Family and Education
b. 3 July 1622, 2nd s. of Sir Richard Carew† of Antony and his second w. Grace, da. of Robert Rolle of Heanton Satchville, Devon;Oxford DNB; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 69. bro. of Thomas Carew*, and half-bro. of Alexander Carew*. educ. Gloucester Hall, Oxf. 9 Mar. 1638;Al. Ox. I. Temple, 2 Nov. 1640.I. Temple database. unm. exec. 15 Oct. 1660.Oxford DNB.
Offices Held

Central: member, cttee. for the army, 9 Sept. 1647, 6 Jan., 17 Apr. 1649, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652;CJ v. 298b; CJ vi. 113b; A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 27 Dec. 1647.CJ v. 407a. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 20 June 1649. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 19 Sept. 1650.CJ vi. 469b. Cllr. of state, 10 Feb. 1651, 24 Nov. 1651, 29 Apr., 9 July 1653.CJ vi. 533a; CJ vii. 42a, 283a; Clarke Pprs. iii. 4. Commr. for removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 Feb. 1651; admlty. and navy, 10 Dec. 1652, 31 May 1659.CJ vii. 225b, 228a; A. and O.

Local: j.p. ?Devon 30 June 1649.S.K. Roberts, ‘Devon JPs’ in Devon Documents ed. T. Gray (Exeter, 1996), 161–4. Commr. militia, Cornw. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659; Devon 2 Dec. 1648; assessment, Cornw. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660; Devon 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28).

: of Bowhill, Devon.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

CAREW, John (1622-60), of Bowhill, Devon.

Will
attainted.
Estates
said to have had ‘a plentiful estate left to him by his parents’, and was also possessed of manor of Bowhill, Devon, sold to his brother Thomas Carew*, probably in later 1650s;CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 604. and purchased manors of Tregaire and Brunyere (formerly Exeter diocese), 22 Mar. 1650, for £2,329.Bodl. Rawl. B.239, p. 47.
Oxford 1644
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