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Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper

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than governing so he soon returned to England. Rioting in the colony forced him to return in 1682, by which time the riots were already quelled. After apparently appropriating £9,500 from the treasury of the colony, he again returned to England. Charles II was forced to dismiss him, appointing in his
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Colepeper lived the rest of his life in London with his mistress Susannah Willis and their two daughters. He left a will in favour of Willis and her daughters that was suppressed. Catherine Colepeper, his only child with his wife Margaret van Hesse, instead inherited much of his wealth and married
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An Act for restoring to Thomas Lord Culpeper, Son and Heir and Sole Executor of John Lord Culpeper, Baron of Thorswey, and Master of the Rolls, deceased, all the Honours, Manors, Lands, and Tenements, Leases not determined, and Hereditaments whatsoever, whereof the said John Lord Culpeper was in
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Possession on the 20th Day of May, 1642, or at any Time after, which have not been since sold or aliened by the said John late Lord Culpeper, by Acts or Assurances to which himself was Party and consenting.
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from 1661 to 1667, which involved little administration but added to his wealth. He was elected as a bailiff to the board of the
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in July 1677 but did not leave England until 1679, when he was ordered to do so by Charles
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II. While in Virginia, he seemed more interested in maintaining his land in the
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in 1684 and the name Culpepper Island was maintained for centuries thereafter.
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History of the Drainage of the Great Level of the Fens Called ..., Volume 1
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Grant of the Office of Lieutenant and Governor-General, 21 June 1675
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English noble and colonial governor of Virginia (1635-1689)
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Bruce, Philip Alexander; Stanard, William Glover (1894).
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History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia
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Virginia Baron: The Story of Thomas 6th Lord Fairfax
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The Right Honourable

Governor of Virginia
Charles II
Sir William Berkeley
The Lord Howard of Effingham
London
governor of the Isle of Wight
governor of Virginia
Parliament of England
Long title
Citation
12 Cha. 2
Royal assent

John Colepeper
royalist
the execution
Charles I
English Civil War
Charles II
naturalised
Act of Parliament
governor
Isle of Wight
Bedford Level Corporation
governor
Virginia
Northern Neck
Francis Howard

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