Thomas Cary (abt. 1458 - abt. 1501)

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Spencer) Cary — married about 1490 in England

Descendants

Died about 1501 at about age 43 in Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, England

Biography

Thomas Carey of Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire was the son of Sir William Cary of Cockington, Devon, an eminent Lancastrian. and his second wife Alice Fulford This puts his birth date at about 1458, as his half-brother Robert was born no later that 1457. ^[1]

It is likely that he spent most of his childhood in the company of his mother's people. His father, his maternal grandfather, and the uncle for whom he was named had all met their end under the blade for their support of the House of Lancaster. ^[2]

In 1492, he was sued in the Court of Common Pleas by his half-brother Robert who wanted to recover some of their father William's properties; namely the manor of Cary. ^[3] As a result of this Thomas left Devon and went to Chilton Foliat in Wiltshire, where he lived the remainder of his life on lands that had come to him through his mother's family.

He married Margaret Spencer, daughter of Sir Robert Spencer and Eleanor Beaufort and sister of Katherine Spencer, Countess of Northumberland. ^[4]

In 1505, a contemporary pedigree gives their children as Anne, Edward, John and Elianor; later pedigrees add younger children Mary, Margaret, Anne and William. ^[5]

Children:

• William Cary+ d. 22 Jun 1529 ^[6]
• Sir John Cary+ b. c 1495, d. 9 Sep 1552
• William Carey m. Mary Boleyn.
• Mary m. Sir John Delaval

Research Notes

The prefix "Sir" has been removed from this profile because there is no evidence that Thomas was ever knighted. Thomas Carey of Chilton Foliot ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Nichols, John Gough, 1806-1873 The Herald and Genealogist Vol 6 London, 1871 pg 9Archive.org
2. ↑ Harrison, Fairfax, 1869-1938 The Devon Carys New York : Priv. print., The De Vinne Press 1920 pg. 303 Archive.org
3. ↑ Harrison, Fairfax, 1869-1938 The Devon Carys New York : Priv. print., The De Vinne Press 1920 pg. 150 Archive.org
4. ↑ Westcote, Thomas, fl. 1624-1636, A view of Devonshire in MDCXXX, with a pedigree of most of its gentry pg 508. [1]
5. ↑ Harrison, Fairfax, 1869-1938 The Devon Carys New York : Priv. print., The De Vinne Press 1920 pg. 308 Archive.org
6. ↑ Michael Riordan, 'Carey, William (c.1496–1528)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2009.
7. ↑ Browning, Charles H., (2002). Magna Charta Barons, 1915. Baronial Order of Runnemede. pp.315. Google Books.

See Also

Wikipedia: Margaret Spencer

Wikipedia: Eleanor Beaufort

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