Alexander (Colepeper) Culpepper
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Alexander (Colepeper) Culpepper (bef. 1457 - abt. 1541)

Sir Alexander "of Bedgebury and Hardreshull" Culpepper formerly Colepeper
Born before in Bedgebury, Kent, Englandmap [uncertain]
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married about 1480 in Sussex, Englandmap [uncertain]
Husband of — married after 1509 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died about after about age 83 in Bedgebury, Kent, Englandmap
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Profile last modified | Created 12 Sep 2010
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Biography

Sir Alexander Culpepper son of Sir John and father of Thomas.[1]

Listed as Sir Alexander of Bedgebury in the Newington pedigree in the Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Sussex.[2]

Marriage Alexander Colepeper and Agnes Davy.[2] Known issue:-

  1. Alice[2]

Marriage of Alexander Culpepper and Constance Chamberlain.[3] Known issue:-

  1. Anne[4]
  2. Katherin[4]
  3. Thomas[1]
  4. Johanna[4]
  5. John[4]
  6. Margaret[4]

20 May 1540: Will of Alexaunder Colpeper of Begeburye wt in the parishe of Goutherst [Goudhurst] in Kent, Knighte. Mention is made of the following:-[4]

  • wife Dame Constance;
  • daughters Margaret and Katherin;
  • daughter Alice; and
  • brother[-in-law] Sir Edwarde Chamberlayne

5 May 1541: Codecil to the will additionally mentions:-[4]

  • son John; and
  • daughters Anne and John [Johanna]

1541: Burial at Goudhurst, Kent, England.[4] [5]

Research Notes

His full name is Sir Alexander Culpeper of Bedgebury & Hardreshull, with birth and parentage described in Culpepper Connections Family Tree website citing Col. F.W.T. Attree "The Sussex Colepepers".[4]

I am changing Alexander's dob from 1470 to before 2 Dec 1457 so that he wlll not have been born after his mother died. If you have the correct dob and a valid source, please enter that information here and notify me and/or the other profile manager. Patricia Prickett Hickin, 21 March 2019.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; & Owen, George. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Culpepper pedigree Vol LIII, p 3.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Berry, William. "Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Sussex". London: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1830. P 158.
  3. St George, Henery. The Visitation of Cambridge: 1619. London: The Harleian Society, 1897. Chamberlayne pedigree Vol XLI, p 41.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Griffin, Lew. "Culpepper Sir Alexander Culpeper of Bedgebury & Hardreshull, Knight". Culpepper Connections! The Culpepper Family History Site. Accessed 23 Jun 2020.
  5. Historic England: Goudhurst The Church of St Mary




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Here’s a nice close up of the effigies

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2649873

posted by Ann Browning
Culpepper-111 and Colepeper-6 do not represent the same person because: Birth dates do not match; parents different
posted by Patrick McCormick

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