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Henry Carey was nominally the son of William Carey and Mary Boleyn. After the death of his father in 1528, Henry's wardship was granted to his maternal aunt, Anne Boleyn. After her execution in 1536, his wardship probably reverted back to the King. Upon his coming of age in 1547 he received lands in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire and Wiltshire. [1]
He married Ann Morgan by license on about 15 May 1545. [2] Their children included:
He was a Member of Parliament for Buckingham in Edward VI's and Mary I's reigns. In 1558/9 he was created Lord Hunsdon shortly after Queen Elizabeth's accession to the throne and was made a Privy Counsellor and Knight of the Garter.[1] One of his most important and powerful roles was a Lord Chamberlain of the Queen's household. As such, he was the man principally charged with supervising the domestic arrangements of the Queen's court and protecting her from any armed conspiracy or coup d'etat. [5] In 1594 he and his son in law Charles Howard worked together to reform the state of London's professional theatre companies, resulting in the Chamberlain's Men acquiring the services of one William Shakespeare as a player and poet. [6]
Henry was awarded a Master of Arts degree from Cambridge University on the occasion of the Queen's visit there in 1564. [7]
He had been described as "very choleric but not malicious," and it was said by Sir Robert Naunton in his "Fragmenta Regalia" that his "custom in swearing and obscenity in speech made him seem a worse Christian than he was, and a better knight of the carpet than he could be." He was said to have "hung at Court on no man's sleve but stood on his own botome till the time of his death, having a competent estate of his own, given him by the Queen."[8]
He left a nuncupative "will", made to his son Sir George Carey, Knt in the early hours of the morning of 21 July 1596. He made reference to his wife "I being able to leave her nothing, in respect of that which so good a wife to me, and mother to you, hath deserved". It was also noted that "Her Majesty hath sent me sundry gracious promises that, in the word of a Prince, she would fully relieve my estate, which if I shall not live to enjoy, that she will confer it upon mine. And therefore doubt not she will bestow mine offices upon you."[9]
He was buried at Westminster Abbey, on the site of the altar in the chapel of St. John the Baptist, on 12th August, at the queen's expense ; and a magnificent and stately monument of alabaster and marble was erected to his memory by his son, Sir George Carey, who succeeded to the title. [8]
Henry's mother, Mary Boleyn, was known to have been the mistress of King Henry VIII, possibly even after her marriage to William Carey. Henry is sometimes said to have been the King's illegitimate son, however he was never acknowledged as such during the King's lifetime or later, by Queen Elizabeth I, who treated him as a most favoured cousin.
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yDNA would prove the line to the satisfaction of most people. Needs to be a Big yDNA Project.
What's the Wikitree policy about modelling illegitimate children? Do we show the legal family or the birth family? This one is pretty cut and dried surely. His dad spent the rest of his life trying to have another son, and thus this Carey-1 is almost literally personally responsible for the anglican church and arguably the later protestant migration to the new world.
Pretty amazing history. And it gets better!
His living descendants apparently include among others Rashida Jones... who would be basically perfect to play his mistress, Emilia Bassano, who was probably "William" Shakespeare. Their two children Henry and Mary are named after this Henry Carey-1's parents, Henry Tudor (VIII) and Mary Boleyn.
Anne Morgan-2 ....Ann Morgan is the "daughter of Sir Thomas MORGAN, of Arkestone, co. Hereford, by Anne, daughter of Sir Robert WHITNEY, of Whitney, co. Gloucester."
Thank you!
Henry Carey is my 12th great grandfather, his mother Mary Boleyn Carey is my 13th great-grandmother.
So if Henry Carey is actually King Henry Tudor's son by his mistress Mary, then Henry VIII is my 13th great-grandfather.
Otherwise, King Henry is my great-grand uncle, since he married Mary's sister, Anne Boleyn, my 13th great-grand aunt.
As it stands, Henry and Anne's daughter Elizabeth I Queen of England is my first cousin, 14 generations removed. But if King Henry fathered Henry Carey as well, then Elizabeth is also my 12th great-grand aunt.
All in the family.