General Notes

Sir John, who in 1348 had purchased the manor of Wigsell, i
n
Salehurst, co. Sussex, from Simon de Etchingham, by marriag
e with
Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Hardreshull
, of
Hardreshull, co. Warwick, considerably augmented his patrim
onial
estates, and left at his death an only son and heir, Sir Th
omas
Colepeper, of Bayhall, in Kent., and Hardreshull, in Warwic
kshire.
- From The Sussex Colepepers-I, page 54
.
Sir John succeeded to Bayhall on the death of his brother W
alter.
Sheriff 1364-5, 1365-6, 1368-9 (39, 40 43 Edw III). Commiss
ioner for
equipping ships 1370, jointly with sheriffs of Kent, Surrey
, Sussex
and others. (Rymer)
.
In Burke's "Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ire
land &
Scotland", p. 144-145, is the following on John Culpeper, S
heriff of
Kent: "John Colepeper, esq. of Bay Hall, who was sheriff o
f Kent in
the 43rd [year] of Edward III [around 1370]. He m. Elizabet
h,
daughter and co-heir of Sir John Hardrishall, knt. of Hardr
ishall, in
the county of Warwick, by Maud Mussenden, an heiress, and t
hereby
became possessed of divers manors."
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