Humphrey Carewe, alias Cooke, of Westhorpe

From page 289 of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. "Clarke-Cooke (alias Carewe)-Kerrich, by G. Andrews Moriarty"

From the foregoing records the following pedigree of Cooke alias Carewe has been compiled.

1. Humphrey Carewe alias Cooke, of Westhorpe, co. Suffolk, born probably about 1485, died after 1545. He was probably a grandson of John Cooke and a great-grandson of Thomas Cooke of Cotton, co. Suffolk, the testator of 1471, but proof of this is lacking.

The name of his wife is unknown.

He first appears as a witness to the will of Thomas Carter of Westhorpe, dated 10 Mar. 1522/3. In the subsidy of 1523-4 he is called Humfrey Carew and is one of the largest taxpayers in Westhorpe. In 1533 he, as Humphrey Carewe -alias Coke, with others, bought lands in Westhorpe, Bacton, Finningham, and Wyverstone, co. Suffolk. The last mention of him is in the subsidy of 1545-6.

Children:

• 2. i. Robert (probably), b. about 1510. Name of his wife is unknown
• 3. ii. John, b. about 1515. Married Alice Carter
• 4. iii. William, b. about 1518. Married Elizabeth Cromer
• iv. Thomas, of Westhorpe, b. about 1520; living in 1587/8; probably d.s.p. a few years thereafter. He figures in the two suits in Chancery brought by Nicholas Raynberd, his nephew. He was servant of Sir Robert Jermyn, and was for many years non compos mentis.
• v. A Daughter, b. about 1525; m. Nicholas Raynberd of Bacton, who d. at Bacton 1 Sept. 1559. Child: 1. Nicholas, of Thetford, co. Suffolk [stc], b. about 1549; m. Elizabeth Mully, dau. of Robert of Pharisfield, co. Norfolk. He was the complainant in the suits in Chancery against Richard Mulliner and George Cooke.
• vi. Alice (possibly), b. about 1527; m. at Westhorpe, 12 Oct. 1553, Robert Willett.

  ---

Sources: A Witter Family History; NEHGR, v75, p288.

NEHGR: Humphrey Carewe, alias Cooke, of Westhorpe, Suffolk, England.

Probably born about 1485, died after 1545. He probably was a grandson of John

Cooke and a great-grandson of Thomas Cooke of Cotton, co. Suffolk, the testator of 1471, but proof of this is lacking. The name of his wife is unknown. He first appears as a witness to the will of Thomas Carter of Westhorpe, dated 10 March 1522/3. In the subsidy of 1523-4, he is called Humfrey Carew and is one of the largest taxpayers in Westhorpe. In 1533 he, as Humphrey Carewe, alias Coke, with others, bought lands in Westhorpe, Bacton, Finningham and Wyverstone, co. Suffolk. The last mention of him is in the subsidy of 1545-6.

Witter Family: Humphrey Cooke, alias Carew, born about 1485 at Westhorpe,

Suffolk. Died after 1545. "Owned land at Westhorpe, Bacton, Finningham and

Wyverstone. Taxed in 1523/4 and 1545/6."

Seven generations of Carews are in Magna Charta Sureties, Line 35. 14th to

16th centuries.