Walter Culpeper (abt. 1398 - 1462)

Born about 1398 in Goudhurst, Kent, England

Ancestors

Husband of Agnes (Roper) Culpeper — married 1424 in Bayhall, Pembury, Kent, England

Descendants

Died 24 Nov 1462 at about age 64 in Goudhurst, Kent, England

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Biography

Walter Culpeper of Goudhurst, Bayhall & Hardreshull "Squire of Agincourt"* (1398-1462)

The IPM for Walter's sister Joyce indicates that Walter was born by 1 March 1398/99. ^[1]

In about 1425, Walter married Agnes Roper, the young and childless widow of John Bedgebury. Through this marriage, the estate of Bedgebury came into the Culpeper family where it remained for about 250 years.^[2]

He was named in the will of his father. ^[3]

In 1434 he appeared in a list of gentlemen of Kent. Then in 1450 he appeared in a list of the adherents of Jack Cade, the leader of a popular revolt against the government, that took place mostly in the south of England. ^[4]

Walter and his wife Agnes were buried at Bedgebury Chapel of St. Mary's Church, Goudhurst. A monumental brass in Goudhurst Church describes him as a son of Sir Thomas Culpeper. He is there stated to have died in 1462 and his wife Agnes Roper in 1457.

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 Roper of Canterbury, the 2nd day of December, and the aforesaid Agnes died. Ann. Dom. 1457. And he said Walt died 24. Nouemb. 1462. Their lives"^[5]

Research Notes

The Visitation of the County of Sussex gives Walter's father as John not Thomas. The Visitation of the County of Sussex. Page 2. Culpeper

Sources

1. ↑ Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Vol. 22, 1-5 Henry VI, 1422-1427 (London: HMSO, 2003), 82 citing: Joyce wife of Hugh Halsham, Knight Writ. 18 October 1422. [Wymbyssh] Middlesex. Inquistion. Edmonton. 1 March 1423. [Charryngworth] ... She held no lands or tenements of the king in chief or of another in demesne or in service, but she held 1/3 manor of Enfield in dower by assignment of Henry IV after the death of John Wroth her first husband, of the inheritance of John Tiptoft, knight ... She died on 7 September last. John Tiptoft is 40 years and more. Walter Colepepir is her brother and heir, aged 24 years and more.
2. ↑ Edward Hasted. "The hundred of West or Little Barnefield: The parish of Goudhurst (part)," in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 7, (Canterbury: W Bristow, 1798), 73-88. British History Online, accessed December 1, 2023, BHO
3. ↑ Book: Dudding, Reginald C. (Reginald Charles), 1859-1937., History of the manor and parish of Saleby with Thoresthorpe in the county of Lincoln, with some owners, by Reginald C. Dudding.
   [Horncastle, W. K. Morton & sons, printers] 1922; page: 49
   HathiTrust (accessed 15 November 2023)
4. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Jack Cade's Rebellion," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Cade%27s_Rebellion&oldid=959179611 (accessed October 10, 2020)
5. ↑ Weever, John. Ancient Funerall Monuments within the United Monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent (Thomas Harper, London, 1631) Page 272:

• Culpepper Connections: Bedgebury Manor, Goudhurst, Kent, England
• Memorial Brass