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CAREY, Sir George (1547-1603), of Blackfriars, London, Hunsdon, Herts. and Carisbrooke, I.o.W.
Family and Education
b. 1547, 1st s. of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon by Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Morgan of Arkestone, Herefs.; bro. of Edmund, Henry, John, Robert and William. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1560. m. 1574, Elizabeth (d.1618), da. of Sir John Spencer of Althorp, Northants., 1da. Kntd. 1570; suc. fa. as 2nd Baron Hunsdon 1596; KG 1597.CP, vi. 629-30; C142/246/111; Bell thesis.
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Knight marshal of the Household 1578; constable, Bamburgh castle, Northumb. 1583; capt. I.o.W. for life 1583; j.p.q. Herts. from c. 1580, Mdx. and Hants from c. 1584; v.-adm. Southampton 2 Feb. 1586; capt. of gent. pens. 23 July 1596; PC, ld. chamberlain 17 Apr. 1597 – 4 May 1603; custos rot. Hants c. 1593, ld. lt. by 1599.
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Main residences: Blackfriars, London; Hunsdon, Herts.; Carisbrooke, I.o.W.
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CAREY, George (c.1541-1616), of Cockington, Devon.
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b. c. 1541, 1st s. of Thomas Carey of Cockington by Mary, da. of John Southcote, of Bovey Tracey. educ. I. Temple 1558. m. (1) c.1561, Wilmot, da. and h. of John Gifford of Yeo, div. w. of John Bury of Colyton, 2s. 2da.; (2) Lettice, da. of Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich, by Lady Penelope Devereux, da. of Walter, 1st Earl of Essex, s.p. suc. fa. 1567. Kntd. 1598.
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Capt., Devon musters by 1572; j.p. Devon from c. 1579, dep. lt. from 1587; recorder, Totnes 1598; v.-treasurer and rec.-gen. [I] 15 Mar. 1599, treasurer 1599, ld. justice 24 Sept. 1599, ld. deputy May 1603–16 July 1604.
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Main residence: Cockington, Devon.
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This biography is based upon the Roberts thesis and F. Harrison, The Devon Carys.
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CAREY, Edward (d.1618), of West Smithfield, London and of Aldenham and Berkhampstead, Herts.
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s. of Sir John Carey of Pleshey by Joyce, da. of Sir Edmund Denny of Cheshunt, Herts., wid. of William Walsingham. m. aft. 1568, Catherine, da. of Henry Walsingham. aft. 1568, Catherine, da. of Sir Henry Knyvet of E. Horsley, Surr., wid. of Sir Henry Paget, 2nd Baron Paget, 3s. inc. Sir Henry and Adolphus 6da. Kntd. 1596.Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 129; Nichols, Progresses Jas. I, i. 599; Webb, Miller and Beckwith, Chislehurst, 111-12.
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Groom of the privy chamber 1563; receiver of Tickhill 1567 – 69, steward of Wakefield and porter of Sandal, duchy of Lancaster 1569 – 88; teller of the Exchequer 1592; jt. master of the jewel house 1595, sole 1596; receiver-gen. S. Wales 1604; keeper of Hyde, Marylebone and Hampton Court parks.
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Main residences: West Smithfield, London; of Aldenham; Berkhampstead, Herts.
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CAREY, Edward (-d.1618)
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CAREY, Edmund (d.1637), of Culham, Oxon.
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6th s. of Henry Carey†, 1st Baron Hunsdon, by Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Morgan of Arkestone, Herefs.; bro. of Sir George, Henry, John, Robert and William. educ. G. Inn 1580. m. (1) Mary, da. and h. of Christopher Coker of Croft, Devon, 3s. 2 or 3da.; (2) c.1596, Elizabeth (d.1630), da. and coh. of John Neville, 4th Lord Latimer, wid. of John Danvers of Dauntsey, Wilts.; (3) Judith, da. of Laurence Humphrey of Winchester, Hants, wid. of ?Thomas Bury of Culhampton and Sir George Rivers of Chafford, Kent. Kntd. 1586.Par. Colls. Oxon. (Oxon. Rec. Soc. ii), 108; Vis. Herts. (Harl. Soc. xxii), 136; Wilts. Colls. of John Aubrey (Wilts. Arch. and Nat. Hist. Soc.), 216; Lansd. 94, f. 94.
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Esquire of the body by 1598; j.p.q. Northants. 1592, Bucks., Mdx., Glos., Wilts., Yorks. (W. Riding) 1598.
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Main residence: Culham, Oxon.
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CAREY, Edmund (-d.1637)
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CAREY, Adolphus (?1577-1609), of Berkhampstead, Herts.
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b. ?1577, 2nd s. of Edward Carey of Aldenham by Catherine, da. of Sir Henry Knyvet of E. Horsley, Surr.; bro. of Sir Henry Carey. educ. G. Inn 1590; Queen’s, Oxf. 1594. m. 9 Aug. 1596, Anne (d.1601), da. and coh. of Robert Corbet of Moreton Corbet, Salop, s.p. Kntd. 1604.Her. and Gen. iii. 40-4; C2 Eiiz./C6/48.
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Main residence: Berkhampstead, Herts.
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CAREY, Adolphus (?1577-1609)
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CAREW, Thomas (c.1527-64), of Antony, Cornw. and St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.
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b. c. 1527, 1st s. of Sir Wymond Carew of Antony by Martha, da. of Sir Edmund Denny of Cheshunt, Herts.; ?bro. of Roger. educ. St. John’s, Camb. 1548; I. Temple 1550. m. settlement 1554, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Richard Edgecombe, 3s. inc. George and Richard 1da. suc. fa. 1549.
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Reeve, duchy of Cornw., Fordington, Dorset by 1558 – d.
Main residences: Antony, Cornw.; St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.
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CAREW, Thomas (c.1527-64)
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