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CAREW, Gawain (c.1503-85), of Exeter and Wood, Devon and London.

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b. c. 1503, 4th s. of Sir Edmund Carew of Mohun’s Ottery by Catherine, da. and coh. of Sir William Huddesfield of Shillingford. m. (1) lic. 28 Jan. 1531, Anne, da. of Sir William Brandon, wid. of Sir John Shilston of Wood, and Southwark, Surr., s.p.; (2) by July 1540, Mary (d.1558), da. of Sir Robert Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe, Kent, wid. of Sir Henry Guildford of Leeds Castle, Kent and Blackfriars, London, s.p.; (3) by Dec. 1565, Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Norwiche, s.p. Kntd. bet. 29 Mar. and 18 Oct. 1545.Aged 40 ’or thereabout‘ on 24 Jan. 1543, City of London RO, Guildhall, jnl. 15, f. 3v. Vis. Devon, ed. Colby, 40-41; Mill Stephenson, Mon. Brasses, 93; Mar. Lic. London (Harl. Soc. xxv), 8; PCC 34 Brudenell; LP Hen. VIII, xx.
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Keeper, Chittlehampton park, Devon 24 Oct. 1539, Tiverton and Ashley parks Jan. 1553; gent. pens. 1540–47/49; capt. Matthew Gonson 1545; chief steward, forfeited lands of Henry Courtenay, Marquess of Exeter 19 Oct. 1545; commr. chantries, Cornw., Devon, and Exeter 1546, relief, Devon and Bristol 1550, goods of churches and fraternities, Devon 1553, for maritime causes 1578; j.p. Devon 1547 – 53,1558/59; sheriff 1547 – 48; master of henchmen 31 Dec. 1558; dep. lt. Cornw. and Devon 1569.LP Hen. VIII, iv, xiv, xx, xxi; CPR, 1547–8, p. 82; 1550–3, pp. 141, 391; 1553, pp. 317, 351, 361, 414; 1560–3, p. 435; APC, vii. 34; J. Hoker, The description of the citie of Excester (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. xi), 584–97; E315/224, f. 429.

Main residences: Exeter; Wood; Devon; London.
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CAREW, Gawain (c.1503-85)

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CARDINALL, William (1509/10-68), of Great Bromley, Essex.

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b. 1509 /10, 1st s. of William Cardinall of Great Wenham, Suff. educ. G. Inn, adm. 1533. m. (1) settlement 1535, Joan, da. of John Gurdon of Dedham, Essex and Assington, Suff., wid. of John Cole of Dedham, 1s. William 3da.; (2) by June 1556, Lettice, da. of William Knightley of Norwich, Norf., wid. of John or William Clipsby of Clippesby, Norf., 4 or 5s. 1da. suc. fa. 1551.Aged 58 at death, Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. n.s. iv. 166. Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 33, 172 (where Cardinall’s mother is incorrectly identified, PCC 32 Martyn); Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 77; C142/151/52; Wards 7/11/112; NRA 8606 (Gurdon pprs. 458. 3/1); Morant, Essex, i. 433, 441.
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J.p. Essex 1547, 1558/ 59-?d.; receiver-gen. to 16th Earl of Oxford by 1558; recorder, Colchester 1560 – 61, 1562–3.CPR, 1547–8, p. 83; 1563–6, pp. 22, 39, 123; Essex RO, Ass. 35/7/2/3, D/DPr/141–2; Colchester town hall, Benham mss 25, f. 2.

Main residence: Great Bromley, Essex.
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CARDEN, William (by 1524-73 or later), of Hythe, Kent.

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b. by 1524, s. of Edward Carden of Hythe.Assumed to be of age in 1545 when overseer of a will, Arch. Cant. 1. 93. Canterbury prob. reg. C, Act 1, f. 42.
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Chamberlain, Hythe 1549 – 50, jurat from 1550, bailiff 1554 – 55; bailiff to Yarmouth 1561.Cinque Ports White and Black Bks. (Kent Arch. Soc. recs. br. xix), 240–1, 249, 251, 264; Hythe chamberlains’ accts. 1483–1509, f. 120v.

Main residence: Hythe, Kent.
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CARDEN, William (by 1524-at least 73)

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CAPLYN, John (by 1516-68/70), of Southampton.

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b. by 1516, s. of Richard Caplyn of Southampton; bro. of Nicholas. m. Margery, 4s. inc. John 3da.Date of birth estimated from admission as freeman. Third Bk. of Remembrance, i (Soton rec. ser. ii), 60, 64-65; PCC 9 Lyon.
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Dep. to Sir Wymond Carew (dep. receiver-gen., duchy of Cornw.) by Dec. 1537–49; clerk of tin coinage, Cornw. by 1542; bailiff, Breamore, Hants 1544 – 45; jt. (with Ralph Couche I) bailiff, lands of Glasney toll. coll., Cornw. by 1547; dep. particular receiver for Queen Catherine Parr by 1547, Devon and Cornw.; steward, Southampton 1547 – 48, water bailiff 1548 – 49, ct. bailiff 1549 – 50, sheriff 1550 – 51, mayor 1552 – 54; dep. receiver-gen., duchy of Cornw. 1549–54/56; commr. assessionable manors, duchy of Cornw. 1553.Third Bk. of Remembrance, ii (Soton rec. ser. iii), 155–6; St.Ch.2/31/161; APC, iii. 233; LP Hen. VIII, xx; Duchy Cornw. RO, index nominum, 45; E315/340, f. 5.

Main residence: Southampton.
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CAPLYN, John (by 1516-68/70)

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CAPELL, Sir William (by 1448-1515), of London.

Family and Education
b. by 1448, 2nd s. of John Capell of Stoke Nayland, Suff. by Joan. m. by 1485, Margaret, da. of Sir John Arundell of Lanherne, Cornw., 1s. 2da. Kntd. 6 Jan. 1487.His father died in 1449 leaving three sons. VCH Herts. gen. vol. 83-84; C142/30/5, 16, 25, 38, 42, 43, 48, 78; HP, ed. Wedgwood 1439-1509 (Biogs.), 153-4.
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Warden, Drapers’ Co. 1475 – 76, 1484 – 85, master 1487 – 88, 1491 – 92, 1496 – 97, 1499 – 1500, 1504, 1504 – 05, 1509 – 10, 1511 – 12; auditor, London 1483 – 85, 1495 – 97, alderman 1485 – d., sheriff 1489 – 90, mayor 1503 – 04, Jan. – Oct. 1510; commr. subsidy 1512, 1514, 1515.A. H. Johnson, Company of Drapers, ii. 466–8; City of London RO, letter bk. L, ff. 209, 215, 269, 309, 318; jnl. 9, f. 91; 10, f. 294v; rep. 2, f. 80; Statutes, iii. 83, 118, 172.

Main residence: London.
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CAPELL, Sir William (by 1448-1515)

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