John Colepeper (1600 - 1660)

Born 17 Aug 1600 in Wigsell Manor, Salehurst, Sussex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Judith (Culpeper) Colepeper — married 1631 in Hucking, Kent, England

Descendants

Died 11 Jul 1660 at age 59 in London, England

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Biography

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Sir John Colepeper was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Colepeper, John, 1st Baron Colepeper (bap. 1600, d. 1660), politician, was born at Wigsell Manor in Salehurst, Sussex, and baptized at Salehurst on 17 August 1600. He was the second but eldest surviving son of Thomas Culpeper of Wigsell Manor, Bodiam, East Sussex (1561 - 19 September 1613) and Anne Slaney (c. 1575 - before 26 February 1602), daughter of Sir Stephan Slaney, Lord Mayor of London., and nephew of Mary Weld, Lady Weld.

After his first marriage, to Philippa Snelling (d. 1630) on 29 October 1628, he settled at Hollingbourne in Kent and was a justice of the peace in Kent by 1638. After Philippa's death in the autumn of 1630 he married his cousin, Judith Colepeper (bap. 1606, d. 1691?), on 12 January 1631.

On 2 January 1642 Charles appointed Colepeper a privy councillor and chancellor of the exchequer. Created Baron Colepeper of Thoresway on 21 October 1644.

Children of Philippa Snelling and John Colepeper, 1st Baron Colepeper:

1. Alexander Colepeper (dsp and vp. 2 Mar 1648/9) m. 8 Sep 1648 Catherine Ford (b. 22 May 1634, m. (2) Ralph Grey, 2nd Lord Grey of Warke d. c. 1682) da. and hrss. of Sir Edward Ford of Harting, Sussex and Sarah Ireton, da. of German Ireton, Ireton, Derbyshire.
2. Philippa Colepeper, mar. Thomas Harlakenden, Wood Church, Kent

Children of Judith Colepeper and John Colepeper, 1st Lord Colepeper:

1. Hon Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper+
2. Hon John Colepeper, 3rd Baron Colepeper
3. Hon Cheney Colepeper, 4th Baron Colepeper
4. Hon Francis Colepeper (dsp. bef. 1725)
5. Hon Elizabeth Colepeper (d. 1709), mar. 1661 Col James Hamilton, a Groom of the Bedchamber (dvp. 6 Jun 1673), 1st son and heir ap. of Hon Sir George Hamilton, 1st Bt., of Donalong, co. Tyrone, and Nenagh, co. Tipperary (by his wife Lady Mary Butler, sister of James [Butler], 1st Duke of Ormonde, and 3rd dau. of Hon Thomas Butler, styled Viscount Thurles (by his wife Elizabeth Poyntz, dau. of Sir John Poyntz, of Iron Acton, co. Gloucester), 1st son and heir ap. of Walter [Butler], 11th Earl of Ormonde and 4th Earl of Ossory), 3rd son of James [Hamilton], 1st Earl of Abercorn, and had issue
6. Hon Judith Colepeper, mar. ..... Colepeper
7. Hon Philippa Colepeper

Sources

• Colepeper, John, first Baron Colepeper (bap. 1600, d. 1660) ODNB

• Attree & Booker: "The Sussex Colepepers", Part 1, in Sussex Arch. Coll., Vol. 47 (1904), page 66.

• Gibbs, Vicary: Complete Peerage, 2nd edn, Vol. 3 (1913), page 363. Wrong parents. Corrected in Vol. 14, p. 197.

• Genealogics

• Culpepper Connections!

• Wikipedia: John Colepeper, 1st Baron Colepeper

• Wikidata: Item Q6226649

• William and Mary Quarterly

• Colepeper, Baron (E, 1644 - 1725), Cracroft's Peerage

• Visitation of Kent Page 62: Colepeper