Born before in Kent, England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Richard Culpepper
and Isabel (Worsley) Leigh
Sister of
Elizabeth (Culpeper) Barham [half], Margaret (Culpeper) Constantine [half], Anne (Culpeper) Holden [half], Thomas Culpeper and Margaret (Culpeper) Cotton
Wife of
Ralph Leigh
— married
before 1492 [location unknown]
Wife of
Edmund Howard
— married
after 1510 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Isabel (Leigh) Stumpe, John Leigh, Joyce (Leigh) Stanney, Margaret (Leigh) Rice, Ralph Leigh, Henry Howard, Charles Howard, George Howard, Margaret (Howard) Arundell, Mary (Howard) Trafford, Joyce Howard and Catherine Howard
Died after
after age 47
in England
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Biography
Birth and Parents
Joyce Culpeper was the first daughter of Richard Culpeper of Oxon Hoath, in the parish of West Peckham, Kent and his second wife Isabel Worsley.[1][2][3] According to the Inquisition Post Mortem held for her brother Thomas in 1492, she was aged 12 and above.[3] This puts her birthdate at no later than 1480.
Marriages and Children
The same Inquisition Post Mortem noted that Joyce had married Ralph Leigh before 1492.[3] He was the younger brother of her stepfather John Leigh. They had at least 5 children:
- John[1][2]
- Ralph [1][2]
- Isabel, who married thrice[1][2]
- Joyce, wife of John Stanney, Esq[1][2]
- Margaret, wife of Unknown Rice[1][2]
Ralph died in 1509, and Joyce then married Sir Edmund Howard, a younger brother of Thomas Howard the 3rd Duke of Norfolk.[1] He was characterized as "a spendthrift who soon dissipated his wife's lands in Kent and Hampshire and fled abroad to avoid his creditors, leaving his numerous children to be brought up by relatives." [4]
They had 6 children:
- Henry[1][2]
- George[1][2]
- Charles[1][2]
- Margaret, married Sir Thomas Arundell[1][2]
- Katherine, 5th wife of Henry VIII[1][2]
- Mary, wife of Edmund Trafford[1][2]
Mentions in Wills and Inquisitions
Joyce was named, along with her sister Margaret, as one of the coheirs of their brother Thomas, whose Inquisition Post Mortem was held in 1492.[3] In 1509 she was a legatee of her first husband Ralph Leigh.[5] She was also a beneficiary in the 1527 will of her mother. [6]
Death
Joyce was still living in 1527.[6]
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. IV, pp. 108-109, STOCKMAN 12, Google Books.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. V, p. 46, STOCKMAN 16
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Maskelyne and H. C. Maxwell Lyte. "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Entries 801-850," in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Series 2, Volume 1, Henry VII, (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1898), 344-364. British History Online, accessed February 27, 2022, BHO
- ↑ Bindoff, S.T. (1982). The House of Commons 1509–1558, Vol. II, London: Secker & Warburg, p. 398, Internet Archive
- ↑
Will of Ralph Leigh:
"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: 16
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 5111 #959978 (accessed 3 March 2022)
Will of Radi Lygh, granted probate on 1 Feb 1509. Died Abt 1509. - ↑ 6.0 6.1
Will of Isobel Leigh:
"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: 22
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 5111 #872830 (accessed 3 March 2022)
Will of Isabelle Leigh of Stokwell, Surrey, England, granted probate on 25 May 1527. Died Abt 1527.
Magna Carta Project
- This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project by Eilzabeth Viney in March 2022 and reviewed for the project by Michael Cayley on 4 March 2022.
- Joyce (Culpeper) Howard appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor John Stockman to Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy (vol. IV, pages 107-111 STOCKMAN) that was badged for the Magna Carta Project in January 2023. The trail is outlined in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.
- See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".
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Thank you for your reply and my apologies for not knowing the protocol of not using the Latin names. The spelling Jocaster was my error however the write up of a forthcoming TV programme covering this perid actually mentions Jocasta and the Wikipeadia entry {https://www.google.com/search?q=jocaster+cuilpeper&oq=jocaster+cuilpeper&aqs=chrome.0.69i59.42367j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8} is worded " Jocasta "Joyce" Culpeper, of Oxon Hoath was the mother of Catherine Howard, the fifth wife and Queen consort of King Henry VIII". Kind regards and thank you for contacting me.
edited by Michael Cayley
Thank you!