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Sir Francis Culpepper, Knight of Greenway Court 1538 – 1591 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1538

Birth Location: Wigsell, Salehurst, Sussex, England

Death Date: 31 May 1591

Death Location: Great Wigsell, Salehurst, Rother, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir &Wigsell

Mother: Baroness Alvethy

Spouse(s): Joan Porredge

Children(s): Sir 1575

The story of Sir Francis Culpepper, Knight of Greenway Court began in 1538 in Wigsell, Salehurst, Sussex, England. Sir Francis Culpepper, Knight of Greenway Court married Joan Pordage Porredge, and had children including Sir Knight Thomas Culpeper, 1575. Sir Francis Culpepper, Knight of Greenway Court passed away in 1591 in Great Wigsell, Salehurst, Rother, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Francis Culpepper, Knight of Greenway Court began in 1538 in Wigsell, Salehurst, Sussex, England.
  • Sir Francis Culpepper, Knight of Greenway Court married Joan Pordage Porredge, and had children including Sir Knight Thomas Culpeper, 1575.
  • Sir Francis Culpepper, Knight of Greenway Court passed away in 1591 in Great Wigsell, Salehurst, Rother, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir &Wigsell
1509 – 1559
Birth Location: Bedgebury,Goudhurst,Kent,England
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Baroness Alvethy
1512 – 1559
Birth Location: Belhowse, Alvethley, Essex, England,
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Spouses(s)

Joan Porredge
1537 – 1598
Birth Location: Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Sir 1575
1575 – 1662
Birth Location: Harrietsham, Kent, England
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Sir Court's Ancestors

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Sir Court
1538 – 1591
Birth Place: Wigsell, Salehurst, Sussex, England
Parents
Sir William Hunton Culpepper, Esq. of Wigsell, Lawyer, Knight of Hunton &Wigsell
1509 – 1559
Bedgebury,Goudhurst,Kent,England
Baroness (Cicely Dingget Barrett, Lady of) Alvethy
1512 – 1559
Belhowse, Alvethley, Essex, England,
Grandparents
Sir (Lord Walter Culpepper (Culpeper), Esq. of Goudhurst, Knight of Calais & Wigsell, Under Marshell of Calais, Lord of) Widsell
1452 – 1515
Bedgebury, Goudhurst, Kent Co, England
Lady (Anne Dingley Aucher, of Losenham) Kent
1456 – 1532
Lossenham Manor, Newenden, Kent, England
John Barrett
1468 – 1526
Belhouse Manor, Aveley, Orsett, South Ockenden, Thurrock, So, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Phyllis (Barnfield) (Barrett)
1490 – 1512
Aveley, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Court's Descendants

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Sir (Francis Culpepper, Knight of Greenway) Court (1538 – 31 May 1591) m. Joan (Pordage) Porredge (1537 – 20 March 1598)
  1. 1. Sir (Knight Thomas Culpeper,) 1575 (8 Dec 1575 – 27 January 1662) m. Elizabeth (Cheney,) 11582 (27 Oct 1582 – 1635)
    1. 1. Dame (Judith Culpeper, 1606, of Hollingbourne Culperer Culpepper) Colepeper (1 Jun 1606 – 21 Nov 1653) m. John (of Bedgebery 1st Baron Colepeper of Thoresway of Bedgebery Colepeper) Culpep (7 August 1600 – 11 July 1660)
      1. 1. Lady (Elisabeth Elizabeth Colepeper Culpepper, Lady) Hamilton (1636 – Feb 1709) m. JAMES (HAMILTON 2ND EARL OF) ABERCORN (1630 – 6 June 1673)
        1. 1. Robert Hamilton (12 Mar 1656 – 28 Nov 1744) m. Margaret Murry (1660 – 06 Dec 1731)

Sir Court's Timeline

2 Records

1538
1538
Birth of Sir Francis Culpepper, Knight of Greenway Court in Wigsell, Salehurst, Sussex, England
Wigsell, Salehurst, Sussex, England
1591
31 May 1591
Age 53
Death of Sir Francis Culpepper, Knight of Greenway Court in Great Wigsell, Salehurst, Rother, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Great Wigsell, Salehurst, Rother, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1538
    Event Place: Wigsell, Salehurst, Sussex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 May 1591
    Event Place: Great Wigsell, Salehurst, Rother, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
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