Family and Education
b. 1529, 2nd s. of John Carleton of Walton-on-Thames, Surr. and Brightwell Baldwin, Oxon; bro. of Anthony. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1543; G. Inn 1552. m. (1) 1559, Audrey (bur. 27 Jan. 1560), wid. of Sir George Harper of Sutton, Kent, s.p.; (2) 1561, Elizabeth (d. c.May 1587), da. and h. of Walter Mohun of Overstone, Northants., wid. of Edward Cope of Hanwell, Oxon., 1s. 2da.; (3) 1589, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Robert Hussey of Linwood, Lincs., wid. of Anthony Crane of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, and East Molesey, Surr.SP13/H20/2; Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 123-4; P. A. Carleton, Mems. Carleton Fam., 27-8; Westminster Abbey muniments index no. 43048; Lansd. 51, f. 202; J. N. McCorkle, ’A Note Concerning ’Mistress Crane’ and the Martin Marprelate Controversy’, Library (ser. 4), xii. 276-83; E. Arber, Intro. Sketch to the Martin Marprelate Controversy, 123; PCC 43 Rowe.
Offices Held
Capt. at St. Quentin 1557; j.p. Oxon 1564, rem. by 1573, Northants. 1573 – 82, Lincs. (Holland) 1579 – 87, Isle of Ely 1582; treasurer of Irish expedition of 1st Earl of Essex 1573; commr. sewers, Lincs. (Holland) 1584 – 87, Isle of Ely 1578 – 79; superintendent of recusant prisoners in Wisbech castle from 1580.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Overstone, Northants.; Wisbech; Coldham, Isle of Ely.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
CARLETON, George (1529-90)
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Oxford 1644
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