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From: <Michelle.Murphy%>
Subject: Fwd:Re:Subject: Re: Bulmer
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 11:48 +0100 (BST)


Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 11:48 +0100 (BST)
From: Michelle.Murphy%
Subject: Re:Subject: Re: Bulmer
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> Following the Complete Peerage I have Eve as (probably) daughter of
> Ralph de Bulmer and an unknown first wife. Ralph de Bulmer married
> secondly Alice de Killingholm, widow of Walter de Faucenberg who, by his
> first wife, Isabel de Ros, was father of John de Faucenberg, Eve's
> husband. A tight circle. I also note that an Eve de Bulmer, sister of
> Ralph de Bulmer, was married to Henry FitzHugh, son of the Hugh FitzHenry
> with whom the recent "FitzHugh" thread began.

This is the kind of thing I'm wondering about with reference to the Church's
consanguinity laws.

Was there any prohibition against marrying your stepmother's stepson, as Eve de
Bulmer did in the example above? Although I suppose by the very nature of the
word "consanguinity", since Eve and her husband didn't actually share the same
blood, it shouldn't be a problem. Nevertheless, step-relations did have a bond
by marriage, so I'm wondering if this was any sort of impediment?

Michelle

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