Background
Fulford was the son of Thomas Fulford of Fulford in the parish of Dunsford, Devon and was baptised at Street Mary Major, Exeter on 1 September 1583.
Fulford was the son of Thomas Fulford of Fulford in the parish of Dunsford, Devon and was baptised at Street Mary Major, Exeter on 1 September 1583.
Brasenose College.
He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford on 16 February 1599, aged 15 and was a student of Middle Temple in 1601. He was knighted on 26 February 1606. He succeeded his father in 1610, inheriting the family seat of Great Fulford.
He served as a Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset by 1640 and was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset for 1642-1643.
During the Civil War he was an active royalist and was 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.
Fulford died at the age of about 80 between 7 January 1664 when he made his will and 2 May 1664 when it was proved and was buried at Toller Fratrum.
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In 1625, he was elected Member of Parliament for Devon.