CULLEN 563 Cripplegate. He was introduced to the House of Lords [I.] by proxy, 2 Sep. 1662. Hewas app., 18 June 1685, Capt. of "an independent troop of Horse" raised for H.M.'s service. Hem., before i Apr. 1657, Elizabeth da. and h. of Francis Trentham, of Rocester Priory, co. Stafford, by Elizabeth, ist da. of Sir William Bowyer, of Knipersley, in that co. He d. July 1 687, and was probably l>ur. at St. Peter's, Rushton, aged S5-{^) Will dat. 20 May 1687, pr. (the exors. having renounced 8 Dec. 1688) 1 1 May 1689 and 12 June 1713. His widow, who was l>ap. 22 Oct. 1640 at Biddulph, CO. Stafford, sue, on the death of her great-uncle. Sir Christopher Trentham, not only to the estate of the Trentham family at Rocester abovenamed, but also in 1654 to that of the family of de Vere, Earls of Oxford, at Castle Hedingham, Essex; the two together amounting to
- £6,ooo a year, at the then value of money.() She, who was Lady of the
Bedchamber to Catherine, the Queen Consort, d. at Kettering, 30 Nov., and was /^«r. 10 Dec. 1713, at St. Peter's, Rushton. M.L Will dat. 5 June 171 1, pr. 8 Feb. 1713/4. in. 1687. 3. Charles (Cokayne), Viscount and Baron Cullen [L], s. and h., I?. 15, and l>ap. 25 Nov. 1658, at St. Peter's, Rushton. He was app., 10 July 1685, "Captain of that troop of Horse whereof Bryan, Viscount Cullen was Captain." He m., 26 Dec. 1678, at Swarkeston, co. Derby, Katherine, 5th da. of William (Willoughby), 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham, by Anne, da. (whose issue became h.) of Sir Philip Carye or Carey, of Aldenham, Herts, brother of Henry, ist Viscount Falkland [S.]. He d. in St. Michael's parish, Oxford, of small-pox, 30 Dec. 1688, aged 30, and was l>ur. 3 Jan. 1688/9, ^t St. Peter's, Rushton.('=) Admon. 27 Feb. 1688/9, to Frances, Countess of Bellomont [I.], maternal aunt and guardian of his children. His widow, who was I?, at Stansteadbury, Herts, 14 May 1655 (baptism reg. at Hunsdon, Herts), d. also of small-poXj^) within 6 weeks of her husband, at Elmesthorpe manor-house, co. Leicester, 11, and was l>ur. 13 Feb. 1688/9, at St. Peter's, Rushton. (=") The Parish Register is not very accurately kept at this period. (•>) Her extravagance, however, was such, that the whole of her property was alienated before her death, her husband having even to obtain, in 1676, a private Act of Pari, to enable him to pay her debts and raise portions out of his entailed estate at Elmesthorpe for the younger children. She was known as "the beautiful Lady Cullen." Two portraits of her by Lely still exist in the family, one when about 25, threequarter length, with long ringlets, and the other, when about 16, recumbent and whole length, as Venus, perfectly nude. This last is a picture of great merit and beauty. She is very coarsely alluded to in the well-known "State Poems." (■=) He was among "The Nobility in Arms with the Prince of Orange, 1688" (though one who refused to join the association for killing all the Papists in England), and formed part of Bishop Compton's escort of the Princess Anne to Oxford. See vol. ii. Appendix H. ('^) Said to have been conveyed to her in a ribbon round a locket worn by her late husband.
