George Carew (1497/98–1583) was an English churchman who became

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Life

He was the third son of Sir Edmund Carew. He graduated B.A. at Broadgates Hall, Oxford in 1522. Carew was

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from 1534 to 1549, becoming canon of Exeter in 1535 and precentor of Exeter in 1549, and was

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from 1556 to 1569. He was

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from 5 November 1552, but he was ejected in 1553 under

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. He resumed the post on the accession of

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in 1558 and filled it until 1571. He was also appointed the same year

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in succession to the Catholic

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, a post he held until his death. He was also

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, Oxford from 1559 to 1561, dean and canon of Windsor from 1560 to 1577 and

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in 1571 to 1583. He died on 1 June 1583, and was buried in the church of

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Family

He married Anne Harvey, daughter of Sir Nicholas Harvey, by whom he had children including: *Sir Peter Carew (died 1580), eldest son, a soldier who was slain at the

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in Ireland. *

George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes (29 May 1555 – 27 March 1629), known as Sir George Carew between 1586 and 1605 and as The Lord Carew between 1605 and 1626, served under Elizabeth I during the Tudor conquest of Ireland and was appointed Pre ...

, second son. *Mary Carew (died 1604), wife of Walter II Dowrich of

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in the parish of

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. Her

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survives in Sandford Church. Speaking against any other daughter than Mary, are two items: her own M.B. calling her the "only sister", and her husband's M.B. calling her the "only daughter".

References

Attribution: {{DEFAULTSORT:Carew, George 1498 births 1583 deaths Deans of Bristol Deans of Christ Church, Oxford Alumni of Broadgates Hall, Oxford Deans of Exeter Deans of Windsor Deans of the Chapel Royal Archdeacons of Exeter Archdeacons of Totnes

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16th-century English Anglican priests