Carew (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the Carew family in the Middle Ages

The Carew family is an English aristocratic family that has been divided into several branches since the 14th century. During the time of the Tudor kings in particular, several well-known military and politicians came from the family. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the family branches were among the leading families of the gentry of south-west England. Numerous members of the family were elected to the House of Commons .

Family origins in Wales

The family is of Anglo-Norman origin. The progenitor is Gerald of Windsor , who built Castell Caeriw in South Wales in the early 12th century . His son William named himself after the castle. Raymond FitzGerald , a son of William de Carew and other members of the family participated in the Anglo-Norman conquest of Ireland , Raymond became the progenitor of the Irish Fitzgerald family .

Carews from Mohun's Ottery

John Carew († 1324) acquired Mohun's Ottery in Devon through marriage in the early 14th century . His heirs acquired other estates in southwest England, where the focus of the family shifted. John Carew's son John Carew of the same name and his grandson Thomas Carew distinguished themselves as soldiers in the Hundred Years War . Nicholas Carew of Mohun's Ottery married Joan Courtenay , who inherited other lands in South West England. While her eldest son Thomas Carew († 1461) inherited from his father Carew Castle in Wales and Mohun's Ottery in Devon, she distributed her inherited goods to her four younger sons. While Hugh Carew died childless in 1470, Alexander Carew founded the Carew family of Antony , William Carew the Carew family of Camerton and Crowcombe and Nicholas Carew the Carew family of Haccombe .

Edmund Carew († 1513), a great-grandson of Thomas Carew († 1461), got into debt in the service of the king, so that he finally had to pledge Carew Castle and could no longer redeem the pledge. His younger son Gawain Carew and his grandsons George and Peter Carew rose as soldiers and politicians under the Tudor kings. Another grandson, George Carew , was made Baron Carew and Earl of Totnes , but died in 1629 with no legitimate male descendants surviving. After the death of Peter Carew in 1575, Mohun's Ottery finally fell into female succession to the Southgate family (also Southcote ).

Tribe list of the Mohun's Ottery Carews

  1. Nicholas Carew († 1311)
    1. John Carew († 1324)
      1. Nicholas Carew († 1324)
      2. John Carew († 1362)
        1. Leonard Carew (1342-1369)
          1. Thomas Carew (around 1368 – before 1431)
            1. Nicholas Carew († 1447/9)
              1. Thomas Carew († 1461)
                1. Nicholas Carew (also called John Carew ) (around 1423-1470)
                  1. Sir Edmund Carew (around 1464-1513)
                    1. Sir William Carew (around 1483-1536)
                      1. George Carew (around 1504–1545)
                      2. Peter Carew (1510-1575)
                    2. Thomas Carew (see Carews by Bickleigh )
                    3. George Carew (1497 / 98–1583)
                      1. Peter Carew († 1580)
                      2. George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes (1555-1629)
                    4. Sir Gawain Carew (around 1503–1585)
              2. Sir Nicholas Carew († 1469) (see Carews von Haccombe )
              3. Hugh Carew († 1470)
              4. Alexander Carew († 1492) see Carews von Antony
              5. Sir William Carew († 1501) (see Carews of Camerton and Crowcombe )
    2. Nicholas Carew († 1390) (ancestor of the Carews of Beddington )

Carews of Beddington

Nicholas Carew , a younger brother of John Carew († 1324) of Mohun's Ottery, was under Edward III. Lord seal keeper and was able to acquire the estate of Beddington in Surrey in the middle of the 14th century . His descendant Nicholas Carew made a career as a courtier during the reign of Henry VIII until he was executed in 1539. With the childless death of his son Francis Carew in 1611, the family died out in the direct male line. However, he had adopted his nephew Nicholas Throckmorton , who took the name Carew again. His descendants made several MPs for the House of Commons until 1727. In 1715 Nicholas Carew was raised to baronet , but with the death of his son Nicholas Carew, 2nd baronet in 1762, the title expired. In female succession, the family estate Beddington Place remained in the family's possession until 1856, when the indebted Charles Hallowell Hallowell Carew had to cede all rights to his creditor Samuel Ford .

Beddington Carews Root List (excerpt)

  1. Sir Richard Carew (around 1469-1520)
    1. Sir Nicholas Carew (around 1496–1539)
      1. Francis Carew (around 1530-1611),
      2. Anne Carew (around 1520–1581) ∞ Nicholas Throckmorton
        1. Sir Nicholas Carew (around 1567-1644)
          1. Sir Francis Carew (1602-1649)
            1. Sir Nicholas Carew (1635–1688)
              1. Sir Francis Carew († 1689)
                1. Nicholas Carew, 1st Baronet (1686–1727)
                  1. Sir Nicholas Carew, 2nd Baronet († 1762)

Carews by Bickleigh

William Carew of Mohun's Ottery, who had leased Bickleigh Castle in Devon since 1495 , betrothed his younger brother Thomas Carew to his ward Elizabeth Courtenay in 1512. Her grandfather Sir Philip Courtenay finally bequeathed her Bickleigh, so that Thomas Carew founded the Carew von Bickleigh family. His descendant, Sir Henry Carew , sided with the king during the English Civil War, which is why Bickleigh Castle was destroyed. Henry Carew died in 1681, his heir Elizabeth had married Thomas Carew von Haccombe. With that, Bickleigh Castle fell to the Carew von Haccombe family until it was sold in 1927.

Carews from Haccombe

Nicholas Carew († 1469) founded the Carew von Haccombe family in Devon. His descendant Thomas Carew was the only member of the family who achieved greater political importance as a member of the House of Commons. He was raised to hereditary nobility as a baronet in 1661. Through his marriage to Elizabeth Carew von Bickleigh, his son Henry Carew inherited Bickleigh Castle. The Haccombe House near Newton Abbot was rebuilt around 1800 and remained in the family's possession until 1942.

The adventurer and criminal Bampfylde Moore Carew , the self-proclaimed king of beggars , was a descendant of a younger son of the Carews of Haccombe. The politician Charles Carew (1853-1939), who was from 1915 to 1922 Member of Parliament for the Tiverton constituency , was a great-grandson of Thomas Carew, 6th Baronet . The Canadian Brigadier General Patrick Henry Curtis Carew (* 1931) is a great-great-grandson of Henry Carew, 7th Baronet .

Carews from Camerton and Crowcombe

William Carew († 1501) founded the Carew family of Camerton in Somerset. In 1568 his descendant Thomas Carew († 1604) bought Crowcombe Court there . Thomas Carew had a new stately mansion built in Crowcombe by 1739. To finance the construction he had to sell several goods, including Camerton . With the death of his nephew John Carew (1734-1771) in 1771, the family died out in the male line. John Carew's daughter Mary finally inherited Crowcombe Court in 1811 and then took the name Carew again. Crowcombe Court remained in the hands of her descendants until the 1960s, eventually by female inheritance.

Antony House, home of the Carew von Antony family

Carews by Antony

Alexander Carew († 1492) founded the Carew von Antony family in Cornwall. His grandson Wymond Carew rose as a courtier under Henry VIII, he was also the first member of the branch of the family to be elected as a member of the House of Commons. Numerous members of the family were also elected as MPs, including the scholar Richard Carew († 1620). His son Richard Carew acquired the title of baronet in 1641. As strict Puritans , his sons were supporters of Parliament during the English Civil War . Alexander Carew was executed for treason in 1644, John Carew after the fall of the Commonwealth in 1660 as one of the so-called Regiciden. William Carew, 5th Baronet , had Antony House rebuilt in 1718 . With his son Coventry Carew , the family died out in the male line in 1748. Antony finally fell into female succession to Reginald Pole , who then took on the name Pole-Carew. His descendant John Pole-Carew inherited the title Baronet Pole in 1924 , changing his name to Carew Pole. In 1961 he gave Antony House to the National Trust , but retained the right of residence for the family.

Master list of Antony's Carews (excerpt)

  1. Alexander Carew († 1492)
    1. John Carew
      1. Sir Wymond Carew (1498-1549)
        1. Thomas Carew (1526 / 27–1564)
          1. Richard Carew (1555-1620)
            1. Richard Carew, 1st Baronet (1580–1643)
              1. Alexander Carew, 2nd Baronet (1608–1644)
                1. John Carew, 3rd Baronet (1635-1692)
                  1. Jane († 1700) ∞ Jonathan Rasleigh, great-grandfather of Reginald Pole-Carew
                  2. Richard Carew, 4th Baronet (1684–1703)
                  3. William Carew, 5th Baronet (1689-1744)
                    1. Coventry Carew, 6th Baronet (around 1716–1748)
                2. Richard Carew (1641-1691)
              2. John Carew (1622-1660)
              3. Thomas Carew (1624–1681)
                1. Thomas Carew (1664-1705)
          2. George Carew (around 1556-1612)
            1. Francis Carew (around 1598-1628)
        2. Sir Matthew Carew (1531-1618)
          1. Thomas Carew (1594-1640)

Main list of Antony's Pole Carews (excerpt)

  1. Jane Carew († 1700) ∞ Jonathan Rasleigh
    1. Sarah Rasleigh ∞ Carolus Pole
      1. Reginald Pole (1717–1769)
        1. Reginald Pole-Carew (1753-1835)
          1. Joseph Pole-Carew (1787-1852)
          2. William Pole-Carew (1811-1888)
            1. Sir Reginald Pole-Carew (1849-1924)
              1. John Carew Pole, 12th Baronet (1902-1993)
                1. Richard Carew Pole, 13th Baronet (* 1938)
        2. Sir Charles Pole, 1st Baronet (1757-1830)

Baron Carew

To what extent Robert Shapland Carew (1787-1856), an Anglo-Irish politician from County Wexford , actually descends from the Carews, who were involved in the Anglo-Norman conquest of Ireland in the 12th and 13th centuries, can not be clarified beyond doubt. He was promoted to Baron Carew in the Peerage of Ireland in 1834 and Baron Carew in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1838, and his descendants still hold the title today (2017).

literature

  • Ronald Mitchell: The Carews of Beddington . London Borough of Sutton Libraries and Art services, Sutton 1981. ISBN 0-907335-02-0
  • The National Trust: Antony, Cornwall . The National Trust 2010. ISBN 978-1-84359-015-6

Web links

Commons : Carew family  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Historic England: Beddington Place, Beddington, Greater London. Retrieved June 5, 2017 .
  2. ^ Bickleigh Castle - The Historical Timeline. Retrieved June 5, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Historic England: HACCOMBE HOUSE. Retrieved June 5, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Charles Robert Sydenham Carew on thepeerage.com , accessed May 16, 2017.
  5. ↑ Brig. Gen. Patrick Henry Curtis Carew on thepeerage.com , accessed June 11, 2017.
  6. ^ The National Trust: Antony, Cornwall . The National Trust 2010. ISBN 978-1-84359-015-6 , p. 35
  7. ↑ Historic England: Crowcombe Court. Retrieved June 6, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Cracroft's Peerage: Carew, Baron (I, 1834). Retrieved June 6, 2017 .