{{Short description|English clergyman, medical doctor, and academic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Martin Culpepper''' (or '''Culpeper''' or '''Colepeper'''; {{circa|1540}} – 10 October 1605) was an English clergyman, medical doctor, and academic at the University of Oxford.
==Life== Culpepper was educated at Winchester College, where he gained a scholarship aged 13 in 1554,<ref>{{cite book|last=Kirby|first=T. F.|year=1888|title=Winchester Scholars|page=132|url=https://archive.org/details/winchesterschola01winc/page/132|access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref> and New College, Oxford, holding a fellowship 1559–1567, and graduating B.A. 1562, M.A. 1566, B.Med. 1568, D.Med. 1571.<ref name="oxon">{{alox1|title=Colepeper, Martin}}</ref><ref>''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".</ref>
He was elected Warden (head) of New College, Oxford in 1573, holding the post until 1599.<ref name="vch">{{cite book | editor=Salter, H. E. |editor2=Lobel, Mary D. | title=A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford | publisher=Victoria County History | year=1954|pages=144–162 | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63878|chapter=New College | accessdate=July 25, 2011}}</ref>
During his time as Warden of New College, he was also Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1578–9.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/vc/position/previousvice-chancellors/|title=Previous Vice-Chancellors | publisher=University of Oxford, UK|accessdate=July 25, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| title=The Historical Register of the University of Oxford|author=University of Oxford|author-link=University of Oxford| publisher=Clarendon Press|location=Oxford |year=1888 |pages=21–27|url=http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/university-of-oxford/the-historical-register-of-the-university-of-oxford-completed-to-the-end-of-tri-hci/page-2-the-historical-register-of-the-university-of-oxford-completed-to-the-end-of-tri-hci.shtml|chapter=Vice-Chancellors | accessdate=July 25, 2011}}</ref>
In the church, he held these livings:<ref name="oxon"/> * Rector of Stanton St. John, Oxfordshire (1576) * Dean of Chichester (1577–1601) * Rector of Colerne, Wiltshire (1588) * Archdeacon of Berkshire and Rector of North Moreton then in that county (1588–1605)
He acquired the manor of Astwood in Feckenham, Worcestershire in 1595, he and his brother Walter taking a 1,000-year lease.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Parishes: Feckenham|title=A History of the County of Worcester|volume=3|place=London|year=1913|pages=111–120|publisher=British History Online|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol3/pp111-120|access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
He died on 10 October 1605 and was buried in Feckenham.<ref name="Braybrooke-Tucker">{{cite book|last=Braybrooke-Tucker|first=Stephen|year=2012|title=Hanborough: Snapshots from the History of the Parish of Hanborough, Oxfordshire, England|page=91|publisher=Author House |isbn=9781467882828|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WSFbSSrzTSIC&pg=PA91|access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref>
==Family== He married Lettice, daughter of Humphrey Clarke of Westhawke, near Ashford, Kent.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Visitations of Kent 1530-1 and 1534|editor-first=W. Bruce|editor-last=Bannerman|place=London|year=1923|volume=1|page=69}}</ref> They had two sons and a daughter: * Sir Martin Culpepper (died 1604), knighted 12 May 1604;<ref>{{cite book|last=Shaw|first=William A.|author-link=William Arthur Shaw|year=1906|place=London|title=The Knights of England|volume=2|page=132|url=https://archive.org/details/knightsofengland02shawuoft/page/n141|access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref> married Joyce Aston, daughter of Sir Edward Aston; buried at Feckenham church<ref>{{cite web|website=Fleming Multimedia|title=Sir Martin Culpeper of Deane|url=http://www.flemingmultimedia.com/Genealogy/MartinCulpeper.html|access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref> * Stephen Culpepper (died 1611) * Mercy Culpepper (died 1629), married Sir Samuel Sandys {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MP}}, Lord of Ombersley Manor, Worcestershire,<ref>{{cite web|website=The History of Parliament|title=Sandys, Samuel (1560-1623), of Ombersley, Worcs.|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/sandys-samuel-1560-1623}}</ref> a son of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York.
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-aca}} {{s-bef|before=Thomas Whyte}} {{s-ttl|title=Warden of New College, Oxford |years=1573–1599}} {{s-aft|after=George Ryves}} {{s-bef|before=William Cole}} {{s-ttl|title=Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford |years=1578–1579}} {{s-aft|after=Tobias Matthew}} {{s-rel|en}} {{s-bef|before=Anthony Rushe}} {{s-ttl|title=Dean of Chichester |years=1577–1601}} {{s-aft|after=William Thorne}} {{s-bef|before=Thomas Whyte}} {{s-ttl|title=Archdeacon of Berkshire |years=1588–1605}} {{s-aft|after=Leonel Sharp}} {{s-end}}
{{Wardens of New College, Oxford}} {{Deans of Chichester}} {{Archdeacons of Berkshire}} {{Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford}} {{Authority control}}
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