CARY, OF TORR ABBEY. CARY, HENRY-GEORGE, esq. of Torr Abbey, in the county of Devon, b. 5th October, 1800, m. 12th July, 1827, Emily-Munro, only child of Robert Shedden, esq. of Brooklands, in Hampshire, and has issue, ROBERT-SHEDDEN-SULYARDE, b. 22nd June, 1828. Agatha-Edith-Dottin. Mr. Cary, who is a magistrate for the county of Devon, inherited at the decease of his uncle. Lineage. The ancient family of CARY derives its surname from the manor of CARY, or KARI, as it is called in Domesday Book, lying in the parish of St. Giles in the Heath, near Launceston. In the year 1198, according to Sir William Pole, ADAM DE KARRY, was Lord of Castle Karry, in the county of Somerset. He m. Amy, daughter of Sir William Trevet, knt. and left a son and successor, JOHN KARRY, whose wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Stapleton, knt. The son and heir of this marriage, WILLIAM KARRY, was found at his decease in the 31st of EDWARD I. seised of the manor of West Polworth, and his widow possessed of those of Paveston and Karry, near Tavistock. This lady's maiden name was (Alice) Beaumont, and she was the daughter of Sir William Beaumont, knt. Their son and heir, JOHN, OF WILLIAM KARRY, wedded Philippa, daughter of Sir Warine Archdeacon, knt. and had two sons, viz. Sir William Karry, knt. the husband of Margaret, dau. of Richard Bozom, of Clovelly, in the county of Devon, and SIR JOHN CARY, knt. who, with his brother Sir William, represented the county of Devon in Parliament, in the 36th and 42nd EDWARD III. He espoused, first, Agnes, daughter of Lord Stafford, but had no issue. He wedded, secondly, Jane, daughter and co-heir of Sir Guy de Bryen, knt. (by Ann his wife, daughter and heir of William Holwey, esq. of Holwey) and left a son, SIR JOHN CARY, of Holwey, in the county of Devon, who was made a baron of the exchequer by King RICHARD II. "In this post," says Prince," he continued many years, manifesting in all his actions an inflexible virtue and honesty. And, indeed, it fell out at last that he had an extraordinary occasion laid before him, for the proof and tryal thereof; upon which we find he proved as true as steel, for the greatest dangers could not affright him from his duty and loyalty to his distressed master, King RICHARD II., unto whom he faithfully adhered when most others had forsaken him to his present loss indeed, but to his future eternal renown. For in the catastrophe of that king's reign, this reverend judge, unable and unwilling to bow, like a willow, with every blast of wind, did freely and confidently speak his mind. He opposed the proceedings for procurators, in regard to his oath, to take King RICHARD'S resignation, his true and undoubted sovereign. This cause he pursued with so much zeal and earnestness, that at the entrance of HENRY IV. into the English crown, about the year of our Lord 1400, he was by that prince banished his country, and his goods and lands were confiscated." He m. Margaret, daughter and heir of Robert Holloway, and died possessed of Cockington and Clovelly, at the former of which he principally resided. His son and successor, SIR ROBERT CARY, knt.* wedded, first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Philip Courtenay, of Powderham, in Devonshire, which lady dying without issue, he m. secondly, Jane, daughter of Sir William Hanchford, knt. and widow of Wadham. A proof of the great prowess in arms of this gallant knight is recorded in the following exploit: "In the beginning of the reign of HENRY V. a certain knight-errand of Arragon, having passed through divers countries, and performed many feats of arms, to his high commendation, arrived here in England, where he challenged any man of his rank and quality to make tryal of his valor and skill in arms. This challenge Sir Robert Cary accepted; between whom a cruel encounter and a long and doubtful combat was waged, in Smithfield, London. But at length, this noble champion vanquished the presumptuous Arragonois; for which King HENRY V. restored unto him good part of his father's lands, which, for his loyalty to King RICHARD II., he had been deprived of by King HENRY IV.; and authorized him to bear the arms of the knight of Arragon, viz. In a field silver, on a bend sa. three white roses,' which the noble posterity of this gentleman continue to wear unto this day; for, according to the laws of heraldry, whosoever fairly in the field conquers his adversary may justify the bearing of his arms." Sir Robert was s. at his decease by his son, SIR PHILIP CARY, knt. of Cockington, in the county of Devon, who m. Christian, dau. | and heir of William Orchard, of Orchard, in Somersetshire, by whom (who wedded, secondly, Walter Portman, see p. 62, vol. i). he had a son and successor, SIR WILLIAM CARY, knt. who fell in the battle of Tewkesbury, anno 1471, fighting under the banner of Lancaster. He had wedded, first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Paulet, of Hinton St. George, in the county of Somerset, and had a son, ROBERT, his heir. His second wife was Alice, daughter of Sir Baldwin Fulford, of Fulford, in the county of Devon, knt. and by her he was father of THOMAS CARY, of Chilton Foliot, in the county of Wilts, who m. Margaret, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Spencer, knt. by Alianore, daughter and co-heir of Edmond Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, (refer to BURKE'S Extinct Peerage) and had issue, 1. JOHN (Sir), of Pleshy, and of Thremhall Priory, in Essex, m. Joyce, dau. of Thomas Denny, esq. of Cheshunt, in the county Sir Robert's brother was Bishop of Exeter. of Hertford, sister of Sir Anthony Denny, knt. and relict of William Walsingham, and had WYMOND (Sir), of Snettisham, in Norfolk, who m. Catherine, daughter and co-heir of Sir John Jernegan (now Jerningham), and relict of Henry Crune, of Chillington, esq. but died issueless, 13th April, 1612. EDWARD (Sir), of Berkhamstead, in the county of Hertford, master of the Jewel Office to Queen ELIZABETH, and to King JAMES I. m. Catherine, daughter of Sir Henry Knevit, knt. and his eldest son,* SIR HENRY CARY, knt. was created VISCOUNT FAULKLAND, in Scotland. 2. William, m. to Mary,† youngest daughter of Sir Thomas Boleyne, Earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde, and sister of ANNE BOLEYNE, the unhappy consort of HENRY VIII. by whom (who wedded secondly, Sir William Stafford, knt.) he had a son, HENRY CARY, who was created by his cousin, Queen ELIZABETH, Baron Hunsden. See BURKE'S Extinct Peerage. Sir William Cary was s. by his elder son, ROBERT CARY, esq. of Cockington, who wedded, first, Jane, daughter of Sir Nicholas Carew, knt. and had two sons, namely, 1. JOHN, of Cary, who m. Jane, daughter and heir of Edmund Devick, esq. of Oakhampton, and had issue, *He had two other sons, SIR ADOLPHUS CARY who died without issue, and SIR PHILIP CARY. of Marrowbone Park, Middlesex, whose son JOHN CARY, esq. of Stanwell, master of the buck hounds to King CHARLES II. had two sons, who both died in boyhood, and two daughters, ELIZABETH M. to Sir Humphrey Briggs, bart. of Haughton, in the county of Salop, and ANNE, m. to William, sixth Lord Willoughby, of Parham. It At Torr Abbey is preserved the valuable pedigree drawn up by the Herald's College, at the express order of Queen Anne Boleyn. begins thus, "This pedigree contains a brief of Caryes, of Carye, in the countie of Devon, and it that most ancient family and surname of the shows that how the family was connected with the noble houses of Beauford, Beauchamp, Spencer, Somerset, Bryan, Fulford, Orchard, Holway, &c." His fourth son, ROBERT CARY, was created EARL OF MONMOUTH. 1. ROBERT, his heir, who m. a daughter of Alexander Wallacomb, and had two sons, Launcelot and Richard. 2. Thomas, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Fulford, knt. and widow of Humphrey Arundel, and had several children. 3. John, d. s. p. 4. Mary, m. to Humphrey Stevens. 5. Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Walton, of Somersetshire. 1. THOMAS, of whom presently, as inheritor of Cockington. Robert Cary m. secondly, Agnes, daughter of Sir William Hody, knt. of Pillesdon, in the county of Dorset, and had a son, III. William, who m. Joan, daughter of He espoused, thirdly, Margaret, daughter and heir of William Fulkeram, esq. of Dartmouth, and had another son, IV. Robert, upon whom he conferred Clovelly, in the north of Devon. This gentleman m. Margaret, daughter of John Milliton, esq. of Pengarseke, in the county of Cornwall, and dying about the year 1579, was s. by his eldest son, GEORGE CARY, of Clovelly,* which residence (vide Risdon) conti nued in the name of Cary until The second son of Robert Cary, sen. IV. Arthur. daughter of Richard Nanfant, of the county of Gloucester, and dying in 1664, left several sons: Edward Cary, of Moushall. 4. Edward, d. s. p. 5. GEORGE, who inherited Cockington, and the remainder of his uncle, the lord deputy's, estates, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Seymour, bart. of Berry Pomeroy, in the county of Devon, and had, with three younger sons and a daughter, SIR HENRY CARY, knt. This gentleman was sheriff of the county of Devon in the 18th of CHARLES I. and during the civil wars devoted himself and his fortune to the services of that unhappy prince. Having thus consumed a considerable estate when the royal cause fell, he was forced to fly his native land. The house of Stuart was not, however, unmindful of such disinterested devotion, for when the Duke of Ormond, in a succeeding reign, appeared off Torr Bay, he assured the family, on the part of his royal master, THE CHEVALIER, of that prince's recognition of their great services, and of his wish to grant them high honors, and honorable indemnification, in pledge of which he had sent them his father, King JAMES the Second's picture, with that of his mother, the queen, inclosed in a silver box. This memorial* is now preserved at Follaton House. 6. Dudley, married and had issue. Thomas Cary was succeeded at his decease by his eldest son, SIR GEORGE CARY, knt. of Cockington, treasurer of Ireland, and afterwards lorddeputy. "Sir George Cary, upon what motive or encouragement I do not find," says Prince, in his Worthies of Devon, "went into Ireland, where he grew in great esteem with the government, and was preferred * It has been asserted, and not without probability, that the miniatures of JAMES II. and his queen, which are in the possession of some families to this day, were given as assurances, or more properly speaking, as royal bonds for monies lent, and estates alienated, in the service of the royal house of Stuart. treasurer of wars, an high and honourable | adhering to the dictates of his conscience. post in that kingdom, in which he did continue several years, even to the death of ELIZABETH; and then the Lord Mountjoy, at | that time lord-deputy there, being willing to go to England, to congratulate King JAMES I. upon his coming to this crown, and to be nearer the beams of that new-risen sun in our hemisphere; in his instructions to Sir Henry Davers, whom he sent express to the said king, recommended to his majesty Sir George Cary, treasurer at wars, as the fittest person to succeed him in that high and honourable place. Sir George Cary took up his honourable sword in a stormy tempestuous time, when that kingdom was strangely actuated with the spirit of rebellion, which occasioned him much trouble during the little space he held it. Sir George did not continue in this government much more than a year, and then Sir Arthur Chichester, with better fortune, succeeded him therein. Not long after this Sir George Cary returned into England, and retired to his seat at Cockington, where, being grown somewhat aged, he resolved to live the residue of his days to God and himself; and knowing how pleasing a sacrifice to God charity and good deeds are, he purposed to do something for the poor, and accordingly he set about building of seven alms-houses for their use and comfort." at At last, a writ was issued from the Crown Office, and directed to John Davie, esq. high sheriff of Devonshire, to proceed against him. An inquisition was accordingly held, in the parish of St. Thomas, near Exeter, on 1st October, 1630; and the high sheriff's return certifies, that Sir Edward Cary was then seised of the manors of St. Mary Church, Coffinswell, Northlewe, Ashwater, Bradford, Abbotesham, Stockley als Meeth, and Goodley, also of an estate called Est Kimber, of 90 acres, of Middlelake, containing 41 acres, of Monehouse, containing of 91 acres, Dobles Thorne, comprehending 53 acres, Gaston or Gason, of 55 acres, also 70 acres in Yeo, at Allington; 53 acres in Cockington, 6 acres in Aishenage or Alverdiscott, 27 acres in Wistland, Chery bere, and Delton, 97 acres in Parvacott, Thornedon, and Peworthy, 12 acres in Instowe and Bradworthy, 120 acres Westweeke and Bondehouse, within the parishes of Lamerton and Broadwoodwiger; and a third part of a cottage in Bedyford. By law, the crown was now entitled to take, seize, and enjoy all the goods and chattels, and two parts of the recited lands, tenements, and hereditaments; but by letters patent under the great seal, bearing date 24th June, 1634, and enrolled in the Pipe Office, 20th October, in the same year, King CHARLES I. was pleased to release and pardon all the arrears to the said Sir Edward Cary, his heirs, executors, and administrators. At the same time his Majesty granted the above-mentioned estates Anne, m. to Sir Richard Edgcomb, knt. Thomas Risden and Christopher Maynard, of Mount Edgcomb. gentlemen, to hold the same from Lady Jane, d. s. p. Day, 1632, during the complete term of 41 He espoused, secondly, Lettice, eldest years, by the yearly rent to the crown of daughter of Robert Lord Rich, first earl of £136. 13s. 4d. payable at Lady Day and Warwick, but by her (who m. secondly, Sir Michaelmas, in even portions. These lesArthur Lake, knt.) he had no children. Sir sees, however, were fully empowered and George died in 1616, and was s. by his ne-authorized to grant their lease of the whole phew, Sir George m. first, Wilmot, daughter and heir of John Gifford, esq. of Yeo, in the county of Devon, and had issue, George, who pre-deceased his father, s. p. to or part of the recited property to the said SIR EDWARD CARY, knt. of Marldon, in Sir Edward Cary, or to any person or perthe county of Devon, styled in the family sons for his own use and benefit, notwithpedigree*, "of EXETER," the place probably standing the statute, anno tertio Jacobi I. of his birth. The following curious account An Act for the better discovery and reof this gentleman appeared in the Exeter pressing of Popish Recusants.' And so long News. "About the year 1625, Mr. Cary as the said Sir Edward Cary continued to received the honour of knighthood in Ire-pay into the exchequer the said yearly sum land, and shortly after established himself of £136. 13s. 4d. both he and his wife are at Stanlor Barton, within Marldon Parish. directed to remain unmolested by summons Here he soon became noted for absenting and legal process in his majesty's courts of himself from the Protestant Church. De-law, and to be exempt from all pains and nounced for refusing to join in the Common | penalties by reason of their past recusancy, Prayer of the Church of England, he was or their future absence from church, chapel, convicted on the 16th March, 1629, of being or place of common prayer." a Popish recusant: still he contrived to elude the payment of £20 per month for Compiled by Richard Mauson, Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms, 12th September, 1719. This royal indulgence, unfortunately for Sir Edward Cary, was but of short duration. The civil wars commenced, and all the fury of puritanic zeal and cruelty was let loose on the unoffending Catholics. In the State Paper Office is the 'Catalogue of Papists that have been sequestered in Devon since the happy reducement of the said county to the obedience of parliament, i. e. since May, 1646,' and there we find the name of Sir Edward Cary, knt. Two-thirds of his income were unrelentingly seized for the good of the state, as we collect from the certified returns of 6th April, 1648, and 13th September, 1649; and the committee of both houses of parliament for plundered ministers, issued an order, 2nd June, 1652, that £50 be paid and allowed out of the overplus profits of the impropriate rectories of Marychurch and Paignton, sequestered from Sir Edward Cary, recusant, for increase of maintenance of William Randall, minister of Berry Pomeroy.' In the mean while, Sir Edward, in the true spirit of a person devoted to his religion, gloried in the persecution, and took joyfully the spoiling of his goods, knowing that he had in heaven a better and enduring substance. He would not accept deliverance, in order that he might obtain a better resurrection. On the 14th June, 1654, æt. 80, the Almighty crowned his fidelity with a happy death. His mortal remains were deposited in the chancel of Marldon Church, on the 13th June." Sir Edward Cary m. Margaret, daughter of Blackhurst, of Lancashire, and had two sons and a daughter, viz. 1. GEORGE (Sir) his successor. John, who m. Anne, daughter of Allwell, and had issue. Benedict, m. to a Scottish lady. III. Anne, m. to Sir George Southcott. He was s. by his elder son, SIR GEORGE CARY, who received the honor of knighthood from King CHARLES I. at Greenwich, 3rd July, 1632. He wedded, first, Anne, daughter of Sir Charles Manners, knt. by whom he had a son and daughter, who both died young. Sir George espoused, secondly,, daughter of Browne, of Hampshire, but had no issue. He m. thirdly, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Wells, esq. of Brambridge, in the county of Southampton, and had, 1. EDWARD, his heir. 11. George, living unmarried in 1701. III. Christopher, m. a daughter of E. Glanvile, but living in 1701 without issue. IV. John, went over to Portugal with the Queen Dowager, and was living there in 1701. He m. a Portuguese lady of the name of Vasconcelos. v. Elizabeth, m. to Sir Thomas Manby, knt. of Brentwood, in Essex. Son and heir of Sir Thomas Manners, knt. fourth son of Thomas, first earl of Rutland. VI. Frances. VII. Margery. VIII. Constance, m. to George, second brother of Sir Walter Blount, bart. Sir George Cary, who purchased TORR ABBEY from the earl of Londonderry, died 27th May, 1678, and was s. by his eldest son, EDWARD CARY, esq. of Torr Abbey, who m. Mary, second daughter and co-heir of Richard Pelsont, esq. by Anne,t his wife, relict of Thomas Savile, earl of Sussex, and daughter of Christopher Villiers, first earl of Anglesey. By this lady he had issue, GEORGE, his heir. Edward, John, presumed to have d. s. p. William, who m. Miss Dorothy Rowe, and had two sons and a daughter, viz. 1. GEORGE, who succeeded uncle at Torr Abbey. his 2. EDWARD, father of the present 3. Dorothy, m. in 1764, to Edward Francis, died unmarried. Mr. Cary was s. at his decease by his eldest had three sons, John (Sir), created VISCOUNT PURBECK. Burke's Extinct and Dormant Peerage. When John Villiers, grandson of Robert Wright, alias Howard, the illegitimate son of Frances, the sumed the Earldom of Buckingham, and claimed the repudiated wife of John, Viscount Purbeck, aslast duke's estates, Elizabeth, Countess of Castlehaven, the Lady Frances Brudenell, and MRS. MARY CARY, petitioned, as lawful heirs of the Duke of Buckingham, that a clause be inserted in the bill for the sale of his grace's estates, giving to them the surplusage, produced by the said sale, beyond the just debts. |