| ![Show Contents]() Fulthorp History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Fulthorp familyThe surname Fulthorp was first found in Durham where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that county. Early History of the Fulthorp familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Fulthorp research. Another 130 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1153, 1168, 1171, 1388, 1397, 1455, 1487, 1510, 1540 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Fulthorp History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Fulthorp Spelling VariationsOnly recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Fulthorp has undergone many spelling variations, including Fulthorp, Fullthorp, Foulthorpe, Fullthrop, Fulthrop, Fulthrup, Fullthrup, Fullthrupp, Fowlsthorp, Fowlthorp, Fowlesthrop, Fowlesthrup, Fowlesthrupp, Fowlethorpe, Fowlethrup and many more. Early Notables of the Fulthorp familyDistinguished members of the family include - Roger de Fulthorp who was involved in a dispute in Scotland between Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland and William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas respecting the custody of the marches of the Kingdo...
- This may have been the same Roger Fulthorp who was exiled to Ireland by King Richard from the Merciless Parliament, the English parliamentary session of February to June 1388, at which many members of...
Migration of the Fulthorp familyTo escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Fulthorp were among those contributors: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..
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