Anne (Morgan) Carey (1529 - 1606)

Born 1529 in Arkestone, Herefordshire, England

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Descendants

Died 19 Jan 1606 at about age 77 in London, Middlesex, England

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Biography

Anne Morgan was born about 1529 in Arkestone, Herefordshire, England and passed away in 1607 (born in Arkestone, Herefordshire, England; died January 19, 1606, London, Middlesex, England).

Ann was the daughter of Thomas Morgan, Esq., of Arkestone, Herefordshire, by Elizabeth, a daughter of James Whitney, Esq. ^[1][2]

Marriage

By license, dated 21 May 1545, Anne Morgan married the soldier and courtier Sir Henry Carey, K.G., (or Harry); he was a cousin of Queen Elizabeth I. Anne is then styled as Lady Anne Carey and later once he had a peerage in 1559 as the Baroness or Lady Hunsdon.

Children

Sir Harry and Lady Ann had nine sons and three daughters, including:^[1][3]

• Catherine (Carey) Howard (bef.1545-1603), married Sir Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham and was then styled the Countess of Nottingham
• George Carey KG (1547-1603), 2nd Lord Hunsdon
• Henry Carey MP (aft.1548-1581)
• John Carey (1550-1617), 3rd Lord Hundson
• William Carey MP (abt.1548-1593)
• Philadelphia (Carey) Scrope (1552-1627), married Thomas Scrope, 10th Lord Scrope and was then styled the Baroness or Lady Scope
• Sir Edmund Carey (1558-1637)
• Thomas Carey (abt.1559-abt.1559) (1st of the name)
• Thomas Carey (2nd of the name)
• Robert Carey (1560-1639) 1st Earl of Monmouth
• Margaret (Carey) Hoby (1563-1605), married Sir Edward Hoby and was then styled Lady Margaret Hoby

Life Story

Henry Hunsdon was of Rochford, Essex, born March 4, 1525/6, Henry was the son and heir of William Carey, Esq., and his wife Mary Boleyn. He lived in Bourton and Esington, Buckinghamshire then Fen Drayton and Swavesey in Cambridgeshire. He was a Governor of Berwick, MP for Buckingham, Keeper of Hyde Park, Keeper of the Queen's Hawks, Privy Councillor (1577), Chamberlain of the Household (1585-96), Justice of the Forest south of Trent (1589-96). In 1561 he was made a Knight of the Order of the Garter (KG). ^[1]

Sir Henry Carey became 1st Baron Hundson in 1559; he died at Somerset House, London on July 23, 1596 and was buried in St. John the Baptist's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, August 12, 1596.

Ann would have accompanied her husband and supported him in these roles whilst overseeing their home and family.

Death

Anne, died January 19, 1606/7 and was also buried with her late husband in St. John the Baptist's Chapel, Westminster Abbey. She left a will proved January 22, 1606/7 (dated January 10, 1606/7) ^[1]

Research Notes

FROM A Who’s Who of Tudor Women by Kathy Lynn Emerson 1984

ANNE MORGAN (1529 - January 19, 1606) Anne Morgan was the daughter of Sir Thomas Morgan of Arkestone, Herefordshire and Elizabeth Whitney. On May 21, 1545 she married Henry Carey (March 4,1526-July 23, 1596), later created Baron Hunsdon. As Lady Hunsdon, Anne was a lady of the privy chamber. She had ten sons and three daughters, including George, 2nd baron Hunsdon (1547-September 9,1603), Henry (d.1581), John, 3rd baron Hunsdon (d.1617), William (d.1593), Catherine (d. February 24, 1603), Philadelphia (c.1552-February 3, 1627), Edmund (d.1637), Robert (1560-April 12,1639), and Margaret (1567-1605). In 1568 she left court for Berwick-upon-Tweed when Hunsdon was appointed governor there. According to Charlotte Merton's The Women who served Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, she had to pay domestic staff and even some staff officers out of her own pocket.When Lord Hunsdon died, he left the family in debt, thanks to the expense of serving the queen. Elizabeth Tudor paid Hunsdon’s funeral expenses (£800) and granted the widow an outright gift of £400, a pension of £200 per annum from the Exchequer, and the keepership of Somerset House for life. Lady Hunsdon used some of the money to erect a monument to her late husband in Westminster Abbey. Portrait: While another copy is elsewhere identified as Mary Hill, Mrs. MacWilliam, the portrait at Hatfield c. 1585-90 by a follower of George Gower is called Lady Hunsdon. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Royal Ancestry, vol II, p 107 CAREY #15ii
2. ↑ text on her husband's profile page (October 14, 2015) says that Ann Morgan is the "daughter of Sir Thomas Morgan, of Arkestone, co. Hereford, by Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Whitney, of Whitney, co. Gloucester."
3. ↑ Richardson states that they had nine sons, but names just eight (presumably the unnamed son died young)
4. ↑ Emerson, Kathy Lynn. A Who’s Who of Tudor Women. 1984

• Visitation of Hertfordshire: Cary of Aldenham Page 136
• Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013)
• The Bartrum Project. (digitization of "Welsh Genealogies AD 300- 1500" by Peter C. Bartrum) - see Space:Pre-1500_Resource_Page
  • Godwin 4(C), Thomas Morgan m Elsbeth f. James Whitney
  • Whitney 1, James Whitney m Blanche f Simon Milborne, parents of Elsbeth m Thomas Morgan
• See also Wikipedia: Anne Morgan, Baroness Hundsdon and for her husband: [1]
• Ancestry links included in profile as of Oct. 14, 2015: [2],[3],[4],[5],[6]
• Chester, Joseph Lemuel. The Marriage, Baptismal, and Burial Registers of the Collegiate Church or Abbey of St. Peter, Westminster (London, 1876) Page 108. Also see footnote #1.