Elizabeth (Bryan) Carew (abt. 1495 - 1546)

Born about 1495 in Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Nicholas Carew KG MP — married Dec 1514 in England

Descendants

Died 17 Jul 1546 at about age 51 in London, England

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Note: Birth year changed from 1510 to 1495 (a guess). 1510 seems off for a women married in 1514. Another profile for Elizabeth Bryan had birth as 1488 in Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England. This date seems not to match either, unless Nicholas was born a lot before 1496 (1496 from #Richardson, but could be based on assumption he was at least 18 at the time of his 1514 marriage - the same assumption could be made for Elizabeth).

Note: Death location was more likely Beddington, Surrey, England than London.^{[citation needed]}

Biography

Elizabeth Bryan^[1]

Parents: Sir Thomas Bryan, son of Sir Thomas Bryan by Isabel, widow of Thomas Blount, Esq. and his wife Margaret Bourgchier, widow of John Sandys, daughter of Sir Humphrey Bourgchier and Elizabeth Tilney. Sir Thomas and Margaret married before 1495.^[2]

born 1495,^{[citation needed][3][1]} Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England^[4]

Husband: Nicholas Carew, K.G., of Beddington, Surrey, England^[1]

married 1514^[1]

Children

• Sir Francis Carew^[1]
• Elizabeth (Carew) Hall^[1]
• Mary (Carew) Darcy, married Sir Arthur Darcy of Brimham Yorkshire^[5]
• Anne Carew, married (1) Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, (2) Adrian Stokes, Esq.^[6]
• Isabel (Carew) Saunders^[7]

Sir Nicholas Carew "fell into disfavor and was accused of high treason. [He] was attainted and beheaded on Tower Hill 3 March 1539/40. His widow, Elizabeth, was granted the manor of Wallington (in Beddington), Surrey and lands in Susses.... She left a will dated 21 May 1546, proved 17 July 1546 (P.C.C. 13 Alen). They were buried at St. Botolph's, Aldgate, London.^[8]

Note

Elizabeth Bryan was a second cousin of both Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour, which increased her standing at court. Her only brother was Sir Francis Bryan, called "the Vicar of Hell" for his lack of principles. She is said to have been friends with Bessie Blount, Henry's mistress who produced an illegitimate son in 1519.^[9]

Research notes

Elizabeth was not mentioned in the 1495 will of her grandfather, Thomas Bryan, probated 1500. ^[10]

Note: Removed Thomas Welles as her spouse. An Elizabeth Bourgchier, sister of Humphrey Bourgchier, who married Robert Welles, may have been confused with this profile for Elizabeth (Bryan) Bourchier. ("Other Last Name(s) included "Goodrich", which was removed.)^[11]

Note (2): Bryan-31 for Elizabeth Bryan m Thomas Welles has a note that she is not the same Elizabeth Bryan, daughter of Sir Thomas Bryan and Margaret, daughter of Sir Humphrey Bourgchier, who married Sir Nicholas Carew.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} #Richardson
2. ↑ Royal Ancestry, Vol 1, pp 485-488 #13 Humphrey Bourgchier (#Richardson)
3. ↑ guess based on her parents' marriage of "before 1495" when they were "legatees and named executors in the 1495 will of his father, Sir Thomas Bryan the elder." Sir Thomas died between October 1508 and January 1517/18 (date of will/date proved).
4. ↑ her father, Sir Thomas Bryan, was "of Marsworth, Cheddington, and Hardwick, Buckinghamshire" (Royal Ancestry, Vol I, p 486, BOURCHIER #13ii, #Richardson)
5. ↑ "see LAUNCE 19" (Royal Ancestry, #Richardson)
6. ↑ "see GROBY 18.i" (Royal Ancestry, #Richardson)
7. ↑ Royal Ancestry, Vol I, p 361 #19 (#Richardson)
8. ↑ Royal Ancestry, Vol I, p 360, BEVILLE #18 (#Richardson)
9. ↑ in Bryan-22's profile prior to merge on March 24, 2015
10. ↑ Testamenta Vetusta (Nichols & Son, London, 1826) Vol. 2, Page 449-50
11. ↑ datafields for this profile (Bryan-244) did not match with Bryan-22 as of Oct. 16, 2015, so they were changed to facilitate the merge with Bryan-22 from the following:
    Lady Elizabeth (Lady Elizabeth) Bryan
    Born 1488 (exact/certain) in Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England [uncertain]
    Daughter of Thomas Bryan and Margaret (Bourchier) Bryan
    Sister of Elizabeth (Bryan) Carew, John Bryant and Francis Bryan
    Wife of Thomas Welles — married October 28, 1535 in Whichford, Warwickshire, , England
    [children unknown]
    Died about January 11, 1553 in Whichford, Warwickshire, England
    Bryan-244

• Visitation of Surrey Page 17: Carew
• Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol I, pp 358-362 BEVILLE; Vol I, pp 485-488 #13 Humphrey Bourgchier
• Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Vol 1, pp 192-196 BEVILLE #12 Nicholas Carew
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