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Sir William Cary, Baron Cary of Clovelly, Sheriff & Mayor Of Bristol 1492–1528 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Oct 1492

Birth Location: Chilton Foliot, Wiltshire, England

Death Date: 22 Jun 1528

Death Location: Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England

Father: Sir Knight

Mother: Lady (Carey)

Spouse(s): Mary Carey

Children(s): Lord Hunsdon, Robert Carey, Lady VII, Richard Cary

Sir William Cary, Baron Cary of Clovelly, Sheriff & Mayor Of Bristol was born in 1492 in Chilton Foliot, Wiltshire, England, the child of Sir Thomas Cary Knight And Lady Margaret Eleanor Spencer Carey. Sir William Cary, Baron Cary of Clovelly, Sheriff & Mayor Of Bristol married Mary Carey, and had children including Lady Mary Catherine Kate The Illegitimate Tudor Carey Lady Of The Queen S Privy Chamber Chief Lady Of The Bedchamber Royal Lady In Waiting Illegitimate Daughter Of King Henry Vii, Lord Henry Illegitimate Tudor Carey 1St Baron Hunsdon, Richard Cary, Robert Carey. Sir William Cary, Baron Cary of Clovelly, Sheriff & Mayor Of Bristol passed away in 1528 in Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England.

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Biography

  • Sir William Cary, Baron Cary of Clovelly, Sheriff & Mayor Of Bristol was born in 1492 in Chilton Foliot, Wiltshire, England, the child of Sir Thomas Cary Knight And Lady Margaret Eleanor Spencer Carey.
  • Sir William Cary, Baron Cary of Clovelly, Sheriff & Mayor Of Bristol married Mary Carey, and had children including Lady Mary Catherine Kate The Illegitimate Tudor Carey Lady Of The Queen S Privy Chamber Chief Lady Of The Bedchamber Royal Lady In Waiting Illegitimate Daughter Of King Henry Vii, Lord Henry Illegitimate Tudor Carey 1St Baron Hunsdon, Richard Cary, Robert Carey.
  • Sir William Cary, Baron Cary of Clovelly, Sheriff & Mayor Of Bristol passed away in 1528 in Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Knight
1460–1536
Birth Location: Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, England
SK
Lady (Carey)
1472–1536
Birth Location: Spencercombe, Devon, England
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Spouses(s)

Mary Carey
1501–1536
Birth Location: Hever Castle, Kent, England
MC

Children(s)

Lord Hunsdon
1526–1596
Birth Location: Hengrave, Suffolk, England
LH
Robert Carey
1512–1569
Birth Location: Bristol, Somerset, England
RC
Lady VII
1524–1568
Birth Location: Rotherford Greys, Oxfordshire, England
LV
Richard Cary
1525–1570
Birth Location: St Nicholas, Gloucestershire, England
RC

Sir Bristol's Ancestors

Self
Sir Bristol
1492–1528
Birth Place: Chilton Foliot, Wiltshire, England
Parents
Sir Thomas Cary, Knight
1460–1536
Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, England
Lady (Margaret Eleanor Spencer) (Carey)
1472–1536
Spencercombe, Devon, England
Grandparents
Sir (William I Cary,) Knight
1437–1471
Cockington, Devon, England
Sir (Robert Spencer, knight, 1st) Baron
1430–1510
Spencercombe, Devon, England
Lady (Eleanor Beaufort, Countess of Somerset &) Wiltshire
1434–1501
London, London, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Devon
1400–1437
Lady Holway
1404–1472
Henry Despenser
1392–1476
Isabelle Lincoln
1394–1478
Sir Albans
1406–1455
Lady Ros
1407–1467
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir II
1375–1431
Margaret Bideford
1379–1400
Thomas Despenser
1366–1435
Lady Northhamptonshire
1370–1408
Henry Lincoln
1348–1400
Isabelle (nmu)
1353–1420
John fleet
1371–1410
Margaret Somerset
1385–1440
Sir Warwick
1382–1439
Elizabeth Lisle
1386–1422

Sir Bristol's Descendants

1.
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Sir (William Cary, Baron Cary of Clovelly, Sheriff & Mayor Of) Bristol (Oct 1492–22 Jun 1528) m. Mary Carey (ABT 1501–19 May 1536)
  1. 1. Lord (Henry "illegitimate Tudor" Carey, 1st Baron) Hunsdon 1526–1596 m. The (Right Honorable Anne Morgan, Baroness of Hundson, Lady of the Privy Chamber to Queen) Elizabeth 1529–1606
    1. 1. Lady (Philadelphia Carey, Baroness Scrope of) Bolton 1552–1627 m. Thomas (Scrope, K.G., 10th Lord of Bolton, Baron of Bolton, Masham, and Upshall, Lord Warden of the West) Marches 1567–1609
      1. 1. Lord (John Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland, 11th Baron Bolton, Lord President of the King's Council in the) North 1584–1630 m. Elizabeth Manners 1600–1654 m. Martha (Jeanes (or Janes, or Jones, alias San(d)ford), servant &) mistress 1591–1630
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Scrope, Duchess of) Bolton 1627–
        2. 2. Mary (Scrope, Duchess of) Bolton 1627–1680
        3. 3. Lady (Annabella Scrope,) Viscountess 1629–1703 m. John (Grubham Howe, MP House of) Commons 1625–1679
        4. 4. John Scrope 1605–1606
    2. 2. Lady (Catherine Carey) (Howard) 1547–1602 m. Charles (Howard, High Admiral who defeated Spanish Armada in 1588, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Uncle via Margaret Howard () Henson) 1535–1624
      1. 1. William (Howard 3rd Baron of) Effingham 1577–1615 m. Anne (St John Baroness Beauchamp of) Bletso 1575–1638
        1. 1. Elisabeth Howard 1602–1671
      2. 2. Charles (Howard 2nd Earl of) Nottingham 1579–1642
      3. 3. Lady (Elizabeth Howard, Countess of) Carrick 1574–1646 m. Robert Southwell 1563–1598
        1. 1. Lady (Frances Southwell) (Rodney) –1659
      4. 4. Lady (Frances) Howard 1572–1628
    3. 3. Sir (George Carey, 2nd Baron) Hunsdon 1547–1603 m. Elizabeth (Spencer Baroness) Hunsdon 1547–1623 m. Mary Hyde 1554–1627
      1. 1. Elizabeth Cary 1576–1635
      2. 2. Henry (Carey, 1st Earl) Dover 1580–1666
      3. 3. Blanche Carey 1585–1651
      4. 4. Charles Carey 1582–1630
      5. 5. Anne Carey 1583–1622
      6. 6. John (Richard) Cary 1583–1666
      7. 7. Henry (Carey 4th Earl of) Hunsdon 1577–1578
    4. 4. Sir (John Carey, 3rd Baron of Hunsdon Castle Carey) Somerset 1556–1617 m. Mary (Hyde, Baroness of) Hunsdon 1554–1627
      1. 1. Blanche Carey 1585–1651
      2. 2. John (Richard Lord Mayor Bristol) Cary 1577–1666
      3. 3. Henry (Carey, 1st Earl of Dover, 4th Baron Hunsdon and Viscount) Rochford 1577–1666 m. Judith Pelham 1590–1629
        1. 1. John Carey 1608–1677
        2. 2. Mary Cary 1615–
      4. 4. Anne Cary 1580–1617
      5. 5. Charles Carey 1578–1617
      6. 6. Henry Carey 1577–1578
      7. 7. Henry Carey 1580–1666
    5. 5. Sir (Edmund Carey, Esquire of Body to Queen Elizabeth, Gentleman of Privy Chamber to James I & Charles I, Captain of Ostend,) Knight 1557–1637 m. Judith (Humphrey) (Carey) 1565–1656 m. Lady (Elizabeth Neville, Countess of) Exeter 1546–1630
      1. 1. Ferdinando Carey 1590–1638
    6. 6. Margaret Carey 1567–1605
    7. 7. Blanche Carey 1545–
    8. 8. Margaret (Mary) Carey 1550–1602
    9. 9. William (Cary, High Sherrif & Mayor of Bristol, 1st Earl of) Monmouth 1550–1639 m. Elizabeth (Alice) Goodall 1556–1623
      1. 1. Thomas Carey 1604–1631 m. Lady (Joan Milner, Lady of) Bristol 1602–1660
        1. 1. Mary (Cary Carie (Tudor) , Lady of) London 1620–1648 m. 1615–1648
        2. 2. Walter Cary 1646–
        3. 3. William Cary –1694
      2. 2. Henry (Carey, 2nd Earl of) Monmouth 1595–1661
      3. 3. Philadelphia Carey 1585–1654
      4. 4. James Cary 1573–1644
      5. 5. William Cary 1576–1638
      6. 6. Nathaniel Cary 1600–1661
    10. 10. Valentine (Carey, Bishop) Exeter 1568–1626
    11. 11. Robert (Carey, 1st Earl of) Monmouth 1560–1639 m. Elizabeth Trevannion 1563–1641
      1. 1. Sir (Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of) Monmouth 1595–1661
      2. 2. Lord (Thomas) Carey 1597–1634
      3. 3. Lady (Philadelphia) Carey 1585–1655 m. Sir (Thomas Wharton, Oxford University) alumna 1587–1622
        1. 1. Baron (Philip Wharton, 4th Lord Wharton) peerage 1613–1696 m. Elizabeth Wandesford 1600–1635 m. Jane Wharton 1619–1658
    12. 12. Judith Cary 1547–1572
    13. 13. Henry Carey 1547–1634
    14. 14. Christopher Cary 1568–1626
    15. 15. Richard Carey 1546–1572
    16. 16. Michael Carey 1548–1554
    17. 17. Thomas (II) Carey 1559–1559
    18. 18. Anna Cary 1554–1601
  2. 2. Robert Carey 1512–1569 m. Christian (Anne) Dennis 1525–1560
    1. 1. Sir (William Carey High Sheriff and Lord Mayor of) Bristol 1550–1633 m. Alice (Elizabeth) Cary 1566–1623
  3. 3. Lady (Mary Catherine "Kate" ("The Illegitimate Tudor") Carey, Lady of The Queen's Privy Chamber, Chief Lady of the Bedchamber (Royal Lady in Waiting) (Illegitimate daughter of King Henry) VII 1524–1568 m. Sir (Lord Francis I "The Elder" Knollys, KG, Sheriff of Hampshire, Statesman, English Courtier, Privy Councillor, 2nd Lord of La War, Custodian of Wallingford Castle,) Hi 1514–1592
    1. 1. Lady (Cecilia Anne Elizabeth "Cecily" Knollys (Knowles), Lady of Wantage, Maid of Honor to Elizabeth) I 1540–1632
    2. 2. Sir (Robert Knollys (Knowles), Knight of the Garter, Member of) Parliament 1545–1632
    3. 3. Sir (Henry Francis Knollys (Knowles), Knight of Rotherfield Greys,) MP 1542–1582
    4. 4. Sir (Richard Knollys) (Knowles) 1544–1610
    5. 5. Sir (Robert William Knowles, KG, 1ST 1st Earl) Banbury 1547–1632
    6. 6. Lettice (Knollys, Countess of) Leicester 1539–1634
  4. 4. Richard Cary 1525–1570

Sir Bristol's Timeline

2 Records

1492
Oct 1492
Birth of Sir William Cary, Baron Cary of Clovelly, Sheriff & Mayor Of Bristol in Chilton Foliot, Wiltshire, England
Chilton Foliot, Wiltshire, England
1528
22 Jun 1528
Age 36
Death of Sir William Cary, Baron Cary of Clovelly, Sheriff & Mayor Of Bristol in Bristol, Somerset, England
Bristol, Somerset, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Oct 1492
    Event Place: Chilton Foliot, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Jun 1528
    Event Place: Bristol, Somerset, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Age:
    About 27-28

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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