Sir Edmund Carey, Kt., MP

Edmund Carey

Sir Edmund Carey (c. 1558 – 1637) was an English MP from 1584 to 1614.[1]

He was the son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon and Ann Morgan.[2] He was the grandson of Mary Boleyn, the sister of Queen Anne Boleyn.

Carey travelled to the Netherlands with Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester in 1585 and was present at the capture of Doesburg and in Zutphen. He was knighted during this campaign by Leicester. When he returned to England he served as vice-admiral, and later was appointed as a colonel in his father's army for the defence of Queen Elizabeth I. [3]

He also served for many years in the House of Commons. He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Newport, Isle of Wight in 1584 and 1589, Oxford in 1593, Buckingham in 1597, Wiltshire in 1601 and Calne in 1606 and 1614. [1]

He was married three times:

1. Mary Crocker, daughter and heiress of Christopher Crocker. They had several children:[3]

• 1. Sir Robert Carey (1583–1638), Capt of Horse in the Netherlands.
• 2. Sir Ferdinando Carey (1590–1638), married Philippa, daughter of Sir William Throckmorton.
• 3. Thomas Carey
• 4. Catherine Carey, married Francis Rogers
• 5. Anne Carey, married Sir William Uvedale

2. Elizabeth Neville, daughter and co-heiress of John Nevill, 4th Baron Latimer and Lucy Somerset. Elizabeth was the widow of Sir John Danvers.[4]

3. Judith Humphrey, daughter of Dr Lawrence Humphrey, Dean of Winchester and the President of Magdalen College, Oxford.[3]

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Carey

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• Sir Edmund Carey1
• M, #85102, b. circa 1557, d. 12 September 1637
• Father Sir Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, Governor of Berwick, Keeper of Hyde Park1 b. 4 Mar 1526, d. 23 Jul 1596
• Mother Anne Morgan1 b. c 1535, d. 19 Jan 1607
• Sir Edmund Carey was born circa 1557 at of Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England.1 He married Elizabeth Neville, daughter of Sir John Neville, 4th Lord Latimer and Lucy Somerset, after 1594.1,2 Sir Edmund Carey died on 12 September 1637 at Culham, Oxfordshire, England.1 He was buried on 13 February 1638.1
• Family Elizabeth Neville b. c 1550
• Citations
• [S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
• [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. VII, p. 485-486.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2832.htm#... _________________
• Sir Edmund Carey1
• M, #3533, b. 1558, d. 12 September 1637
• Last Edited=18 Feb 2014
• Sir Edmund Carey was born in 1558 at Hunsdon, Herefordshire, England.1,2 He was the son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon and Ann Morgan.1 He married, firstly, Mary Cocker, daughter of Christopher Cocker and Anne le Strange.2 He married, thirdly, Judith Humphrey, daughter of Dr. Lawrence Humphrey, after June 1630.3 He married, secondly, Elizabeth Neville, daughter of John Neville, 4th Lord Latymer and Lady Lucy Somerset, after 1594.4 He died on 12 September 1637 at Culham, Oxfordshire, England.1,2
• He was invested as a Knight in 1587 by the Earl of Leicester.2 He lived at Moulton Park, England.4
• Children of Sir Edmund Carey and Mary Cocker
  • Sir Robert Carey+5 b. 21 Mar 1582/83
  • Colonel Ferdinand Carey+5,2 b. 1 Feb 1590, d. 1663
• Citations
• [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VI, page 629. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• [S130] Wikipedia, online http;//www.wikipedia.org. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia.
• [S3268] Hans Harmsen, "re: Chester Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 21 August 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Chester Family."
• [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2247. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VI, page 630.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p354.htm#i3533 ____________
• Edmund CAREY (Sir Knight)
• Born: ABT 1557, Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England
• Died: 12 Sep 1637, Culham, Oxford, England
• Buried: 13 Feb 1637/1638, Culham, Oxfordshire, England
• Notes: knighted by the Earl of Leicester in the Netherlands, 1587.
• Father: Henry CAREY (1° B. Hunsdon)
• Mother: Anne MORGAN (B. Hundson)
• Married 1: Mary CROCKER
• Married 2: Elizabeth NEVILLE
• Married 3: Judith HUMPHREY
• Children:
  • 1. Robert CAREY (Sir)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CAREY.htm#Edmund CAREY (Sir Knight)1 ________________
• CAREY, Edmund (d.1637), of Culham, Oxon.
• 6th s. of Henry Carey†, 1st Baron Hunsdon, by Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Morgan of Arkestone, Herefs.; bro. of Sir George, Henry, John, Robert and William. educ. G. Inn 1580. m. (1) Mary, da. and h. of Christopher Coker of Croft, Devon, 3s. 2 or 3da.; (2) c.1596, Elizabeth (d.1630), da. and coh. of John Neville, 4th Lord Latimer, wid. of John Danvers of Dauntsey, Wilts.; (3) Judith, da. of Laurence Humphrey of Winchester, Hants, wid. of ?Thomas Bury of Culhampton and Sir George Rivers of Chafford, Kent. Kntd. 1586.3
• Offices Held
  • Esquire of the body by 1598; j.p.q. Northants. 1592, Bucks., Mdx., Glos., Wilts., Yorks. (W. Riding) 1598.4
• Carey served in the Netherlands as a soldier under Leicester, by whom he was knighted. He entered Parliament under the auspices of his eldest brother Sir George, who nominated him at his recently enfranchised borough of Newport. Abroad when the next election was held, he sat for Newport again in 1589. He obtained his seat at Oxford through his father’s recent appointment as high steward, and as Member for Oxford he may have attended the committee on brewers on 3 Apr. 1593. In 1597 he came in on his family’s interest at Buckingham, and during this Parliament was named to the large committee for the bill on armour and weapons (8 Nov.). His county seat, obtained at the instance of the Earl of Hertford, the new lord lieutenant, was due to his standing in that county through his marriage to the widow of Sir John Danvers. This marriage is said by John Aubrey to have taken place so as to give Lady Danvers enough influence at court to obtain a pardon for her two sons accused of murder. The Danvers family had estates in Cornwall, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire, to which Lady Danvers added Danby castle and large estates in Yorkshire by her marriage settlement. As knight for Wiltshire he may have attended committees concerning clothworkers (18 Nov.), order of business (3 Nov.) and monopolies (23 Nov.). By 26 Aug. 1637 when he made his will, 'sick in body’, Carey was living at Culham. He was buried there a few weeks later, appointing his third wife sole executrix.5
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/ca... ____________

http://www.gentlemenadventurers.org/ecarey.htm

Sir Edmund Carey -- English Soldier

Born in Berwick England and into wealth 1558 Edmund Carey grew up living amongst a border people with strong loyalties and violent bloody feuds. This may well have found sympathy within the young Carey, who developed the characteristics of the Borderer. His father, Baron Sir Henry Carey who was ennobled by Queen Elizabeth I when she ascended to the throne lived 'in a ruffling time, so he loved sword and buckler men' but would fight for 'his prince and country'. It seems that his father's character and temperament may well have influenced him. Like many young gentries of the time, he was tutored at home and spent much of his time out in the country in the border regions as his father Lord Sir Henry Carey was the warden of East March.

Being the sixth child in a family of ten, there was little chance he would ever gain his father's title, land or wealth since the English Law of primogeniture would have the eldest son inherit the parent's title and wealth. However a yearly stipend of £105 still made living easy. Edmund was not a man that lives beyond his means, but he was a gambling man, ruthless and often taking risks no sane man would take which more often then not, paid off handsomely for the young Carey.

In 1570 at the tender age of twelve he served as his brother's squire and accompanied Sir George Carey who was appointed Lieutenant General to crush the Revolt of the Northern Earls. It would be one of the many hardships he would learn to endure and later thrive upon. It is said he had a knack for military science and could exploit his enemies on the field of battle often risking his own life and the lives of his entire company.

Edmund's military career began in 1585 after the Treaty of Nonesuch. He volunteered and was appointed as one of Sir John Norreys' Captains. He was one of the avant-garde armies meant for garrison duty in Zeeland in the Dutch lowlands. Instead Norreys directed an attack on a Spanish fort and captured it. Rich from plunder, Edmund returns home to England and marries his second wife Elizabeth Neville the widow of Sir John Danvers, his first wife Mary Crocker having died two years earlier had no children.

In 1586 Edmund now 28 years old, accompanies the Earl of Leicester who was appointed Commander-in-Chief of an expeditionary force to the Netherlands with a large number of young and valiant gentlemen-at-arms. The corruption and over extravagance of Leicester lead to extreme pitiful conditions for the Captains and troops, but they were still able to repel Parma's attack on Grave, a fortress on the Maas. By late Spring of 1587 Edmund was garrisoned at Sluys. The few gentlemen-at arms including Edmund held out against Parma's relentless assault. The city finally fell in July and Edmund escaped to Flushing with shrapnel wounds. Upon Leicester's return to the Netherlands he was knighted and given commission as Colonel.

The height of his military career came in 1588 against the Spanish Armada. Stationed onboard the Hope(?). When talking of the Spanish Armada, Carey's enjoyment and lust for adventure can be clearly shown, "…we made ready to follow them (the Spanish ships), where began a cruel fight, and we had such advantage, both of wind and tide, as we had a glorious day of them."

Colonel Sir Edmund Carey had 4 elder, one younger brothers and three younger sisters (in order) George, John, the two Thomases, William and Robert who was created Earl of Monmouth by James I. The sisters were Catherine (Lady Nottingham), Philadelphia (married Lord Scrope) and Margaret who married Sir Francis Hoby.

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• Links
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Danvers
• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/JohnDanvers.htm
• https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Carey,_Henry_(1524%3F-1596)_(DNB00)

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