Francis Carew (politician, 1602)

Sir Francis Carew ( November 1, 1602 , † before April 9, 1649 ) was an English nobleman and politician who was elected four times as a member of the House of Commons .

Origin and education

Francis Carew came from the Carew family of Beddington . He was the eldest son of Sir Nicholas Carew and his wife Mary Moore. His father owned extensive Surrey estates and was a leading gentry in the county. Carew attended University College at Oxford in 1619 , where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1621 . To this end, he had learned law in 1620 at the Inner Temple in London.

Politicians in the House of Commons

At the suggestion of his father, Carew ran for Haslemere in Surrey in the general election in 1624 . He and his even younger cousin Poynings More were elected in 1624 and also in the following elections in 1625 and 1626 as members of the borough , on whose policies their grandfather George More had a dominant influence as landlord. Carew was made Colonel in the Surrey Militia prior to 1626 and was made Knight of the Bath on February 1, 1626 before Charles I's coronation , but almost nothing is known of his activities in the House of Commons. In the 1628 elections he ran successfully for Guildford . In June 1628 he became extraordinary gentleman of the King's Privy Chamber . Although he had been appointed justice of the peace in 1630 , in the same year he and Poynings More had to flee abroad from their creditors because of their gambling debts. His father didn't seem to blame him at first and gave him good advice on how to behave in France. However, when Carew asked his wife, who had remained in England, to send him expensive clothes, his father's patience was torn, as he himself was heavily in debt. Carew's angry mother-in-law refused to take on the debt. In the summer of 1631 Carew was still in France, but before the winter of 1634 at the latest he had returned to England.

Role in the English Civil War

In the general election in the spring of 1640 Carew ran successfully for Bletchingley in Surrey, but he could not exercise his mandate in the Short Parliament . During the English Civil War he was considered a partisan of the king, so that the parliamentary troops occupied his possessions. Following his father's death in 1644, the supporters of Parliament demanded a fee of £ 800 from him in February 1644. In order to take up his inheritance, Carew declared that he never fought for the king and left him in September 1643. In addition, he would have received an annual pension from his father of only £ 200, while his father's inheritance was burdened with £ 4,000. However, the parliamentary supporters continued to regard him as their opponent and demanded a fine of £ 2,000. On November 28, 1644, the House of Commons decided that Carew should get his goods back if he would pay £ 1,000 within ten days. Carew was apparently no longer involved in the rest of the Civil War, but on his death he is said to have still owed £ 1,500 to Parliament. He was buried in Beddington on April 9, 1649.

Family and offspring

Around April 1627 Carew had married Susan Romney , a daughter of the London Alderman Sir William Romney. With her he had five daughters and a son, Nicholas Carew , who became his main heir.

Web links

• Alan Davidson, Ben Coates: CAREW, Francis II (1602-1649), of Beddington, Surr. (History of Parliament Online, Ref Volumes: 1604–1629)

Individual evidence

1. ^ John Philipps: The History and Archeology of Beddington Park and adjacent sites. Carshalton and District History and Archeology Society, 2008, p. 4. Retrieved June 5, 2017 .