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b. c.1418, C140/56/46. s. and h. of William Carent* by his 1st w. Margaret Stourton; nephew of John Stourton II*, Lord Stourton. The Commons 1386-1421, ii. 480-2. There is a ped. of the fam. in J. Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 111-12. m. (1) by Feb. 1438, Add. Ch. 15451. Joan (d. 31 July 1465), C140/18/51. da. of Sir Thomas Brooke*, jure uxoris Lord Cobham, sis. of Sir Edward Brooke*, wid. of William, 1st s. of Ralph Bush*, The Commons 1386-1421, ii. 448. at least 2s. 1da.; (2) by Feb. 1472, Margaret (d. 6 Feb. 1502), da. of Edward Langford*, wid. of Nicholas Carew (d.1466), s. and h. of Nicholas Carew*. Dist. Dorset 1458.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Som. 1442, Dorset 1450, 1472.

Commr. to distribute tax allowance, Dorset June 1453; treat for loans May 1455; PPC, vi. 241. ? assign archers Dec. 1457; of oyer and terminer, Cornw., Devon, Som. June 1460; arrest, Dorset, Som. Dec. 1460, As ‘of Ash, esquire’. Dorset, Som., Wilts. Jan. 1462 (adherents of Henry VI), As ‘the younger’. Som. July 1463; gaol delivery, Dorchester July 1461, As ‘junior’: C66/492, m. 7d. ? Nov. 1467, Feb. 1468, June 1470, No description: C66/519, mm. 6d, 12d; 526, m. 7d. Old Sarum, Salisbury and Fisherton Dec. 1475; As ‘junior’: C66/537, m. 10d. array, Dorset Oct. 1469, Mar., June 1470, Mar. 1472; inquiry, Dorset, Wilts. Dec. 1475 (treasons, heresies); to assess subsidies granted in Edw. IV’s last Parlt., Dorset Apr. 1483.

Sheriff, Som. and Dorset 7 Nov. 1459–60.

J.p. Dorset 4 Jan. 1469 – Dec. 1470, 8 Dec. 1471 – d.

King’s bailiff of Shaftesbury by 5 Dec. 1474. Shaftesbury Recs. ed. Mayo, 80.

Parlimentarian
CARENT, John (c.1418-83), of Ash in Stourpaine, Dorset and Toomer in Henstridge, Som.
Main residences: Ash in Stourpaine, Dorset; Toomer in Henstridge, Som.
Carant, Carraunt, Carrent
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L.S.C.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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