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Carew, Nicholas (1400 - 1449)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1400
Death Date: 1449 (possibly died 1447)

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Courtenay, Joan ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1426
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Baron of Carew
  • Baron of Ottery

Titles

  • Baron of Carew
    Assumed: 1431
    Vacated: 1449
  • Baron of Ottery
    Assumed: 1432
    Vacated: 1449

Details of Offices

Began Ended
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1433
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1433
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1435 1436
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1442/3

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Pembrokeshire: Carew Barony & Castle
    Acquired: 1430/1-01-27
    Divested: 1449
    Patrimony

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Baron Carew's Servant (Minstrel?)
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Baron of Ottery's Servant/s (Minstrel/s?)

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Baron Carew's Servant (Minstrel?) Carew, Nicholas (1400 - 1449) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Baron of Ottery's Servant/s (Minstrel/s?) Carew, Nicholas (1400 - 1449) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Haccombe House Devon Private Residence
Mohun's Ottery Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Alexander, J.J. 'Devon Magnates in 1434.'. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association 72 (1940): 283--303.
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI [1422--61]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1901--11
  • Carew, Richard. Richard Carew of Antony: The Survey of Cornwall. London: Andrew Melrose, 1953
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • The Visitations of the County of Devon, comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, with additions by Lieut-Col J.L. Vivian. Exeter: For the Author by H.S. Eland, [1895]
  • Williams, B.H. Ancient Westcountry Families and their Armorial Bearings: A Story of the Old Nobility and Gentry of Devon and Cornwall, with Notes on their Lives, their Manor-Houses and their Charities. 1 vol (only vol ever published). Penzance, Cornw: J.A.D. Bridger, 1916
  • Worth, R.N. Calendar of the Plymouth Municipal Records. Plymouth: R.N. Worth, 1893