Nicholas CAREW, Knt.

Male - 1540


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  • Name Nicholas CAREW  [1
    • Nicholas Carew, Knt., of Beddington, co, Surrey, K.G.

      They had one son and four daughters. He was in attendance to the court of King Henry VIII, being first mentioned as a knight at a banquet at Greenwich on 7 July 1517. He was made Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex in 1518/19. He was present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. He was appointed Master of the Horse to King Henry VIII on 18 July 1522, and entertained he King with hunting on the grounds at Beddington. He was engaged in diplomatic missions to the court of France, and was installed Knight of the Order of the Garter on 21 May 1536. He fell into disfavour and was accused of treason. Sir Nicholas Carew was attainted and beheaded on Tower Hill on 3 Mar 1539/40.
      The will of "Ladye Dame Elsabeth Carewwe", dated 21 May and proved 17 July 1546, mentioned 'my lady Darcie the wyfe of Sir Arthure Darcye knyghte my daughter", as well as her other daughters Isabel and Anne, and brother Sir Francis Bryan. they were buried at St. Botolph's Aldergate, London. [1]
    Suffix Knt. 
    Gender Male 
    Death 3 Mar 1539/40  [1
    Person ID I89824  Main Tree
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2018 

    Father Sir Richard CAREW,   b. 1469   d. 23 May 1520 (Age 51 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Malyn OXENBRIDGE   d. 3 Oct 1544 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F37286  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth BRYAN   d. Between 21 May and 17 July 1546 
    Marriage 1514  [1
    Children 
    +1. Mary CAREW  [Birth]
     2. Isabel CAREW  [Birth]
    Family ID F37288  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2018 

  • Sources 
    1. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).