CAREY, 1ST BARON OF HUNSDON SIR HENRY (Suspected son of Henry VIII)
1525 - 1596 (71 years)
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Name CAREY, SIR HENRY (Suspected son of Henry VIII) [1, 2] Title 1ST BARON OF HUNSDON Birth 4 Mar 1525 Shropshire County, England 
[2] Gender Male Death 23 Jul 1596 Somerset House, London, London, England [1, 2] Burial Westminster, London, England [2] Person ID I8785 My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry, Laviolette Ancestry Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
Father CAREY, Sir William, b. 1495, Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, England d. 22 Jun 1528, Bristol, Somerset, England (Age 33 years) Relationship natural Mother BOLEYN, Mary, b. 1499, Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, England d. 19 Jul 1543, Rochford, Essex, England (Age 44 years) Relationship natural Marriage 4 Feb 1520 Flempton, Suffolk, England Family ID F6853 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 FORSTER, Frances, b. 1535, Branfield, Hertford, North Carolina, USA d. 19 Jan 1607 (Age 72 years) Family ID F6849 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
Family 2 MORGAN, Lady Anne "Baroness of Hundson", b. 1529, Herefordshire, England d. 19 Jan 1606, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England (Age 77 years) Married 21 May 1545 Hengrave, Suffolk, England Marriage 22 May 1596 Blackfriars Hedingham Castle, St Dunstan in the East, London, England Children 1. CAREY, Sir George 2nd Baron Hunsdon, b. 1547, Castle Cary, Somerset, England d. 8 Sep 1603, Hertfordshire, England (Age 56 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. CAREY, Thomas I, b. 1559, Clovelly, Devon, England d. 1634, Dorset, England (Age 75 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. CARY, Michael, b. Abt 1548, Clovelly, Devon, England d. 1554, England (Age 6 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. CAREY, Judith, b. 1547, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England d. 28 Mar 1572, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England (Age 25 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. CAREY, Richard, b. 1546, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England d. 13 Mar 1572, London, London, England (Age 26 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]6. CARY, WILLIAM, b. 3 Oct 1550, Stt Nicholas, Gloucestershire, England d. 1 Mar 1632, Bristol, Somerset, England (Age 81 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]7. CAREY, Margaret, b. 1550, Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England d. 1605, Middlesex, England (Age 55 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]8. CAREY, Katherine, b. 1550, Castle Cary, Somerset, England d. 25 Feb 1602, London, London, England (Age 52 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]9. CAREY, Sir John 3rd Varon of Hunsdon d. Apr 1617 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 10. Living Family ID F6851 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
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Event Map 
Birth - 4 Mar 1525 - Shropshire County, England 
Married - 21 May 1545 - Hengrave, Suffolk, England 
Death - 23 Jul 1596 - Somerset House, London, London, England 
Burial - - Westminster, London, England = Link to Google Earth
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Henry Carey - find a grave Henry Carey, Lord Hunsdon
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Notes - From https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/did-henry-viii-father-mary-careys-children/965/
Henry Fitzhugh, who is descended from Catherine Carey, was inspired by “The Other Boleyn Girl” to dig around into his family’s past to see if he really was descended from King Henry VIII. He has written an excellent article on his findings:-
http://www.philippagregory.com/documents/Thehistoryofthefitzhughfamily.doc
In this article, he makes the following arguments as to why he believes that the Carey children could have been fathered by Henry VIII:-
· Henry Carey was said to have resembled Henry VIII.
· Henry Carey claimed in 1533 that he was “Our Sovereign Lord the King’s son”
· John Hale, Vicar of Isleworth, wrote in 1535 of how a monk at St Bridget’s Priory Abbey had pointed out “yongge Master Care” as being the King’s bastard son.
· The fact that Anne Boleyn became Henry Carey’s ward after the death of William Carey - Philippa Gregory reasons that this may have been so that the King had a legitimate heir if she was unable to provide him with a son.
· William Carey was rewarded with royal grants in 1524 and 1526, which are thought to have been the birth dates of Catherine and Henry Carey. Fitzhugh feels that the King was compensating Carey for the fact that these were not his biological children and for being a cuckold.
Henry Carey
· Henry VIII’s admittance of his affair with Mary Carey - Henry VIII admitted “affinity” and “consanguinity” with Mary Carey and Fitzhugh points out that this dispensation probably would not have been necessary if no children had resulted from the relationship.
· Both children were born inside the dates of the affair - It is thought that Henry would have expected Mary to be his alone and not to have any lovers, not even her husband. Some people suggest that Henry Carey may have been born after the affair but Catherine was definitely born in the right timeframe.
· Elizabeth I had much affection for the Carey children - Henry Carey was knighted by Elizabeth and made Baron Hunsdon. Elizabeth also visited him on his deathbed and gave him the patent and robes of the Earldom of Wiltshire. It is also said that when Elizabeth died, Henry Carey’s son, Robert, received the ring taken from the Queen’s hand. Catherine Carey had attended the Queen, was buried at Royal expense and given a prominent memorial on her death. Could all this suggest that Elizabeth recognised the Careys as more than her cousins?
- From https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/did-henry-viii-father-mary-careys-children/965/
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