Dr. Martin Culpeper

• Will of Dr. Martin Culpeper of Astwoode, 1604 From The Proprietors of the Northern Neck P.C.C. Hayes, 88. Will dated October 1, 1605. Proved December 12, 1605.

Martin Culpeper of Astwoode in prsh. of Feckenham, co. Worcs., Doctor of Physic: All lands I have in cos. Oxford, Worcester, Berks, Sussex, etc. in England to my son in law Sir Samuel Sandis of Ombersley, Worcs. knight, Lettice C. my wife, Walter Culpeper of Hanborow esq. my brother & John Culpepper of the Middle Temple London, utter barrister, my nephew in fee in trust for sd. wife Lettice: to have for her maintenance Astwood House furnished as it is and my lands at Home Green, Love Lane & Wibbe Heath, with my stock at Woodbery in Oxfords., for life. Devisees to receive rents of Parsonage of Feckenham. & of Osme & Walton & Cripple nr. Oxford all which cometh very near to £200 by the year. If it want of the sd. sum I will my daur. in law the Lady Culpepper, widow, & Lettice my wife to make up the sum of £200 for 5 years, to make a stock for Lettice & Anne, the daurs. of my late son Sir Martin C. knight dec.; sd. Sir S. Sandis to receive same. Another £1,000 to be raised & then £1,200 to be pd. to sd. Lettice [the granddaur] at 19 & £1,000 to sd. Anne at 19. Rest of money from sd. trust to daurs & younger children of my son Sir Stephen C.; sd. son Stephen to have for life only, my houses & lands in Hanborow, co. Oxon. He to have rents of Osme & Cripple. If he have issue a son, fee simple of my lands at Hanborow & of parsonage there & my lease there, my brother Walter C.'s estate & his wife's in the parsonage there. My manor of Astwood & fee lands at Home Green to sd. son Sir Stephen C. from a year after death of my sd. wife for life, also parsonage of Feckenham. for 100 years. If he have issue a son, then fee simple of sd. manor, lands at Rome Green to him, also my lease of sd. parsonage. If sd. son die with out issue male, then my house at Home Green & lands there to Martin Sandys my godson [and grandson] in fee. House etc. at Wibbe Heath & Love Lane to John Sandys my daur's youngest son, in fee. On death of sd. son S. s.p.m. all my sd. lands to such daurs. of my daur. Sandys or my daur. Culpepper the widow, in fee as shall fortune to marry with a Culpepper; paying out of same £30 a year to my nephew William, son of Richard Culpepper my brother for life. After my sd. Wife's death, Manor of Astwood, parsonage of Feckenharn & lands in Hanborow, shall come to my sd. nephew John Culpepper for life; & if he have issue a son, fee simple of sd. lands to same son & lease of sd. parsonage; but if sd. nephew die s.p.m. then sd. lands to William C., son of my late brother Richard, for life; remr. to the eldest son of sd. nephew W. C. £10 a year to be given on St. Martins day for poor of Feckenham until £50 be made up. To every one of the children of my daur. Sandis 100 marks at age of 20. To Humphrey White & the Clerks of prsh. of Feckenham succeeding him 6s. 8d. yearly for clean keeping of the chancel & tomb of Sir Martin Culpepper, knight, there. To my brother Edmond C. the first advowson of the parsonage of Staplehurst Kent where Dr. Newman now dwelleth. To sd. brother the 20 marks a year he owes me for 24 or 25 years to come; he to pay my devisees £20 a year till he have paid £160, which I paid for him long since to Mr. Every & Mrs. Fulce. My sd. son in law Sir Samuel Sandys knight, my wife Lettice C., my brother Walter C. & my nephew John Culpeper to be Exers. Whereas testator hath the advowson of divers benefices, they to be offered to an honest man of New Coll Oxford when void. Witns. Walter Clarke, Timo. Atwood, Richard Harris, Richard Bradsell.

Frob. by Lettice C. relict & one of the exers. Power reserved to prove a codicil on the part of sd. Lettice when she can establish the truth of the same; & also Power reserved to Samuel Sandys knight, Walter Culpepper & John Culpepper the exers. to prove Will.

When Dr. Martin Culpepper was born on 2 March 1540, in Salehurst, Sussex, England, his father, William Culpepper, was 31 and his mother, Cicely Barrett, was 28. He married Lettice Clarke on 5 August 1574, in Kingsnorth, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 10 October 1605, in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 65, and was buried in Feckenham, Worcestershire, England.

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