From the book
THE CARY FAMILY IN ENGLAND
By HENRY GROSVENOR CARY
PUBLISHED BY
REV. SETH COOLEY CARY
DORCHESTER CENTRE, BOSTON
1906
TWELFTH GENERATION.
Sir William Cary, Knight of Cockington, son of Sir Thomas de Cary (eleventh
generation), was born about 1500. He married Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne
Boleyn, who was one of the wives of King Henry VIII. and mother of Queen
Elizabeth. In the private household accounts of the queen it is recorded
that the king gave Mary Boleyn a marriage gift of six shillings, eight
pence.
The queen ordered the Royal College of Heralds to draw up the pedigree of
the Carys. It begins thus: "This Pedigree contains a brief of that most
ancient family and surname of Cary, and it shows how the family was
connected with the noble houses of Beauford, Somerset, Spencer, Bryan,
Tulford, etc."
William died in 1528, June 22, leaving two sons, Henry and George, both
Knights of the Garter.
THIRTEENTH GENERATION.
Sir Henry Cary, Knight of the Garter, Gentleman of the Privy Council, Lord
Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth, son of Sir William (twelfth generation), and
cousin to the queen, was born in 1525. He married Ann, daughter of Thomas
Morgan. He had spent thousands of pounds for Elizabeth while she was yet
princess and was troubled by the persecutions of her sister, Queen Mary. In
the first year of Elizabeth's reign he was by her created first baron
Hunsdon, A.D. 1559. He was given the mansion of Hunsdon in Hertfordshire and
a pension of four thousand pounds (equal to twenty thousand dollars) per
year.
Froude, the historian, tells us how thoroughly he was in the queen's
confidence and was entrusted with many important matters, such as carrying
the Order of the Garter to the King of France in 1563. He was
straightforward, rough in speech and conduct, yet was a great favorite at
court. He had immense physical strength, was famous for the use of arms, and
was prominent in all jousts and tournaments.
Naunton says: "His custom of swearing in speaking made him seem a worse
Christian than he was. As he lived in a roughling time, so he loved sword
and buckler men, of which sort he had many brave gentlemen that followed
him. Though his blunt and boisterous manners accorded ill with the
punctilio of the Maiden Court, he retained the friendship and confidence of
the Queen to the end of his life, and his frank and unambitious character,
as well as his royal kindred, secured him from the jealousy of her
favorites." He had charge of the queen's person at the time of the
excitement regarding the Spanish Armada in 1588, both in the court and in
the camp at Tilbury.
He died at the Somerset House, of which he was the keeper, on July 23,
1597, aged seventy-two years. His disease was caused by disappointment at
not having been made Earl of Wiltshire. In his last sickness Queen Elizabeth
had a patent for the earldom made out and, with the robes of office, laid
upon his bed, but he refused them, saying that if he was unworthy to receive
them while living he did not desire them now he was dying. He was buried in
Westminster Abbey. He left four sons,--George born in 1547, John born in
1550, Edmund born in 1555, and Robert born in 1560. They were all knights
and prominent men and will be heard from further on.
Queen Elizabeth sought to make a matrimonial alliance between her cousin
George, brother of Henry, and Mary Queen of Scots. History is silent as to
whether it was Mary or George who "wasn't willin'."
----- Original Message -----
From: Rodger Cary <cary(a)j51.com>
To: <CARY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 10:59 AM
Subject: [(Cary)] Re: [(Cary)] Re: [(Cary)] Mary Boleyn Cary
Regardless of what Historians and Biographies say there is no dispute
that
Mary Boleyn Cary, had a son named Henry Cary who was in great favor during
the court of HRM Queen Elizabeth , whether or not this son was the
legitimate line of William is something else, Rodger