Sir Thomas Culpeper of Folkington, co. Sussex1
Male, #8864, (25 Dec 1598 - before 19 Mar 1639)
| Parent* | John Culpeper of Folkington, co. Sussex (1568 - 1607) | |
| Parent* | Ann Scott of Seven Oaks, Kent (s 1572 - a 1621) | |
Sir Thomas Culpeper of Folkington, co. Sussex|b. 25 Dec 1598\nd. before 19 Mar 1639|p8864.htm|John Culpeper of Folkington, co. Sussex|b. 1568\nd. 1607|p8860.htm|Ann Scott of Seven Oaks, Kent|b. say 1572\nd. after 1621|p8863.htm|Francis Culpeper of Greenway Court, co. Kent|b. 1538\nd. 31 May 1591|p8818.htm|Philippa Hinckstead|b. say 1549\nd. before 7 Jul 1574|p8467.htm|Thomas Scott of Seven Oaks, Kent|b. say 1542|p37799.htm|Margery (?)|b. say 1544|p37800.htm| | ||
| Name Variation | Sir Thomas Culpeper of Folkington, co. Sussex was also known as Colepeper of Folkington, co. Sussex. | |
| Name Variation | Sir Thomas Culpeper of Folkington, co. Sussex was also known as Culpepper of Folkington, co. Sussex. | |
| Birth* | 25 Dec 1598 | Thomas was born on 25 Dec 1598. |
| He was the son of John Culpeper of Folkington, co. Sussex and Ann Scott of Seven Oaks, Kent. | ||
| Baptism | 4 Jan 1601 | He was baptized at St. Mary Woolchurch, Haw, co. Kent, England, on 4 Jan 1601. |
| Marriage* | say 1629 | He married Elizabeth Goodridge say 1629. |
| Burial* | 19 Mar 1639 | His body was interred on 19 Mar 1639 at Folkington, co. Sussex, England. |
| Death* | before 19 Mar 1639 | He died at Folkington, co. Sussex, England, before 19 Mar 1639. |
| Biography* | By an Inquisition taken at King's Clere, co. Southampton, 8 Oct 1610 (8 James I), it was found that John Culpeper, gent., had issue male on the body of Anne his wife a certain Thomas Culpeper, who is his son and heir, and was aged 11 on 25 Dec 1609.. . This Thomas, though from the Inquisition it would appear that he was born 25 Dec 1598, is presumably the Thomas baptized at St. Mary Woolchurch, Haw, on 4 Jan 1600/1, and was probably the Sir Thomas Culpeper knighted at Whitehall 10 Dec 1628. From the Visitation of Sussex in 1634 he married Elizabeth, daughter of ___ Goodridge, of ___ in co. York, sister to Henry Goodridge, by whom he had the following children, all baptized at Folkington on the dates given: . (i) Anne, daughter of Thomas Culpepper, Knight, 21 Jun 1632. She married at Wilmington, 1 Aug 1648, John Honey, of Ditchling, gent., but died s.p., and was buried at Wilmington 4 Apr 1649. . (ii) John, son of Thomas Culpepper, Knight, 18 Feb 1663/4. . (iii) Francis, son of Thomas Culpepper, Knight, 16 Jun 1635. . (iv) William, son of Thomas Culpepper, Knight, 26 Oct 1637. . His wife Elizabeth was buried at Folkington 5 May 1638, and Sir Thomas himself was buried there 19 Mar 1638/9. He left no will, but by an Inq. taken at Winchester 30 Jul 1639, the jurors found that: . On a day before the death of the said Sir Thomas Culpeper, a certain John Culpeper father of the aforesaid Thomas was in his lifetime seized in fee simple of the manor of Pennington Mewsey alias Pennyton Mewsey with appurtenances in the county of Southampton, and of and in one messuage (dwelling house) and one carucate of land (as much land as could be tilled by a team of eight oxen in one year) with appurtenances (rights) in the parish of Pennington Mewsey alias Pennyton Mewsey, lately the lands of William Peverell, and that the aforesaid John Culpeper by Indenture dated 1 May 4 James, late King of England (1606) made between the aforesaid John Culpeper by the name of John Culpeper of Pennington co. Southampton Esq. and Anne his wife of the first part and George Scott and Edmund Scott of the other part agreed with the said George and Edmund Scott that he and the said John and Anne his wife should before Easter term next ensuing levy a fine of all the premises to the use of the aforesaid John Culpeper and Anne his wife for the terms of their lives, and after their decease to the use of their heirs male, with remainder to the right heirs of the aforesaid John. And the said fine was accordingly levied by which fine and Indenture and Act of Parliament of 4 Feb 27 Henry VIII (1536), the aforesaid John Culpeper and Anne his wife were seized of the aforesaid manor in lordship as of a free tenement for the term of their lives. The aforesaid John Culpeper was also seized of the advowson, Rectory and Church of Pennington Mewsey alias Pennyton Mewsey, and having issue by the aforesaid Anne died on 6 Oct 5 James (1607) and that the aforesaid Anne survived him, and is yet living. After the death of the said John the advowson of Pennington Mewsey and the reversion of the premises descended to the aforesaid Sir Thomas Culpeper Knight named in the brief and afterwards he had a release out of the hands of the King of so much of the premises as devolved on the King by the death of the aforesaid John Culpeper. The aforesaid Sir Thomas Culpeper died on 6 May last past and John Culpeper Esq. is his son and next heir, and at the time of the death of Thomas Culpeper his father was aged 5 years 2 months and 21 days. The aforesaid Anne widow of the aforesaid John is still alive. The Manor of Pennington Mewsey is held of the King as of the heredity of Sir Thomas Seymor Knight, who died without heirs, by military service and is worth 20s per annum. The messuage and carucate is held of the King as of his honour of Gloucester by military service and is worth 5s. The advowson is held of the King in capite and is worth nothing because it is filled. . Source: The Sussex Colepepers, pages 76-77. |
Family | Elizabeth Goodridge (say 1611 - before 5 May 1638) | |
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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.