Nicholas Carew (abt. 1253 - bef. 1311)

Born about 1253 in Moulsford, Berkshire, England [uncertain]

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Descendants

Died before 20 Oct 1311 before about age 58 in Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Biography

Nicholas was the son of Nicholas Carew and Avice Tuitt. ^[1]

In 1301 he signed the famous letter of the parliament of Lincoln to the Pope, asserting the feudal dependence of Scotland on the English Crown, not as Baron Carew where he was a tenant of the Earl of Pembroke, but as Lord of Moulsford. In the same year he was summoned by Edward I to his army which fought Scotland. Before his death he granted his lands in Carlow, Ireland to his son John. His daughter Beatrice married David Barri. ^[2](P 14)

The Baron of Carew was held by the service of five knights fees of the Earl of Pembroke, and twelve fees were held by the barony by military service. ^[2] (P18)

He married 1st Amicia Peverell. They had issue:

• Sir John de Carew d. 1324
• Beatrice de Carew^[3]

He married 2nd Avice Martin. They had issue:

• Thomas de Carew

1300 He was summoned to Parliament as 'lord of Moulsford' and died seised of the manor. His son John had livery of his lands in that year, but John Wogan, justiciar of Ireland, evidently had the custody of Moulsford in 1316.

5th Feb 1307 Sir John Wogan, the Justiciary of Ireland, was ordered to ascertain what Knights’ Fees and advowsons of Churches the late Earl of Norfolk, who held of the King in capite , possessed in Ireland. On the 8th April, 1307, the Inquisition was held in Carlow, and the Jury found that the late Earl held a number of castles, manors, boroughs, lands, etc including The “Barony of Odron at Dunlek, held by Nicholas de Carrew”. ^[4]

He died bef 20 Oct 1311.^[5] His heir was his son John.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ The visitations of the county of Devon : Comprising the herald's visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620 / With additions by Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. Vivian. Page 134 Carew
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Old Pembroke families in the ancient county palatine of Pembroke by Owen, Henry, 1846-1919 Publication date 1902 Page 10 ff
3. ↑ 'Close Rolls, Edward II: November 1320', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 3, 1318-1323, ed. H C Maxwell Lyte (London, 1895), pp. 335-345. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw2/vol3/pp335-345 [accessed 30 November 2020].
4. ↑ Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society. by County Kildare :County Kildare Archaeological Society,; County Kildare Archaeological Society Publication date 1891 Page 318
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} J E E S Sharp and A E Stamp, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 26', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 5, Edward II (London, 1908), pp. 189-198. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol5/pp189-198 [accessed 30 November 2020].

See also

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p20352.htm#i203513
• The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States, by Gary Boyd Roberts, 1993. Page: 431
• Visitation of Surrey Page 17: Carew
• Wikipedia contributors, "Nicholas Carew (died 1311)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_Carew_(died_1311)&oldid=1162172202 (accessed August 5, 2023).