Nicholas Carew (knight)

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Sir Nicholas Carew (* 1404 , † 1449, according to other information May 3, 1447) was an English knight .

Nicholas Carew came from the Carew family . He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Carew and his wife Elizabeth Bonville. After his father's death in 1431, he inherited his estates, including Carew Castle in Pembrokeshire and estates in Devon . His father had married him to Joan Courtenay , a daughter from Hugh Courtenay's first marriage to Philippa l'Arcedekne , after 1426 . As heir to her aunt Margery Arundell, his wife brought numerous estates in Devon and Cornwall into the marriage. With her he had at least five sons and three daughters, including:

  • Thomas Carew (* before 1427; † October 1461)
  • Sir Nicholas Carew († September 13, 1469)
  • Hugh Carew († 1470)
  • Alexander Carew († 1492)
  • Sir William Carew († 1501)

Carew's main heir was his son Thomas, who inherited Carew Castle in Wales and Mohun's Ottery in Devon. His widow Joan married Robert de Vere, a younger son of Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford , in 1450 . She divided her inheritance among her four younger sons. Of these, Hugh died childless, while Alexander Carew founded the Carew family of Antony , William the Carew family of Crowcombe and Camerton, and Nicholas the Carew family of Haccombe .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Anne Curry: Carew, Sir Thomas (1368? –1431). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
  2. ^ Sir Nicholas Carew on thepeerage.com , accessed May 24, 2017.
  3. ^ The National Trust: Antony, Cornwall . The National Trust 2010. ISBN 978-1-84359-015-6 , p. 41
  4. ^ The National Trust: Antony, Cornwall . The National Trust 2010. ISBN 978-1-84359-015-6 , p. 27
personal data
SURNAME Carew, Nicholas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carew, Sir Nicholas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: 1404
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 1447 or 1449