Lady Martha Carew

• Martha Denny1
• F, #30513, b. 1505, d. 9 January 1592
• Father Sir Edmund Denny, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, King's Remembrancer d. 22 Dec 1520
• Mother Mary Troutbeck2 b. c 1472, d. 29 Jun 1507
• Martha Denny married Sir Wymond Carew, son of John Carew and Thomasine Holland. Martha Denny was born in 1505 at London, London, England. She died on 9 January 1592.
• Family Sir Wymond Carew
• Child
  • Thomas Carew, Esq.+
• Citations
• 1.[S9425] Unknown author, Burke's Commoners, Vol. I, p. 558; Carew Genealogy.
• 2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 265.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1016.htm#...
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• Martha Denny1
• F, #357266
• Last Edited=15 May 2009
• Martha Denny is the daughter of Sir Edmund Denny.2 She married Sir Wymond Carew.1
• Her married name became Carew.
• Citations
• 1.[S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 1094. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• 2.[S37] BP2003. [S37]
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p35727.htm#i357266
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• Martha DENNY
• Born: 1505, Howe, Norfolk, England
• Died: 9 Jan 1571/2
• Notes: married Sir Wymond Carew and they had nineteen children. During her husband’s lifetime, the Carews lived in grand style at Bletchingley, Surrey, where he held the position of Anne of Cleves’s receiver, and had their own houses at Pyshoo, Hertfordshire and Hackney, Middlesex. When he died, Martha was left owing almost £8000 and in 1554 lost Hackney and other lands to the Crown. She petitioned the exchequer for relief, more than once, but Hackney was not returned to her and the debts were not fully discharged until 1611. Martha ended up living in London where, on 8 Sep 1562, she was arrested for attending mass. She was tried and convicted a month later and when she did not pay a fine of 100 marks, she was put in prison for six months. She was arrested a second time on the same charge on 4 Apr 1568. This time she received a pardon from Queen Elizabeth.
• Father: Edmund DENNY of Cheshunt (Sir Knight)
• Mother: Mary TROUTBECK
• Married: Wimond CAREW of Antony (Sir) ABT 1524
• Children:
  • 1. Thomas CAREW of Antony
  • 2. Roger CAREW
  • 3. George CAREW
  • 4. John CAREW
  • 5. Matthew CAREW (b. 1531 - d. 1618)
  • 6. Anthony CAREW
  • 7. Harvey CAREW
  • 8. Prudence CAREW
  • 9. Temperance CAREW
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/DENNY.htm#Martha DENNY
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• Sir Wymond Carew (by 1493–1549) was a sixteenth-century courtier and politician.
• Carew was born by 1493, the son of John Carew of Antony in Cornwall. He was the treasurer of the household for Henry VIII's sixth wife, Katherine Parr.[1]
• He was made Knight of the Bath in February 1547 and elected member of Parliament for Peterborough the same year.
• He married Martha, the daughter of Sir Edmund Denny of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. They had at least five sons including Roger and Thomas and one daughter. He was the brother-in-law of Anthony Denny.[2]
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wymond_Carew
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• CAREW, Sir Wymond (by 1498-1549), of Antony, Cornw. and St. Giles in the Fields, Mdx.
• b. by 1498, 1st s. of John Carew of Antony by Thomasin, da. and coh. of Roger Holland of Cowick in Exeter, Devon; bro. of John. m. by July 1519, Martha, da. of Sir Edmund Denny of Cheshunt, Herts., at least 5s. inc. ?Roger† and Thomas 1da. KB 20 Feb. 1547.2
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/ca...
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Martha Denny, Lady Carew (1505 – 9 January 1572) was an aristocratic English woman who was also a recusant and was sent to prison in 1562 for having attended mass. Her husband was Sir Wymond Carew, by whom she had 19 children, including lawyer Sir Matthew Carew.[1]

Family and marriage

Martha was born in 1505, the daughter of Sir Edmund Denny, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and Mary Troutbeck. Her brother was Sir Anthony Denny, a leading member of the Privy Chamber, and a confidant of King Henry VIII of England.

On an unknown date she married Sir Wymond Carew of Antony, Cornwall, by whom she had 19 children, including:

Thomas Carew (1527 – 12 February 1565) Roger Carew George Carew John Carew Sir Matthew Carew (1531–1618), lawyer; married Alice Rivers, by whom he had issue. Anthony Carew Harvey Carew Prudence Carew married Anthony Brugge or Bridges of West Ham. Anthony was the son of Giles Brugge of West Ham (d.1557) and Helianor Robbins and grandson of Sir John Brugge (or Bruges), Alderman, Draper and Lord Mayor of London 1520-1521. Temperance Carew (1537 – 9 October 1577) Elizabeth Carew ( - March 1578/1579) married George Dacres of Cheshunt (1534 -30 September 1580) Sir Wymond was the treasurer of King Henry's fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. The Carews lived in extravagant style at their many residences in Bletchingley, Surrey, Pyshoo, Hertfordshire, and Hackney, Middlesex. When her husband died on 22 August 1549, Martha was left with debts totalling £8,000. As she was unable to pay, what was in the 16th century a large sum of money, the manor at Hackney as well as other lands passed to the Crown in 1554.[2]

Recusancy

Following the loss of her home at Hackney, Martha moved to London, where on 8 September 1562, she was arrested for having attended a Roman Catholic mass. After being tried and convicted, she refused to pay the required fine of 100 marks and was sent to prison for six months.[3]On 4 April 1568, she was arrested a second time for the same offence; this time, however, she received a pardon from Queen Elizabeth I.[4]

Martha died on 9 January 1572.

References 1.^ Kathy Lynn Emerson, A Who's Who of Tudor Women, sourced from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography under Carew, (née Denny) Martha, retrieved 17 February 2010 2.^ Emerson 3.^ Emerson 4.^ Emerson

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