Martin Culpepper
English clergyman, medical doctor, and academic
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Martin Culpepper (or Culpeper or Colepeper; c. 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,[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]
- 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.[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:
- Sir Martin Culpepper (died 1604), knighted 12 May 1604;[10] married Joyce Aston, daughter of Sir Edward Aston; buried at Feckenham church[11]
- Stephen Culpepper (died 1611)
- Mercy Culpepper (died 1629), married Sir Samuel Sandys MP, Lord of Ombersley Manor, Worcestershire,[12] a son of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York.