Thomas Colepeper (colonel)
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Thomas Colepeper (1637–1708) was an English colonel.
Life
Colepeper was the only son of Sir Thomas Colepeper, knt., lieutenant of
Colepeper lived as a steward with the Strangford family. With his half-brother, Philip, Viscount Strangford, he busied himself in promoting the king's return and was imprisoned by the council of state in August and September 1659.
In 1662 he married Frances, third and youngest daughter of John, Lord Frecheville, of
After
Colepeper had now lost all hope of
Works
Many of Colepeper's manuscripts are in the British Library. The more important is his transcript of the 'Frecheville Evidences', from a copy 'made by some herald,' probably Richard St. George (British Library Harley MS 7435), and the eighteen volumes of what he called 'Adversaria' (Harley MSS 7587–7605).
Other manuscripts in the British Library are:
- Collections from Public Records (Harley MS 6833)
- Commonplace Books (Harley MSS 817–818)
- Memorandum Book (Add MS 11205)
At the end of Harley MS 7560, ff. 293–7 are some sheets of a petition to the Court of Chancery, a document detailing a secret marriage between the colonel and Sir Thomas Grosvenor's widow.
References
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- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Colepeper, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 11. London: Smith, Elder & Co.