become very reasonable.  A basic 12 marker test is only $101 US dollars, which I think is about £60.  If you are interested in reading about DNA for genealogy, there is basic information at the following website: DNA PROJECT

I am not affiliated with any testing lab, just a Bumpus descendant who is trying to find where my family came from and hopefully extend the family tree.  We have a Rootsweb discussion group for the Bumpus family.  If you have not joined it, you may be interested in checking it out.  To join send an email to    BUMP-L-request@rootsweb.com  and put only "subscribe" in the message area. 

Barbara Good:  e-mail:  BWGoodaol.com

Family Code LON1  The following people are also researching Edward BOMPASSE bap 1600? St Bartholomew's London, d 3 Feb 1692/3 Marshfield, Plymouth, USA,  son of John BUMPASSE. Sailed on the 'Fortune' to Plymouth in 1621. 1628 Duxbury, Plymouth, Mass, USA=Hannah

Joe Dewald: e-mail: dewaldrcsis.com
Frank Bouley: e-mail: FBouleyprodigy.net

Domain: http://bouleybowmanfamily.com

Home: http://pages.prodigy.net/fbouley/index.html

Master Tree (Updated periodically): http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bouley

Family Code JY
Judith Young:  I am descended from William BUMPUS who was the baker (according to the Bucks Posse Comitatus of 1798 ) in Maids Moreton, a village just outside Buckingham. He probably belonged to a family grouping from Buckingham / Tingewick. I should be interested in making contact with anyone else researching this branch of the family.
e-mail: Arklesidebtinternet.com

Family Code WOR30


Ian Wilkey:

Researching John Plevy BUMPUSS bap 15 Jun 1834 St Martins Worcester, son of Richard BUMPAS(S) bap 12 Nov 1810 All Saints Worcester, married 2 Feb 1830 Claines to Ann(e) PLEVY bap 12 Nov 1810 Worcester. John probably came to Australia c1850 and was involved in Australian circuses until his death in 1866.
e-mail: iwilkeydaesim.com

(John Plevy BUMPUSS had about 6 siblings, baptised either at St Martins Worcester or St Phillips Birmingham. He appears in the 1851 census in Birmingham with his parents and his sisters Ann and Elizabeth. His mother appears as a lodging house keeper and his sister as a boot trade worker in the 1881 census in the Five Ways area of Birmingham. There is an extensive tree for this family and it is thought that William BUMPAS who married Jane HUGHES at All Saints Worcester in 1689 is at the top of this branch of the tree. However, we know very little about the family.WOR31 shows the part of this tree that developed in Devon from John Plevy BUMPUSS's great uncle John bap 1780 Worcester. Rosie.)

Ian has been kind enough to supply this information about John's time in Australia:
John Plevy BUMPUSS took the stage name Reuben J. COUSINS. Between 1853, when he was a clown in a couple of circuses in Melbourne, and his death in 1866, from cholera in Batavia, he appeared in various circuses in Australian colonies as a clown, but, at various times he was manager or proprietor of circuses. He married Jane (Jennie) KENDALL (a 'superlative equestrienne' called Miss La Rosiere) in Bathurst, NSW,  in 1858. They had several children, some registered as COUSINS. Their daughter, Vernon Ida COUSINS was an equestrienne and married into another circus family.


My thanks to Anna Stoneman for the amendments to the 'Harry Albert b1871' entry. Davina Owen ( D1)  is also researching her great grandmother (Elizabeth Ann b 1864) and her family.  Rosie   

Family Code L1


Pam Caire: Researching John and Edward BUMPUS owners of 'Bumpus' bookshop in London, which was founded in the eighteenth century. She would like information about their families and their bookshop.
e-mail: hotlil_alhotmail.com


(The bookshop was moved from Oxford Street to Baker Street in the 1950s when the Foreign Department was sold to Dillon's in Gower Street and the Book Society was incorporated into 'Bumpus'. In the mid 1960s the business was purchased by Robert Maxwell and merged with a library supply business to form Bumpus, Haldane & Maxwell Ltd.
We have been informed that Westminster Archives holds information on: J and E Bumpus, booksellers, Oxford Street: Business and family papers, 1838-1960 including correspondence and scrapbooks of Francis Allitsen, composer, c1875-1923 Acc M:418, Acc M:436, Acc 1143, Acc 1814.  Coming eventually on the Bumpus biographies page: A biography of the Bumpus bookselling family! Rosie)

Family Code WD:


Andrew Lloyd: Researching James BUMPUS bc1840 Northampton = Ann Maria WARREN bc1842 Birmingham
e-mail: Andrew Lloyd

Hamstead Colliery link with family? Rosie

Family Code B1/2 (now includes London and Australian branches) See: The Bumpus Biographies III


Pamela Newman: Researching  BOMPAS of Bristol and Lymington
e-mail: Pamela Newman
 

Family Code JB

Jeffrey Best: Researching BUMPAS Willersey 1728

e-mail: jeffrey.bestlineone.net

(Although I have no data on a Bumpas born around this time in Willersey, I have indicated earlier births in the area under the JB family code. It is believed that the JB group is part of the TOD group. Rosie)

Family Code A1 /A2

B Hope: Researching BUMPASS of Dorchester 1860-1940

e-mail: jameshope6533.freeserve.co.uk  

Peter Eves is also researching the Bumpass family of Aylesbury/Wallingford/Dorchester.

Although it is intended that only UK Bumpus (and variants) will be reflected on this site, here is an exception:

Kenneth Ray Bumpas jnr: Researching my grandfather, Roscoe David BUMPAS, and my grandfather, Robert S. BUMPAS(S), who married Nettie A. CHANDLER on the 16th Feb 1876 in Webster Co Kentucky.  Both were born in Kentucky.  Robert had at least two brothers, Will and Gabe, and eight children: Lilly, Velma, Tom, Robert, John, George, Roscoe and Oscar.  Oscar's family has been found.

e-mail: kbumpascableone.net

see also: Bumpus Genealogy Forum

 

SECTION 3

 

A Partial List of Bumpus (and variants)

Wills and Admons

and other Bumpus references discovered by researchers

 

1175 William BONPAS Gloucestershire Pipe Rolls

c1226  Clement BONPAS gave 2 mills earlier known as Hound Mill to Llanthony Priory. (The mill on William GOIZENBODED's estate in 1086 is believed to be the later Hound Mill.)  The priors leased the 2 mills to men of Houndmill Farm in the 13C and 14C.  The estates of Llanthony Priory in Barrington formed the manor of Great Barrington which was kept by the Priory until the Dissolution. [Duchess of Norfolk's Deeds, Inquisitions post mortem, C115/A1/3/25; C115/A9 f.127]

For a history of the Barrington Estates see HERE

1292  Adam bon puys paid xl d.  Subsidy Roll 1292: Vintry ward in Two early London Subsidy Rolls (1951)

1299  In lists of debtors and debts owed to Londoners: "Ebulus de Podio Guillim" is debtor to Adam de BONPUCE Folio xxxiv b.

                                                                               "Ladalil" is debtor to Adam de Bonfux for hay and oats   Folio xxxv b.

Calendar of Letter-books of the City of London: C (1901)

1306  10 August, Katherine BOMPUZ appointed as attorney to Elias RENAUD of Gascony to receive his gold ring with a sapphire from Richard de BURGH, goldsmith. Calendar: Roll H: 12 December 1305-12 November 1306 in Calendar of Early Mayor's Court Rolls: 1298-1307 (1924)

1408 3 October, John BONIPAS, William ACE and William DYCCHEFORD  witnessed that William SALMON of Hydecote Bartram gave 1 messuage and ½ virgate of land and rights of pasture in the town and field of Hydecote Bartram called Lawes to Robert Busshell, John Salmon jnr of Hydecote and John Salmon snr of Foxcote (referred to in Quitclaim of 23 April 1523, Ref D5358/7 GlsRO)

 

1422  Conveyance to John BOMPAS by John TUTTEBURY, son and heir of Henry TUTTEBURY, of one messuage and appurtenances, inhabited by William PYP(ER) aka William HARP(ER), situated between the tenements of William BREWER and John BRO(U)N, tailor, in Trowbridge.  Witnesses: Roger TREWEBODY, Hugh DAUNTESYE, William DAUNTESYE, 1 March

1461 17 April,  Henry BONPAS named as first (of three *) owners of messuage + land in Hidcote Bartrim (near Aston sub Edge and Mickleton See 1586 and 1596 wills) Gloucestershire R.O. ref D5358/3

[Names include: Thomas THOMKYNS of Hudicote Bertram, attorney, William HALE of Ilmyndon; William HANE of Mukelton; John HALE of Nether Wycheford. * Henry BONPAS, John HEYFORD, Thome ANDERLYNTONE]

1466-7  Richard BUMPAS=Margaret, of Hydycote (Hidcote), in Records of the Guild of the Holy Cross re payment/fines/pledges.  Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records, ref BRT1/3/78

1532-8  William BUMPASSE, William REWFRUM, William GEORGE, John SMYTH etc, tenants of Def v Stephen (SAGAR) Abbot of Hayles, re conversion of land (Longborough manor) from tillage to permanent pasture.  GLS.  ref C1/739/17 National Archives.
1563  John BUMPER(E)S, Aston Subedge, ref GDR 20 p78, GLS R.O. re abandoned wife, John appears as guardian of Henry WALKER
1577 20 February, John BUMPAS of Bewdley, WOR, and wife Alice. (Is this John BUMPAS=Alice WALTON?)  Bargain and Sale of 8 garden grounds and buildings in St Michael's and St Augustine's parishes, Bristol, to Sir John YONGE of Bristol (later, builder of Red Lodge, Park Row, Bristol) and Robert SANDFORD of Bristol, merchant. £60 consideration.  Ref: 5535/1-11: Deeds relating to Red Lodge etc at Bristol Record Office, specifically 5535/2.
1584  Edmond BUMPAS on rent roll for Charlbury, OXON, Michaelmas 1584.  Oxfordshire County RO, ref DIL.1V/d33-24
1586  John BUMPAS  husbandman of Aston sub Edge, GLS (will) prov 25 Jan. PROB 11/69 (PRO online) [Wife: Jone (see 1596 below); sons Anthony, Henry, John, Richard, Robert, Thomas, William.  Mickleton burial]#

1594  Richard BOMPAS, Great Wolford.  WOR will and inventory (Gt Wolford is 13 miles s of Stratford and 3 miles NE of Moreton in the Marsh)
1596  Joan BOMPAS, widow of Aston sub Edge, GLS (will) [Widow of John (above) Sons: Richard, Henry (+dau Elizabeth], Anthony, Thomas [+dau Ann & dau Elizabeth], Robert, William. Mickleton burial#GLS R.O. ref 1596/85
1608  From Men and Armour for Gloucestershire by John Smith of North Nibley: John WAKEMAN's lordship, Aston Under Hill:  John BUMPAS, his servant, 1py.  Anthony SMITH's lordship, Chipping Campden & Barrington: Robert BOMPAS, husbandman, 3m; Henry BOMPAS (Robert's son) 1ca; Thomas BOMPAS (Robert's son)1m; George BOMPAS, butcher, 2m; William BOMPAS, victualler, 3m. Key: 1 = about 20 years of age; 2 = about 40 years of age; 3 = about 60 of age; p = tall enough for pikeman; m = tall enough for musketeer (middle size); ca= calyver (lower size)

At Dumbleton, labourer named BOMPAST
1611 Edm: BUMPAS and Tho: BUMPAS on manorial record listing names of tenants, manor of Charlbury, OXON.  Oxfordshire County RO, ref DIL.1V/b/7b
1614  Richard BOMPASSE/BUMPASSE, husbandman, Aston sub Edge, GLS (will) [Sons: Richard + Robert BUMPASSE; wife Alice; dau Elizabeth] #GLS R.O. ref 1614/156

1618  Thomas BUMPAS, fuller, Buckingham (1618 Militia List)
1620  John BUMPAS, St Bartholomew the Great parish, LND (Subsidy 147/505)

1620s  John BUMPASSE, gardener, of Battersea, LDN (PRO Court of Request LXIV-Pt I, temp. Charles I)
1628 - 1629 Thomas BUMPASSE / BUMPAS of Kensington
1631   William BUMPAS(S), Campden, GLS  (will missing).GLS R.O. ref 11631/256
1631  Anne BUMPASSE v. William BRAVELL Court case for defamation.  Chipping Campden Consistory Court. GLS R.O. ref GDR/B4/1/581
1633  Lawrence BUMPAS, husbandman, Whichenford, (Whichford nr Shipston on Stour?), (will)  

1633  William BUMPAS=Johan, Mordiford Sufton deed, ref LCD P82/8705   HEF R.O.[Names include SCUDAMORE]
1635/6  Ann BUMPAS, widow, Chipping Campden ref EL609, GLS R.O. Transcript of  lease (Dragon Inn, Ley Close and 2 little closes first appears 3 Jan 1593 lease for lives of Walter RYCOTTES of Oxford, innkeeper, and wife and son, Humffrey; 10 Nov 1595 lease to Thomas HALE, labourer of Toddington; 16 Mar 1635/6  Francis HARRIS, citizen and vintner of Oxford, lease for lives of Martin, Francis and Katheryne HARRIS.  At time Inn called Sign of the Dragon in Chipping Campden with all back sides belonging to it + a close called the Leye  abutting a street known as Lasborne and 2 closes near a lane called Sheep Street lane, then held by Ann BUMPAS) Is she the widow of William, victualler, d by 1631?
1638  Robert BUMPUS, householder, St Andrew's, Holborn, LDN See 1650 St. Andrew's, Holborn, London.
1638  Robert BUMPAS, £6 tithe payment estimate by parson, 21 May, London
1642 Robert and Ann BUMPAS, two of the witnesses in a case against Edward SANDERFORD. House of Lords Journal Volume 5: 2 September 1642, Journal of the House of Lords: volume 5: 1642-1643 (1802) 
1642  Edward BUMPAS(S), Guiting, GLS (will missing).(GLS R.O. ref 1642/22)
1649  (Needs checking - is this John?) Thomas BUMPAD (BUMPAS), gentleman of Tardebigg(e), Warwickshire (will), proved 24th August by father John. PROB 11/209 (PRO online) [119 fairfax]  [Born Worcestershire living in St Martin's-in-the-Fields, London. Parents: John=Alice, brother Bartholomew, sister Margarett]#
1650  Robert BUMPAS of parish St Andrew's, Holborn, citizen and merchant tailor d 12 Aug 1650. (Will) proved Aug 22 by relict. (139 Pembroke)

1652  Anne BUMPUS widow of St. Andrew's, Holborn, LDN, PCC (will), 22 Sep. PROB 11/224 & 11/223 (PRO online) [Son Wm, daughter Susan=Richard HARRISON>Anne]#

1655 BUMPUS, Robt and John amongst others including WATSON, Elizabeth; WATSON, John. National Archives, ref ASSI/45/2/23 and 45/5/2
1665  Thomas BUMPASS, yeoman, Bredon, GLS/WOR (will).  [Son Robert BUMPASSE, dau Jone & dau Goodeth; RICKARDS & JEENES families]#GLS R.O. ref 1665/183
1675  Robert BUMPAS, Bredon, WOR, probate a/c.  WOR RO 008.7   BA3585/830/36

1680  John BUMPUS, St Dunstan in the East, Caveat Books of Testamentary Records, Lambeth Palace Library: Archbishops of Canterbury Archives ref VH99/2/9v

1684  John BUMPAS,  yeoman,  Toddington, GLS (will).  [Sons: John, William, Richard; wife Mary]#GLS R.O. ref 1684/67
1686  BUMPAS v Watnall, Glos. Court of Chancery National Archives Ref C5/79/20
1687/8  Arthur BUMPUS, labourer of Tingewick.  Will proved 2nd May 1688 by Thomas KIDDE, sole exec.  Wits: Thomas PHILLIPS, William STOCKES, John HUGINGS.  Beneficiaries: John GLENISTER, kinsman, and wife Elizabeth GLENISTER; kinswoman Mary KIDDE; kinsman Thomas KIDDE.  CRO Ref: D/A/We/40/34
1690  William BUMPOS, husbandman of Admington, PCC (will), 10 Jul.  PROB 11/400 (PRO online) [Mother Anne]
1691  Richard=Eleanor BUMPAS involved in final concord re property (c27 acres) with Thomas BLOXAM gent, Mickleton Manor/Aston-sub-Edge. GLS R.O. ref 5626/ 1/67 dec'd

1695  Mary BUMPUS of Buckingham, widow of Thomas.  Proved 21 Oct 1696.  Sole exec: Mary BUMPUS, spinster daughter.  Wits: Jo TURNER, Ursula COLEMAN, William COOPER.  Beneficiaries: son John BUMPAS and his wife Mary; daughter Mary.
1695 Edmund BUMPUS=wife, lodgers. St Nicholas, Cole Abbey 'Supplement part 1', London Inhabitants within the Walls 1695 (1966)
1693/4 Elias BOM tax assessment: Property £12.00; Rental value of property £60.00; Tax assessment of Stock £2.40; Stock value £200.00  'Four Shillings In The Pound Aid 1693-1694: City of Westminster, St Martin in the Fields, Bedfordbury Ward, St Martins Lane West'
1707  Edmund BUMPUS of the Feltmakers' Co. mentioned in London Apprenticeship Abstracts (re John son of Anthony IRELAND, farmer of Sandford GLS, 27 Oct)
1712  Richard BUMPAS, yeoman, Aston sub Edge, GLS Admons.  [Wife Jane, Ezra GREEN, John BUMPAS.]  NB marriage of an Ezra GREEN=Jane BUMPUS, 6 Nov 1712 Chipping Campden #GLS R.O. ref 1712/407
1714  William BUMPAS, charged with being disorderly - to be kept to hard labour and then discharged. 7 Oct.  (Bridewell Calendar, Chepping Wycombe QS)
1714  Edward BUMPAS, Admington
1721  Edward BUMPAS, yeoman, Quinton/Admington  (Will) [Dau Annie, wife Mary; grandsons: Edward, William, Thomas BUMPASS; EDDON,  NEWLAND aka RIDGMAN; GOFFE, KNIBB, YOUNG, KITCHIN individuals]#GLS R.O. ref 1721/160
1723 Thomas BUMPAS(AS) unm yeoman of Admington/Quinton, GLS, inventory 22 May 1723. (Also in Birmingham City Archives)  [Edward BUMPAS brother & cordwainer of Admington; John HAWKIN yeoman of Rodway; Richard HATHAWAY yeoman]#GLS R.O. ref 1723/118
1729 & 1732  Bond from William BUMPAS of Admington, yeoman, to John WELLS of Coldicott WAR to secure performance of covenants. Birmingham City Archives, MS 3403/ACC 1932-016/389628  +630
1732  John BUMPUS and William SHELTON were indicted for theft with violence (highway robbery)  BUMPUS sentenced to death. (6 Sep). Old Bailey Proceedings Ref: t17320906-36 [NB original text of trial online]
1732  Thomas ODELL's recommendation for mercy for John BUMPUS sentenced to death for highway robbery, 2 Oct. (National Archives: SP36/28).  [NB online]

1748  22 Sept Indenture signed by Mary BUMPASS, daughter of Joseph HILLIER=Elizabeth.  (Marriage contract referred to between Thomas BUMPASS of Minchinhampton, tallow chandler, and Mary CORNWALL nee HILLIER. Re: land and property at Tickmorend and pasture near Ffooks in Horsley left to her and sister Elizabeth, now CHAMBERS, by father's will.  Names in document include: Richard CAMBRIDGE of Pudhill in Woodchester, Thomas SMALL, Edward DYER of Horsley, cordwainer, Alex DAVIS, John GILMAN, William WALLIS, J. HILLIER, John BONN. Ref A2A, D6700/2/62

(Thomas BUMPUS, Avening 19 Jun 1738=Mary CORNWALL, d 12 Dec 1781 on brass plate in Horsley churchyard)
1751 -1775, 1776 - 1800  John BUMPUS, London grocer, retailer of food and drink, 21 Long Lane, Smithfield The Complete Pocket Book / Gentleman and Tradesman's Daily Journal and other publications (see Oliver Twist Chap 21 for description of area!) See 1776 for his bankruptcy.
1755 James BUMPER, soldier, bur 4 Dec 1755 at Fort St David, Madras? Admons
1756  Richard BUMPAS, Weston Subedge, GLS Admons.  [wife Elizabeth, John CALDICOTT, yeoman of Ilmington]#GLS R.O. ref 1756/119 (John CALDICOTT married their daughter Jane in Chipping Campden in 1744/5)
1766  Removal order, Easter:  John and Ann BUMPAS children of William=Mary (both deceased), to be removed from Bromsgrove to St Nicholas Queenhill. Worcestershire R.O.1/1/423/30

1770-1830  BUMPASS families of Shurdington and Badgeworth, ref D2172/1/93 GLS R.O.

(contains wonderful map of area, which includes BUMPASS owned land/property)B1
1771 Henry BUMPUS Kent's Directory for 1771
1775  Skyrme v BUMPUS, (bill) ref C12/2411/73 National Archives
1776  John BUMPUS  grocer of West Smithfield, London.  Bankruptcy Feb 1776, certificate 16 Apr. 1776
1784 William BUMPIS owner of eligible property of Buckingham parish, Buckingham Poll 1784.
1788  Thomas BUMPASS, Preston on Stour, GLS, admons.  [Sister Hester PRENTICE nee BUMPASS, Joseph PRENTICE, John SMITH, David MALINS]#GLS R.O. ref 1788/123
1789  Will copy in solicitors' file: Robert BUMPASS gent. of Bre(e)don, WOR re messuage and lands in Westencoate (Westmancote, Breedon) and lands at Aston-upon-Carrant, Ashchurch. Dated 7th Feb 1787 Westencoate.  Proved 30 July 1789 before Rev John SMITH, rector of Breedon.. GLS R.O., D654/IV/39 [Sister Catherine, (d by 1789); nephew George Gwinnett BUMPASS and Robert son of nephew Robert BUMPASS; Daniel MERRILL of Twyning (one of trustees) and children Sarah, James & John MERRILL.  Witnessed by Wm RICKETTS, Wm WILKES, Charles RICKARDS. Second trustee: Samuel DUNSCOMBE of Cheltenham, Baptist Minister.] ref A2A, D654/IV/39 B1
9 Jan 1782  Lucy BUMPUS and Isabella Bruce acquitted of theft from James Cleaveley at No 5 Star Court, London, home of Anne OMEROD
1793-8  John BUMPUS farmer of Buckingham (Univ Directory)
1798  William BUMPUS, baker of Maids Moreton. (Posse Comitatus)

1810  Sarah BOMPASS, spinster of Hotwells, Bristol GLS.  Will prov. 18 Apr. PROB 11/1510 (PRO online)
1810  May, June:  sale documents re Halford's (House) in Stretton on Fosse occupied by David JOBSON, Martha BUMPAS and Francis SMITH to LONGFORDS; sale of cottage held by Richard BUMPAS, labourer, (by John SMITH(SOUTH?) wheelwright to LONGFORDS) for £50,  ref ER 12/71/18 +19 ; also similar with messuage, garden and orchard occup by Thomas COOPER ref ER6/127/1. Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records  RW/RE
1811  John BUMPUS, bookseller of Park St, Birmingham (Holden's Annual London and Country Directory 1811)
1811  Michaelmas: Regina v. John BUMPUS, Wendover Rd, Aylesbury, charged with stealing coal.  Not guilty verdict. Aylesbury QS/JC/2 Mic 1810-Mic1814
1813  Robert BUMPASS, dyer, GLS R.O. ref P244OV 5/5/8, overseer's report re Painswick illegitimate birth BW
1814 - 1831  Dr. BOMPASS's care of parishioners, St Mary's parish, Bitton, ref P/B/OP/Z?e @ Bristol R.O.B1
1816 Jno. BUMPUS witnessed document re. land in OXON.
1817 James BUMPUS, bookseller of Camberwell Green; John BUMPUS, bookseller of 6 Lower Holborn; Thomas BUMPUS, bookseller of 5 Goswell St .  See Underhill
1817  James BUMPOS,  late gentleman, now toyman of Camberwell SRY, will proved 4 Aug. PROB 11/1595 (PRO online) [Wife Ann(e) and nephew John BUMPUS, bookseller of Holborn Bars.]#  L1
1818  Thomas BUMPUS, one of witnesses at marriage of Thomas HOWES, widower of Stonesfield=Elizabeth EATON.

1818  Robert BOMPASS traded as a clothier in Elkstone [see Hockaday Abstracts CXCII (these are abstracts of ecclesiastical records relating to GLS com piled by F.S. HOCKADAY mainly from diocesan records in GLS Library)]  ?B1

1818 - 1847 George Gwinnett BOMPAS, ref 39801/f/14; BOMPAS family ref 39801/F/13; Charles Smith BOMPAS ref 39801/F/15; Joseph Carpenter BOMPAS + 1848 asylum enquiry ref 39801/F/16; COX + BOMPAS families ref 39801/f/19(see also notes and correspondence in 30299/3); George Joseph BOMPAS ref 39801/f/37/a-b.   All in records of Dr. H. Temple Phillips at Bristol R.O.  B1
1820  Gother's Buildings, Cheltenham.  Ruth BUMPASS, dyer (Cheltenham Gazetteer) BW
1821 William BUMPUS, gunner, bur 26 May 1821 at Dum Dum, Bengal.  Admons

1822  London:  John BUMPUS 6 Holborn Bars.  Baine's Directory  L1
1822  London:    Thos. BUMPUS, 5 Goswell St.   Baine's Directory
1825  Charles Carpenter BOMPAS, Inner Temple Barrister  B1
1826  Bankrupt: John BUMPUS of Newgate St, London, bookseller (31 Jan, Edinburgh Advertiser) L1
1827  Partnership dissolved: W. DYER and G. BUMPUS, mealmen of Aston Mill, GLS. October  LS
1828  George BUMPAS of Lower Slaughter fined 10s. (defective weights and measures) GLS R.O. ref Q/PC/2/47/C
1828 -1839  Sketches of Dr. BOMPAS's asylum + Fishponds House, ref D2700/QP15/13, Gloucestershire R.O.B1