Thomas Colepeper (died 1613)
English Member of Parliament, died 1613
Intro | English Member of Parliament, died 1613 | |
A.K.A. | Thomas Culpeper | |
A.K.A. | Thomas Culpeper | |
Places | United Kingdom Great Britain England | |
is | Politician | |
Work field | Politics | |
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Thomas Colepeper (ca. 1561 – 1613), was an English Member of Parliament.
He was the eldest son of John Colepeper of Wigsell and educated at Hart Hall, Oxford (1579) and the Middle Temple (1583).
He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Winchelsea in 1597 and Rye in 1601.
He married twice:firstly Anne, the daughter of Sir Stephen Slaney, Lord Mayor of London, with whom he had 2 sons and a daughter and secondly Mary, the daughter and coheiress of Roger Beeston of London and widow of Francis Gibbon of Benenden, Kent, with whom he had another son and 3 daughters. He was succeeded by his second son John after his eldest son's early death.