Sir George Carew, Kt., MP

Family and Education

b. c.1560, 2nd s. of Thomas Carew† (d.1564) of Antony, Cornw. and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Richard Edgcumbe† of Mount Edgcumbe, Cornw.; bro. of Richard†. educ. ?Broadgates Hall, Oxf. 1572; M. Temple 1577, called 1586; travelled abroad c.1580-1 (Germany, Bohemia, Austria, Italy). m. 1588, Thomasine (admon. 5 June 1649), da. of Sir Francis Godolphin† of Godolphin, Cornw., 2s. 4da. kntd. 23 July 1603. d. 13 Nov. 1612. sig. Geor[ge] Carew.

Biography

History of Parliament Online

Links

• 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

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Sir George Carew. Born after 1484. third son, graduated B.A. at Broadgates Hall, Oxford, in 1522; was archdeacon of Totnes 1534-1549; prebendary of the cathedral of Wells, 1546; precentor of Exeter, 1549; prebendary of Salisbury, 1555; archdeacon of Exeter, 1556 to 1569; dean of Bristol, 5 Nov 1552, when he was ejected in 1553, resuming the post on the accession of Elizabeth, and filling it until 1571; precentor of Salisbury, 1558; precentor of Bath and Wells, 1560 and 1565; dean of Christchurch, Oxford, 1559-1561; dean and canon of Windsor, 1560-1577; dean of Exeter, 1571. He died in Jun 1583, and was buried in the church of St. Giles-in-the-Fields

Citations

• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2259.htm#... “Katherine Huddersfield married Sir Edmund Carew, Baron Carew, son of Nicholas Carew, Esq., Baron Carew, Sheriff of Devonshire and Margaret Dinham, before 16 January 1479; They had 4 sons (Sir William; Thomas; George, Dean of Bristol, Exeter, & St. George's Chapel, Windsor; & Sir Gawen) and 4 daughters (Katherine, wife of Sir Philip Champernoun; Dorothy, wife of John Stowell, & of Sir Hugh Pollard; Anne (nun); & Isabel (nun)).1,2,3,4,5 ”Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition ... Page 404 GoogleBooks