Sir John Culpeper of Hardreshull and Bayhall1 
Male, #8402, (say 1305 - after 1370)
Father* | Sir Thomas Culpeper of Bayhall in Pembury, co. Kent (s 1260 - 1321) |
Mother* | Margery Bayhall (s 1265 - ) |
Name-AltSpell | This surname is sometimes spelled Culpepper. | |
Name-AltSpell | This surname is sometimes spelled Colepeper. | |
Birth* | say 1305 | John was born at England say 1305. |
Marriage* | say 1345 | He married Elizabeth Hardreshull at Pembury, co. Kent, England, say 1345. |
Birth of Son | say 1356 | His son Sir Thomas Culpeper of Bayhall, Hardreshull & Exton was born say 1356. |
Death* | after 1370 | He died at co. Kent, England, after 1370. |
Biography* | Sir John, who in 1348 had purchased the manor of Wigsell, in Salehurst, co. Sussex, from Simon de Etchingham, by marriage with Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Hardreshull, of Hardreshull, co. Warwick, considerably augmented his patrimonial estates, and left at his death an only son and heir, Sir Thomas Colepeper, of Bayhall, in Kent., and Hardreshull, in Warwickshire.1 Sir John succeeded to Bayhall on the death of his brother Walter. Sheriff 1364-5, 1365-6, 1368-9 (39, 40 43 Edw III). Commissioner for equipping ships 1370, jointly with sheriffs of Kent, Surrey, Sussex and others. (Rymer) In Burke's Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland & Scotland, p. 144-145, is the following on John Culpeper, Sheriff of Kent: "John Colepeper, esq. of Bay Hall, who was sheriff of Kent in the 43rd an unknown date of Edward III [around 1370]. He m. Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Sir John Hardrishall, knt. of Hardrishall, in the county of Warwick, by Maud Mussenden, an heiress, and thereby became possessed of divers manors." | |
Will | 26 Oct 1427 | He is mentioned in the will of Sir Thomas Culpeper of Bayhall, Hardreshull & Exton on 26 Oct 1427.2 |
Biography | He is referenced in a biographical note for Sir Thomas Culpeper of Bayhall in Pembury, co. Kent.3 |
Family | Elizabeth Hardreshull (say 1320 - ) | |
Marriage* | say 1345 | He married Elizabeth Hardreshull at Pembury, co. Kent, England, say 1345. |
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Citations
- Col. F.W.T. Attree R.E./F.S.A. & Rev. J.H.L. Booker M.A., "The Sussex Colepepers, Part I", Sussex Archaeological Collections, XLVII,47-81, (1904)http://gen.culpepper.com/historical/sussex/default.htm.
- Medieval Kent Wills at Lambeth - Book 22 Page 139. A translation into English from Latin / French transcriptions made by Leland L. Duncan
www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/Wills/Lbth/Bk22/page%20139.htm. - Sussex Archeological Collections, Sussex, England: Sussex Archaeological Society.
Janet H. Stevenson, "Alexander Nesbitt, a Sussex antiquary, and the Oldlands estate", 1999, Volume 137, pages 163-164.