Sir John Culpeper ( - 1414) was an English landowner whose holding was at Oxenhoath (Oxon Hoath) in the

Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...

parish of

West Peckham West Peckham is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. The River Bourne, Kent, River Bourne flows through the extreme west of the parish, and formerly powered a paper mill (River Bourne, Kent#Hamptons ...

. The Colepepers or Culpepers, during the reign of Edward III, separated into two branches. One branch settled at Bay Hall, near Pepenbury, Kent, from which descended Baron Colepeper, master of the Rolls in the time of Charles I. The other settled in Preston Hall, near

Aylesford Aylesford is a village and civil parish on the River Medway in Kent, England, northwest of Maidstone. Originally a small riverside settlement, the old village comprises around 60 houses, many of which were formerly shops. Two pubs, a villa ...

, Kent. Born about 1366, the son of William Culpeper, he married Catherine Charles, daughter of Richard Charles. His son and heir was Sir William Culpeper, who married Elizabeth Ferrers and died on 20 July 1457, both being buried in

church.

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Oxon Hoath Estate History, Oxonhoath Retreat Center website
History of the British Isles Medieval English knights 14th-century English people 15th-century English landowners People from West Peckham 1360s births Year of birth uncertain 1414 deaths {{UK-noble-stub