Nicholas Carew (died 1311)

Arms of Carew: *Or, three lions passant in pale sable*^[1] These were the arms shown on the seal of *Nic(olae)us de Carru* (c. 1255 – 1311), appended to the Barons' Letter, 1301 and blazoned in the 1301 Caerlaverock Roll of Arms

Nicholas Carew (died 1311), Lord of Moulsford, was a baron of medieval England who took part in the Wars of Scottish Independence.

He was feudal lord of Carew Castle in Pembrokeshire, feudal lord of Odrone^[2] (mod. Idrone, County Carlow)^[3] in Ireland and lord of the manor of Moulsford in Berkshire (since 1974 in Oxfordshire), was a soldier. He was the first of the Carew family to form a connection with the English county of Devon,^[4] where his descendants became very prominent until modern times. His descendants obtained three Carew baronetcies and four peerage titles, namely Baron Carew (1605) in the Peerage of England (for Sir Sir George Carew (1555–1629), created in 1626 Earl of Totnes) and Baron Carew (1834) in the Peerage of Ireland and Baron Carew (1838) of Castle Boro in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (both for Robert Shapland Carew (1787–1856)).

^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, Carew Baronets, p.155; Baron Carew p.216
^ Vivian, 1895, p.134
^ In the 16th century the Irish territorial barony of Odrone represented about 6,360 acres, when held by Sir Peter Carew (c. 1514 – 1575) of Mohuns Ottery in Devon (Hooker, John, The Life and Times of Sir Peter Carew: Kt., (from the Original Manuscript), p. 254, footnote [1]); the location of Odrone is unclear, but see National Library of Ireland document "Pos1707", described as: "[Lambeth Palace Library Ms 635 (extracts)] The meares and bounds of the Barony of Odrone. Names of the towns, inhabitants etc. of Odrone. Map of the Barony of Odrone; extensive list of place names; inhabitants listed and map of the barony".[2]. It was the residence of the Irish King Art Óg mac Murchadha Caomhánach (Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh). A letter from Anthony St Leger to King Henry VIII states: "And upon th'arryvall of Your Graces Deputie, he, with your Chaunceler, th'Erle of Ormonde your Thesaurer, Chieffe Justice, and capytaynes, dyrected a jornay a jornay into Odrone, where McMorgho and his kynsmen, called the Kevenaghes, doo inhabyte, who had commytted, in the commotion tyme, infynyte hurtes to Your Graces subjectes. In revenging whereof Your Graces Deputie remayned 10 dayes in that contrey, commyttyng burnynges, spoyles, and other hurtes, where we had fynally a communycacion with the saide McMorgho and Kevenaghes. And after many haynous offences by us alleadged to the sayde Kevenaghes, they conformed them to certen orders and directions, as appeareth by wryting, the copy whereof ys inclosed in Your Graces Deputies letters now addressed to Your Highnes, as he hathe informed us, of all the procedinges used therein."(State Papers: Henry VIII, Vol.111, Part III, pp. 239–243 Correspondence between the governments of England and ...[3]); See Prendergast, John Patrick (1808–1893), The Plantation of Idrone by Sir Peter Carew, Journal of the Kilkenny Archæological Society
^ Pole, p.333

[1] Debrett's Peerage, 1968, Carew Baronets, p.155; Baron Carew p.216

[2] Vivian, 1895, p.134

[3] In the 16th century the Irish territorial barony of Odrone represented about 6,360 acres, when held by Sir Peter Carew (c. 1514 – 1575) of Mohuns Ottery in Devon (Hooker, John, The Life and Times of Sir Peter Carew: Kt., (from the Original Manuscript), p. 254, footnote [1]); the location of Odrone is unclear, but see National Library of Ireland document "Pos1707", described as: "[Lambeth Palace Library Ms 635 (extracts)] The meares and bounds of the Barony of Odrone. Names of the towns, inhabitants etc. of Odrone. Map of the Barony of Odrone; extensive list of place names; inhabitants listed and map of the barony".[2]. It was the residence of the Irish King Art Óg mac Murchadha Caomhánach (Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh). A letter from Anthony St Leger to King Henry VIII states: "And upon th'arryvall of Your Graces Deputie, he, with your Chaunceler, th'Erle of Ormonde your Thesaurer, Chieffe Justice, and capytaynes, dyrected a jornay a jornay into Odrone, where McMorgho and his kynsmen, called the Kevenaghes, doo inhabyte, who had commytted, in the commotion tyme, infynyte hurtes to Your Graces subjectes. In revenging whereof Your Graces Deputie remayned 10 dayes in that contrey, commyttyng burnynges, spoyles, and other hurtes, where we had fynally a communycacion with the saide McMorgho and Kevenaghes. And after many haynous offences by us alleadged to the sayde Kevenaghes, they conformed them to certen orders and directions, as appeareth by wryting, the copy whereof ys inclosed in Your Graces Deputies letters now addressed to Your Highnes, as he hathe informed us, of all the procedinges used therein."(State Papers: Henry VIII, Vol.111, Part III, pp. 239–243 Correspondence between the governments of England and ...[3]); See Prendergast, John Patrick (1808–1893), The Plantation of Idrone by Sir Peter Carew, Journal of the Kilkenny Archæological Society

[4] Pole, p.333

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