Sir Cheney Culpeper of Leeds Castle
Male, #8882, (before 15 Jul 1601 - before 2 Apr 1663)
| Parent* | Sir Thomas Culpeper of Hollingbourne, the Elder (b 8 Dec 1575 - b 27 Jan 1661) | |
| Parent* | Elizabeth Cheney (s 1582 - 27 Oct 1638) | |
Sir Cheney Culpeper of Leeds Castle|b. before 15 Jul 1601\nd. before 2 Apr 1663|p8882.htm|Sir Thomas Culpeper of Hollingbourne, the Elder|b. before 8 Dec 1575\nd. before 27 Jan 1661|p8879.htm|Elizabeth Cheney|b. say 1582\nd. 27 Oct 1638|p8881.htm|Francis Culpeper of Greenway Court, co. Kent|b. 1538\nd. 31 May 1591|p8818.htm|Joan Pordage|b. 1538\nd. 23 Mar 1598|p8468.htm|John Cheney of Guestling, co. Sussex|b. say 1552|p8880.htm|||| | ||
| Name Variation | Sir Cheney Culpeper of Leeds Castle was also known as Culpepper of Leeds Castle. | |
| Name Variation | Sir Cheney Culpeper of Leeds Castle was also known as Colepeper of Leeds Castle. | |
| Birth* | before 15 Jul 1601 | Cheney was born before 15 Jul 1601. |
| Baptism | 15 Jul 1601 | He was baptized at Hollingbourne, co. Kent, England, on 15 Jul 1601. |
| He was the son of Sir Thomas Culpeper of Hollingbourne, the Elder and Elizabeth Cheney. | ||
| Marriage* | 24 Oct 1632 | He married Elizabeth Stede at London, England, on 24 Oct 1632. |
| Burial* | 2 Apr 1663 | His body was interred on 2 Apr 1663 at Temple Church, London, England. |
| Death* | before 2 Apr 1663 | He died before 2 Apr 1663. |
| Biography* | O.s.p.m.s. . He was baptized in Hollingbourne, July 15, 1601, as 'Cheanye, filius Thomae Culpeper;' matric. at Hart Hall, November 6, 1619, 'aged 17' (Foster) ; admitted to the Middle Temple, May 7, 1621, as 'only son' of his father (Hopwood, ii, 662). When he came of age in 1623 his father purchased Wigsell for him from Sir John, afterwards first Lord Culpeper (Close Roll 21, Jac. I, pt. 26). Knighted by Charles I, September 8. 1628, at Farnham (Metcalfe, p. 189), on July 9, 1629, he was sent to the Hague to carry a letter of condolence to the Queen of Bohemia on the death of her eldest son (Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1629-31, pp. 7, 509). . In October, 1632, he m., in London, his cousin Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Stede of Harrietsham (the marriage license read 'The Rt. Worshipful Sir Cheney Culpeper, Kt. bach., 28, and Mrs. Elizabeth Steede, spr., 18, her parents being dead, consent by Lady Steede, her mother-in-law, and Dr. Steede, her uncle,' Harl. Soc. Pubs., xxiii, .208; xxvi, 308). His first three children were baptised in Harrietsham. . During the Troubles, alone of his family, he adhered to the Commonwealth. On October 21, 1651, the Council of State voted to restore Leeds Castle to him as 'the proprietor, a gentleman well affected to us' (Cal. State Papers, Commonwealth, xvi, 589). Meanwhile, in August, 1650, he had been appointed one of the Commissioners for regulating Trade, and in June, 1659, served also on the Commission for the Militia of the City of Westminster (Acts and Ordinances of the Interegnum, 1642-1660, ed. Firth, ii, 403, 1290). Although during the remainder of his life he was known as 'of Leeds Castle' (e. g., on the pedigree of his daughter's husband 'Cage of Bersted,' returned at the Visitation of Kent, 1663), he was ruined by the Restoration, and when he died in 1663, without a will, his estate was administered by his creditors (P.C.C. Admon. Act Book, 1663, and again, 1691, d.b.n.). He was buried in the Temple Church 'at the entrance into the north isle the second of April, 1663 (Inderwick, Inner Temple Records, iii, 445). His widow survived until 1674, when her will (P.C.C. Bunce, 74) was proved. . His only son, Thomas, was baptised in Harrietsham, March 9, 1636/7, and buried in Hollingbourne on February 8, 1637/8. He had also four dau. of whom the youngest m. her cousin german, Sir William Cage of Bersted. . Source: Fairfax Harrison, "The Proprietors of the Northern Neck." |
Family | Elizabeth Stede (1615 - 1674) | |
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