Francis Fulford MP (1583 - 1664)

Born 1583 in Devon, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Samways — married 14 Sep 1601 in Dunsford, Devon, England

Descendants

Died 1664 at about age 81 in Toller Fratrum, Dorset, England

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Biography

Sir Francis Fulford was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Col. Sir Francis I Fulford of Great Fulford, Dunsford, Devon and Toller Fratrum, Dorset, was baptized on the 1 September 1583 at St Mary Major, Exeter, Devon, England.^[1] He was ammitted to the Middle Temple on the 14 May 1601.^[2] A Royalist commander during the Civil War, captured and briefly imprisoned in Devon in early 1643. He maintained a garrison at Great Fulford until December 1645, when he surrendered to Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron. He was pre-deceased by eldest son Thomas Fulford (1604-1643), who was killed at the Siege of Exeter in 1643 during the Civil War. He served as Member of Parliament for Devon in 1625, as a Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset by 1640 and was Sheriff of Dorset for 1642–43. He was fined during the Commonwealth by the Committee for Compounding with Delinquents, but not heavily enough to destroy the family's fortune. He married Elizabeth Samways,^[3] a daughter and co-heiress of Bernard Samways of Toller Fratrum and Winsborne in Dorset. He left his wife's Dorset estates, including Toller Fratrum to his 5th, but 2nd surviving, son George Fulford (1619-1685), twice MP for Christchurch in Dorset, in 1679 and 1681, whose son would eventually inherit Fulford on the failure of the senior male line in 1700.

Sir Francis Fulford was buried at Toller Fratrum, 13 May 1664.^[4] His will, dated 7 January 1663/4 and proved 2 May 1664, ^[5] lists the following bequests:

To the poor of Dunsford, Little Toller in Dorset, and Winterborne Whitchurch in Dorset

My grandchildren John Fulford £100, Francis Fulford £100, Richard Fulford £100, Ann Fulford oldest daughter £200, Katherine Fulford £150, all children of my son John Fulford, deceased

Ursula Alford, grandchild, wife of Master Richard Alford

Amias Fulford, my son, £5 to what I have already given him charged on my farm of Whitchurch

Ann Davy, my daughter, £5 to buy her a ring

Margaret Hull, my daughter, £20 and £5 to buy her a ring, grandson Master Edmond Hull £5, granddaughter Mistress Elizabeth Hull £20

George Fulford, my son, all my goods at Whitchurch and to his wife £5 to buy her a ring

Francis Fulford, of Fulford, esq., my grandson and heir apparent, and to his wife, £5 each to buy them rings

Mistress Frances Good, my granddaughter, £5 to buy a ring

Mistress Mary Achim, my granddaughter, the legacy or sum of £10

Grace, my daughter, £5 yearly after my decease by my executor

George Fulford, esq., of Toller Fratrum, my son, the rest of my personal estate, my sole executor

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JWXH-W6B : 30 December 2014, Francis Fulford, 01 Sep 1583); citing SAINT MARY MAJOR,EXETER,DEVON,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 917,103.
2. ↑ Register of admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, from the fifteenth century to the year 1944, comp. H. A. C. Sturgess (3v., London, 1949), 1: 77. "FRANCIS FULFORD, son and heir of Thomas F., of Fulford. Devon, esq."
3. ↑ Devon Marriages, Transcriptions & Images (findmypast.co.uk)

   First name(s): Fraunce

   Last name: Fulford

   Marriage date: 14 Sep [1601] transcribed as 1602

   Place: Dunsford

   Father's first name: Thomas

   Father's last name: Fulford

   Spouse's first name(s): Mrs Elizabeth

   Spouse's last name: Sanwards [Samwaies] transcription error

   Denomination: Anglican

   Archive: South West Heritage Trust

   Archive reference: 4572A/PR/1/1

4. ↑ "England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QJDC-M2MV : 24 July 2017), Francis Fulford, 13 May 1664; Burial, citing Toller-Fratrum, Toller-Fratrum, Dorset, England, Record Office, Dorchester; FHL microfilm 2,427,583.
5. ↑ The probate of the will of Sir Francis Fulford precedes his burial at Toller Fratrum by 11 days. The early register of Toller Fratrum is not chronological; it appears that an earlier register was copied into the present register. It is possible that 11 days were added to each date to accommodate the newstyle calendar (after September 1752). However, Sir Francis may have died at Great Fulford, and his body removed to Toller at the later date.

• Hill, Ronald Ames. The tumultuous Achym/Fulford relationship: with abstracts of Chancery Court proceedings, and transcripts of Chancery decrees and orders. (Star, Idaho: Chaghill Publications, c2003).
• Rylands, J.P., ed., The Visitation of the County of Dorset, taken in the year 1623, by Henry St George, Richmond Herald, and Sampson Lennard, Bluemantle Pursuivant, marshals and deputies to William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms. (Harleian Society. 20. London, 1885), Addenda, 9-11, Fulford.

See also:

• FULFORD, Sir Francis (1583-1664), of Great Fulford, Dunsford, Devon and Toller Fratrum, Dorset Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010
• Wikipedia contributors, "Great Fulford," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great_Fulford&oldid=864183919 (accessed January 20, 2019).