Chapter 10:
Chapter 10:
Thomas Carew (23 Apr 1539 – 1 Oct 1604)
Thomas Carew (23 Apr 1539 – 1 Oct 1604)
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12 generations between Thomas Carew and James Rupuha Elers
12 generations between Thomas Carew and James Rupuha Elers
The lives of Thomas Carew and Elizabeth Biccombe
The lives of Thomas Carew and Elizabeth Biccombe
Thomas was a son of George and Margaret (Englefield) Carew.
He was born on 23 April 1539, as noted in the probate of John Carew (National Archive c142/85/78).
He married Elizabeth Biccombe about 1559.
He died in 1604 and was buried at the Holy Ghost Churchyard, Crowcombe, West Somerset District.
The church has some outstanding carved 16th century bench ends. An example being two naked men of Crowcombe doing battle with the legendary two-headed dragon of Shervage Woods. According to legend the dragon was finally defeated and cut into two halves forming the Quantock Hills.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Hugh Biccombe and Elizabeth (Tiley) Biccombe. She was born in 1541, died on 11 May 1598 and was also buried at the Holy Ghost Churchyard, Crowcombe.
PROGENY OF THOMAS and ELIZABETH CAREW
1. Dorothy Carew Born c1559.
Married John Lancaster c1574 and they had a daughter Johanna Lancaster (born c 1583 in Bagborough, Somerset).
Johanna (Joan) married Arthur Bluett (two children John and Francis Bluett).
Upon the death of Arthur in 1612, Johanna married Philip Poyntz (died in 1645).
Johanna died on 19 June 1641 aged 58 in Devon.
All Saints Church, Holcombe Rogus
Colonel Francis Bluett, a Royalist during the Civil War, was killed at the Siege of Lynne Regis in 1644. Francis and Joan’s son Francis (1638-1691) was killed in battle in 1691 during the Glorious Revolution.
These two photos at All Saints Church are of the alabaster tomb where John Bluett, son of Joanna and her first husband Arthur Bluett, is buried along with his wife Elizabeth and their eight daughters. Four of them with hands uplifted in prayer denotes they died as children, two with skulls in their hands denotes they died as widows, and two with skulls and roses denotes they died before their husbands. (Source: private photo from the church warden at the All Saints Church).
2. Elizabeth Carew
Birth date c1560 and died c1621.
She married Sir William Grenville in 1574 (source: Carew of Carew).
Married Robert Drury (1558-1609) of Laughlin (source Carew of Carew).
They had two children – John Drury ( – 1698) and Catherine (Drury) King (c1567 – 1617) (Wikipedia).
3. John Carew
See bio for John in the “The Lives of Sir John Carew and Elizabeth Southcott”- Chapter 11.
4. George Carew
Born c 1565.
5. Catherine Carew
Catherine was born c1567 (National Archive DC14/12/1617).
She married Robert Howse in 1584.
Also married John King in Dublin in 1585.
Their children were Edward King, Henry King, Robert King, Mary (King) Caulfield, Edward King, and William King.
This memorial is in the Carew Chapel in the Church of the Holy Ghost. It bears a carved shield with carved supporters, helm, torque and crest. On the shield are 32 coats of arms of the Carew family and its connections. The inscription is on a white marble rectangle, which is placed on a grey and cream marble background, and the whole is flanked by two pilasters, each bearing three coats of arms:
Left side: Top: Carew with Biccombe in pretence. Middle: Carew impaling Southcott. Bottom: Carew on a lozenge.
Right side: Top: Carew. Middle: Carew impaling Wyndham. Bottom: Carew impaling Heatly.
See “The Lives of Thomas Carew and Mary Heatly” for a copy of the transcription of the above memorial.
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN ENGLAND DURING THE LIVES OF THOMAS and ELIZABETH CAREW
1485-1551: English Sweating Sickness, also known as “the sweats” was a mysterious and contagious disease that struck England and later, continental Europe in a series of epidemics beginning in 1485. The last outbreak occurred in 1551, after which the disease apparently vanished. The onset of the symptoms was sudden, with death often occurring within hours. Sweating sickness epidemics were unique compared with other disease outbreaks of the time: whereas other epidemics were typically urban and long-lasting, cases of sweating sickness spiked and receded very quickly, and heavily affected rural areas.
1553: King Edward V1 founded Christs Hospital for London orphans. Later on Carew Thomas Elers (who immigrated to NZ) attended this school when he was orphaned by the deaths of his parents. It was initially a co-ed institution catering for children from 11 to 18 years of age.
1557: Flu pandemic
1563: London plague killed 20,000 citizens
1603: Outbreak of the Bubonic Plague, estimated to have killed 29000 to 40000 people. It was believed not to be the flu. Suggestion it may have been an outbreak of anthrax or tuberculosis, then called “consumption”, characterised by fever.
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