CAREY (CARY), Sir Henry I (c.1575-1633), of Aldenham, Herts. and Carey House, Smithfield, London

Family and Education

b. c. 1575, 1st s. of Sir Edward Carey† of Aldenham, and Catherine, da. of Sir Henry Knyvet of East Horsley, Surr.; bro. of Adolphus* and Sir Philip*.Her. and Gen. iii. 39-40. educ. G. Inn 1590; Exeter Coll., Oxf. c.1592.Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. m. c. Sept. 1602 (with £2,000), Elizabeth (d.1639), da. and h. of Lawrence Tanfield* of Burford Priory, Oxon., c. bar. Exch. 1607-25, 5s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da. (1 d.v.p.).Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 153, 159; Lady Falkland ed. R. Simpson, 7, 11. Kntd. 12 July 1599;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 96. suc. fa. 1618;C142/374/109. cr. Visct. Falkland [S] 14 Nov. 1620.CP, v. 239. d. 25 Sept. 1633.C142/522/30; 142/539/20.

Offices Held

Vol. Ireland 1599,HMC Hatfield, ix. 22, 237. Dutch army 1605;HMC 7th Rep. 529. member, embassy to Brussels 1605.HMC Bath, i. 200.

J.p. Herts. and St. Albans liberty by 1601 – d., Mdx. 1622–9;C66/1549; C181/1, f. 9v; 181/4, f. 132; C231/4, f. 44; C66/2527; SP16/212, f. 28v. commr. subsidy, Herts. 1608, 1622, 1624, Mdx. 1622,SP14/31/1; C212/22/21, 23. oyer and terminer, St Albans liberty 1612 – 31, Home circ. 1618 – d., London, Newgate and Mdx. 1621–32;C181/2, ff. 176, 331; 181/3, ff. 1, 3, 20v, 21v, 31v, 243v, 261, 264; 181/4, ff. 15v, 24v, 90, 105v, 127v. kpr. Marylebone Park, Mdx. by 1614–15;Lansd. 1217, f. 18; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 249. collector of Benevolence, Herts. 1614;HMC Hatfield, xxii. 15. dep. lt. Herts. c.1616–18;HMC Hatfield, xxii. 77. chairman of St. Albans q. sess. to 1618;Ibid. commr. survey, L. Inn Fields, Mdx. 1618,T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 82. gaol delivery the Verge 1621, Newgate 1621–8,C181/3, ff. 20, 22v, 242v. sewers, Colne valley 1624–5;C181/3, ff. 116, 184. v. adm. Munster [I] 1624–d.;Vice Admirals of the Coast ed. J.C. Sainty and A.D. Thrush (L. and I. Soc. cccxxi), 70. commr. Forced Loan, Mdx. 1626–7,CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 435; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 141. swans, Herts. and elsewhere, c. 1629,C181/3, f. 267v. survey of the Thames 1630,CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 323. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral 1631.Ibid. 1631–3, p. 6.

Gent. of the privy chamber 1603; Harl. 6166, f. 68v. master of the Jewel House (jt.) 1603–18;C66/1607, 2133; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 15; Chamberlain Letters, ii. 134. comptroller of the Household 1618–22;CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 519; 1619–23, p. 396. PC 1618 – 25, 1629–d.;APC, 1618–19, p. 30; CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 97. commr. banishment of Jesuits 1618,Rymer, vii. pt. 3, p. 65. treating with Utd. Provinces 1619,Ibid. p. 115. wine casks 1619–21;CD 1621, vii. 417. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1620–d.;Rymer, vii. pt. 3, p. 134; R.G. Usher, The Rise and Fall of High Commission, 347, 350. recvr. of subsidy (jt.) 1621;CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 247. ld. dep. [I] 1622–9;Ibid. p. 442; T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Chas. I, ii. 43. commr. regulation of starch manufacture 1631–3,Rymer, vii. pt. 3, p. 217; Cal. of the Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 1625–40 ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv), 37. poor relief 1631,CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 474. transportation of felons 1633.Ibid. 1631–3, p. 547.

Member, Virg. Co. Council 1609; N.W. Passage Co. 1612.A. Brown, Genesis of US, 210; Newfoundland Discovered ed. G.T. Cell (Hakluyt Soc. clx), 36–8; CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 239.

Parlimentarian

CAREY (CARY), Sir Henry I (c.1575-1633), of Aldenham, Herts. and Carey House, Smithfield, London

Main residences: Aldenham, Herts.; Carey House, Smithfield, London.

Cary

Author

J.P.F.

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

CAREY (CARY), Sir Henry I (c.1575-1633)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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