Martin_Culpepper

Martin Culpepper

Martin Culpepper

English clergyman, medical doctor, and academic

Martin Culpepper (or Culpeper or Colepeper; c. 1540 – 10 October 1605) was an English clergyman, medical doctor, and academic at the University of Oxford.

Culpepper was educated at Winchester College, where he gained a scholarship aged 13 in 1554,[1] and New College, Oxford, holding a fellowship 1559–1567, and graduating B.A. 1562, M.A. 1566, B.Med. 1568, D.Med. 1571.[2][3]

He was elected Warden (head) of New College, Oxford in 1573, holding the post until 1599.[4] During his time as Warden of New College, he was also Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1578–9.[5][6]

In the church, he held these livings:[2]

He acquired the manor of Astwood in Feckenham, Worcestershire in 1595, he and his brother Walter taking a 1,000-year lease.[7]

He died on 10 October 1605 and was buried in Feckenham.[8]

Family

He married Lettice, daughter of Humphrey Clarke of Westhawke, near Ashford, Kent.[9] They had two sons and a daughter:

References

  1. [1]
    Kirby, T. F. (1888). Winchester Scholars. p. 132. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  2. [2]
    Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses: Colepeper, Martin (Culpepper). Vol. 1. p. 303. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  3. [3]
    The Visitation of Kent 1574 & 1592 by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms, edited by W. Bruce Bannerman, F.S.A., Part 2, London 1924, p.90, where he is given as a "Dr of Physics".
  4. [4]
    Salter, H. E.; Lobel, Mary D., eds. (1954). "New College". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford. Victoria County History. pp. 144–162. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
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    "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  6. [6]
    University of Oxford (1888). "Vice-Chancellors". The Historical Register of the University of Oxford. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 21–27. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  7. [7]
    "Parishes: Feckenham". A History of the County of Worcester. Vol. 3. London: British History Online. 1913. pp. 111–120. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  8. [8]
    Braybrooke-Tucker, Stephen (2012). Hanborough: Snapshots from the History of the Parish of Hanborough, Oxfordshire, England. Author House. p. 91. ISBN 9781467882828. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  9. [9]
    Bannerman, W. Bruce, ed. (1923). The Visitations of Kent 1530-1 and 1534. Vol. 1. London. p. 69.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. [10]
    Shaw, William A. (1906). The Knights of England. Vol. 2. London. p. 132. Retrieved 5 January 2020.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  11. [11]
    "Sir Martin Culpeper of Deane". Fleming Multimedia. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  12. [12]
    "Sandys, Samuel (1560-1623), of Ombersley, Worcs". The History of Parliament.
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