CAREY, Henry (c.1580-1666), of Hunsdon, Herts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1580, 2nd but o. surv. s. of John Carey†, 3rd Bar. Hunsdon, and Mary, da. of Leonard Hyde of Throcking, Herts., wid. of Richard Peyton of Little Chesterford, Essex.Her. and Gen. iv. 41. educ. travelled abroad 1612.SO3/5, unfol. m. (1) 4 Feb. 1607,Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 241. Judith (bur. 1 Nov. 1629),Her. and Gen. iv. 47. da. of Sir Thomas Pelham†, 1st bt., of Laughton, Suss., 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) 6 July 1630, Mary (d. 24 Dec. 1648), da. of Richard Morris, Ironmonger, of Eastcheap, London, wid. of Sir William Cockayne, Skinner, of Broad Street, London, ld. mayor 1619-20, s.p.Ibid. 41. cr. KB 2 June 1610;Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 158. suc. fa. 1617;C142/374/95. cr. Visct. Rochford 6 July 1621, earl of Dover 8 Mar. 1628.CP, iv. 445-6; xi. 52. bur. 13 Apr. 1666 13 Apr. 1666.Her. and Gen. iv. 47.

Offices Held

J.p. Suss. 1617 – 42, Herts. and Kent 1618 – 42, Essex 1622 – 42, Mdx. 1624 – 42, Surr. 1642;C231/4, ff. 54, 63, 173, 314; 231/5, p. 532. commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1618 – 42, London and Mdx. 1624–41,C181/2, f. 314; 181/3, ff. 56v, 131, 132, 243v, 242v, 261; 181/4, ff. 13, 15v, 24v, 188, 198; 181/5, ff. 213, 214, 221v. highways, Herts. 1622,C181/3, f. 69v. sewers, Lea valley 1623 – 25, 1635, Suss. 1624 – 25, 1630 – 31, 1637 – 41, river Stort, Herts. and Essex 1628, 1638, Essex 1633, 1638, Mdx. 1639,C181/3, ff. 91v, 128, 133, 166v, 184v, 251, 272; 181/4, ff. 46v, 73v, 137v; 181/5, ff. 20v, 69, 112v, 116v, 142v, 205v. gaol delivery, London and Newgate, 1624 – 28, 1635–41,C181/3, ff. 132, 242v; 181/5, ff. 2, 221v. annoyances, Mdx. 1625,C181/3, f. 157. Forced Loan, Herts. 1627,T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. swans, Herts. and elsewhere c. 1629, Herts. 1634, Suff. and Essex 1635,C181/3, f. 267; 181/4, f. 178v; 181/5, f. 28. maltsters, Herts. 1636,PC2/46, p. 373. perambulation, Waltham Forest, Essex 1641,C181/5, f. 208. array, Herts. 1642,Northants. RO, FH133. defence, Oxford 1645.CSP Dom. 1644–5, p. 464; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 267.