RALEGH, Sir Carew (c.1550-1627), of Gillingham, Dorset and Downton House, Downton, Wilts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1550, 1st s. of Walter Ralegh† (d.1581) of Fardel and East Budleigh, Devon and his 3rd w. Catherine, da. of Sir Philip Champernown of Modbury, Devon, and wid. of Otho Gilbert (d.1547) of Compton and Greenway, Devon; bro. of Walter† and half-bro. of Adrian Gilbert† and Sir Humphrey Gilbert†. m. aft. 1580, Dorothy (d.1616), da. of Sir William Wroughton† of Broad Hinton, Wilts., and wid. of Sir John Thynne† (d.1580) of Longleat, Wilts., 3s. inc. Gilbert*, 1da. Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 160. Kntd. 14 Sept. 1601. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 99. d. 1627. R.C. Hoare, Hist. Wilts. ‘Downton’, 30. sig. Caru Ralegh.

Offices Held

Kpr. (jt.), Mere Park, Wilts. c. 1577 – 86, kpr. (jt.) and steward, Gillingham Park, Dorset by 1586-at least 1611; Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxix. 242; SO3/5, unfol., Dec. 1611; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 48. v.-warden, stannaries, Cornw. and Devon by 1588; APC, 1588, p. 149. lt., I. of Portland and capt. Portland castle, Dorset 1584–1625; C66/2356/16; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 549; APC, 1596–7, p. 316; HMC Sackville, i. 171, 330; Harl. 1376, f. 76. j.p. Wilts. 1584–d., Lansd. 737, f. 56; Wilts. RO, A1/100, f. 27; A1/150/2, ff. 7, 11, 19, 37. Dorset by 1594–1616; C66/1549; C231/4, p. 60. commr. piracy, Devon 1584, Dorset 1601, SP12/172/38; C181/1, f. 12. recusants, Wilts. 1585; Harl. 474, f. 91. v.-adm. Dorset 1591–1603; Vice Admirals of the Coast comp. J.C. Sainty and A.D. Thrush (L. and I. Soc. cccxxi. 16). dep. lt., Devon by 1596–?d.; commr. subsidy, Wilts. 1599, Dorset 1606, E179/198/330; 179/329/155. musters, Dorset 1600–1, Harl. 3324, f. 21; APC, 1600–1, p. 302. sewers, Wilts. and Dorset 1605, C181/1, f. 130v; Earl of Hertford’s Ltcy. Pprs. ed. W.P.D. Murphy (Wilts. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 64. aid, Wilts. 1609, E179/283; SP14/43/107. charitable uses, Wilts. 1613. C93/5/20.

Gent. of horse to Sir John Thynne to 1580. Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxix. 290.

Parlimentarian

RALEGH, Sir Carew (c.1550-1627), of Gillingham, Dorset and Downton House, Downton, Wilts.

Main residences: Gillingham, Dorset; Downton House, Downton, Wilts.

Author

H.J.L.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

RALEGH, Sir Carew (c.1550-1627)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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