Fulleshurt family
"There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;"
So wrote one whose observation and sagacity have never been equalled by mere man. And, doubtless, this
gift of James lord Audley, was "the tide's flood" which bore upon its bosom the future fortune of Robert
Fulleshurst: to use a familiar expression, "it was the making of him." One hundred and twenty-five
marks, indeed, (supposing the gift was equally divided to the four squires,) do not sound a very large
sum to us, but the value of money, and of the necessaries of life, was very different then from what
it is now; and one hundred and twenty-five marks, annually, would, in Fulleshurst's day, afford him a
handsome competency. As a younger son, he was not likely to have had much; probably, his stalwart arm
and bright sword were his only patrimony; but now this gift raised him to independence, and sent him
back to his own county, no longer the mere soldier of fortune, but the man of substance, having
wherewithal to live upon, and therein a something to recommend him to the favorable regard of others.. ...
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The effigy of Sir Robert Fulleshurt in St. Bertoline Church, in the village of Barthomley,
Cheshire, England
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- A1. Richard Fulleshurt;
- B1. Robert Fulleshurt, d:1390, m. Elizabeth de Praers;
- C1. Sir Thomas Fulleshurt, Knight, d:1420, m. Eva de Venables;
==> Venables family
- D1. Sir Thomas Fulleshurt, Knight, m. Cecily Mainwaring;
==> Mainwaring family
- E1. Sir Robert Fulleshurt, lvd:1418/1498, m. Joan Vernon;
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