Manor of Clovelly
The Manor of Clovelly is a historic manor in North Devon, England. Within the manor are situated the manor house known as Clovelly Court, the parish church of All Saints, and the famous picturesque fishing village of Clovelly. The parish church is unusually well-filled with well-preserved monuments to the lords of the manor, of the families of Cary, Hamlyn, Fane, Manners and Asquith. In 2015 the Rous family, direct descendants via several female lines of Zachary Hamlyn (1677–1759) the only purchaser of Clovelly since the 14th century, still own the estate or former manor, amounting to about 2,000 acres,[1] including Clovelly Court and the advowson of the parish church, and the village of Clovelly, run as a major tourist attraction with annual paying visitor numbers of about 200,000.[2]
Descent
Normans
Brictric/Queen Matilda
The
According to the account by the Continuator of
Feudal barony of Gloucester
Brictric's lands were granted after the death of Matilda in 1083 by her eldest son King
Giffard
Roger Giffard in 1242[11] held Clovelly as one knight's fee from Sir Walter Giffard of Weare Giffard. His son Matthew Giffard, tempore King Edward I (1272–1307), left two daughters and co-heiresses, one married to Stanton, the other to Mandevile. Matthew Giffard presumably died before 1314 as in that year[12] Clovelly was held jointly by John de Stanton and John Maundeville. In 1345[13] Clovelly was held by Sir John de Stanton and Robert Mandevill. It appears that on an eventual split of the Giffard estates Mandeville inherited Fonthill Gifford in Wiltshire whilst Stanton received Clovelly. John de Stanton left a daughter and sole heiress Matilde de Stanton, wife of John Crewkern of Childhey in Dorset. During the reign of King Richard II (1377–1399) Clovelly was sold to Sir John Cary (died 1395),[14] as is generally accepted, although the Devon historian Thomas Westcote (d. circa 1637) in his View of Devonshire suggested that the latter inherited it from his mother Margaret Bozum, daughter of Richard Bozum[15] apparently of the family seated at Bozum's Hele, in the parish if Dittisham, Devon.[16]
Cary
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In the 14th century, Clovely is found held by the Cary family:[18]
Sir John Cary (died 1395)
Sir
Sir Robert Cary (died c. 1431)
Sir
Sir Philip Cary (died 1437)
Sir
Sir William Cary (1437–1471)
Sir William Cary (1437–1471), of Cockington, son and heir. He was beheaded after the defeat of the Lancastrians at the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.[29] He is believed to be represented by a monumental brass of a knight, without surviving identifying inscription, set into a slate ledger stone on the floor of the chancel of All Saints Church, Clovelly, next to a smaller brass, in similar style, of his son and heir Robert Cary (died 1540).[30] He married twice:
Firstly to Elizabeth Poulett, a daughter of Sir William Poulett of Hinton St George, Somerset (ancestor of Earl Poulett), by whom he had children:
- Robert Cary (died 1540), of Cockington, son and heir
Secondly he married Anna (or Alice) Fulford, a daughter of Sir Baldwin Fulford (died 1476) of Fulford, Devon, by whom he had children:
- Thomas Cary of KG. By Margaret Spencer he had two sons:
- Sir John Cary (1491–1552) of Pleshey in Essex, eldest son, ancestor to the Cary Viscounts Falkland.[32]
- Viscounts Rochford and Earls of Dover.[33]
- Thomas Cary of
Robert Cary (about 1457-1540)
Robert Cary, son and heir of Sir William Cary and his first wife Elizabeth Paulet, succeeded his father. He married three times:[34]
- First to Jane Carew, daughter of Sir Nicholas Carew (1424–1471),[35] of Mohuns Ottery in the parish of Luppitt, and they had two sons: John Cary (born about 1497), eldest son and heir, who inherited the original family manor of Carey in St Giles on the Heath; and Thomas Cary (died 1567), who inherited Cockington.
- Secondly to Agnes Hody, daughter of .
- Thirdly to Margaret Fulkeram (died 1547), daughter and heiress of William Fulkeram of Robert Cary(died 1586), who inherited Clovelly.
He died on 15 June 1540 and his monumental brass, showing a bare-headed knight dressed in full armour and standing in prayer, survives with its inscription, set into a ledger stone on the floor of the chancel of All Saints Church at Clovelly. The inscription reads:
- Praye for the soule of Master Robert Cary Esquier sonne & heyer of Sur Will'm Cary, Knyght, whiche Robert decessyd the XVth day of June i(n) the yere of o(u)r Lord God MVCXL o(n) whos sowle J(es)hu have m(er)cy
Robert Cary (died 1586)
George Cary (1543–1601)
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George Cary (1543–1601), eldest son and heir,
- Firstly to Christiana Stretchley, daughter and heiress of William Stretchley of Ermington in Devon and widow of Sir Christopher Chudleigh (1528–1570)[50] of Ashton, by whom he had issue including:
- William Cary (1576–1652) of Clovelly, JP, eldest son and heir.
- Secondly to Elizabeth Bampfield, eldest daughter of Sheriff of Devon in 1576;[51]without issue.
- Thirdly in 1586 to Catherine Russell (died 1632), of Sussex, by whom he had 3 sons and 3 daughters.
His monumental brass survives in Clovelly Church in the form of a ledger stone on the floor of the chancel, inset into which is an inscribed brass tablet and below which in the 1860s[52] was added into an empty matrix a reproduction large monumental brass in the form of a bishop's crozier. It is unclear what relevance such an object might have to him and when the original brass which once filled the matrix was removed or robbed. The Latin inscription is as follows:
- Epithaphium inditum viri insignissimi curatoris pacis & qui(eti)ssimi et Musar(um) patroni dignissimi Georgii Caret (sic) Armigeri qui obiit decimo die Julii anno Domini 1601. En ubi vir situs est pietate et pace beatus justitiae cultor relligionis amans multorum exemplar, patriae decus, anchora pacis ingenio, forma Pallade, Marte potens. Dum vixit Christum coluit, sic orbe recessit in sancta stabilis relligione Dei. Nunc capit in caelis solatia grata laborum; nunc requiem aeterni carpit in arce poli.
- ("A funeral oration set in place of a most distinguished man, a most neutral guardian of the peace and a most worthy patron of the
William Cary (1576–1652)
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William Cary (1576–1652), JP for Devon, MP for Mitchell, Cornwall, in 1604,[54] eldest son and heir by his father's first wife. He is sometimes said to be the model for Will Cary featured in Westward Ho!,[55] the 1855 novel by Charles Kingsley (1819–1875), who appears in the narrative concerning the Spanish Armada in 1588, although he would have been a boy aged just 12 at the time. However the "daring foreign exploits attributed to him are entirely fictional".[56] Kingsley spent much of his childhood at Clovelly as his father was Rev. Charles Kingsley, Curate of Clovelly 1826-1832 and Rector 1832-1836. Indeed the author's small brass monumental tablet is affixed to the wall of the church under the mural monument of Sir Robert Cary (1610–1675), eldest son of William Cary (1576–1652).[57] He married three times:
- Firstly in 1598 to Gertrude Carew (died 1604), widow of John Arundell of Tolverne, Cornwall and daughter of the antiquarian and historian of Cornwall
- "That her father the morning after, after observing her a little sad, awakened her with this question: 'What! melancholly, daughter, after the next day of your wedding?' 'Yes sir' said she 'and with great reason; for yesterday 'twas care-you, now 'tis care-I'[60] (which is much better in pronouncing than writing), alluding to the change of her name from Carew to Cary".
By Gertrude Carew he had two daughters, Christiana Cary, eldest daughter, wife of Henry Helyar (died 1634) of
- (within a ledger line): "Here lyeth ye body of Phillip ye second daughter of William Cary Esq, wief of John Docton of Docton, Gent., wth whom she lived one yere & had by him on(e) daughter named Phillip & was buried ye 20th of October 1633". (Above an escutcheon): "Aetatis suae 30" (of her age 30) "Dum Spiro Spero". (Verse in the middle of the stone):
- She's gon to Heaven yt liv'd on Earth,
- A saynt if saynts drawe mortall breath.
- Hope was her anchor, faith her sheilde,
- Love to the poore ye Elizean Feilde
- Through wch shee past unto her rest,
- To raigne wth Christ for ever blest.
- This way she went, oh hasten on!
- While 'tis today ye way she's gon.
- Externall bewty let it passe!
- What is't but fflesh you se is grasse.[64]
- Secondly he married Dorothy Gorges (died 1622), eldest daughter of Sir Edward Gorges of Speke Chantry in Exeter Cathedral. By Dorothy Gorges he had issue including:
- Sir Robert Cary (1610–1675), of Clovelly, eldest son and heir, a Gentleman of the Privy Chamberto King Charles II. He died without children. His mural monument survives in Clovelly Church.
- Rev. George Cary (1611–1680), of Clovelly, 2nd son, Dean of Exeter and Rector of Shobrooke in Devon. His mural monument survives in Clovelly Church.
- Sir Robert Cary (1610–1675), of Clovelly, eldest son and heir, a
- Thirdly in 1631 to Jane Elworthy, widow of Narcissus Mapowder of Holsworthy, Devon.
His mural monument survives on the south chancel wall of Clovelly Church, erected by his 2nd son and eventual heir George (who erected a similar one also opposite on the north chancel wall to his elder brother Sir Robert),[65] inscribed as follows:
- "In memory of William Cary Esqr who served his king and country in ye office of a Justice of Peace under three princes, Q. Elizabeth, King James and King Charles the I and having served his generation dyed in the 76 yeare of his age Ano Dom 1652: Omnis Caro Foenum".
The arms top centre are Cary; the arms top left and right are: Lozengy or and azure, a chevron gules (Gorges (modern)), for his second wife Dorothy Gorges (died 1622), mother of the erector of the monument. These arms were the subject of one of the earliest and most famous
Sir Robert Cary (1610–1675)
Sir Robert Cary (1610–1675), eldest son and heir, a
- "In memory of Sr Robert Cary Kt (sonne and heyre of William) Gentleman of the Privy Chamber unto King Charles the 2d who having served faithfully that glorious prince, Charles the Ist, in the long Civil Warr against his rebellious subjects, and both him and his sonne as a Justice of Peace, he dyed a batchelour in the 65 yeare of his age An. Dom. 1675. Peritura Perituris Reliqui".
The last sentence in Latin ("I have left behind those things destined to perish with those people destined to perish") is a reference to Seneca, On Providence.[67] Above are the arms and crest of Cary.
The mural monument in Hartland Church of John Velly (1617-1694), of Higher Velly[68] in the parish of Hartland, about 6 miles west of Clovelly, states that he "faithfully served that glorious prince Charles the Martyr and his son during the late civill wars of England as a captain lewetenant to Sir Rob't Cary".[69]
Dr. George Cary (1611–1680)
Doctor
- Georgius Cary S(acrae) T(heologiae) P(rofessor)Decanus B(eat)i Petri Exon(iensis), vir omnibus dignitatibus major quem ipsa latebra licet ei solum in deliciis non potuit abscondere. Nemo magis invitus cepit nemo magis adornavit cathedram ut lux e tenebris sic illustravit ecclesiam. In omnibus concionibus, hospitiis, conciliis antecelluit. Pectore, lingua calamo, praepotens. In justa causa nemini cedens; in injusta abhorrens lites. Fratribus in ecclesiae negotiis nunquam sese opposuit nisi rationibus et in his semper victor. Erga regem iniquissimis temporibus infractae fidelitatis: post reditum erat ei a sacris. Caelestem vero non aulicam petiit gratiam, quae tamen nolentem sequebatur, nam bis vocante Carolo Secundo, bis humillime respondit: Nolo Episcopari. Obiit die Purificationis B(eatae) Virginis A(nn)o Aet(atis) (suae) 72, A(nn)o Dom(ini) 1680.
Which may be translated as:
- "George Cary, Professor of Sacred Theology, Dean of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin, in the year of his age 72,(sic) in the year of Our Lord 1680".
Sir George Cary (1654–1685)
Sir George Cary (1654–1685), eldest son and heir. He was knighted by King Charles II during his father's lifetime and in 1681 served as
- Firstly in 1676 to Elizabeth Jenkyn (1656–1677), daughter and co-heiress (with her sisters Anne Jenkyn, wife of Sir John St Aubyn, 1st Baronet (1645–1687), of Trekenning, MP for Mitchell and Catherine Jenkyn, wife of John Trelawny (c. 1646 – 1680) of Trelawny, MP for West Looe) of James Jenkyn of Trekenning, St. Columb Major, Cornwall. The arms of Jenkyn (Or, a lion reguardant sable langued gules) are shown on the top sinister of the monument Sir George Cary erected to his father in Clovelly Church. By Elizabeth Jenkyn, who died aged 21, he had one son Robert Cary who died an infant. Her mural monument survives in Clovelly Church.
- Secondly in 1679 to Martha Davie, daughter and heiress of William Davie of Canonteign in the parish of Christow, Devon. The arms of Davie of Canonteign (Azure, a chevron between three mullets pierced or) (a variant of Davie of Creedy, Sandford) are shown on the top dexter of the monument Sir George Cary erected to his father in Clovelly Church. Without issue.
His mural monument survives in Clovelly Church, with arms of Cary above, inscribed thus:
- "In memory of Sr George Cary Kt sonne and heire of Dr George Cary Dean of Exon who dyed the 6th day of Janry in the 31 year of his age Ano Dom 1684/5. Ne amemines vitam quam si in bonis accenseret numen justis non raperet". (Do not .... life, .... God would not seize away the Just if he had not counted them amongst the Good)
William Cary (c. 1661 – 1710)
William Cary (c. 1661 – 1710), younger brother, twice
- "...by 16 or 17 years of war my estate, which mostly lies near the sea, has felt more than ordinary calamities of it, and hath been lessened in its income beyond most of my neighbours living in the inland country, and that a considerable jointure upon it, and four small children and the Act of Parliament procured last session for dismembering it, are motives which concur with my ambition to serve her Majesty".
He married twice:
- Firstly, after 1683, to Joan Wyndham (1669–1687), a daughter of Member of Parliament for Somerset 1656-1658 and for Taunton 1660-1679. She died aged 18 and was buried in the Wyndham Chapel of St Decuman's Church, Watchet, Somerset. Without issue. Her mural monument survives in Clovelly Church, showing at the top the arms of Cary impaling Wyndham: Azure, a chevron between three lion's heads erased or, which arms on escutcheons are also held by a pair of puttibelow. the monument is inscribed as follows:
- "In memory of Joan the wife of William Cary of Clovelly Esqr daughter of Sr William Wyndham of Orchard Wyndham in the county of Somersett, Baronett, who dyed Febry the 4th 86/7 in the 18th year of her age and lys buryed in St Decomans Church Somersett. En forma, moribus, virtutibus vere egregiam! Sed cum egregiam dicimus hic tacemus lugentes (i.e. "Behold! in her appearance, morals and virtues (she was) truly outstanding! But when we say outstanding, here we are silent, lamenting")
- Secondly in 1694 to Mary Mansel (died 1701), daughter of Thomas Mansel of Briton Ferry, Glamorgan, MP, and sister of Thomas Mansel, MP. She brought a large dowry of £5,000. her mural monument survives in Clovelly Church inscribed as follows:
- "In memory of Mary the wife of William Cary of ys parish, Esqr who was buried the 6th of February 1700. Also in memory of Robert Cary of ys parish Esqr who departd ys life ye 7th of March 1723. Als in memory of Mrs Ann Cary who departd ys life ye 23 of May 1728. This monument was erected by the desire of ye said Mrs Ann Cary and performd by her sister Mrs Elizabeth the last of ye family & now wife to Rob'rt Barber Esq of Ashmore in ye county of Dorset"
By Mary Mansel he had children 3 sons and 2 daughters, which generation was the last of the Cary family of Clovelly:
- Robert Cary (1698–1724), eldest son, who died aged 26. His ledger stone slab survives on the floor of the chancel of Clovelly Church. He is also mentioned on the monument to his mother in Clovelly Church.
- William Cary (1698–1724), died aged 26.[85]
- George Cary (1701–1701), 3rd son, died an infant.
- Ann Cary (1695–1728), eldest daughter, died unmarried aged 33. Her ledger stone slab survives on the floor of the chancel of Clovelly Church. She is also mentioned on the monument to her mother in Clovelly Church.
- Elizabeth Cary (1699–1738), youngest daughter, wife of Robert Barber (died 1758) of Ashmore in Dorset, by whom she had issue 2 sons and 4 daughters. She was the last of the Carys of Clovelly,[86] which manor was sold in 1739, one year after her death, to Zachary Hamlyn. Her mural monument, a marble tablet, survives in St Nicholas's Church, Ashmore, (now in the vestry, formerly on the north wall) inscribed as follows:[87]
- "In memory of Elizabeth, wife of Robert Barber of Ashmore, in the county of Dorset, Esq., by whom she left two sons, viz. : Robert Cary Barber and Jacob; and four daughters, viz. : Ann, Elizabeth, Lucy and Molly. She was daughter of William Cary of Clovelly, in the county of Devon, Esq. He was member of Parliament for Launceston, in the county of Cornwall. His first wife was Joan, aunt to the present Sir Will. Windham. His second wife Mary, daughter of Thomas Mansell of Britton Ferry, in the county of Glamorgan, Esq., nearly related to Lord Lepington and Monmouth, Sir Robert and Sir George Cary. She died in May 1738".
- "In memory of Elizabeth, wife of Robert Barber of Ashmore, in the county of Dorset, Esq., by whom she left two sons, viz. : Robert Cary Barber and Jacob; and four daughters, viz. : Ann, Elizabeth, Lucy and Molly. She was daughter of William Cary of Clovelly, in the county of Devon, Esq. He was member of Parliament for Launceston, in the county of Cornwall. His first wife was Joan, aunt to the present Sir Will. Windham. His second wife Mary, daughter of Thomas Mansell of Britton Ferry, in the county of Glamorgan, Esq., nearly related to
- A space is left for the day of her death, which has never been filled in. She was not buried at Ashmore. On the monument are shown the arms of Barber (Argent, two chevrons between three cinquefoils gules) with inescutcheon of pretence of Cary.
Sources
- Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, pp. 150–9, pedigree of Cary
- Lauder, Rosemary, Devon Families, Tiverton, 2002, pp. 131–6, Rous of Clovelly
- Griggs, William, A Guide to All Saints Church, Clovelly, first published 1980, Revised Version 2010
References
- ^ Lauder, Rosemary, Devon Families, Tiverton, 2002, pp. 131–6, Rous of Clovelly, p.136
- ^ Lauder, p.135
- ^ Thorn, Caroline & Frank, (eds.) Domesday Book, (Morris, John, gen.ed.) Vol. 9, Devon, Parts 1 & 2, Phillimore Press, Chichester, 1985, part 1, 1:59 (Bideford). In the Domesday Book a heading above the entry for Northlew, two entries above the entry for Clovelly, states: Infra scriptas terras tenuit Brictric post regina Mathildis ("Brictric held the undermentioned lands and later Queen Matilda")
- ^ Thorn, Caroline & Frank, (eds.) Domesday Book, (Morris, John, gen.ed.) Vol. 9, Devon, Parts 1 & 2, Phillimore Press, Chichester, 1985, part 2 (notes), 24,21, quoting "Freeman, E.A., The History of the Norman Conquest of England, 6 vols., Oxford, 1867–1879, vol. 4, Appendix, note 0"
- ^ Edward Augustus Freeman, The History of the Norman Conquest of England, Vol. IV (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1871), pp. 761–64
- ^ Thorn & Thorn, Part 2 (notes), chapter 25
- ^ Round, J. Horace, Family Origins and Other Studies, London, 1930, The Granvilles and the Monks, pp. 130–169, p.139
- ^ Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086–1327, Oxford, 1960, p.6, Barony of Gloucester
- ^ Thorn & Thorn, Part 2 (notes), 1:59
- ^ Pole, pp. 484–5
- ^ Per Pole, regnal year 27 King Henry III
- ^ Per Pole, regnal year 8 King Edward II
- ^ Per Pole, regnal year 19 King Edward III
- ^ Pole, p.371; Risdon, p.241
- ^ As quoted in Prince, p.187; Vivian, p.150
- ^ Risdon, pp. 167–8; Pole, p.291
- ^ Vivian, p.150
- ^ Vivian, 1895
- History of Parliament [1]
- KG(died 1390)
- History of Parliament biography of Cary, Robert (d.c.1431), of Cockington, Devon[2]
- ^ Risdon, p.148, regnal year 24 king Edward III
- ^ Pole, p.278
- History of Parliament biography of Cary, Robert (d.c.1431), of Cockington, Devon[3]
- ^ HoP biography of Robert Cary
- ^ Vivian, pp.244,246, pedigree of Courtenay; p.150, pedigree of Cary, in which wife given incorrectly as Elizabeth Courtenay (footnote 6)
- History of Parliament; Vivian, apparently incorrectly, gives him as the son of his father's 2nd wife Jane Hankford
- ^ Griggs, William, A Guide to All Saints Church, Clovelly, first published 1980, Revised Version, 2010, p.5
- ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.150, pedigree of Cary
- ^ Griggs, William, A Guide to All Saints Church, Clovelly, first published 1980, Revised Version, 2010, p.5
- ^ Vivian, p.150, pedigree of Cary
- ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, pp.150, 154-6, pedigree of Cary
- ^ Vivian, pp.150, 154-6, pedigree of Cary
- ^ Vivian, p.150
- ^ Vivian, p.135, pedigree of Carew
- History of Parliament biography of John Hody [4]) Chief Justice of the King’s Bench
- ^ A branch of the Fulkeram family (alias Fookeray, Fokeray, etc.,) were lords of the manor of Buckland Baron (Buckland-in-the-Moor) in Haytor Hundred per Pole, Sir William (died 1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, pp.249, 270
- ^ Pole, p.371
- History of Parliament: House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982 [5]
- ^ Griggs, p.4
- ^ Pole, p.483 Fulkeray
- ^ Pole, p.473
- ^ Pole, p.488
- ^ Pole, p.486; Griggs, p.4, states the chevron is for Fulford, yet his grandfather's 2nd wife Anna/Alice Fulford, daughter of Sir Baldwin Fulford, was not an heiress (she had a brother) and thus the Fulford arms would not be quartered by the Cary family, according to the laws of heraldry
- ^ Pole, p.493; A "millet" is a type of fish, possibly a mullet
- ^ Pole, p.372; Risdon, p.241
- ^ Griggs, 2010, p.5
- ^ Griggs, William, A Guide to All Saints Church, Clovelly, first published 1980, Revised Version 2010, p.5
- ^ Risdon, p.241
- ^ Vivian, p.189, pedigree of Chudleigh
- ^ Vivian, p.39, pedigree of bampfield
- ^ Griggs, 2010, p.5
- ^ Translation based on Griggs, p.5, corrected and expanded
- History of Parliament biography of Cary, William (c. 1578 – 1652), of Clovelly Court and Exeter, Devon[6]
- ^ Griggs, p.7
- History of Parliament biography of Cary, William (c. 1578 – 1652), of Clovelly Court and Exeter, Devon[7]
- ^ Griggs, p.7
- ^ Vivian, p.139, pedigree of Carew
- ^ Prince, p.187
- ^ i.e. "yesterday you had all the cares/worries of the world (Carew, care-you), now I have all the cares/worries of the world" (Cary, care-I)
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, p.1088
- ^ Vivian, p.286, pedigree of Docton of Docton
- ^ Vivian, p.286
- ^ 1Peter 1:24
- ^ Prince, p.189
- ^ see File:RichardDuke MargaretBasset Brass OttertonChurch Devon.JPG
- ^ L. ANNAEI SENECAE DIALOGORVM LIBER I AD LVCILIVM QVARE ALIQVA INCOMMODA BONIS VIRIS ACCIDANT, CVM PROVIDENTIA SIT DE PROVIDENTIA) V, 7:[8] accipimus peritura perituri ("we receive what is perishable and shall ourselves perish", literally: "we who are about to perish receive things about to perish"; See works of Robert Leighton, Archbishop of Glasgow:[9] "We are here inter peritura perituri; the things are passing which we enjoy, and we are passing who enjoy them", and "We accept that we, destined ourselves to perish, live amongst things also destined to perish".
- ^ Chope, R.Pearse, The Book of Hartland, Torquay, 1940, p.198
- ^ Transcript in Chope, p.144
- ^ Some doubt exists as to the date of his birth, which his mural monument makes 1608, derived from the date of his death being given as 1680 and his age 72. However that would have made him his father's eldest son and heir of Clovelly before his brother Sir Robert Cary (1610–1675), which was not the case. Vivian gives his date of birth as 1611. Prince, who transcribed his monumental inscription otherwise entirely accurately, appears to have deliberately mis-transcribed the last line as "MDCLXXX" (i.e. 1680) in place of "1680" and "LXIX" (i.e. 69) in place of "72"
- ^ Prince, John, (1643–1723) The Worthies of Devon, 1810 edition, London
- ^ Vivian, p.441, pedigree of Hancock; given erroneously on p.159 as "John" Handcock (sic)
- ^ Prince, p.188
- Yeo Vale, Alwington) as "of Clovelly", and notes that the infant son of their eldest brother John Cary was buried at Clovelly
- ^ Prince, p.188
- ^ Prince, p.189
- ^ Prince, p.189
- ^ Prince, p.188
- ^ Prince, John, (1643–1723) The Worthies of Devon, 1810 edition, London, p.190, states it was erected by his second son William Cary (c. 1661 – 1710), apparently incorrect on the basis of the armorials
- ^ Transcribed from monument 2015; transcript, with date of death mis-transcribed, given in Prince, p.191
- ^ History of parliament biography of Cary, Sir George (c.1653-85), of Clovelly, Devon
- ^ History of parliament biography of Cary, Sir George (c.1653-85), of Clovelly, Devon[10]
- History of Parliament biography of Cary, William (c. 1661 – 1710), of Clovelly, Devon[11]
- History of Parliament biography of Cary, William (c. 1661 – 1710), of Clovelly, Devon[12]
- ^ According to Vivian, p.159, he was buried in Bristol Cathedral where survives his monument. This appears to confuse him with another Willian Cary (1713–1759) who was Chancellor of Bristol cathedral [13]
- ^ Vivian, p.159
- ^ Watson, E.W., Ashmore, Co. Dorset: A History of the Parish with Index to the Registers, 1651 to 1820, published 1890, p.84 [14]