William Carey 
William was born on August 12th, 1437 in Cockington, Devonshire, England. William's father was Phillip Carey and his mother was Christiana Orchard. His paternal grandparents were Robert Carey and Margaret Courtenay. He was an only child. He died at the age of 33 on May 6th, 1471 in Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England.General Notes
beheaded for supporting Lancaster in the War of the Roses
Sir William Cary, of Cockington; born 12 Aug 1437; married 1stElizabeth, daughter of Sir William Paulet, and had a son(Robert, of Cockington, ancestor of the Carys of Torr Abbey,Devon); married 2nd Alice, daughter of Sir Baldwin Fulford, ofFulford, and was beheaded 6 May 1471 after the Battle ofTewkesbury, having by her had issue [Sir Thomas], with adaughter (Mary, married Sir John Delaval, of Seaton Delaval).[Burke's Peerage]
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Following copied from Hibbard Family Website,www.angelfire.com/oh4/civwar/family/cary.html
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Sir WILLIAM CARY 10, Knight, ) was born in 1437. He marriedElizabeth Paulett. He was known as the Knight of Cockington. Hewas an ardent supporter of the House of Lancaster, and took anactive part in the struggle between the adherents of Henry VIand Edward IV in the War of the Roses.
At the Battle of Tewksbury on May 4, 1471, the Lancastrians weredefeated, and William with others took refuge in the AbbeyChurch. According to the custom of those times the church was a'Sanctuary' and they could not be taken out of it. They wereinticed out on promise of pardon and two days later werebeheaded. His property was confiscated as usual in such cases,but Henry VII restored it to his son Robert. I cannot ascertainfor what reason, but probably because that King was a scion ofthe House of Lancaster in whose cause his father lost his lifeand property.
William had two sons, Robert, born in 1460, and Thomas, born in1465. From Thomas sprang three lines of nobility. From Robert,the family of Clovelly, Torre Abbey and Somerset.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1375 in Holway, Devonshire, England d.< 1435 in Clovelly, Bideford, Devon, England
- b.~ 1400 in Cockington, Devonshire, England d.1437
- b.~ 1346 in Exeter, Devonshire, England d.29 Jul 1406 in Powderham Castle, St Thomas, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1379 in Powderham Castle, St Thomas, Devon, England d.> 1400
- b.~ 1280 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England d.15 Mar 1347 in Siege of Calais, France
- b.~ 1325 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England d.>12 Sep 1379 in St Guthlac, East Deeping, Northamptonshire, England
- b.~ 1295 in Cransley, Northamptonshire, England d.> 1340
- b.~ 1350 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England d.1390 in Exeter, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1330 in Patteshull, Nrthmp, England d.10 Aug 1398 in Bletsoe, Bedforshire, England
- b.12 Aug 1437 in Cockington, Devonshire, England d.06 May 1471 in Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England
- b.~ 1404 in Orchard Portman, Taunton, Somerset, England d.1472
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Sources/Citations
Tudor Place, The Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Family, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=schluck&id=I23076
Tudor Place, The Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Family, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=schluck&id=I23076
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