Sir William CARY Knight [4068] ¹¹¹⁹

   Cause of his death was Beheaded.

   FamilySearch ID: GN73-ZX5. Find a Grave ID: 173857755.

  General Notes:

SIR WILLIAM CARY was born 12 August 1437 in Cockington, Devonshire England, to Sir Phillip Cary Knight (1400-1437) and Christianna Orchard (1404-1472).

He married Alice Fulford about 1458, in Bristol, Somerset, England.

Sir William Cary died 6 May 1471.

A supporter of the house of Lancaster, he was beheaded, 2 days after the, 4 May 1471, Battle of Tewkesbury.
Sir William Cary (1437\endash 1471) of Cockington and Clovelly in Devon was a member of the Devonshire gentry. He was beheaded after the defeat of the Lancastrians at the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.

Origins
He was the son and heir of Philip Cary (died 1437) of Cockington, Member of Parliament for Devon in 1433, by his wife Christiana de Orchard (died 1472), daughter and heiress of William de Orchard of Orchard (later Orchard Portman), near Taunton in Somerset. Christiana de Orchard survived her first husband and remarried to Walter Portman, ten times MP for Taunton, by whom she had children, ancestors of the present Viscount Portman, owner of the Portman Estate in London.

Marriages and children

Cary married twice:

Firstly to Elizabeth Poulett, a daughter of Sir William Poulett of Hinton St George, Somerset (ancestor of Earl Poulett), by whom he had a son and heir:
1. Robert Cary (died 1540), of Cockington

Secondly he married Anna (or Alice) Fulford, a daughter of Sir Baldwin Fulford (died 1476) of Fulford, Devon, by whom he had children:
1. Thomas Cary of Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, who married Margaret Spencer (1472\endash 1536), (or Eleanor Spencer), one of the two daughters and co-heiresses of Sir Robert Spencer (died c. 1510), "of Spencer Combe", in the parish of Crediton in Devon, by his wife Eleanor Beaufort (1431\endash 1501), daughter of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1406\endash 1455), KG.
By Margaret Spencer, Thomas had three sons and several daughters:
Sir John Cary (1491\endash 1552) of Plashey, eldest son, ancestor to the Cary Viscounts Falkland.
Anne [de] Carey (1493-1550) of Clovelly. No issue.
William Carey (1495-1528), her second son, the first husband of Mary Boleyn, sister of Queen Anne Boleyn, and ancestor to the Cary Barons Hunsdon, Barons Cary of Leppington, Earls of Monmouth, Viscounts Rochford and Earls of Dover.
Margaret [de] Carey (1496-1560) of Clovelly. She married Sir John Delaval, Sheriff (April 16, 1493 - December 14, 1562), a descendant of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland; Margaret de Stafford; John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray; and Elizabeth de Segrave, 5th Baroness Segrave.
Edward Carey (1498-1560). No issue.
Eleanor [de] Carey (1499-1526) of Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire. She became a nun at Wilton Abbey.
Marie [de] Carey (1501-1560) of Bideford, Devon, who married Sir Henry Goldsmith (1500-1551) of Richmond, Greater London.

Death
Cary was beheaded on 6 May 1471 after the defeat of the Lancastrians at the Battle of Tewkesbury. He is believed to be represented by a monumental brass of a knight, without surviving identifying inscription, set into a slate ledger stone on the floor of the chancel of All Saints Church, Clovelly, next to a smaller brass, in similar style, of his son and heir Robert Cary (died 1540).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cary_(1437%E2%80%931471)

  Medical Notes:

For supporting the Lancastrians in the war of the roses

  Burial Notes:

Alternate Find a Grave ID: 115218060

  Noted events in his life were:

1. LifeSketch:,. ¹¹²⁰ SIR WILLIAM CARY was born 12 August 1437 in Cockington, Devonshire England, to Sir Phillip Cary Knight (1400-1437) and Christianna Orchard (1404-1472.) He married Alice Fulford about 1458, in Bristol, Somerset, England.

Sir William Cary died 6 May 1471.

2. He worked as a Lord of the manor in Cockington, , Devonshire, England. ¹¹²⁰

3. Cause of Death: Beheaded, on 6 May 1471, in Tewkesbury, , Gloucestershire, England. ¹¹⁰² After defeat of Lancastrians at the Battle of Tewkesbury for supporting the Lancastrians in the war of the roses.

William married Elizabeth Ann PAULET [4088] [MRIN: 4715], daughter of Sir William PAULET [6739] and Elizabeth DENEBAUD [6740], in 1458 in Bristol, , Gloucestershire, England. (Elizabeth Ann PAULET [4088] was born in 1439 in Hinton Saint George, , Somerset, England ¹¹⁰², christened about 1445 in Hinton Saint George, , Somerset, England,¹¹⁰² died on 2 January 1525 in Basing, Hampshire, England ¹¹⁰² and was buried in , , Somerset, England ¹¹⁰².)

William next married Lady Alice FULFORD [4069] [MRIN: 4703], daughter of Sir Baldwin FULFORD [4105] and Jenet Elizabeth BOSOME [4106], in 1464. (Lady Alice FULFORD [4069] was born in 1445 in Hinton Saint George, , Somerset, England ^1104,1119 and died in Clovelly, , Devonshire, England ¹¹⁰⁴.)