Philip Cary (MP for Devon)

Sir Philip Cary (died 1437) of Cockington, Devon, was Member of Parliament for Devon in 1433.

Arms of Cary: Argent, on a bend sable three roses of the field.[1]

Origins

He was the son and heir of Sir Robert Cary (died c. 1431) of Cockington, Devon, 12 times Member of Parliament for Devon, by his first wife[2] Margaret Courtenay, a daughter of Sir Philip Courtenay (1340–1406), of Powderham, Devon, 4th (or 5th or 6th) son of Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon (1303–1377) by his wife Margaret de Bohun (died 1391), daughter and heiress of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford (1298–1322) by his wife Elizabeth Plantagenet, a daughter of King Edward I.

Marriages and progeny

Arms of de Orchard of Orchard (Portman) in Somerset: Azure, a chevron argent between three pears pendant or[3]

He married Christiana de Orchard (died 1472), daughter and heiress of William de Orchard of Orchard (later Orchard Portman), near Taunton in Somerset. She survived him and remarried to Walter Portman,[4] 10 times MP for Taunton,[5] by whom she had issue, ancestors of the present Viscount Portman, owner of the Portman Estate in London. By Christiana de Portman he had issue:

  • Sir William Cary (1437–1471), of Cockington, son and heir.

Death

He died on Sunday, the Feast of St Tecla the Virgin, 1437.[6]

Further reading

Sources

References

  1. 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
  2. Stated incorrectly as a son by his second wife in Vivian, p.150
  3. Collinson, History & Antiquities of Somerset, p.274, footnote
  4. Vivian, p.150, where he is stated incorrectly as James Portman
  5. Woodger, L.S. Biography of Walter Portman. History of Parliament.
  6. Vivian, p.150
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