John (Colepeper) Culpeper
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John (Colepeper) Culpeper (abt. 1424 - 1480)

Sir John Culpeper formerly Colepeper
Born about in Goudhurst, Kent, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married about 1455 in Bedgebury, Goudhurst, Kent, Englandmap [uncertain]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 56 in Bedgebury, Kent, Englandmap
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Biography

John Colepeper was born in about 1428, probably at Goudhurst, Kent, the son of Walter Colepeper and Agnes Roper. [1]

He married Agnes Gainsford, daughter of John Gainsford, Esq. and Anne Wakehurst, in about 1455, after the death of her first husband Richard Wakehurst.[2][3]They had at least two children:

  • Walter Culpeper
  • Alexander Culpeper

Sir John served the office of Sheriff of Kent in 7 Edw. IV (1468).[4]

Sir John Colepeper died on 22 December 1480 at Bedgebury, Kent, England. He was buried in Goudhurst, beside his father; being described on his tomb as 'Johannis Culpeper, militis obiit 22 December 1480’.[4] It appears from an indenture dated 4 January, 21 Henry VIII [1529/30] which has survived (Harl. Charter, 76 H 12) that Sir John left a will (otherwise lost) disposing of his estates among two sons, Alexander and Walter. These estates included the manors acquired by the Bedgebury marriage (Bedgebury and Haselden) in Kent, an inherited Culpeper manor (Wigsell) in Sussex, and certain lands in Essex which Sir John had purchased; and the will in question divided them among the two sons, the intention of the testator being that, despite the Kentish custom of gavelkind, the elder should take all the lands in Kent, and the younger those in Sussex and Essex.

Research Notes

The Visitation of Sussex incorrectly names his mother as Ann, daughter of Edmund Roberts of Canterbury. [5]

Sources

  1. Book: Sussex Archaeological Society, Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county
    Lewes, Eng. [etc.] Sussex Archaeological Society; 1848; page: (105 of 245)
    Internet Archive (accessed 1 December 2023)
  2. Will of Richard Wakehurst: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
    The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 4
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 5111 #869810 (accessed 16 December 2023)
    Will of Ria Wakehurst, granted probate on 20 Aug 1455. Died about 1455.
  3. Book: Sussex Archaeological Society, Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county
    Lewes, Eng. [etc.] Sussex Archaeological Society; 1848; page: (107 of 245)
    Internet Archive (accessed 1 December 2023)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Harrison, Fairfax. “The Proprietors of the Northern Neck. Chapters of Culpeper Genealogy.” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 33, no. 2 (1925): 113–53. JSTOR
  5. Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; & Owen, George. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, [https://archive.org/stream/visitationscoun00owengoog#page/n17/mode/1up p 3, Culpepper.




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