Richard Culpeper of Moulsecoomb in Patcham1

Male, #8714, (say 1536 - before 20 Jun 1603)

ParentGeorge Culpeper of Naylands in Balcombe, co. Sussex (say 1490 - 1543)
ParentAlice (?) (say 1495 - 1574)
Richard Culpeper of Moulsecoomb in Patcham|b. say 1536\nd. before 20 Jun 1603|p8714.htm|George Culpeper of Naylands in Balcombe, co. Sussex|b. say 1490\nd. 1543|p8699.htm|Alice (?)|b. say 1495\nd. 1574|p8700.htm|Nicholas Culpeper of Wakehurst|b. say 1437\nd. 23 May 1510|p8429.htm|Elizabeth Wakehurst|b. say 1449\nd. after 1517|p8430.htm|||||||

Name Variation Richard Culpeper of Moulsecoomb in Patcham was also known as Culpepper of Moulsecoomb in Patcham. 
Name Variation Richard Culpeper of Moulsecoomb in Patcham was also known as Colepeper of Moulsecoomb in Patcham. 
Birth*say 1536 Richard was born say 1536. 
 He was the son of George Culpeper of Naylands in Balcombe, co. Sussex and Alice (?). 
Marriage*30 May 1575 He married Barbara Milles at Balcombe, co. Sussex, England, on 30 May 1575. 
Will*2 Sep 1600 He made a will on 2 Sep 1600. 
Probate*20 Jun 1603 Richard's will was probated at Lewes, co. Sussex, England, on 20 Jun 1603. 
Death*before 20 Jun 1603 He died before 20 Jun 1603. 
Biography* Richard, the youngest son of George and Alice Culpeper , married at Balcombe 30 May 1575, Barbara Milles, by whom he had four children, baptized at East Grinstead.
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He made his will on 2 Sep 1600, as of Moulsecoomb in Patcham (co. Sussex), gent. In it he desires to be buried in the church. Leaves to his wife Barbara £30 and £3 per annum out of lands in Worth; to his son John £160, and to his sons Nicholas and Richard £160 each at 21. He appoints as overseers his friends Edward Culpeper of Wakehurst, Esq., Thomas Culpeper of Naylands, gent., and John Mascall, Junior of Plumpton (co. Sussex), and makes Thomas Culpeper, his eldest son, his residuary legatee and executor, by whom his will was proved at Lewes, 20 Jun 1603, with an inventory amounting to £775, 2s, 6d.
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In 1573, a year before his marriage, he appears to have bought half the manor of Clayton, with lands in (the Sussex parishes of) Clayton, Patcham, Keymer, Hurst, Balcombe, Ditchling, Cuckfield, Wivelsfield, Lindfield, Westmeston and Street, from the Earl of Derby. In 1576, he bought more property in Clayton manor from Henry Broadbridge. In 1577, he sold part of what he had bought. In 1587, he sold a small portion more. In 1592, he purchased Great Pilstye and Robins, in Ardingly, from Sir Francis Carewe, which premises he, with Barbara his wife, sold a year later to Sir Edward Culpeper.
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He was buried at Patcham in 1603.

(Names referenced above: Richard Culpeper of Moulsecoomb in Patcham Richard Culpeper of Moulsecoomb in Patcham). 

Family

Barbara Milles (say 1554 - )
Marriage*30 May 1575 He married Barbara Milles at Balcombe, co. Sussex, England, on 30 May 1575. 
Children

Charts The Earliest Colepepers and Culpepers (10 generations)
The Culpepers of Wakehurst, from 1437: Extinct after 8 generations
Last Edited 3 Oct 2002

Citations

  1. Col. F.W.T. Attree R.E./F.S.A. & Rev. J.H.L. Booker M.A., "The Sussex Colepepers, Part II", Sussex Archaeological Collections, XLVIII, 65-98, (1905) http://gen.culpepper.com/historical/sussex/default.htm.