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William Carey 1495 – 1528 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Feb 1495

Birth Location: Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, England

Death Date: 22 Jun 1528

Death Location: Bristol, Somerset, England

Father: Sir Cockington

Mother: Margaret Carey

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In 1495, William Carey Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and Esquire of the Body to King Henry VIII of England entered the world in Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, England, born to Sir Thomas Carey Van Cockington and Margaret (Margaretha) Spencer Carey. William Carey Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and Esquire of the Body to King Henry VIII of England passed away in 1528 in Bristol, Somerset, England.

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Biography

  • In 1495, William Carey Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and Esquire of the Body to King Henry VIII of England entered the world in Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, England, born to Sir Thomas Carey Van Cockington and Margaret (Margaretha) Spencer Carey.
  • William Carey Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and Esquire of the Body to King Henry VIII of England passed away in 1528 in Bristol, Somerset, England.

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William Carey's Ancestors

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William Carey
1495 – 1528
Birth Place: Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, England
Parents
Sir Thomas Carey Van Cockington
1460 – 1536
Chilton Foliot, Wiltshire, England
Margaret ((Margaretha) Spencer) Carey
1472 – 1501
Spencercombe, Devon, England
Grandparents
William (Knight) Carey
1437 – 1471
Bristol, Gloucestershire, Gb
Lady (Alice) Fulford
1443 – 1496
Fulford, Devon, England
Robert Spencer
1430 – 1502
Badby, Northamptonshire, England
Eleanor ((Countess of Wiltshire)) Beaufort
1439 – 1501
Wilts, England
Great-Grandparents
Philips Cockington
1400 – 1437
Christine Orchard
1415 – 1472
BALDWIN Fulford
1415 – 1461
Jenet Bosome
1420 – 1461
Edmund Beaufort
1406 – 1455
Eleanor Beauchamp
1407 – 1467
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Cary
1375 –
Jane
John Beaufort
Margaret Holland
Richard Beauchamp
1381 –
Elizabeth Berkeley
1386 – 1422

William Carey's Timeline

2 Records

1495
4 Feb 1495
Birth of William Carey Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and Esquire of the Body to King Henry VIII of England in Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, England
Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, England
1528
22 Jun 1528
Age 33
Death of William Carey Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and Esquire of the Body to King Henry VIII of England in Bristol, Somerset, England
Bristol, Somerset, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Feb 1495
    Event Place: Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Jun 1528
    Event Place: Bristol, Somerset, England

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