Agnes (Roper) Culpeper (abt. 1400 - bef. 1457)

Born about 1400 in Canterbury St Dunstan, Canterbury, Kent, England

Ancestors

Wife of Walter Culpeper — married 1424 in Bayhall, Pembury, Kent, England

Descendants

Died before 2 Dec 1457 before about age 57 in Goudhurst, Kent, England

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Biography

Agnes was born about 1400,^[1] the name of her father, Edmund of Canterbury, appears on her tombstone located at Bedgebury Chapel of St. Mary's Church, Goudhurst.^[2] Agnes married (first) John Bedgebury (son of John de Bedgebury) who died in 1424.^[3] There were no known children from this marriage.

She married (second) Walter Culpeper. That Walter was her second husband is evidenced by an undated Chancery proceeding in which "Walter Coulpepir and Agneis, his wife, late the wife of John, son of John de Beggebury," and Thomas Chaundeler, chaplain, appeared as plaintiffs in a dispute relating to property in Goudhurst.^[4] There were five children from this marriage:

1. John Colepeper b. 1430; m. Agnes Gainsford;; d. 22 Dec 1480^[4]
2. Richard Culpepper b. 1435; m. Margaret Wakehurst; d. Oct 1516^[4]
3. Nicholas Culpeper b. 1437; m. Elizabeth Wakehurst; d. 23 May 1510^[4]
4. Margaret Culpepper b. 1439; m. Alexander Clifford; d. 1488^[4]
5. Elizabeth Culpepper b. 1441; m. John Hardes^[4]

Death

Agnes Culpepper died 2 December 1457 and was buried the following day in St Mary the Virgin's churchyard at Goudhurst, Kent, England.^[5][6] Her husband Walter died 24 November 1462 and was also buried at Goudhurst.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Culpepper Family History Website, entry for Agnes Roper.
2. ↑ Weever, John. Ancient Funerall Monuments within the United Monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent. London:Thomas Harper (1631), p. 272. monument text: Latin: "Orate pro animabus Walteri Culpeper Ar. et Agnetis vxoris sue qui quidem Walterus erat filius Thome Culpeper militis, et predicta Agnes erat filia Edmundi Robar iuxta Cantuar. et predicta Agnes obiit 2. die Decemb. Ann. Dom. 1457. et predictus Walt. obiit 24. Nouemb. 1462. quorum animabus." English: "Pray for the souls of Walter Culpeper Ar. Walter and Agnes, his wife, who was the son of Thomas Culpeper, soldier, and, according to the aforesaid Agnes was the daughter of Edmund of Canterbury Robar. 2. the day of December, and the aforesaid Agnes died. Ann. Dom. 1457. And he said Walt. died 24. Nouemb. 1462. Their lives"
3. ↑ Burke, Adrian Benjamin & Dobson, John Blythe & Wolfe, Janet Chevalley. The Exhurst Ancestry of The Stoughton Siblings of New England, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2012) Vol. 166, WN 661, p. 69. "Walter Culpepper’s wife Agnes was likely born by 1410 and probably earlier, since she was widowed by her first husband John Bedgebury in 1424."
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} Atree, Col. F.W.T. and Rev. J.H.L. Booker. The Sussex Colepepers, Part I. Sussex Archaeological Collections, Vol. 47, pp. 57-59 available online.
5. ↑ England Extracted Parish and Court Records, published by Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, 2001. "Culpeper, Agnes. Wife of Walter C., daughter of Edmd. Robar, near Canterbury. 2 Dec 1457 (Weever's Mon. 272)" Book: Obituaries Prior to 1800 (as far as relates to England, Scotland, and Ireland), compiled by Sir William Musgrave, 6th Bart. of Hayton Castle, Cumberland, and entitled by him "A General Nomenclator and Obituary, with Reference to the Books Where the Persons are Mentioned, and Where some account of Their Character is to be Found." Collection: England, Scotland, and Ireland, Musgrave's Obituaries Prior to 1800, parts 1 & 2. Culpeper, Agnes Walter C. Edmd. Robar discovered in England, Extracted Parish and Court Records - https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/20761063?h=a9f95d via @Ancestry
6. ↑ Gravestone Photographic Resources. Agnes Culpeper nee Robar. St Mary Church burial ground, Goudhurst, Kent, England. available here.

See Also:

• Atree, Col. F.W.T. and Rev. J.H.L. Booker. The Sussex Colepepers, Part 2. Sussex Archaeological Collections, Vol. 48, pp. 65-98 available online.
• 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/n16/mode/1up p 2, Culpepper.
• Culpepper Connections: Bedgebury Manor, Goudhurst, Kent, England