Family and Education
b. c. 1511, 2nd s. of George Carr of Sleaford, merchant of the staple, by his w. Anne Flower. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of William Cawdron or Cawthorne, King’s bailiff at Heckington, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 2 or 3da.; (2) Anne, da. of Sir George Tailboys of Kyme, wid. of Sir Edward Dymoke of Scrivelsby, ?1da.; (3) Anne, da. of Charles Knyvet of Princethorpe, Warws., wid. of Nicholas Robinson of Boston and of Leonard Irby, ?1da. suc. bro. 1529.Lincs. Peds. (Harl Soc. l), 228-9; G. Holles, Lincs. Church Notes ed. Cole (Lincoln Rec. Soc. i), 212 seq.; LP Hen. VIII, xi. 391.
Offices Held
Servant of Thomas Cromwell by 1538; j.p. Lincs. (Holland) by 1547; j.p.q. Lincs. (Holland, Kesteven) 1554; escheator, Lincs. 1548 – 49, ? Feb. – Nov. 1559; commr. for church goods in Lincs. Mar. 1553; ?sheriff, Lincs. 1568 – 69; ?commr. musters, Lincs. 1569–70 and later; ?treasurer against northern rebels 1569.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Sleaford, Lincs.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
CARR, Robert (c.1511-90)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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