Alicia Culpeper1,2,3

Female, #9205, (say 1658 - Apr 1734)

ParentSir Richard Culpeper of Preston Hall, 2nd Bart. (say 1630 - before 5 Jan 1659)
ParentMargaret Reynolds (say 1633 - 1691)
Alicia Culpeper|b. say 1658\nd. Apr 1734|p9205.htm|Sir Richard Culpeper of Preston Hall, 2nd Bart.|b. say 1630\nd. before 5 Jan 1659|p9200.htm|Margaret Reynolds|b. say 1633\nd. 1691|p9201.htm|Sir William Culpeper of Preston Hall in Aylesford, 1st Bart.|b. 1588\nd. say 1651|p8550.htm|Helen Spencer|b. say 1591\nd. 1677|p9197.htm|||||||

Name Variation Alicia Culpeper was also known as Culpepper of England. 
Name Variation Alicia Culpeper was also known as Colepeper. 
Birth*say 1658 Alicia was born say 1658. 
 She was the daughter of Sir Richard Culpeper of Preston Hall, 2nd Bart. and Margaret Reynolds. 
Marriage*1675 She married Herbert Stapley Esq. in 1675. 
Married Name1675 As of 1675, her married name was Stapley. 
Marriage6 Oct 1692 She married Sir Thomas Taylor of Maidstone, 1st Bart. at Ditton, co. Kent, England, on 6 Oct 1692. St. Peter's Church. 
Married Name6 Oct 1692 As of 6 Oct 1692, her married name was Taylor. 
Marriage*say 1698 She married Thomas Culpeper say 1698. 
Marriage16 Oct 1723 She married Dr. John Milner of Maidstone at St. Peter's Church, Ditton, co. Kent, England, on 16 Oct 1723. 
Married Name16 Oct 1723 As of 16 Oct 1723, her married name was Milner. 
Death*Apr 1734 She died at Preston Hall, Aylesford, co. Kent, England, in Apr 1734. 
Probate*say 1734 Alicia's will was probated at co. Kent, England, say 1734. 
Biography* Alicia was the last of the line of Aylesford Culpepers.
In about 1675, she married Herbert Stapeley Esquire, the son and heir apparent of Sir John Stapeley, Baronet, of Patcharn in Sussex. Herbert was MP for Seaford in 1679. They were blessed with several children, all of whom died young. Herbert, the fourth son, died in 1687 aged three and was interred in the chancel of Folkington Church, Sussex. Alicia's husband, Herbert, died c. 1690.
The widowed Alicia Stapeley remarried. Her second husband was Sir Thomas Taylor, Baronet, (1657-96) of Park House, Maidstone. The ceremony took place at St Peter's Church, Ditton. The parish register recorded: '1692 Oct 6 Sir Thomas Taylor of Maidstone, Baronet, and Madame Alicia Stapeley of Aylesford were married.'
Sir Thomas died in 1696. Their son Thomas (1693-1720) succeeded to the baronetcy at the age of three.
Lady Alicia Taylor, being left a widow for the second time, was again wooed. She married her first cousin, Thomas Culpeper, a barrister, the second son of Sir Thomas Culpeper of Hollingbourne. Lady Alicia continued to reside in Park House, Maidstone, where she brought up and educated her son, Sir Thomas Taylor. Her third husband died young. Their son, Sir Thomas, died in 1720 at age twenty-seven. The baronetcy became extinct.
Lady Alicia's brother, Sir Thomas Culpeper of Preston Hall, died in 1723 without issue. His baronetcy became extinct. She therefore inherited the estate.
In need of a partner to share in the management of the estates, and someone to comfort her in old age, she remarried. Her fourth husband was Dr. John Milner, M.D. of Pudsey, Yorkshire. The marriage ceremony was solemnized at St Peter's Church, Ditton. The parish register recorded: '1723 Oct 16 Dr. Millner of Maidstone and the Lady Taylor of Aylesford were married. Lady Taylor, the last of the Culpepers, had no children.'
Lady Alicia settled all her estates, including Preston Hall, on Dr. Milner and his heirs, reserving only her life interest. John Milner devised the inheritance of the estate of Preston Hall to his brother Dr. Charles Milner, M.D.
Following the pattern established by her previous husbands, John Milner did not survive the union with Lady Alicia. He died in February 1724.
In her lonely, childless widowhood, Lady Alicia lived on at Preston Hall. When she died in April 1734, she must have been nearly eighty. The entry for her interment was entered twice in Aylesford's parish register. She was interred in the north chancel of the parish church.
(Source: James H. Sephton, "Preston Hall, Aylesford", 1997.)
(Names referenced above: Alicia Culpeper Alicia Culpeper). 

Family

Sir Thomas Taylor of Maidstone, 1st Bart. (say 1655 - 1696)
Marriage6 Oct 1692 She married Sir Thomas Taylor of Maidstone, 1st Bart. at Ditton, co. Kent, England, on 6 Oct 1692. St. Peter's Church. 
Child

Charts The Culpepers of Preston Hall, from 1266. Extinct after 13 generations
The Culpepers of Bedgebury, from 1470: Extinct after 7 generations
Last Edited 25 Nov 2002

Citations

  1. "Colepeper of Aylesford Pedigree," Unknown book.
  2. James H. Sephton, Preston Hall, Aylesford, 496 Station Road, Aylesford, Kent: J. H. Sephton, 1997, Repository: Warren Culpepper's Personal Library.
  3. William Berry, compiler, Pedigrees of the Families of the County of Sussex Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1830.