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Carew, Peter (1510 - 1575)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

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

General Lands Note

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

Details of Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

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

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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - 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 Type
Mohun's Ottery Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Philip and Mary [1553–8]. 4 vols. London: HMSO, 1937--9
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  • 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. 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. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, and John Harris. Lincolnshire. 1964. 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]