Wymond Carew
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| Born | c. 1498 |
| Died | 22 August 1549 (aged 50–51) |
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Sir Wymond Carew (c. 1498 – 22 August 1549) was a sixteenth-century courtier and politician. He was a Member of the Parliament of England (MP) for the seat of Peterborough in 1549.[1]
Family
Carew was born about 1498, the eldest son of John Carew of Antony, Cornwall and his wife Thomasin Holland of Exeter.[2][3] Nothing is known of his education, but he may have served in the household of Thomas Denys, who represented him in the negotiations for his marriage.[2] By July 1519[1] he married Martha, the daughter of Sir Edmund Denny of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire and the sister of Sir Anthony Denny.[2][3] His family may have hoped the marriage would help Carew to a career in the Exchequer, but his father-in-law died within months of the wedding.[2][4] They had 19 children,[5] an unknown number of whom survived to adulthood.[6]
Career
He became a stannary commissioner for the Duchy of Cornwall in 1532 and the following year was appointed deputy to the receiver-general Thomas Arundell.[7][1] In 1536 he became a JP in Devon and Cornwall.[1] He served as receiver-general for the lands of three of Henry VIII's six wives: Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves and Catherine Parr and as treasurer of the household for Catherine Parr.[8] In April 1545 he was appointed treasurer of the Court of First Fruits and Tenths.[9] In December 1546, Carew was one of three commissioners, along with Sir John Gates and Sir Richard Southwell, sent to seize and inventory Kenninghall Palace, residence of Thomas Howard, third duke of Norfolk.[10]
He was created a Knight of the Order of the Bath at the coronation of Edward VI in February 1547.[11] He was elected MP for Peterborough in the first parliament of the reign in preference to a local candidate, presumably through the influence of supporters of the Duke of Somerset.[1][12]
During the 1540s he supplemented his West Country estate with purchases of property nearer London, including the manor of Pishiobury, Hertfordshire and Brooke House and the manor of Hackney, Middlesex.[13] Carew died intestate at Hackney on 22 August 1549. He was replaced in the Commons by John Campanett.[1][14] As he died in office, his wife and eldest son Thomas had some difficulty sorting out his estate and some of his accumulated lands were sold to pay his debt to the Crown.[1][15] Of his numerous children only five are known to have survived childhood: Thomas, Roger, Matthew, Anthony and Elizabeth, who married George Dacres.[6]
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References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Thorpe, S. M. (1982). "Carew, Sir Wymond (by 1498-1549), of Antony, Cornw. and St. Giles in the Fields, Mdx.". In Bindoff, S. T. (ed.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558. Archived from the original on 19 February 2025 – via History of Parliament Online.
- 1 2 3 4 Carter, Patrick (1998). "Financial Administration, Patronage and Profit in Tudor England: The Career of Sir Wymond Carew (1498—1549)" (PDF). Southern History. 20: 21.
- 1 2 Vivian, J. L., ed. (1887). The Visitations of Cornwall: 1530, 1573 & 1620. Exeter: William Pollard. p. 68. OCLC 760058580.
- ↑ Nicolas, Nicholas Harris (1826). Testamenta Vetusta: Being Illustrations from Wills, of Manners, Customs, &C. As Well as of the Descents and Possessions of Many Distinguished Families. From the Reign of Henry the Second to the Accession of Queen Elizabeth. Vol. 2. London: Nichols and Son. p. 559. OCLC 570324034.
- ↑ Carter, P. R. N. (3 January 2008). "Carew [née Denny], Martha, Lady Carew (c. 1500–1572)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/61144. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
- 1 2 Carter 1998, pp. 37–8.
- ↑ Carter 1998, p. 22.
- ↑ Carter 1998, pp. 23–7.
- ↑ Carter 1998, p. 27.
- ↑ Carter 1998, p. 31.
- ↑ Shaw, W. A.; Burtchaell, B. D. (1906). The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of All the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of Knights Bachelors, Incorporating a Complete List of Knights Bachelors Dubbed in Ireland, Compiled by G. D. Burtchaell. Vol. 1. London: Printed and published for the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, Sherratt and Hughes. p. 152.
- ↑ Carter 1998, pp. 34–5.
- ↑ Carter 1998, pp. 35–6.
- ↑ Carter 1998, p. 36.
- ↑ Carter 1998, pp. 36–7.
- 1 2 Metcalfe, Walter C. (1885). A Book of Knights Banneret, Knights of the Bath, and Knights Bachelor, Made between the Fourth Year of King Henry VI and the Restoration of King Charles II and Knights Made in Ireland, between the Years 1566 and 1698, Together with an Index of Names. London: Mitchell and Hughes. pp. 15, 61, 90. OCLC 5319383.
- 1 2 Burke, Bernard (1884). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time. London: Harrison. p. 168. OCLC 600067620.