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The Cary family (also Carey) is an English aristocratic family with a branch in Ireland. The earliest known ancestor of the family is Sir Adam de Kari who was living in 1198. [ 2 ] Sir John Cary (died 1395) purchased the Manor of Clovelly in the 14th century [ 3 ] and established the family's status as members of the landed gentry .
Mary was probably born at Blickling Hall, the family seat in Norfolk, and grew up at Hever Castle, Kent. [5] She was the daughter of a wealthy diplomat and courtier, Thomas Boleyn, later Earl of Wiltshire, by his marriage to Elizabeth Howard, the eldest daughter of Thomas Howard, then Earl of Surrey and future 2nd Duke of Norfolk, and his first wife Elizabeth Tilney. [4]
Sir William Boleyn II [1] (1451–1505) Sheriff of Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk: Lady Margaret Butler [1] (c. 1454 – 1539) Elizabeth Howard (c. 1480 - 1538) Sir Thomas Boleyn [1] (c. 1477 –1539) 1st Earl of Wiltshire and Ormand: William Boleyn (1491–1571) Sir James Boleyn (1493–1561) Sir Edward Boleyn (c. 1496 - ) George Boleyn Viscount ...
The Boleyn family was a prominent English family in the gentry and aristocracy. They reached the peak of their influence during the Tudor period , when Anne Boleyn became the second wife and queen consort of Henry VIII , their daughter being the future Elizabeth I .
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, KG, PC (4 March 1526 – 23 July 1596) was an English peer and courtier. He was the patron of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, William Shakespeare's playing company. The son of Mary Boleyn, he was a cousin of Elizabeth I.
This family page refers to the branches of the Cary family originally of Cockington, Devon, particularly coming into prominence in the 16th century with the creation of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon in 1559. Apart from the branch of Cary, Viscounts Falkland, this family is now extinct.
Perhaps one of the reasons the athletic King Henry VIII favoured Carey was the fact that Carey appears to have been fond of activities such as riding, hunting, and jousting. Carey distinguished himself in jousting at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. Anne Boleyn, Mary's sister, caught Henry's eye a year after his affair with Mary ended ...