CAREW FAMILY

Odo De CAREW

Born: BEF 1174

Died: ABT 1202 / BEF 1204

Notes: Odo Carrio, now called Carew in Pembrokeshire in Wales, to whom Richard I gave Branton, co. Devon, as compensation for the loss of Emlyn. He granted Rebbard near Carew to the Knights Templar, 4 King John. Odo De Carew was granted 20 librates of land in Devon 'in escambium castelli et terrae De Emelin quamdiu Resus filius Griffini ea habuerit' as compensation for the loss of the castle and lands of Emlyn (Pipe Roll 20 Henry II, 89). For many years thereafter, the Pipe Rolls carried the entry: '20 pounds to Odo FitzWilliam FitzGerald in Branton, (Devonshire), for his claim to the castle and land of Emlyn which Rhys ap Gryffydd has'. (Pipe roll 28 Henry II., 27) In 1194, Odo De Carew disputed the claim of Geoffrey De Cholsey to land in Moulsford, co. Berkshire.  He was succeeded by his son, William FitzOdo FitzWilliam FitzGerald styled William De Carew.

Father: William FITZGERALD

Mother: ¿?

Married: Margaret De TANCRED (dau. of Richard, youngest son of Tancred, Castellan of Haverford)

Children:

1. William De CAREW (B. Odrone)

2. Solomon De CAREW

3. Stephen De CAREW

4. Walter De CAREW

5. Robert De CAREW

6. Thomas De CAREW

7. Morice De CAREW

8. Raymond De CAREW of Stillorgan


Morice De CAREW

Father: Odo De CAREW

Mother: Margaret De TANCRED

Married: Alice De MONTGOMERY


William De CAREW (B. Odrone)

Born: BEF 1194

Died: BEF 17 Sep 1213

Notes: In 1195, he made fine with the King not to be impeded concerning his land in Moulsford, co. Berkshire. Again in 1207, he paid 40 oz. of gold not to be impeded by Geoffrey concerning this land as King John wished him to remain in peach thereof. In 1212, he had further confirmation of the grant to his great-grandfather, Gerald FitzWalterKing John restored to him the Lordship of Moulesford in Berkshire which Henry I gave to his great-grandfather, Gerald fitz Walter De Windsor, succeeded his father at Carew and received the barony of Odrone, co. Carlow, from his uncle Raymond Fitzgerald le Gros.

Father:
Odo De CAREW

Mother: Margaret De TANCRED

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Nicholas De CAREW of Carew Castle

2. William CARRU


Nicholas De CAREW of Carew Castle

Died: BEF Jul 1228

Notes: Nicholas De Carew and John Marshall had the custody of Moulsford manor for a short time after his death. In Jul 1228, the manor was committed to Bertram De Crioil, Constable of Dover, for his maintenance in the king's service during pleasure. In the following Sep, the grant was extended until the heir of Nicholas should be of age. John Marshall endeavored to recover the custody of the lands and heir of Nicholas Carew in 1230 and Crioil was disseised, but restored again in 1232.

Father: William De CAREW (B. Odrone)

Mother: ¿?

Married: Catherine De COURCYE

Children:

1. William De CAREW


William De CAREW

Born: BEF 1228

Died: 1279

Notes: possibly the William who had a serjeanty of co. Waterford in 1277.

Father: Nicholas De CAREW of Carew Castle

Mother: Catherine De COURCYE

Married: Alice MARSHALL

Children:

1. Maurice De CAREW

2. Robert De CAREW

3. Nicholas De CAREW (B. Carew)


Nicholas De CAREW (B. Carew)

Born: ABT 1223

Died: 1297

Notes: went to Ireland in 1284.

Father: William De CAREW

Mother: Alice MARSHALL

Married: Avice TUITT

Children:

1. Nicholas De CAREW (Sir)


Nicholas De CAREW (Sir)

Born: ABT 1253

Died: 1311

Notes: summoned to Parliament as Lord of Moulsford in 1300-01.

Father: Nicholas De CAREW (B. Carew)

Mother: Avice TUITT

Married 1: Amicia PEVERELL

Children:

1. Thomas De CAREW

2. John De CAREW (B. Carew)

3. William De CAREW

4. David De CAREW

Married 2: Avice MARTIN

Children:

5. William CAREW (d. BEF 27 Feb 1356/57)

6. David CAREW

7. Thomas CAREW

8. Beatrix CAREW

9. Nicholas CAREW


Beatrix CAREW

Father: Nicholas De CAREW (Sir)

Mother: Avice MARTIN

Married: Richard BARRY 1320

Children:

1. Avice BARRY


John De CAREW (B. Carew)

Born: ABT 1283

Died: 26 Jun 1324

Notes: had livery of the lands of Moulsford, but John Wogan, Justicar of Ireland, evidently had the custody of Moulsford in 1316.

Father: Nicholas De CAREW (Sir)

Mother: Amicia PEVERELL

Married 1: Eleanor MOHUN (dau. of William Mohun of Ottery and Beatrice FitzPeter)

Children:

1. Nicholas De CAREW (B. Carew)

Married 2: Joan TALBOT

Children:

2. John De CAREW (B. Carew)

3. Joan De CAREW

Nicholas De CAREW (B. Carew)

Born: BEF 1313

Died: 20 Jun 1324

Father: John De CAREW (B. Carew)

Mother: Eleanor MOHUN

Married: Eleanor TALBOT

Joan De CAREW

Father: John De CAREW (B. Carew)

Mother: Joan TALBOT

Married: Guy De BRYAN

John De CAREW (B. Carew)

Born: 1310

Died: 22 May 1363, "the morrow of Whitsunday"

Notes: served under Lionel, Duke of Clarence, in Ireland (1362-66), who had been appointed viceroy by his father, Edward III. Lord Deputy of Ireland. After the death of his brother, Nicholas De Carew, Thomas Carew, his uncle, was the next to inherit Moulsford. The manor was seised on 6 may 1325 by Joan Talbot and her son. John paid a £100 fine for his seizure of Moulsford Manor and it apparently passed to his uncle, Thomas Carew. In 1331, Thomas Carew had license to enfeeof Master William Carew, probably in trust for his nephew John, the younger, who was afterwards knighted and became Justicar of Ireland. He held the manor at his death on Whit Monday, 1362, and his son Leonard received seisin of it in 1364. He died Oct 1369, leaving an infant son, Thomas, and his "next friend" had the custody of the manor. This was evidently Nicholas Carew of Purley in Theale Hundred, who had a grant of free warren there in 1373. Thomas Carew was in possession in 1401 and made settlement on his wife, Elizabeth De Bonville, 8 Apr 1410.

Father: John De CAREW (B. Carew)

Mother: Joan TALBOT

Married 1: Margaret MOHUN (dau. of John Mohun Baron of Dunster and Christian Seagrave)

Children:

1. Leonard CAREW (Sir)

2. John CAREW

3. Nicholas CAREW

4. William CAREW

5. Edward CAREW

Married 2: Elizabeth CORBIT


John CAREW

Died: 1346/7

Died: Siege of Calais

Father: John De CAREW (B. Carew)

Mother: Margaret MOHUN

Married: Agnes MARTIN

Children:

1. Elizabeth CAREW


Elizabeth CAREW

Born: ABT 1372, Mallerforde, Buckinghamshire, England

Died: 25 Sep 1410

Father: John CAREW

Mother: Agnes MARTIN

Married: Roger LEWKNOR (b. ABT 1369 - d. BEF 1405) ABT 1391, Mallerforde, Buckinghamshire, England

Children:

1. Thomas LEWKNOR (Sir Knight) (b. ABT 1392 - d. 22 Jun 1452)

2. Agnes (Anne) LEWKNOR (b. ABT 1393)

3. John LEWKNOR (b. ABT 1395)


Leonard CAREW (Sir)

Born: 1343

Died: 4 Oct 1369

Notes: in the Inquisitions of Edward III, Writ to the escheator dated 27 Apr 1365 to take proof of age of Leonard Carew, son of John Carew, whose lands were in the custody of Phillippa, Queen of England. Thomas Cheyne, the escheator, 'caused warning to be given to John Gornay, knight, and Elizabeth, his wife, the Queen's farmers of the lands &c late of John De Carru in this bailiwick, and they did not wish to be present of send anyone in their place'.

Writ of dedimus potestatem dated 20 Jul 1365 wherein a commission begins to investigate Leonard's claim that 'the King has been deceived in assigning Elizabeth with dower rights of the manors of Camelton, Otery Mohun, and Monketon, Devon, and Andeport, Southampton, as these manors were given by William Chaylou (parson of the church of Stoke Fleming), Vincent De Berstaple, and William Stedham (vicar of the church of Andeport) to John and Margaret and the heirs of their bodies so that John had no estate in them except in fee-tail'. Took a while, but a decision made 15 Jul 1367 in Sir Leonard Carew's favor.

He did not enjoy his inheritance for long, though. Leonard died 9 Oct 1369. Thomas, aged one year and more, was his heir. Supposedly, he died in battle while in the service of his Carru, Pembrokeshire, overlord John Hastings, Earl of Pembroke.

Father:
John De CAREW (B. Carew)

Mother: Margaret MOHUN

Married: Alice FITZALAN ABT 1360

Children:

1. Thomas CAREW (B. Hydon)

2. William CAREW


Thomas CAREW (B. Hydon)

Born: 1361, Mohun Ottery, Devonshire, England

Died: 25 Jan 1430/31

Father: Leonard CAREW (Sir)

Mother: Alice FITZALAN

Married: Elizabeth BONVILLE (b. ABT 1362 - d. BEF 26 Jul 1451) (dau. of Sir William Bonville of Shute and Margaret Damarell)

Children:

1. Nicholas CAREW (B. Carew)

2. Hugh CAREW

3. Elizabeth CAREW


Elizabeth CAREW

Born: ABT 1408

Father: Thomas CAREW (B. Hydon)

Mother: Elizabeth BONVILLE

Married: Thomas TREMAYNE of Collacombe (Sir) (b. ABT 1400 - d. 1 Feb 1482) (son of Nicholas Tremayne and Joan Doddscombe) ABT 1433, Collacombe Manor, Lamerton, Devonshire, England

Children:

1. Christopher TREMAYNE

2. Elizabeth TREMAYNE

3. Agnes TREMAYNE

4. Catherine TREMAYNE

5. Joan TREMAYNE (m.1 Sir Richard Edgecumbe - m.2 Oliver Kelly)

6. John TREMAYNE (Sir) (m. Jane Warre)


Nicholas CAREW (B. Carew)

Born: ABT 1409, Molesford, Devonshire, England

Died: ABT 1446

Father: Thomas CAREW (B. Hydon)

Mother: Elizabeth BONVILLE

Married: Joan COURTENAY

Children:

1. Thomas CAREW of Mohun's Ottery

2. Nicholas CAREW of Haccombe (Sir)

3. Alexander CAREW of Antony

4. Hugh CAREW

5. William CAREW of Bury St. Edmonds (Sir)

6. Elizabeth CAREW

7. Jane CAREW

8. Florence CAREW


Hugh CAREW

Born: AFT 1433

Notes: died without issue and his lands went to John, son of his brother Nicholas.

Father: Nicholas CAREW (B. Carew)

Mother: Joan COURTENAY


Elizabeth CAREW

Father: Nicholas CAREW (B. Carew)

Mother: Joan COURTENAY

Married: John CHALLONS

William CAREW of Bury St. Edmonds (Sir)

Died: ABT 1501

Buried: St. Mary's Bury

Father: Nicholas CAREW (B. Carew)

Mother: Joan COURTENAY

Married: Margaret CHATWORTH

Children:

1. Elizabeth CAREW

2. Thomas CAREW

3. Nicholas CAREW

4. William CAREW

5. John CAREW

Married 2: Joan (Jane) DRURY


John CAREW

Born: BEF 1501

Father: William CAREW of Bury St. Edmonds (Sir)

Mother: Margaret CHATWORTH

Married: Marjory KELLY

Children:

1. George CAREW


George CAREW

Born: ABT 1512

Father: John CAREW

Mother: Marjory KELLY

Married: Margaret ENGLEFIELD

Children:

1. Thomas CAREW of Crowcombe


Thomas CAREW of Crowcombe

Born: ABT 1539

Died: 1604

Buried: 1 Oct 1604, Crowcombe, Somersert, England

Father: George CAREW

Mother: Margaret ENGLEFIELD

Married: Elizabeth BICOMBE ABT 1559, Crowcombe, Somersert, England

Children:

1. Dorothy CAREW

2. Elizabeth CAREW

3. John CAREW of Crowcombe (Sir)

4. George CAREW

5. Catherine CAREW


Dorothy CAREW

Born: ABT 1559, Crowcombe, Somersetshire, England

Father: Thomas CAREW of Crowcombe

Mother: Elizabeth BICOMBE

Married: John LANCASTER ABT 1574, Crowcombe, Somersert, England


Elizabeth CAREW

Born: ABT 1561, Crowcombe, Somersetshire, England

Father: Thomas CAREW of Crowcombe

Mother: Elizabeth BICOMBE

Married: William GRENVILLE (Sir) 1574


Catherine CAREW

Born: ABT 1568, Crowcombe, Somersetshire, England

Father: Thomas CAREW of Crowcombe

Mother: Elizabeth BICOMBE

Married: Robert HOWSE 1584


John CAREW of Crowcombe (Sir)

Born: ABT 1563, Crowcombe, Somersetshire, England

Died: 22 Feb 1635/6

Buried: 1635, Crowcombe, Somersetshire, England

Father: Thomas CAREW of Crowcombe

Mother: Elizabeth BICOMBE

Married: Elizabeth SOUTHCOTT (b. ABT 1570 - d. 1633) (dau. of Thomas Southcott and Elizabeth Fitzwilliam) ABT 1590, Shellingford, Devonshire, England

Children:

1. Elizabeth CAREW

2. Mary CAREW

3. Dorothy CAREW

4. Thomas CAREW

5. George CAREW

6. John CAREW


Thomas CAREW of Mohun's Ottery

Died: BEF 12 Apr 1502, Mohun's Ottery, Devonshire, England

Father: Nicholas CAREW (B. Carew)

Mother: Joan COURTENAY

Married: Joan CARMINOWE (dau. of Thomas Carminowe and Jane Hill)

Children:

1. Nicholas CAREW (Sir)


Nicholas CAREW (Sir)

Born: ABT 1435, Mohun's Ottery, Devonshire, England

Died: 16 Nov 1470

Buried: 6 Dec 1470, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England

Father: Thomas CAREW of Mohun's Ottery

Mother: Joan CARMINOWE

Married: Margery DYNHAM (b. ABT 1436 - d. ABT 1507) (dau. of Sir John Dynham and Joan Arches) ABT 1476

Children:

1. Edmund CAREW (Sir)

2. John CAREW (Sir)

3. Jane CAREW


Jane CAREW

Born: ABT 1460, Clovelly, Devonshire, England

Father: Nicholas CAREW (Sir)

Mother: Margery DYNHAM

Married: Robert CAREY

Children:

1. Robert CAREY

2. John CAREY

3. Thomas CAREY

4. William CAREY


Edmund CAREW (Sir)

Born: 1466

Died: 24 Jun 1513, Thorounne

Notes: supported Henry Tudor and was knighted by him at Bosworth as was Rhys ap Thomas. Sir Edmund died heavily in debt in 1513 while fighting in France. He was buried at Calais. His heirs were unable to keep up the mortgage payments and Carew castle was lost. It eventually became a crown possession, and was regained by the Carews about 100 years later.

Father: Nicholas CAREW (Sir)

Mother: Margery DYNHAM

Married: Catherine HUDDESFIELD (d. 1499) (dau. of Sir William Hudsfield Kt., attorney general to Edward IV)

Children:

1. Nicholas CAREW

2. Thomas CAREW of Bickley (Sir)

3. William CAREW (Sir)

4. Anne CAREW

5. Dorothy CAREW

6. George CAREW (Sir)

7. Isabelle CAREW

8. Gawen CAREW (Sir)

9. Catherine CAREW


Anne CAREW

Born: AFT 1484

Died: AFT 1565

Father: Edmund CAREW (Sir)

Mother: Catherine HUDDESFIELD


Dorothy CAREW

Born: AFT 1484

Died: AFT 1513

Father: Edmund CAREW (Sir)

Mother: Catherine HUDDESFIELD

Married 1: John STOWELL

Married 2: Hugh POLLARD (Sir)


Gawen CAREW (Sir)

Born: AFT 1484

Died: BET 11 Oct 1582 - 20 Jun 1585 (Will dated/proved)

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Edmund CAREW (Sir)

Mother: Catherine HUDDESFIELD

Married 1: Anne BRANDON AFT 28 Jan 1530/31 (marriage licence)

Married 2: Mary WOTTON (dau. of Sir Robert Wotton of Boughton Malherbe and Anne Belknap) (w. of Sir Henry Guildford)

Married 3: Elizabeth NORWICH (d. 1594) (dau. of Sir John Norwiche)


Catherine CAREW

Born: BEF 1500, Mohun's Ottery, Devonshire, England

Father: Edmund CAREW (Sir)

Mother: Catherine HUDDESFIELD

Married: Phillip CHAMPERNOWNE of Modbury (Sir) ABT 1513

Children:

1. Catherine CHAMPERNOWNE

2. John CHAMPERNOWNE of Modbury

3. Arthur CHAMPERNOWNE (Sir)

4. Joan CHAMPERNOWNE

5. Elizabeth CHAMPERNOWNE

6. Frances CHAMPERNOWNE


George CAREW (Sir)

Born: AFT 1484

Died: Jun 1583

Notes: third son, graduated B.A. at Broadgates Hall, Oxford, in 1522; was archdeacon of Totnes 1534-1549; prebendary of the cathedral of Wells, 1546; precentor of Exceter, 1549; predendary of Salisbury, 1555; archdeacon of Exceter, 1556 to 1569; dean of Bristol, 5 Nov 1552, when he was ejected in 1553, resuming the post on the accession of Elizabeth, and filling it until 1571; precentor of Salisbury, 1558; precentor of Bath and Wells, 1560 and 1565; dean of Christchurch, Oxford, 1559-1561; dean and canon of Windsor, 1560-1577; dean of Exceter, 1571. He died in Jun 1583, and was buried in the church of St. Giles-in-the-Fields (Wood, Fasti Oxon. ed. Bliss; Le Neve, Fasti; Welch, Alumni Westmonast, p. 7).

Father: Edmund CAREW (Sir)

Mother: Catherine HUDDESFIELD

Married: Anne HARVEY (dau. of Sir Nicholas Harvey of Ickworth and Elizabeth Fitzwilliam)

Children:

1. Edmund CAREW (d. in infancy)

2. Mary CAREW

3. George CAREW (1º E. Totnes)

4. Peter CAREW (Sir)


Mary CAREW

Died: AFT 1565

Father: George CAREW (Sir)

Mother: Anne HARVEY

Married: Walter DOWRISH

Peter CAREW (Sir)

Died: 25 Aug 1580, Glenmalure, Ireland

Notes: died in a skirmish with the Irish.

Father: George CAREW (Sir)

Mother: Anne HARVEY

Married: Audrey GARDNER (dau. of Sir John Gardner) (m.2 Edmund Verney)

Children:

1. Anne CAREW

Anne CAREW

Born: BEF 1583

Father: Peter CAREW (Sir)

Mother: Audrey GARDNER

Married 1: William WILFORD

Married 2: Alan APSLEY (Sir Lieutenant of the Tower)

Children:

1. Peter APSLEY

George CAREW (1º E. Totnes)

Born: 29 May 1555

Acceeded: 7 Feb 1625

Died: 27 Mar 1629, The Savoy, England

Buried: 2 May 1629, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: George CAREW (Sir)

Mother: Anne HARVEY

Married: Joyce CLOPTON 31 May 1580, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England

Children:

1. Peter CAREW

William CAREW (Sir)

Born: BEF 1483

Father: Edmund CAREW (Sir)

Mother: Catherine HUDDESFIELD

Married: Joan COURTENAY

Children:

1. Phillip CAREW (Sir)

2. Peter CAREW (Sir)

3. George CAREW (Sir)

4. Cecily (Thomasine) CAREW


Cecily (Thomasine) CAREW

Born: ABT 1507

Father: William CAREW (Sir)

Mother: Joan COURTENAY

Married: Thomas KIRKHAM ABT 1531

Children:

1. Thomasine (Susan) KIRKHAM


Phillip CAREW (Sir)

Died: BEF 1545, Killed by the Turks

Father: William CAREW (Sir)

Mother: Joan COURTENAY


Peter CAREW (Sir)

Born: 1512

Died: 27 Nov 1575, Ross, Waterford, Ireland

Buried: 15 Dec 1575, Waterford, Ireland

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: William CAREW (Sir)

Mother: Joan COURTENAY

Married: Margaret SKIPWITH (B. Talboys of Kyme) (dau. of William Skipwith of South Ormsby and Alice Dymoke) (w. of George Talboys, 2° B. Talboys - m.3 Sir John Clifton)(See her Biography) 20 Feb 1547


George CAREW (Sir)

Born: ABT 1504

Died: 20 Jun 1545, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: William CAREW (Sir)

Mother: Joan COURTENAY

Married 1: Thomasine POLLARD (dau. of Sir Lewis Pollard) ABT 1529, Mohun Ottery, Devonshire, England

Married 2: Mary NORREYS


Thomas CAREW of Bickley (Sir)

Born: ABT 1484

Father: Edmund CAREW (Sir)

Mother: Catherine HUDDESFIELD

Married 1: Elizabeth COURTNEY (dau. of John Courtney of Bickley)

Children:

1. Humphrey CAREW of Bickley

2. John CAREW of Bickley

3. Catherine CAREW

Married 2: Elizabeth SMARTE

Children:

4. Humphrey CAREW

5. William CAREW of Bickley

6. Anne CAREW


John CAREW of Bickley

Notes: Named in the will of Sir Peter Carew, 1575. Died s.p.

Father: Thomas CAREW of Bickley (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth COURTNEY

Married: Catherine STUCLEY (dau. of William Stucley of Kene and Joan Stowell)


Humphrey CAREW of Bickley

Born: BEF 1575

Father: Thomas CAREW of Bickley (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth COURTNEY

Married: Agnes HURST (dau. of William Hurst)

Children:

1. Peter CAREW of Bickley

2. John CAREW

3. Elizabeth CAREW


Peter CAREW of Bickley

Father: Humphrey CAREW of Bickley

Mother: Agnes HURST

Married: Elizabeth CHUDLEIGH

Children:

1. Henry CAREW of Bickley (Sir)

2. Dorothy CAREW

3. Edmund CAREW

4. Peter CAREW

5. Elizabeth CAREW

6. Bridget CAREW

7. Mary CAREW


Henry CAREW of Bickley (Sir)

Born: 1590

Died: 1640

Father: Peter CAREW of Bickley

Mother: Elizabeth CHUDLEIGH

Married: Dorothy MOHUN (dau. of Sir Reginald Mohun and Dorothy Chudleigh)

Children:

1. Elizabeth CAREW

2. Dorothy CAREW


Elizabeth CAREW

Born: 1627

Father: Henry CAREW of Bickley (Sir)

Mother: Dorothy MOHUN

Married: Thomas CAREW of Haccombe (Sir) BEF 1672

Children:

1. Henry CAREW of Haccombe (Sir Bt.)

2. Dorothy CAREW

3. Isabella CAREW


Dorothy CAREW

Buried: 23 Feb 1691/2

Father: Henry CAREW of Bickley (Sir)

Mother: Dorothy MOHUN

Married 1: John CHICHESTER of Hall 12 May 1657

Married 2: Henry CHICHESTER of Youlston Park 25 Jun 1685



Eleanor CAREW

Born: ABT 1520

Father: Henry CAREW

Mother: ¿?

Married: Francis KEMPE (b. BEF 1534 - d. 1597) (son of William Kempe and Eleanor Browne)

Children:

1. Son KEMPE



Elizabeth CAREW

Born: ABT 1560

Married: Robert DRURY of Laughlin

Children:

1. Thomas DRURY

2. Catherine DRURY

3. John DRURY of Dublin

4. Robert DRURY of Callow


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