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George Carey (c. 1541 – 1616)

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As his own children all died without issue, his heir to Cockington was his nephew George Cary, the fifth son of his younger brother John Cary of Dudley, Staffordshire, and husband of Elizabeth Seymour, a daughter of
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Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ...
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The arms of Sir George Cary, of four quarters, as displayed on the monumental brass to his first wife and on his father's monument, are as follows:
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of enriching himself in the process. Although the case was prolonged for several years nothing was ultimately proven, which may explain the words
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in 1599 and was appointed a Lord Justice in September 1599 (when Essex left the country) and again, in 1603 (on the departure of
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type monument survives in St Saviour's Church, Tor Mohun. Thomas Cary was the second son of Robert Cary (died 1540),
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Visitations of Cornwall: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1530, 1573 & 1620; with additions by J.L. Vivian
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Firstly in about 1561, to Wilmota Giffard (1540/1–1581), daughter and sole heiress of John Giffard of
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The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620
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Date of birth per Vivian, p. 404, date of death per inscription on her brass in Tor Mohun Church
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Source (with corrections): Fairfax Harrison (of Belvoir House, Fauquier County, Virginia),
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in Devon, Sir George Cary via his paternal grandmother Jane Carew (Vivian, pp.135, 150-1)
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that are inscribed on Isaac Oliver's miniature portrait of him (illustrated above).
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Vivian, p. 404, pedigree of Giffard; Pole, p. 304; Risdon p. 244; Pevsner, p. 127
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of Wilmota Giffard (d.1581), first wife of Sir George Cary. St Saviour's Church,
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of Cockington, by his wife Mary Southcott, a daughter of John Southcott of
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Both were descended from Nicholas Carew "Baron Carew" (d.1470), of
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He should not be confused with his near namesake and second cousin
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to have been "simple", and the couple were divorced in 1560 by
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In 1601, Cary was responsible for the introduction of a newly
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He was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Cary (died 1567)
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Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Devon
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Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon
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Sir George Cary, killed in the Irish Wars and stated by
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Azure, a chevron argent between three pears pendant or
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CAREY, George (c. 1541-1616), of Cockington, Devon.
710:Members of the Parliament of England for Dartmouth 294:Secondly Cary married Lettice Rich, a daughter of 25:Sir George Cary, miniature portrait dated 1581 by 505:, 2 vols., New York, 1920, vol.1, p.198, note 2. 345:Argent, on a bend sable three roses of the field 323:, Lord Protector and uncle of King Edward VI. 385:Many sources refer to him as "Cary", but the 8: 359:Gules, a fess between three crescents argent 653: 330: 31: 406: 378: 459: 457: 455: 429: 427: 425: 412: 410: 167:Irish coinage and was accused in the 7: 547:. Heraldic Media Ltd. Archived from 321:Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset 148:in 1588. He was treasurer-at-war to 144:in 1586, and for the county seat of 578:Vivian, p. 703, pedigree of Seymour 541:"Warwick, Earl of (E, 1618 - 1759)" 38:Argent, on a bend sable three roses 16:Member of the Parliament of England 158:Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy 150:Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex 14: 335:Quartered arms of Sir George Cary 253:survives in St Saviour's Church, 296:Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick 196: 187: 77:from May 1603 to February 1604. 53:) (c. 1541 – 15 February 1616), 313:Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet 387:Oxford Dictionary of Biography 352:Or, three piles in point azure 1: 725:English justices of the peace 274:Anna Cary, first wife of Sir 526:Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) 261:Thomas Cary, died childless; 638:Sir John-William de la Pole 746: 587:Pole, p.473; Vivian, p.150 290:. She also died childless. 271:Jana Cary, died childless; 173:free from all filthy fraud 678: 669: 661: 656: 247:Archbishop of Canterbury 124:After education at the 672:Lord Deputy of Ireland 490:Vivian, p. 123, note 5 336: 319:in Devon, grandson of 179:Marriages and children 75:Lord Deputy of Ireland 43: 29: 715:English MPs 1586–1587 682:Sir Arthur Chichester 530:, Exeter, 1887, p.142 434:History of Parliament 391:History of Parliament 334: 35: 24: 644:Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L. 640:(ed.), London, 1791. 551:on 26 September 2012 218:Cary married twice: 138:Member of Parliament 130:Justice of the peace 282:, Cornwall, MP for 223:Yeo Vale, Alwington 154:campaign in Ireland 102:Indio, Bovey Tracey 657:Political offices 545:Cracroft's Peerage 337: 169:Exchequer of Pleas 136:from 1587. He was 132:from c. 1579, and 44: 30: 688: 687: 679:Succeeded by 628:Pole, Sir William 233:in the parish of 134:deputy lieutenant 114:manor of Clovelly 98:lord of the manor 65:in the parish of 737: 720:English MPs 1589 662:Preceded by 654: 624: 619:London. p.  597: 594: 588: 585: 579: 576: 570: 567: 561: 560: 558: 556: 537: 531: 524: 518: 515:Risdon, Tristram 512: 506: 497: 491: 488: 482: 479: 473: 470: 464: 461: 450: 443: 437: 431: 420: 414: 394: 383: 315:(died 1613), of 276:Richard Edgcumbe 251:monumental brass 207:Monumental brass 200: 191: 106:Easter Sepulchre 82:Sir George Carew 47:Sir George Carey 745: 744: 740: 739: 738: 736: 735: 734: 690: 689: 684: 675: 667: 650:. 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Isaac Oliver

of the field
JP
DL
Cockington
Tor Mohun
Devon
Lord Deputy of Ireland
Sir George Carew
Earl of Totnes
lord of the manor
Indio, Bovey Tracey
Easter Sepulchre
lord
manor of Clovelly
Inner Temple
Justice of the peace
deputy lieutenant
Member of Parliament
Dartmouth
Devon
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
campaign in Ireland
Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy
debased
Exchequer of Pleas

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