The monument to Sir Thomas Fulford in Dunsford parish church. It has the recumbent figures of Sir Thomas and his wife Ursula.
The monument to Sir Thomas Fulford in Dunsford parish church. It has the recumbent figures of Sir Thomas and his wife overlooked by kneeling images of their seven children. Sir Thomas died in 1610. The Fulford family has owned the nearby estate of Great Fulford since the 12th Century. Birth: 1553 Death: Jul. 31, 1610 Dunsford Devon, England On the base are the life-size figures of Sir Thomas Fulford and his wife Ursula. The male figure is arrayed in steel armour picked out in gold. He wears an Elizabethan ruff and wristbands, and a red velvet tunic and pantaloons; the head and hands are bare. His wife wears a dress of the same period with a trimming of gilt quatrefoils down the front, a ruff and flat head-dress. On a ledge at the back of the tomb kneel their children; the first figure in the row kneels before a desk. On the tomb is a shield with the arms of Fulford impaling Bamfield. Inscription: Heare lye Sir Thomas Fulforde who died last day of july ano do 1610 Also his wife Ursula, who died 1639 daughter of Richd Bamfield, of Poltimore, Esq. Their Children 1st Sir Francis, who married Ann heir of Bernard Samways Esqr of Toller Dorset 2nd William, 3rd Thomas, 4th Bridget married to Arthur Champerknowne Esqr of Dartington; 5th Elizabeth married to John Berriman Esq, 6th Ann, married to John Sydenham, of Somerset Burial: St Mary Church Dunsford Teignbridge District Devon, England
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