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Family Sheet
HUSBAND
Name: Walter CulpeperMale Note
Born: 1458 1458-1-1 at Bedgbury, , Kent, England Bedgbury, , Kent, England
Married: 1490 1490-1-1 at Bedgbury, Goudhurst, Kent, England Bedgbury, Goudhurst, Kent, England
Died: 14 Sep 1514 1514-9-14 at , , , England , , , England
WIFE
Born: 1471 at Losenham, , Kent, England
Died: 1532 at , , , England
Father: Harry Aucher
Mother: Unknown
CHILDREN
Born: 1502 at Bedgbury, Goudhurst, Kent, England
Died: 1591
Husband: Tooke
Born: 1504 at Bedgbury, , Kent, England
Died: Bef 1532
Husband: Thomas Wilsford
Name: Thomas Culpeper
Born: 1506 at Bedgbury, Goudhurst, Kent, England
Died: Bef 1532
Born: 1509 at Bedgbury, Goudhurst, Kent, England
Died: 6 Dec 1559 at Salehurst, , Sussex, England
Wife: Cecilia Dingeley Barrett
NOTES
1). He began life, like his grandfather, the squire of Agi n c o u rt for whom hewas named, as a professional soldier b u t , un like his grandfather, he didnot live to retir e t o h i s estat es. The earliest record of him is on thep ag e of n at ional hi story, at the very end of his career . Th e Chron icl e ofCalai s Camden Society, No. 35, p. 6 reci tes hi m in O ctober, 15 08 asunder marshall of tha t town , presen t at th e treaty fo r the marriage ofMary , daughte r of Henr y VII t o the Duke o f Burgundy, afterw ards theem peror Char les V a nd in that ca pacity there w as assigne d to him a t thebeginn ing of the nex t reign J uly, 1509 a Crown ten ement in Fis herstretein Cal ais an d an annui ty of 20 pound s. Out of th e revenues of th e t own.Two yea rs later, in No vember, 1511 , being then reci t ed a squir e of thebody o f Henry VIII , lie was grante d als o the po st of bailiff o f theScavage o f Calais an d the isl e of Co lne L. & P. Hen ry VIII, i, 47 , 94,298 . His crowdin g ho ur came in August , 1513, when hi s youn g master wasengag e d in the invasio n of France to ass er t an outworn claim of i nheritance of t hat realm, and i t w as Walter s fortune t o b e left for the moment in resp onsibl e command of the ga rriso n of Calais . The chronicl erHall re cords Holinshe d iii, 580 that a s the King la y before The rouanneon th e Flemish bord er, th e captain o f Boulogue mad e a night f oray onCalais see kin g booty an d to insult the i nvading E nglish. Arriving wi t h athousa nd men at the bridg e whic h defended the cause y lea din g to thetown, the French ma n surprised the guard a nd cap t ured the ordnance theremo u nted. Retaining 600 me n at t he br idge for a stale h e the ndispatched the remai nin g 400 int o the marishes an d meado ws to fetchaway th e b easts and catt le which the y should fi nd there. Som e o f theseforagers app roached s o near the wa lls of Cala is a s to raise the alarm,w hereup on about fiv e of the c lock e in the morning the gat e o f Calis,called Bu llongu e gate , was opened, and by permi s sion of the deputi e on eCulpepe r, the under marshall, wi th t wo hundred arche r s under a b anner ofSaint George, is sued fo rth, and s et s o fierceli e on that finallie theF renchmen w ere disc omfite d and fou r and twentie of them s laine, beside stwe lve scor e that we re made prisoners an d all the ordnan c e and bootie again re couered. These pris oners were brou ght t o Calais an d ther e soldin open marke t. Walter die d befor e June 24, 1 515 when he was recite ddead on th e appointmen t of Sir H . Bana ster to his baili ffry, L . & P.Henry VIII, ii, 168 , leav ing a will foun d in A rchives section ofCul pepper Co nnect ions which bri stle s with as many old world w eapons a sa m odern museum . F airfax Harrison
2). The Will of Ann Colepeper of Wigsell 1532 From Th e S u s s ex Colepepers Extracts from the Will of Anne Colepeper If I happen to dye at Canterbury then I wyll my b o d y t o b e buryed at the frears there, and yf I happe n t o dy e a t Cra nbroke then I wyll my body to be burye d at t he fr ear s of Lo ssenham besyde my ffather there bu ryed. T o Wyll m m y sone m y weddynge rynge and all my pla tte exce pt my l yttl e lowe sa lt wt the couer and vj my b est spony s whic h I wyl le to my d aughtr Anne Tooke. To m y sone Wyl lm Cole peper al l my stok e at Lossenham. To ev ery of th e childre n of Elysa beth my da ughter xls. She m entions Fr ancis, Ann e, Constanc e, Kathery n and Mary th e children o f Thomas Wy lford, my go ddaughters . To my da ughter Culepe per ij of m y best gownes . Executor a nd res iduary legate e my son Wyll m. All my mano rs and land s i n Newenden Rowy nden and Bidde nden to certai n trustee s t o hold them to t he use of my so ne Wyllm and hi s heir s in d efault to th e right heirs o f Harry Ager, Esq. , m y father.
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