Martin Culpepper (or Culpeper or Colepeper; – 10 October 1605) was an

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clergyman, medical doctor, and academic at the

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. Culpepper was educated at

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, where he gained a scholarship aged 13 in 1554, and

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, holding a fellowship 1559–1567, and graduating

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1562,

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1566, B.Med. 1568, D.Med. 1571. He was elected

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(head) of

in 1573, holding the post until 1599. During his time as Warden of New College, he was also

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in 1578–9. In the church, he held these livings: * Rector of

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, Oxfordshire (1576) *

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(1577–1601) * Rector of

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, Wiltshire (1588) *

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and Rector of

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then in that county (1588–1605) He acquired the manor of Astwood in

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, Worcestershire in 1595, he and his brother Walter taking a 1,000-year lease. He died on 10 October 1605 and was buried in Feckenham.

Family

He married Lettice, daughter of Humphrey Clarke of Westhawke, near Ashford, Kent. They had two sons and a daughter: * Sir Martin Culpepper (died 1604), knighted 12 May 1604; married Joyce Aston, daughter of Sir Edward Aston; buried at Feckenham church * Stephen Culpepper (died 1611) * Mercy Culpepper (died 1629), married Sir

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, Lord of Ombersley Manor, Worcestershire, a son of Edwin Sandys,

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References

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