See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• JOHN COLEPEPER COLEPEPER (or CULPEPPER)

COLEPEPER COLEPEPER (or CULPEPPER)  , 1st See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON (d . 166o), See also:

• ENGLISH

English politician, was the only son of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• COLEPEPER, JOHN COLEPEPER (or CULPEPPER)

Colepeper of Wigsell, See also:

• SUSSEX
• SUSSEX, EARLS OF
• SUSSEX, KINGDOM OF (SO Seaxe, i.e. the South Saxons)
• SUSSEX, THOMAS RADCLYFFE [or RATCLYFFE], 3RD EARL OF (c. 1525-1583)

Sussex . He began his career iv military service abroad, and came first into public See also:

• NOTICE

notice at See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home through his knowledge of See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country affairs, being summoned often before the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board to give See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence on such matters . He was knighted, and was elected member for See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent in the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

Parliament, when he took the popular See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, speaking against monopolies on the 9th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 164o, being entrusted with the See also:

• IMPEACHMENT (O. Fr. empeahement, empeschement, from em pecher or empescher, to hinder, Late Lat. impedicare, to entangle, pedica, fetter, pes, foot)

impeachment of Sir See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• BERKELEY
• BERKELEY, GEORGE (1685–1753)
• BERKELEY, MILES JOSEPH (1803-1889)
• BERKELEY, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1608-1677)

Berkeley on the 12th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1641, supporting See also:

• STRAFFORD, EARLS OF
• STRAFFORD, THOMAS WENTWORTH, EARL

Strafford's See also:

• ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)

attainder, and being appointed to the See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence on the 12th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1641 . He separated, however, from the popular party on the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church question, owing to See also:

• POLITICAL

political rather than religious objections, fearing the effect of the revolutionary changes which were now contemplated . He opposed the See also:

• LONDON

London See also:

• PETITION (Lat. for " seeking " or " praying ")

petition for the abolition of See also:

• EPISCOPACY (from Late Lat. episcopatus, the office of a bishop, episcopas)

episcopacy, the project of religious See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union with the Scots, and the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

Root and See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

Branch See also:

• BILL

Bill, and on the 1st of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September he moved a See also:

• RESOLUTION

resolution in defence of the See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

prayer-See also:

• BOOK

book . In the following session he opposed the See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia bill and the See also:

• GRAND

Grand Remonstrance, and finally on the 2nd of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1642 he joined the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's party, taking See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office as See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of the ex-chequer . He highly disapproved of the See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt upon the five members, which was made without his knowledge, but advised the enterprise against See also:

• HULL
• HULL (in O.Eng. hulu, from helan, to cover, cf. Ger. Hiille, covering)
• HULL (officially KINGSTON-UPON-HULL)
• HULL, ISAAC (1775-1843)

Hull . On the 25th of August 1642 he appeared at the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons to deliver the king's final proposals for See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, and was afterwards See also:

• PRESENT

present at Edgehill, where he took See also:

• PART

part in See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• RUPERT (1352—1410)
• RUPERT (HRODBERT), ST
• RUPERT, PRINCE, COUNT PALATINE OF THE RHINE AND DUKE OF BAVARIA (1619—1682)

Rupert's See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge and opposed the See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat of the king's forces from the battlefield . In See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December he was made by See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the rolls . He was a leading member of the See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford Parliament, and was said, in opposition to the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion, to have counselled consider-able concessions to secure peace . His See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in military affairs caused him to be much disliked by Prince Rupert and the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, and the general animosity against him was increased by his See also:

• ADVANCEMENT

advancement to the See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage on the 21st of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1644 by the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Baron Colepeper of Thoresway in See also:

• LINCOLNSHIRE

Lincolnshire .

He was despatched with See also:

• HYDE
• HYDE, THOMAS (1636-1703)

Hyde in charge of the prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1645, and on the 2nd of March 1646, after Charles's final defeat, embarked with the prince for Scilly, and thence to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . He strongly advocated the gaining over of the Scots by religious concessions, a policy supported by the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen and See also:

• MAZARIN, JULES (1602-1661)

Mazarin, but opposed by Hyde and other leading royalists, and constantly urged this course upon the king, at the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time deprecating any yielding on the subject of the militia . He promoted the See also:

• MISSION

mission of Sir John Berkeley in 1647 to secure an understanding between Charles and the army . In 1648 he accompanied the prince in his unsuccessful See also:

• NAVAL

naval expedition, and returned with him to the See also:

• HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague, where violent altercations See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out among the royalist leaders, Colepeper going so far, on one occasion in the council, as to See also:

• CHALLENGE (O. Fr. chalonge, calenge, &c., from Lat. calumnia, originally meaning trickery, from calvi, to deceive, hence a false accusation, a " calumny ")

challenge Prince Rupert, and being himself severely assaulted in the streets by Sir Robert See also:

• WALSH, JOHN HENRY (1810-1888)
• WALSH, PETER [VALESIUS] (c. 1618-1688)
• WALSH, WILLIAM (1663—1708)

Walsh . He continued after the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of the king to See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press the See also:

• ACCEPTANCE (Lat. acceptare, frequentative form of accipere, to receive)

acceptance on Charles II. of the Scottish proposals . He was sent to See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia in 1650, where he obtained a See also:

• LOAN (adapted from the Scandinavian form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Swed. Mn, Icel. lan, Dut. leen; the O.E. laen appears in " lend," the ultimate source is seen in the root of Gr. Xeiaecv and Lat. linquere, to leave)

loan of 20,000 roubles from the See also:

• TSAR, or CZAR

tsar, and, soon after his return, to See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland, to procure military assistance . By the treaty, agreed to between See also:

• CROMWELL, HENRY (1628-1674)
• CROMWELL, OLIVER (1599-1658)
• CROMWELL, RICHARD (1626–1712)
• CROMWELL, THOMAS, EARL OF

Cromwell and Mazarin, of August 1654, Colepeper was obliged to leave France, and he appears henceforth to have resided in See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders . He accompanied Charles II. to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of France in September 1659, at the time of the treaty of the See also:

• PYRENEES [Span. Pirineos, Fr. Pyrenees]

Pyrenees . At the Restoration he returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, but only survived a few See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks, dying on the 11th of See also:

• JUNE

June 166o . Several contemporary writers agree in testifying to Colepeper's See also:

• GREAT

great debating See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers and to his resources as an adviser, but complain of his want of stability and of his uncertain See also:

• TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper . See also:

• CLARENDON, CONSTITUTIONS OF
• CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE, 1ST EARL OF (1609-1674)
• CLARENDON, GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4TH EARL OF (in the Villiers line) (1800-r87o)
• CLARENDON, HENRY HYDE

Clarendon, with whom he was often on See also:

• ILL

ill terms, speaks generally in his praise, and repels the charge of corruption levelled against him . That he was gifted with considerable political foresight is shown by a remarkable See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter written on the loth of September 1658 on the See also:

• DEATH

death of Cromwell, in which he foretells with uncommon sagacity the future developments in the political situation, advises the royalists to remain inactive till the right moment and profit by the See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of their opponents, and distinguishes Monck as the one See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person willing and capable ofeffecting the Restoration (Clarendon See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State Papers, iii .

412) . Colepeper was twice married, (I) to Philippa, daughter of Sir John Snelling, by whom he had one son, who died See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young, and a daughter, and (2) to See also:

• JUDITH, THE BOOK OF

Judith, daughter of Sir J . Colepeper of Hollingbourn, Kent, by whom he had seven See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children . Of these See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas (d . 1719; See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia 168o—1683) was the successor in the title, which became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct on the death of his younger See also:

• BROTHER

brother Chency in 1725 . (P . C .