Carew, Peter (1510 - 1575)

Biographical Overview

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Titles - 1
Properties - 10
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 12
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1510 (possibly born 1514)
Death Date: 1575-11-27

Notes

Left England for France at age 12 (1526) to serve as a page; returned to England 1531 or 1532. Attainted 7 April 1554 for treason and fled the realm 23 Jan. 1555; pardon issued 9 Dec. 1555; arrested near Brussels ca. 16 May 1556 and lodged in the Tower; released Oct. 1556; attainder reversed 1563; in Ireland 1568--70 and Aug. 1573 to death

Siblings

Male

Carew, George (1504 - 1545)
Carew, Philip ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Skipwith, Margaret ( - 1583)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1546-2-20
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1545-08 (possibly knighted in Sept. 1545)
    Vacated 1575-11-27

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Devon 1545 n.d.
Sheriff, Devon 1546-11-23 1547-11-27
MP, Devon 1547 n.d.
Vice Admiral, Devon by 1548-8-9 n.d.
Vice Admiral, Cornwall ca. 1549 n.d.
MP, Devon 1553 n.d.
Deputy Lieut, Devon ca. 1558 n.d.
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Devon 1558/9 1575 (held office until death)
JP, Dorset 1558/9 1575 (held office until death)
JP, Devon 1558/9 1575 (held office until death)
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1559 n.d.
MP, Devon 1559 n.d.
MP, Exeter 1563 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Southampton 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1563/4 n.d.
Capt, Ireland 1567/8-2-17 1569 Castle in Idrone Barony, county Carlow
Privy Councillor, Ireland 1568/9-2 n.d.
Constable, London 1572 n.d.

General Lands Note

Livery of lands as heir of brother Sir George Carew 10 July 1546; recovered lands after pardon Oct. 1556

Details of Properties

Residence

  • South Ormsby, Lincolnshire
    Residence after marriage
    Acquired: 1547
  • Mohun's Ottery, Devon
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony (via brother); sold
    Acquired: 1546
    Divested: 1563

Lands

  • Cornwall
    Acquired: 1549
    Granted the confiscated lands of John Winslade
  • Devon: Dartmouth Borough Lordship
    Acquired: 1546-07-10
    Divested: 1563
    Patrimony (via brother); sold
  • Devon: Okehampton Park
    Acquired: 1545-04-20
    Divested: 1563
    Also received a large grant of lands 21 May 1550; sold
  • Ireland: county Cork
  • Ireland: county Meath
  • Ireland: Idrone Barony, county Carlow
    Acquired: 1568-12
  • Lincolnshire
    Acquired: 1546/7-02-20
    Via wife
  • Somerset
    Acquired: 1559-06-06
    Granted

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1558-1558 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Sir Peter Carew's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Peter Carew's Minstrels Carew, Peter (1510 - 1575) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

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

Bibliographic Sources

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Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Elizabeth I [1558–78]. 7 vols. London: HMSO, 1939–82.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Philip and Mary [1553–8]. 4 vols. London: HMSO, 1937–9.
The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
The Dictionary of National Biography. 1882–1901 (66 vols); 1908–9 (28 vols). 2 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1975.
Hooker, John. 'The Life of Sir Peter Carew....' Archaeologica 28 (1840): 96–151.
Leland, John. The Itinerary of John Leland in or about the Years 1535–1543. Lucy Toulmin Smith, ed. 5 vols. London: Centaur, 1964.
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509–47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864–1932.
List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Pevsner, Nikolaus, and John Harris. Lincolnshire. 1964. The Buildings of England. London: Penguin Books, 1998.
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].