Watching grass grow

One of the few known things that Henry Carey took interest in was actually Botany. It a bit hard to know just how much it was an interest in him, there at least one description of those plant coming from the furtherst part of the earth (source) apparently even coming from south america (source), though that's far impressive especially if you consider that its a time the frontier is being redefined. He actually had patronized some work on medicinal herb (source). If I dare speculate I have the impression, that with the level of disease he saw on the border, its not really suprising he did so, though it may just be personal interest.

On our way

Well our work seem to heading toward completlion has we so have nothing but 15 years left to do.

Here a few things, land deal between the crown and lord Hunsdon.

Should you look into the catalogue of Harlesian manusciprit you'll find plently on lord hunsdon(link)

Think of the Children

So how about a little overview of  the carey children who they married

George Carey went to marry Elizabeth Spencer around 1574 and he suprisingly had only one child (suprising should you compare to his father)

John married Mary Hyde (amusingly wasn't Hyde park the property of his father) around 1576 and was a widow.

Henry Jr wife seem to be unknown, however  record show henry tried to get him married to one of the daughter of Lord Conyers (I suspect he was dead though he probably was dead and his title unocupied)

William was married off to Martha Turner , she said to be the daughter of Thomas Turner,  the only notable I've seen around that time with that name were MP, but that doesn't confirm anything.

Edmund was married three times once to Mary Cocker and a second time to a widow Elizabeth Danvers (né Neville) and a third time to Judith Humphrey

Robert as mentioned previously was married to Elizabeth Trevanion.

Katherine was of course married to Charles Howard

Margaret was married to Edward Hoby, the two never seem to have gotten any children despiste being married 23 years together (she died in 1605), but Edward illegitimate one, he also remarried afterward what weird is this. According to Tudorplace (who I admit not above making a mistake) is that apparently Edmund married the mother of Edward wife( apparently for political reason)

Philadelphia married Thomas Scope. who while she doesn't seem to have a portrait (Thomas apparently prefered to be with his mom) do have a momument.

a little thing about litteracy

Ok as you recall we had previously seen a mention on Henry Carey being illerate. This is somewhat doubtful considering he has a certain level of correspondence left over, but still it is possible he wasn't the one who wrote his letters. Although at page 25 of the expansion of Elizabethan England I've notice something particular (source) apparently Lord Hunsdon was stricken by the gout  and it made his handwriting quite shaky. I think that may have explaineed why he was later assume to be illiterate.

That bastard Valentine

There's isn't much of an official date of birth for Valentine Carey, the bishop of Exeter and presume illegitimate son of Henry Carey, but some account put his birth around the time of Henry coming at Berwick-up-on-tweed (I wonder if Lady Hunsdon was still around when that happen) with a completely unknown woman. He doesn't seem to pop up until many year later around 1585 and most of his highlight were made after the first lord Hunsdon death. There is some speculation on the matter if he actually was a bastard or perhaps was actually connected to a minor branch of the Carey family (though Notes and queries, page205,* seem to be the only place I saw anything about that) and so far most hint seem to indicate that he was. I saw one small thing in an unrelated book about the then lord Hundson (who is one of Henry son) and Valentine being refer to as Cousin, though I think its a mistake by the author (lineage not really being the topic of his book and it would be the kind of thing to easily get wrong), but also if he is a cousin it can be a first degree one as Henry had no brother that would cary the name. The problem is that there is effectively no way for sure (Hunsdon clearly didn't count those in his official list), so let us stick to the mainstream account).

His will actually seem to hint a bit more toward bastardom, because a John Hodson his refer to as his brother (source) and while John the son of Henry was dead for several years and third Lord Hunsdon, he specifically mention that this goes to his children, which in the context of him referring to the third Lord Hundson has more sense.  However there is one thing that really got my attention.

His will mention two sisters Lawson and one as Veghelman.  Meaning those two girls are possible two additional bastards of his. Though I also wonder if Veghelman an actual name (:P ) 

He also married a woman called Dorothy Coke and had five sons (source) it also interesting to note that if he is indeed his bastard he seem to name him after a  man working under him.

I strongly recommend reading Oxford dictionnary of national biography on him, but also here a few more links. (His funeral  place is rather impressive.)

here some more on his career and life

https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029445180#page/n167/mode/2up http://www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/78267/407.html&s=lu9hLZGDQBX

http://books.google.ca/books?id=qTA9AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA386&dq=Richard+coke+lord+hunsdon&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=StiGUt7fJqL82wWpjYDAAg&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Richard%20coke%20lord%20hunsdon&f=false

* Notes and Queries seem to have a few discussion on the Carey lineage available to read google book, so check them out.