Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: between 5 June 1578 and 17 June 1578.
Alice made her will 5 June 1578 and it was proved 17 June 1578.
Relationships
Father: Richard Culpepper (died 1539).
Mother: Joan Naylor.
See the Commentary section.
Spouse: William Byne (died about 1558).
This relationship is given by Renshaw (p. 20). William names Alice in his will.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Renshaw (pp. 20-21.) gives a list.)
John Byne (born 1537 - died 21 July 1600) married Elizabeth Bowyer 25 May 1573 at Camberwell, Surrey.
Edward Byne (buried 4 January 1596/7 in Camberwell, Surrey) died unmarried.
Thomas Byne (buried 29 October 1613 in Camberwell).
James Byne (buried 5 January 1625/6 in Carshalton, Surrey) married Sence Fromonde 21 February 1589/90 at Camberwell, Surrey.
Katherine Byne (buried 12 July 1609 in Camberwell) married Sir Edmund Bowyer 25 May 1573 at Camberwell, Surrey.
Emme Byne (buried 26 December 1624 in Camberwell) married (1) Edward Snow 17 May 1580 at Camberwell; married (2) John Bowyer 2 July 1588 at Camberwell.
Cicely Byne (buried 27 September 1590 in Washington, Sussex) died unmarried.
Mary Byne (probably died before 1578).
Evidence
Alice's will:
In the name of god Amen Alice Binde of the p[ar]ishe of Washington in the dioces of Chichester and countie of Sussux widow beinge sicke of bodye but of p[er]fytt remembraunce did make & ordayne her last will & testament nuncapative viz by woorde of mouthe the fiveth day of June Anno dom 1578 And in the twenteth yeare of the raigne of our sov[er]aigne Ladye Elizabeth Queene Elizabeth in the presence of theis p[er]sons whose names are here under written and in man[er] & forme followinge: First she did bequeath her soule to almyghtie god and her body to be buried in the churche of Washington. Itm she did will devise & bequeath unto James Binde her youngest sonne all that her terme of yeares which she hathe in one quantitie of lande meadowe & pasture called or knowen by the name or names of Monches als Moches lately bought by her of the righte honorable Henry Earle of Arunddell John Lorde Lumley & Dame Jane wyffe unto the said Lorde Lumley lyinge in the p[ar]ishe of Worrington in the County aforesayd And Further her mynde & will was that her sonnes have such porcons as her sonne John Bynde shoulde thinke good And soe she did [...] to his discretion Allso shee did Will and bequeath unto ev[er]ie of her two daughters Eme & Sicilye two hundreth poundes a peece which ther fathers bequest & twentye poundes more to ev[er]ie of them to buye them apparell when they shall happen to be marryed All which porcons she did will should be payed by her sayd sonne John Bynde whome she did make her sole executor of this her last will & testament. Witnesses that is the true will & testament of the sayd Alice Bynde deceased Roberte Par... vicar of Washington aforesayd Dorothie Farnnefould & Eme Bynde
[Proved 17 June 1578]
Commentary
Alice’s parentage
The 1539 will of Richard Culpepper of Ardinglye, Sussex, esquire, named his wife Joan, and his daughter Alice, among other children.
In her 1557 will, Joan Culpepper named her daughter Alice.
In his 1565 will, Richard’s son John Culpepper named his nephew Edward Bynde.
These relationships are given by Renshaw (p. 20) and Attree (p. 79).
References
Abstract of will of Joan Culpepper of Horne, widow, in Surrey, England. Surrey & South London Will Abstracts 1470 - 1856, Abstract ID:SW/14_639, citing [DW/PA/5/1558/75]. (digital image on Findmypast.co.uk, accessed 23 April 2014).
Attree, F.W.T., and Booker, J.H.L. “The Sussex Colepepers. Part II.” in Sussex Archaeological Collections (Lewes: Sussex Archaeological Society, 1905), Volume XLVIII, pages 65 to 98.
Blaauw, W.H., “Wakehurst, Slaugham, and Gravetye,” in Sussex Archaeological Collections (London: Sussex Archaeological Society, 1858) Volume X, pages 151-167.
Renshaw, Walter Charles. Searches into the history of the family of Byne or Bine of Sussex. (London: Chiswick Press, 1913).
Will of Alice Bynd of Washington, Sussex, 1578, Consistory Court, Archdeaconry of Chichester. FHL film 194564, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Will of Richard Culpepper of Ardingley, Sussex, in Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative Court. Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Probate Records; PROB 11/27/550.
Will of William Byne of Chichester, Sussex, in Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative Court. Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Probate Records; PROB 11/42A/436.