Cambridge University
Culpeper Alumni, 1261-1900
Alumni Cantabrigienses
was compiled by J. A. Venn, a former president of Queen's College. This
list of all known students, graduates, and officers at The University of
Cambridge offers information from the university's earliest records through
1900. This is quite an impressive span when one considers that the earliest
records of the university date from around 1261. This entire collection contains
10 volumes in 2 sets. The first set covers alumni from the earliest records to
1752 and the second set from 1752 to 1900. The compilation was published by
Cambridge University Press in 1921.
Every entry offers important information which may include any of the
following: notable accomplishments, occupation, birth date, birth place, other
schooling, spouse's name, parent's names, siblings and other important
associations.
Legend
 | Matriculated: The formal admission of a student into the University
as distinguished from his admission into a College. It occurred in each of
the three terms: Lent, Easter, Michaelmas.
 | Fellow-commoner: The first of the three ranks in which students
were matriculated. |
| Pensioner--One whose matriculation was granted as a favor or
reward. |
| Sizar: A student who receives an allowance towards his college
expenses and who originally acted as a servant to other students in
return for this allowance. |
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| P.C.C.: Prerogative Court of Canterbury. |
Individuals named Culpeper or Culpepper
The first name below is for someone with a given name, not surname, of
Culpepper. He is included recognizing the possibility that he may be
descended from a Culpepper. The others are all individuals born with a
Culpeper or Culpepper surname. The Colepeper spelling was not used for any
of the names listed, although this may well have been the decision of the
complier and not how the names were actually entered in the University
records. All entries where the birth is noted as "circa" have
been estimated by Culpepper Connections.
| Culpepper Conant
Born circa 1749. Admitted as Fellow-commoner (age 30) at Trinity College, 16
Mar 1779. Son of John Conant [M.A., Oxford, and Preb. of Bangor], of
Hastingleigh, Kent. School, Canterbury, Kent (Mr. Beauvoir). Matriculated Michaelmas
1779; B.A. 1783; M.A. 1786. Died 1815, at Mortlake. (G. Mag., 1815, I. 475.) |
| Alexander Culpeper of Bedgebury, Kent
Born circa 1535. Matriculated as Pensioner from St John's College, Michaelmas
1550. Probably son of Sir Thomas Culpeper of Goudhurst, Kent, Knight. Admitted
at Gray's Inn, 1553. Knighted, 1573. Catholic recusant (I.e., a Roman Catholic
who refused to attend services of the Church of England). Imprisoned at
Wisbech, 1588. (From about 1570 to 1791, recusancy was a statutory offense.) |
| Edward Culpeper
Born circa 1605. Admitted as Fellow-commoner (age 16) at Caius College, 12
Nov 1621. Son of Sir Edward Culpeper, of Wakehurst, Sussex, Knight. School,
Eton. Matriculated 1621; B.A. 1624-5. Admitted at Gray's Inn, 11 Apr 1627.
Living, 1634. Brother of William Culpeper (1621). |
| John Culpeper
Born circa 1529. Matriculated as Pensioner from Corpus Christi College, Michaelmas
1545; B.A. 1547-8; M.A. 1552. Fellow of Peterhouse College, 1549-54. Rector of
Ardingley, Sussex, 1564-90. Buried there 13 Mar 1589-90. Will at Lewes.
(Cooper, I. 112; W. C. Harrison.) |
| John Culpeper
Born circa 1595. Matriculated as Fellow-commoner from Peterhouse College, Michaelmas
1611. Perhaps Baron Culpeper, for whom see Dictionary of National Biography |
| John Spencer Culpepper
Born circa 1711. Admitted as Pensioner (age 18) at Trinity College, 23 Feb
1729-30. Son of William Culpepper of Hollingbourne, Kent. School,
Charterhouse, London. Matriculated 1729-30; Scholar, 1730. |
| Nicholas Culpeper
Born circa 1582. Admitted as Pensioner at Queens' College, 19 Apr 1601. Of
Kent. Born at East Grinstead, Sussex. B.A. 1604-5; M.A. 1608. Ordained deacon
(London) 19 Mar 1608-9, age 27; Priest, 4 Mar 1609-10. Canon of Withiham, Sussex.
Vicar of Aleiston, 1613. Rector of Ockley. 1615. Buried there 5 Oct 1616. Father of
Nicholas, below. (Surrey Archaeol. Coll., X. 29.) |
| Nicholas Culpeper
Born in London, 18 Oct 1616. At Cambridge, 1634, for a time, but no University
or College record. Son of Nicholas, above. Apprenticed to an apothecary in
London; and set up as physician and astrologer in Spitalfields.
Parliamentarian and Schismatic. Author, medical. Died 10 Jan 1653-4. (Dictionary of National Biography) |
| Richard Culpeper
Born circa 1535. Matriculated as Sizar from Peterhouse College, Easter, 1549,
impubes (Under age). |
| Sir Thomas Culpepper
Born 1578. M.A. 1635-6, Litterae Regiae (Royal mandates directing the
conferring of a degree). Son of Francis Culpeper, of Greenway Court,
Hollingbourne, Kent. Matriculated from Hart Hall, Oxford, 15 Oct 1591. Of the
Middle Temple, 1594. Bought Leeds Castle, Kent. Knighted, 1619. Member of
Parliament for Chippenham, 1614; for Tewkesbury, 1628-9. Author, Tract
against Usury. Died 26 Jan 1661-2, Buried at Hollingbourne. (Dictionary of National
Biography;
Viscount of Sussex.) |
| William Culpeper
Born circa 1602. Admitted as Fellow-commoner (age 19) at Caius College, 12 Nov
1621. Son and heir of Sir Edward Culpeper, of Wakehurst, Sussex. School, Eton.
Matriculated 1621. Migrated to Oxford. B.A. from Balliol College, 1625; M.A.
from Hart Hall, 1633-4. Admitted at Lincoln's Inn, 13 Nov 1623. Created
Baronet, 20 Sep 1628. Member of Parliament for East Grinstead, 1640; return
disallowed by the House. Died circa 1651. Will, P.C.C. Brother of Edward
Culpeper (1621). (Venn, I. 255; G.E.C.) |
| Culpepper
Born circa 1587. Matriculated as Sizar from Christ's College, Easter, 1603. |
| Culpeper
Born circa 1627. Admitted as Fellow-commoner at St. Catharine's College, 1646. |
| Culpeper
Born circa 1628. Admitted as Fellow-commoner at Trinity College, 24 Jun 1647.
Of Sussex. |
Last Revised: 19 Sep 1999
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