CULPEPER, Sir John (1600-60), of Hollingbourne, Kent

Family and Education

b. 15 Aug. 1600, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Thomas Culpeper† (d. 18 Sept. 1613) of Wigsell, Suss. and 1st w. Anne (bur. 26 Feb. 1602), da. of Sir Stephen Slaney, ld. mayor of London.WARD7/59/106; WARD9/216, f. 36v; F.W.T. Attree, J.H.L. Booker, ‘The Sussex Colepepers’ (Suss. Arch. Collns. xlvii), 65-8. educ. ?Peterhouse, Camb. Mich. 1611;Al. Cant. Hart Hall, Oxf. 26 Apr. 1616;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 6 Feb. 1618.M. Temple Admiss. i. 107. m. (1) 29 Oct. 1628, Philippa (bur. 16 Sept. 1630), da. of George Snelling of West Grinstead, Suss., 1s. d.v.p. 1da. d.v.p.; (2) lic. 12 Jan. 1631, Judith (d. bef. 1660), da. of Sir Thomas Colepeper of Hollingbourne, 5s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.).Attree, Booker, ‘Suss. Colepepers’, 65-8; CP. Kntd. 14 Jan. 1622;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 178. cr. Baron Colepeper of Thoresway, 21 Oct. 1644;CP. d. 11 July 1660.Attree, Booker, ‘Suss. Colepepers’, 68.

Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Suss. by Jan. 1635–20 July 1641.C181/3, f. 210; C181/5, f. 144v; E. Suss. RO, RYE 47/118/35a/5; Coventry Docquets, 48–9. J.p. Kent 24 Feb. 1640–?C231/5, p. 370. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy), 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. defence of Oxf. (roy.) 24 Apr. 1643, 3 June 1644, 8 May 1645.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 30–1, 220–1, 269–70; CSP Dom. 1644–5, p. 464.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR. Member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641.CJ ii. 288b. Under-treas. and chan. of the exchequer, 1 Jan. 1642–3 Mar. 1643.PC2/53, f. 99; Clarendon, Hist. ii. 527. PC, 1 Jan. 1642–d.PC2/53, f. 99. Master of the rolls, 28 Jan. 1643-Nov 1643, 1 June 1660–d.C231/3, p. 1; CP. Commr. treasury, 7 Feb.-aft. 28 Sept. 1642, 19 June 1660–d.PRO30/24/7/465; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 394; Sainty, Treasury Officials, 18. Member, cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 384a. council of war (roy.) by 21 Jan. 1643-aft. Dec. 1644.Harl. 6851, f. 104; Harl. 6802, f. 357. Commr. admlty. (roy.) Dec. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 109. Uxbridge Treaty (roy.), 21 Jan. 1645.LJ vii. 150a. Cllr. prince of Wales, 28 Jan. 1645-Jan. 1649.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 252–3.

Court: esq. of king’s body, extraordinary, by July 1641–?LC3/1, f. 29.

Parlimentarian

CULPEPER, Sir John (1600-60), of Hollingbourne, Kent

: of Hollingbourne, Kent.

Likenesses

Likenesses: watercolour, G.P. Harding, nineteenth century.NPG.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

CULPEPER, Sir John (1600-60), of Hollingbourne, Kent

Will

3 July 1660, cod. 9 July 1660, pr. 6 Aug. 1660.PROB11/301, f. 193.

Estates

in 1618, on the death of his elder bro. Slaney, inherited his fa.’s estate in Kent and Suss. inc. Wigsell, which he sold in 1623.PROB11/122, ff. 109-10; Attree, Booker, ‘Suss. Colepepers’, 68. In 1629, acquired manor and advowson of West Grinstead and ten messuages, Suss.Coventry Docquets, 583. In 1631, acquired manor of Thoresway, six messuages and 2,700 acres, Lincs.Coventry Docquets, 616. In 1632, acquired a messuage and land in Thoresway for £160.E. Riding RO, DDX89/64. In 1634, acquired manors of Morghew and Godden, Tenterden, Kent (worth £338 p.a.).SP23/206, p. 497; Coventry Docquets, 648. In 1639, mortgaged manor of Thoresway for £1,000.CCC 3276. By 1642, leased rectories of Little Coates and West Ravendale and lands in Grimsby, Lincs.; owned houses in East Ravendale and ten other parishes in Lincs.; lands in manor of Thoresway; manor of Forshaw, Warws.; and marshland and saltpans in Broomhill, Suss.CCC 3276, 3277; E. Suss. RO, RYE 47/132, unfol. At d. inc. manor of Morghew and Godden and ‘divers’ manors and messuages in Kent, parsonage of Hollingbourne, Kent, and lands in Radnorshire.PROB11/301, ff. 193-5.

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