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b. c. 1560, Age calculated from date of admiss. to M. Temple. 2nd s. of Thomas Carew† (d.1564) of Antony, Cornw. and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Richard Edgcumbe† of Mount Edgcumbe, Cornw.; bro. of Richard†. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 68. educ. ?Broadgates Hall, Oxf. 1572; M. Temple 1577, called 1586; travelled abroad c.1580-1 (Germany, Bohemia, Austria, Italy). Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss.; R.B. Todd, ‘Henry and Thomas Savile in Italy’, Bibliotheque d’Humanisme et Renaissance, lviii. 440; A.L. Rowse, Ralegh and the Throckmortons, 90. m. 1588, Thomasine (admon. 5 June 1649), da. of Sir Francis Godolphin† of Godolphin, Cornw., 2s. 4da. F.E. Halliday, Richard Carew of Antony, 313; Vivian, 68; PROB 11/123, f. 125v; 11/208, f. 246v. Kntd. 23 July 1603. Lansd. 678, f. 45. d. 13 Nov. 1612. HMC Downshire, iii. 420. sig. Geor[ge] Carew.
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Sec. to Sir Christopher Hatton† c. 1587 – 91, Sir John Puckering† 1592 – 96, Sir Thomas Egerton† 1596-at least 1598. Halliday, 133; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 40.

Prothonotary, and clerk for letters patent of pardon and outlawry, Chancery 1593–d., W.J. Jones, Eliz. Ct. of Chancery, 114–15; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 14. master in Chancery 1599–d., T.D. Hardy, Cat. of Ld. Chancellors, 88–9. commr. to hear Chancery causes 1602; C66/1592. master of the Wards June 1612–d.; C66/1965/16. commr. to improve Crown revenue Aug. 1612. Chamberlain Letters, i. 374.

Agent, Denmark, Sweden, Brunswick and Poland 1598; Jones, 113. amb. France 1605–9. SP78/52, f. 379; 78/55, f. 190.

Assoc. bencher, M. Temple 1602. M. Temple Admiss.

J.p. Mdx. by 1608, SP14/33, f. 42. commr. sewers, Westminster 1611, annoyances, Surr. 1611, oyer and terminer, London and Mdx. 1611, gaol delivery, Newgate, London 1611. C181/2, ff. 140v, 142, 155, 156v, 157v.

Parlimentarian
CAREW, Sir George II (c.1560-1612), of The Strand and Tothill Street, Westminster.
Main residences: The Strand; Tothill Street, Westminster.
Author
P.M.H.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title

CAREW, Sir George II (c.1560-1612)

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Oxford 1644
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