COLEPEPER, JOHN [SSNE 1336]
- Surname
- COLEPEPER, COLEPEPPER, CULPEPPER
- First name
- JOHN
- Title/rank
- LORD BARON
- Nationality
- ENGLISH
- Social status
- NOBILITY
Text source
John Colepepper was a soldier in several continental armies. In 1642 he was made an English Privy Councillor and during 1642-3 he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Colepepper advised Charles I's withdrawal to Yorkshire, and presented Charles' ultimatum to the English Parliament. In 1650 he went to Moscow to borrow money form the Tsar, and in 1652 he went to Holland seeking armed support for a prospective uprising in England
DNB; L. Bittner and L. Gross, Reportorium der diplomatischen vertreter aller lander, vol. 1, 1648-1715 (Oldenburg and Berlin, 1936), p.196; G. P. Herd, 'General Patrick Gordon of Auchluchries - A Scot in Seventeenth Century Russian Service', Ph.D. thesis, Aberdeen, 1994.
English Civil War
Service record
- STUART KINGDOMS, RUSSIA [MOSCOW]
- Arrived 1650-04-01
- Departed 1650-05-31
- Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, THE DUTCH REPUBLIC
- Arrived 1652-01-01
- Departed 1652-12-31
- Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY