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in May, and he himself now opened negotiations to do the same. In August, he ordered his men to open fire on a
Parliamentarian warship entering harbour; they refused, and he allegedly escaped lynching only after the ship's captain intervened on his behalf.
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His social standing seemed unaffected either by his execution, or that of his half-brother in 1660; John inherited title and estates, and he and
Richard both served as MPs. Of their three sisters, Mary married John Sparke (1636-1680), MP for
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His wife petitioned
Parliament, who dismissed her claim that he was "in a kind of distracted condition and unfit to die", but gave him a month to arrange his affairs. He was executed on
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in May 1641. He reportedly claimed "If I were sure to be the next man, that should suffer upon the same scaffold, with the same axe, I would give my consent."
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began in August 1642, Carew was one of the relatively few members of the
Cornish gentry who openly supported
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CAREW, Richard (1641-91), of
Abertanat, Salop. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715
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to acquire legal training, then considered part of a gentleman's education. Like his father and
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began in August 1642, he was one of the relatively few members of the
Cornish gentry who backed
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PENDARVES, Alexander (1662-1725), of
Roskrow, Gluvias, Cornw in the House of Commons, 1690-1715
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Alexander Carew was born on 30 August 1608, the eldest surviving son of
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Turncoats and Renegadoes: Changing Sides during the English Civil Wars
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Wright, Richard (2008). "Carew, Sir Alexander, second baronet".
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KENDALL, Walter (1626-96), of Pelyn, nr. Lostwithiel, Cornw
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in May 1641, and supported the removal of bishops from the
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in December 1644, followed in January by the Hothams, and
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360:, in October 1660. Richard Carew was a moderate
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461:with the exception of Plymouth and
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203:Bridget Chudleigh (ca 1584–1612);
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543:was an MP from 1689 to 1725.
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152:St Augustine's, Hackney
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444:St Nicholas' Island
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264:Sir Alexander Carew
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878:Title next held by
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886:Nicholas Trefusis
863:1640–1643
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465:. Carew's cousin
425:Earl of Strafford
421:Church of England
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