Nicholas de Carew of Beddington

• Birth: 1322 in Sandford, Devon, England
• Death: August 17, 1390 (67-68) in Mallerforde, Buckinghamshire, England
• Nicholas Carew (died 1390), of Beddington in Surrey, was an English lawyer, landowner, courtier, administrator and politician who served as Keeper of the Privy Seal during the reign of King Edward III.

Nicholas CAREW of Beddington, by The Tudor Place

Nicholas CAREW of Beddington

• Father: Thomas CAREW
• Mother: Dau. MALEMAYNES
• Died: 17 Aug 1390

Notes

He was Keeper of the Privy Seal, Edward III. The long association of the Carew family with Beddington and its Parish Church began about the middle of the 14th century and lasted, at least in name, almost to Victorian times. There are many memorials to members of the family and their dependents in the church at the present time, though according to Aubrey, the Surrey historian, there were many more at one time which have now disappeared. The first member of the family to reside at Beddington was Sir Nicholas Carew, who acquired the Lordship of this and other adjacent manors, by his marriage to the daughter of the former owner, Sir Richard Willoughby. He served in many important offices in the County and was succeeded in 1391 by his second son, also Nicholas by name. The Parish Church of St. Mary The Virgin, Beddington, Surrey: The History. Undated. Price One Shilling, p. 17.

Married

• Married: Lucy WILLOUGHBY, AFT 1354. Daughter of Richard de Willoughby, and came into possession of the latter's manor at Beddington.

Children

• 1. Nicholas CAREW,
• 2. Margaret CAREW,
• 3. Lucy CAREW,
• 4. Elizabeth CAREW,
• 5. John CAREW,
• 6. Margaret CAREW,
• 7. Guido CAREW,
• 8. William CAREW,
• 9. Eleanor CAREW,
• 10. Agnes CAREW,
• 11. Anne CAREW,
• 12. Susan CAREW,
• 13. Phillippa CAREW,

BEDDINGTON Etymology, by The British History Online

The name of this parish has experienced little variation; in Doomsday, it is written Beddintone. Bedding, in the Saxon, signifies a bed or lodging: if any thing is to be inferred from this etymology, it must be, that Beddington was the first stage out of London, upon one of the great roads. The Roman road to StaneStreet and Sussex, passed through the parish.

Situation, boundary, and extent

The village of Beddington lies near two miles to the westward of Croydon, at the distance of about eleven miles from Westminsterbridge. The parish is bounded on the east by Croydon, on the north by Mitcham, on the south by Coulsdon and Woodmanstern, and on the west by Carshalton. It contains about 3800 acres, of which not more than a fifteenth part is pasture, the remainder being arable; the soil in general is sandy. In Doomsday, the whole parish is said to contain twenty-three plough lands; it pays the sum of 263 l. 14s. to the land tax, which is at the rate of 1s. 6d. in the pound at Beddington, and 1s. at Wallington.

Manors

At the time of the Conqueror's Survey, there were two manors in Beddington, exclusive of Wallington; one of which, in the reign of the Confessor, was held of the king by Azor, and the other by Ulf: fifteen houses in London belonged to the former; and to the latter, thirteen in London, and eight in Southwark.

Manor of Home Beddington

The records relating to Azor's manor, sometimes called HomeBeddington, are very complete and satisfactory. The Watevils, who held it of Ric. de Tonbridge, in the Conqueror's time, were possessed of it in the reign of Henry II. (fn. 1); the right of the mesne, or intermediate lord, was probably either purchased by, or granted to that family, as their successors held it immediately of the king, by the service of rendering annually a wooden cross-bow, as all the records express. The property of the manor is to be traced regularly through the families of de Es or de Eys (fn. 2), de Laik (fn. 3), Gatelier (fn. 4), and Rogers (fn. 5), to Thomas Corbett (fn. 5), who is called the king's valet, to whom it was granted by Edward I.; from the Corbetts it descended, by purchase, to the Morleys (fn. 6), Braytons (fn. 6), and Willoughbys (fn. 6); these alienations having been made without the king's consent, he seized the manor into his own hands, but regranted it to Richard Willoughby and his wife, upon their paying a fine of one hundred shillings. Richard Willoughby left a daughter and heir, Lucy, who was married (fn. 7), first to Sir Thomas Huscarl, Knt. (the proprietor at that time of the other manor in Beddington, called from his family Huscarl Manor, or Beddington Huscarl); and, secondly, to Nicholas Carew, or de Carru, who afterwards became possessed of both the manors (fn. 8) above-mentioned; the marriage took place towards the latter part of the reign of king Edward III. In the twenty-fifth year of that king's reign, she was living with her first husband.

Manor of Beddington Huscarl.

Of the early proprietors of Huscarl's manor, I find little that is satisfactory. Milo Crespin held it of the Conqueror. In 1305, it was the property of John de Syndlesham (fn. 9); and in 1321, was in the possession of his widow, then Beatrice Huscarl (fn. 10), tthe first wife probably of Sir Thomas (fn. 11), whose relict, Lucy, was married to Nicholas de Carru.

Nicholas de Carru's will

This Nicholas was keeper of the privy-seal (fn. 12), and was one of king Edward the Third's executors (fn. 13). He died in 1390, 14 Ric. II. In 1387 he made his will (fn. 14), by which he directs his body to be buried in the church of St. Mary, at Beddington, between the grave of his brother John, and the south door of the church. To the rector of the church, he leaves 40s.; to the parish priest, 20s.; towards the building of the church, 20 l.; to the four orders of mendicant friars in London, four marks, to pray for his soul, and all christian souls; to the prior and convent of Tanrige, 40s.; to the master, brethren, and sisters of St. Thomas's hospital, Southwark, ten marks. He wills, that there should be found four fit chaplains, one of whom for ever, and the other for five years, should pray for his soul, and all christian souls in the church of Beddington. To Margaret Turbevyle, his daughter, he bequeaths one hundred marks; to his daughter Lucie, prioress of Roosparre, 10 l.; to Joan Huscarl, a nun, 40 s. He wills, that thirteen torches and five wax tapers, each weighing six pounds at the most, be provided for his funeral; and that they be afterwards distributed at the discretion of his executors; that thirteen poor men be clothed at his funeral, and appointed to bear the torches. The residue of his fortune he bequeaths between his son Nicholas de Carru, and Nicholas de Mockyng. Dated at his manor of Beddington, Oct. 13, 1387. This will was proved at Croydon, Sept. 26, 1390.

The manor of Beddington continued in the Carew family till the reign of Henry VIII.; when, upon the attainder of Sir Nicholas in 1539, his estates were seized into the hands of the crown, and Sir Michael Stanhope was appointed keeper of the manor-house there. In a MS. in the British Museum (fn. 15), is an inventory of the "Guarderobe at the manour of Bedynton in the countie of Surrye, in the charge of Michael Stanhopp, Knt. keeper of the same house." In this inventory, is mentioned a press, made with drawers, full of evidences, court rolls, and other writings, "as well concerning Sir Nicholas Carew, his landes, as other mens landes." The manor of Beddington appears to have been granted afterwards to Walter Gorges (fn. 16), who died in the sixth year of Edward the Sixth, the same year in which the king granted it to Thomas lord Darcy, of Chiche (fn. 17). Of him, Sir Francis Carew, who had procured the reversal of his father's attainder (fn. 18), purchased his ancestor's estate (fn. 19), which has continued in the family to the present time, by lineal descent, though the male branch has twice failed: in both instances the representative in the female line has taken the name and arms of Carew. Sir Nicholas Hacket Carew, Bart. by his will (fn. 20), dated July 1st, 1762, left his estates to his daughter for life; after her decease to the eldest son of John Fountain, dean of York, and his issue male: in default of such, to every other of the dean's sons, in succession. On the failure of issue male, from the dean of York, the estate was entailed upon the eldest son of Richard Gee, Esq. of Orpington, in Kent, who is now the next in the remainder; the dean's only son having died before he attained the age of twenty-five, when he was to inherit. Richard Gee, Esq. pursuant to the will of Sir Nicholas Hacket Carew, Bart. has taken the name and arms of that family. The annexed pedigree of the Carew family, which has been settled at Beddington for twelve generations, will explain the succession more distinctly.

Bandon manor

The manor of Bandon (fn. 21) belonged to the Carews, as early as they had any property in Beddington; it took its name probably from Margery de Bandon, or some one of that name, whose property it was; her land is mentioned in an old rental of Reginald Foresters.

Foresters manor

The manor of Forester, or Foresters, took its name likewise from its owner. Reginald Forester had a licence for an oratory (fn. 22) in his manor-house, in the parish of Beddington, in 1347. The manor is supposed to have been of very small extent, and appears to have been alienated to the Carews at an early period.

Frere's manor

Frere's manor in this parish belonged to the hospital of St. Thomas, in Southwark, and was granted to Nicholas de Careu temp. Ric. II. in exchange for some lands in Lambeth (fn. 23).

Archbishop of Nazareth's manor.

I find one record relating to a manor, which by the date (fn. 24) appears to be distinct from any of the above-mentioned; it is a grant from the archbishop of Nazareth (fn. 25), in the reign of Edward III. of his manor of Beddington, to John Burgeys, citizen of London, for thirteen years.

Beddington manor-house

The manor-house at Beddington is situated near the church; it is built of brick, and occupies three sides of a square: the centre consists of a large and losty hall, with a beautiful Gothic roof of wood; the north wing is a mere shell, the inside having been destroyed by fire, soon after the house was rebuilt in its present form, about the year 1709. The great door of the hall has a curious ancient lock, very richly wrought; a shield with the arms of England, moving in a groove, conceals the key-hole.

Portraits

In the hall is a portrait of a lady, which is falsely shown as queen Elizabeth; her arms are in the corner of the picture, viz. Arg. a fesse Sable, three mullets in chief of the second, which arms are born by Townley. A small room adjoining to the hall retains the ancient pannels with mantled carving; over the chimney is a small portrait of one of the Carews, surrounded by a pedigree. Another room has several portraits of the Hacket family; among which is a good picture of bishop Hacket, said to be done by Sir Peter Lely. In a parlour, at the north end of the hall, are some other family portraits; the most remarkable of which, is that of Sir Nicholas Carew, who was beheaded in the reign of Henry the Eighth, painted on board; a good copy of it, taken some years ago, when the original was in a more perfect state than it is at present, is in the possession of the earl of Orford, at Strawberry-hill, from which the engraving here given was taken.

Sources

• Sir Nicholas Carew, Keeper of the Privy Seal1,2
• M, #28102, d. 1390
• Father Sir Nicholas Carew
• Mother Avice Martin
• Sir Nicholas Carew, Keeper of the Privy Seal was born at of Beddington, Surrey, England. He married Lucy Willoughby, daughter of Sir Richard Willoughby and Elizabeth. Sir Nicholas Carew, Keeper of the Privy Seal died in 1390.
• Family Lucy Willoughby
• Child
  • Nicholas Carew, Esq., Sheriff of Surrey & Sussex+ b. c 1345, d. 4 Sep 1432
• Citations
• 1.[S8782] Unknown author, The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, by Gary Boyd Roberts, p. 431; The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, by Ronny O. Bodine, p. 53.
• 2.[S11572] The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, by Gerald Paget, Vol. II, p. 433.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p936.htm#i...

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• CAREW, Nicholas (c.1356-1432), of Beddington, Surr.
• b.c.1356, s. and h. of Nicholas Carew† (d.1390) of Beddington, keeper of the privy seal, by his w. Lucy, da. and h. of Sir Richard Willoughby of Beddington, wid. of Sir Thomas Huscarle† (d. by 1352) of Purley Magna, Berks. m. (1) prob. by May 1374, Isabel, da. of Alice de la Mare of Delamers, Herts., at least 1s. Nicholas†; (2) prob. by July 1398, Mercy (d.1453), da. of Stephen Hayme† of Winchester by his w. Christine, at least 8s. 8da.1
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/ca... _________________
• The Life of Sir Peter Carew, of Mohun Ottery, co. Devon., edited by Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet (1792–1872), published 1840 in Archaeologia, the journal of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Concerning early history of the Carew family, source quoted by Vivian, 1895.
• Hamilton-Rogers, William Henry, Memorials of the West, Historical and Descriptive, Collected on the Borderland of Somerset, Dorset and Devon, Exeter, 1888, chapter The Nest of Carew (Ottery-Mohun), pp. 269–330, esp. pp. 286 et seq.
• Debrett's Peerage, 1968, Carew Baronets, p.155; Baron Carew p.216
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• The original text of the Heraldic Visitations of Devon, as declared by the Carew family (thus in italics), names his descendant "Sir Edward Carew, Baron of Carew of Mohun Autrie" (died 1513), yet drops such title in naming his eldest son "Sir William Carew of Mohuns Autrie", none of whose own sons are named or generally recognised as barons or peers(Vivian, 1895, p.135)
• Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 1968, p.155, re Carew baronets of Haccombe
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• Beddington, Pages 49-67
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