Matthew Carew | |
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| Died | 1618 (1619) |
| Education | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Spouse | Alice Rivers |
| Children | 2+, includingThomas |
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| Relatives | Sir Anthony Denny (uncle) Joyce Denny (aunt) Edmund Denny (grandfather) |
Sir Matthew Carew (died 1618) was an English lawyer.
He was a younger son, the tenth of either 16 or 19 children, of SirWymond Carew ofAntony, Cornwall, treasurer of the first-fruits and tenths, byMartha Denny, sister ofSir Anthony Denny. He was educated atWestminster School, underAlexander Nowell. He went toTrinity College, Cambridge, where he was a scholar in 1548. He graduated B.A. in 1551, became a fellow the same year, and remained in residence for ten years. He was ordained assubdeacon in 1558, and had at least a nominal connection with thearchdeaconry of Norfolk, although he was deprived of any office under Queen Elizabeth I.[1]
Deciding to adopt the law as profession, Carew studied atLeuven, and was there and at other universities on the continent for twelve years. He accompaniedHenry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel into Italy as interpreter, and returned with him to England. Carew then entered on practice in thecourt of arches, and ultimately becamemaster in chancery, a position which he held for many years, being knighted on 23 July 1603, before the coronation ofJames I.
His wife was Alice, eldest daughter ofSir John Rivers, Knight,Lord Mayor of London, and widow of one Ingpenny; by her, Carew had numerous children. The end of his life was troubled. There was a rumour in January 1613 that he would be cheated of eight or nine thousand pounds through the fraud of a person in whom he had placed confidence, and a little later his eldest son was engaged in a quarrel with one Captain Osborne, who was then killed.Thomas Carew was another son, and Carew managed to find him a place withSir Dudley Carleton.[2]
He was buried atSt. Dunstan's-in-the-West on 2 August 1618, his career being described in a memorial tablet in the church, and his name being kept in remembrance by a bequest for the poor of the parish.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Carew, Matthew".Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 9. London: Smith, Elder & Co.| International | |
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