FULFORD, Sir Francis (1583-1664), of Great Fulford, Dunsford, Devon and Toller Fratrum, Dorset
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Family and Education
bap. 1 Sept. 1583, 1st s. of Thomas Fulford of Gt. Fulford and Ursula, da. of Richard Bampfield of Poltimore, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 379-80.educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1599; M. Temple 1601.Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss.m. 14 Sept. 1601, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Bernard Samways of Winterbourne St. Martin and Toller Fratrum, Dorset, 7s. (3 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.). Vivian, 380; Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 698-9. Kntd. 26 Feb. 1605; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 137.suc. fa. 1610. Vivian, 379. admon. 2 May 1664. PROB 11/313, f. 368.
Offices Held
J.p. Devon by 1614–45, C66/1988; M. Wolffe, Gentry Leaders in Peace and War, 260. Dorset 1625-at least 1640; C231/4, f. 190v; C66/2859. commr. piracy, Devon 1614, 1619 – 24, 1630, 1637–9, C181/2, ff. 200v, 348; 181/3, f. 130; 181/4, f. 52v; 181/5, ff. 84, 132v. Dorset 1639–42, C181/5, ff. 152v, 226v. oyer and terminer, Western circ. Feb. – June 1617, 1621–42, C181/2, ff. 269v, 286v; 181/3, f. 30v; 181/5, f. 221. Dorset 1626, 1631, 1643, C181/3, f. 212; 181/4, f. 104; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 81. subsidy, Devon 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23. billeting and martial law, Dorset 1626,APC, 1626, pp. 221, 224. Forced Loan, Devon and Dorset 1627, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, ff. 10, 11v. sewers, Devon 1627, 1634, C181/3, f. 217v; 181/4, f. 163v. swans, W. Country 1629; C181/4, f. 2. commr. and collector knighthood fines, Devon 1630–3; SP16/187/18; E401/1917, 1920. dep. lt. Dorset by 1640;CSP Dom. 1640, p. 291. commr. array, Devon and Dorset 1642; Northants. RO, FH133. sheriff, Dorset 1642–4;Docquets of Letters Patent, 73; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 39. commr. roy. contributions 1643, rebels’ estates 1643,Docquets of Letters Patent, 73, 75. assessment 1661–3.SR, v. 330, 457.