Sir Robert CARY ¹¹⁸⁴

   Cause of his death was Gaol Fever.

   Find A Grave ID: 149071151

  Medical Notes:

Contracted Gaol Fever from the Black Assizes, in which he took part in conducting.

The Black Assizes at Exeter Castle were the Lent Assizes held from 14 March 1586 by Sir Edmund Anderson (1530'961605), Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, who survived the disease. Exeter Prison was situated underneath the royal Exeter Castle and the courtrooms were within the castle buildings. The cause according to modern medical opinion was typhus transmitted by the human body-louse. Among the dead victims were 8 judges, 11 of the 12 jurors, several constables, and the surrounding population which was ravaged by the disease for several months.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He was educated at educated Mid Temple.

2. He worked as a Lord of the manor of Clovelley in Clovelly, Torridge, Devon, England. ¹¹⁷¹ He was the first Cary to be seated exclusively at Clovelly, the manors of Cary and Cockington having been inherited by his half-brothers.

3. He has conflicting birth information of 1510 and Clovelly, Torridge, Devon, England.

4. He has conflicting birth information of 1514 and Westbury on Severn, , Gloucestershire, England.

5. He worked as a Justice of the Peace for Devon from 1547 to 1586 in , , Devon, England.

6. He worked as an elected Member of Parliament for Barnstaple in October 1553 in Barnstaple, North Devon, Devon, England.

7. He worked as a Sheriff of Devon from 1555 to 1556 in , , Devon, England.

8. He worked as a Recorder of Barnstaple in 1560 in Barnstaple, North Devon, Devon, England.

Robert married Margaret MILLITON, daughter of John MILLITON Esq. of Mewye and Avice Alice DENNIS, in Alwington, Torridge, Devon, England. (Margaret MILLITON was born in 1519 in Clovelly, Torridge, Devon, England ¹¹⁸⁴ and died in 1560 in Bristol, Bristol, Bristol, England ¹¹⁸⁴.)