William Carey

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Died:
sweating sickness

William married Mary Boleyn in 1520. Mary (daughter of 1st Earl of Wiltshire and 1st Earl of Ormonde Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire and Elizabeth Howard) was born about 1499 in Hever Castle, Kent, England; died on 19 Jul 1543 in Rochford, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Catherine Carey was born about 1524; died on 15 Jan 1569 in Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, London, England; was buried in St Edmund's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England.
2. 1st Baron Hunsdon Henry Carey was born on 4 Mar 1526; died on 23 Jul 1596.

Thomas married Margaret Spencer. Margaret (daughter of Robert Spencer and Eleanor Beaufort) was born in 1472 in Spencercombe, Devonshire, England; died in 1536. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Eleanor Beaufort. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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As a young man he became a commander in the English army in France. After his re-capture of Harfleur he was named a Knight of the Garter in 1436. After subsequent success he was created Earl of Dorset (1442) and the next year Marquess of Dorset. The year after that (1444) he succeeded his brother John as 4th Earl of Somerset in 1444. During the five year truce from 1444 to 1449, Somerset was Lieutenant of France. In 1448 he was created Duke of Somerset. Somerset found military success elusive after hostilities began again in 1449. By the summer of 1450 the bulk of the English possessions in northern France were in French hands. This loss lead to the fall of the king's chief minister, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk. Somerset returned to England, where he took Suffolk's place as the king's counselor. A handsome and urbane courtier, his affair with King Henry V's widow, Queen, Katherine of France in 1427 created a political scandal. The focus of the war with the French now turned to Gascony, in the south of France. Here the English were no more successful, losing all by 1453. Soon afterwards the king went insane, Somerset's rival Richard, Duke of York was named Lord Protector, and Somerset was imprisoned in the Tower of London. His life was probably saved only by the king's recovery. Henry VI had Somerset released and returned to his position at court. The Duke of York was determined to depose Somerset by one means or another, and thus in May 1455 Richard, Duke of York raised an army and confronted Somerset and the king. Somerset was killed in the resulting engagement, known as the First Battle of St Albans. It was the beginning of the Wars of the Roses, which would go on to claim many of Somerset's sons and relatives. He was succeeded as duke by his son Henry. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Edmund married Eleanor Beauchamp in 1431/1435. Eleanor (daughter of 13th Earl of Warwick Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl of Warwick and Elizabeth de Berkeley) was born in Sep 1407 in Walthamstow, Essex, England; died on 6 Mar 1466 in Baynards Castle, Middlesex, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]