# Martin Culpepper

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{{Short description|English clergyman, medical doctor, and academic}}
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'''Martin Culpepper''' (or '''Culpeper''' or '''Colepeper'''; {{circa|1540}} – 10 October 1605) was an [English](/source/England) clergyman, medical doctor, and academic at the [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford).

==Life==
Culpepper was educated at [Winchester College](/source/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](/source/New_College%2C_Oxford), holding a fellowship 1559–1567, and graduating [B.A.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) 1562, [M.A.](/source/Master_of_Arts_(Oxford%2C_Cambridge%2C_and_Dublin)) 1566, [B.Med.](/source/Bachelor_of_Medicine) 1568, [D.Med.](/source/Doctor_of_Medicine) 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](/source/Warden_(college)) (head) of [New College, Oxford](/source/New_College%2C_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](/source/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](/source/List_of_Vice-Chancellors_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](/source/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](/source/Clarendon_Press)|location=[Oxford](/source/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](/source/Stanton_St._John), Oxfordshire (1576)
* [Dean of Chichester](/source/Dean_of_Chichester) (1577–1601)
* Rector of [Colerne](/source/Colerne), Wiltshire (1588)
* [Archdeacon of Berkshire](/source/Archdeacon_of_Berkshire) and Rector of [North Moreton](/source/North_Moreton) then in that county (1588–1605)

He acquired the manor of Astwood in [Feckenham](/source/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](/source/Edward_Aston_(died_1598)); 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](/source/Samuel_Sandys_(died_1623)) {{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](/source/Edwin_Sandys_(bishop)), [Archbishop of York](/source/Archbishop_of_York).

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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{{s-aca}}
{{s-bef|before=[Thomas Whyte](/source/Thomas_Whyte_(academic))}}
{{s-ttl|title=[Warden of New College, Oxford](/source/Warden_of_New_College%2C_Oxford)
       |years=1573–1599}}
{{s-aft|after=[George Ryves](/source/George_Ryves)}}
{{s-bef|before=[William Cole](/source/William_Cole_(Dean_of_Lincoln))}}
{{s-ttl|title=[Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford](/source/List_of_Vice-Chancellors_of_the_University_of_Oxford)
       |years=1578–1579}}
{{s-aft|after=[Tobias Matthew](/source/Tobias_Matthew)}}
{{s-rel|en}}
{{s-bef|before=[Anthony Rushe](/source/Anthony_Rushe)}}
{{s-ttl|title=[Dean of Chichester](/source/Dean_of_Chichester)
       |years=1577–1601}}
{{s-aft|after=[William Thorne](/source/William_Thorne_(orientalist))}}
{{s-bef|before=[Thomas Whyte](/source/Thomas_Whyte_(academic))}}
{{s-ttl|title=[Archdeacon of Berkshire](/source/Archdeacon_of_Berkshire)
       |years=1588–1605}}
{{s-aft|after=[Leonel Sharp](/source/Leonel_Sharp)}}
{{s-end}}

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{{Archdeacons of Berkshire}}
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