Historical Culpeppers
Historical documents, treatises, biographies, theories and
debunked legends concerning the early Colepepers and Culpepers of
England, Barbados and Virginia.
Contents
Name Origin, Coat of Arms, and Flags
Scholarly Treatises
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The Sussex Colepepers.
A two volume work on the early Colepepers (Culpepers)
in England during the period of 1170-1700. By Col. F. W. T. Attree
(1904-1905). |
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Proprietors of the Northern Neck. The early Culpepers in
England and Virginia during the period of 1475-1800. By Fairfax Harrison (1926). |
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Culpeper's Rebellion (1667-1679). An uprising in
northern Carolina, involving John Culpeper of Albemarle, sometimes referred to as the
Carolina Rebel. Written as a Master's thesis by William Smith (1990). |
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Abduction: An
Alternative Form of Courtship? A paper written by Julia Pope, M.A.
and presented at the International Medieval Congress, Kalamazoo. MI, May
2003. Based upon the 15th century abduction of the Wakehurst sisters by
the Culpeper brothers. |
Historical Documents
| The Second Virginia
Charter, 23 May 1609. Shows Thomas Culpeper of Wigsell, Esquire, and John
Culpeper, gentleman, being among
a group of "Adventurers" (Investors) involved in the First Virginia Colony
(Jamestown). |
| The Third Virginia Charter,
12 Mar 1612. Shows as adventurers, Sir Edward Culpeper, Knight; Sir Wareham St.
Leger, Knight; John Culpeper, and Robert Peake. |
Biographies
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Richard
and Nicholas Culpeper of Wakehurst (circa 1435-1515). Brothers who
abducted and married the wealthy young Wakehurst sisters, bringing the
vast Wakehurst estate into the Culpeper family where it remained for
the next two centuries. |
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Catherine Howard (c.1522-1542). The fifth wife of King
Henry VIII, Catherine Howard, whose mother was Joyce Culpeper, was beheaded in the Tower of London because of
an adulterous affair with her cousin, Thomas Culpeper. |
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The Sir Thomas Culpepers of
Hollingbourne: The Elder (1578-1662) and The Younger (1626-1697) Writers on Usury. |
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John Culpeper, First Baron of Thoresway (1600-1660). A
brief biographical sketch on the first Lord Culpeper. |
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Sir Cheney Culpeper of Leeds
Castle (1601-1663). Received Leeds Castle in 1632 as a gift from
his father, Sir Thomas Culpeper of Hollingbourne--the Elder, and
resided there until his death. |
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Dr. Nicholas Culpeper (1616-1654).
The famous and controversial English herbalist, great-grandson of Thomas Culpeper of Wakehurst Place. |
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Frances Culpeper (1634-1690+). Apart from Pocahontas, Lady
Frances (Culpeper) Berkeley, the strong-willed, thrice-married and childless Colonial dame
who ruled the political roost in Virginia from around 1670 until her death in the 1690s,
was the Old Dominion's most notable 17th century woman. |
| Col. Thomas Culpeper
(1637-1708). |
| William Culpeper (1664-1726).
English Poet and Politician. |
| Sir
William Culpeper of Wakehurst, 2nd. Bart. (1668-1740). The wastrel
whose gambling and excessive life-style resulted in the loss of
Wakehurst and the last of the Culpeper's great manors. |
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Edmund Culpeper (c.1670-1738).
Inventor
of the Culpeper-Type Microscope. |
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John "The Baptist" Culpepper
(1765-1845). A noted clergyman as well as U.S. Congressman from North Carolina. |
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Biographies of
American Military Servicemen |
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Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997). A
Culpepper cousin |
Theories
Legends
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Four Lord Culpepers, but Not Enough Sons (1644-1725). Many
modern-day Culpeppers have heard that they were descended from Lord Culpeper of Virginia.
We review the facts that show the claim to be a myth. |
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The Apocryphal Culpeppers. An analysis
debunking a hundred year old hoax involving fanciful accounts of four
fictitious characters: John Marlow Culpepper, Thomas Fairfax Culpepper, Sam Low Culpepper and
Charles Marion Culpepper. If you have grafted any of these imposters into your family
tree, you may want to read this article and then call a tree surgeon. |
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Irish Culpeppers. Were there any Irish Culpeppers?
We know of none. However, from time to time, we have heard
researchers who believed that they descended from Culpeppers in Ireland.
We examine one source of the misunderstanding:
an article on
David Culpepper. |
| Indian Princesses and Other
American Indian Stories. There is an old story about an Indian
princess marrying a Culpepper. There are also claimed linkages between
the Culpeppers and Cherokee Indians. For several years we have looked
for, but been unable to prove any linkages of Culpeppers to Native
Americans. |
Paintings
A 1700's portrait in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
It includes:
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Thomas Culpeper, Esquire
(1669-1703) |
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William Culpeper, Esquire (1664-1726) |
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William Hamilton (1663-1737), husband of
Margaret Culpepper (1666-1736) who was the sister of Thomas
and William Culpeper above. The notorious "Blue Dick"
pamphlet was directed by William Culpeper to his hated
brother-in-law, William Hamilton. |
Early English Wills
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Transcriptions of over
80 early Culpeper and Colepeper
English wills from the
14th to 18th centuries. |
Resources on Other Web
Sites
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Virginia Colonial Records Project
Survey Reports. This database provides access to information about historical documents relating
to the colonial period in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Electronic Index
to the Survey Reports is now available, which contains more than five-hundred thousand
(500,000) personal- name and ship-name entries. The index also can be searched by
repository name, document title, and Survey Report number. Keyword and combination
(Boolean) searches are available, too. The database also links the digitized images of the Survey Reports to the
electronic index, thus creating a complete and readily accessible finding aid to the
documentary riches of the Virginia Colonial Records Project. |
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Medieval English
Genealogy. A web site designed to provide resources for those
tracing medieval English genealogy up to about 1600. |
Last Revised:
10 Mar 2008
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