Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameSir Nicholas Carew VII. 
911
911Birth1496, Beddington County, Surrey, England
Death3 Mar 1539, Beddington, Surrey, England
FatherRichard Carew KG (1470-1520)
MotherMagdalena Oxenbridge (1475-1544)
Misc. Notes
Decendant of King Edward I. 912
Beheaded 3 Mar 1539
Beheaded on Tower Hill for treason with the Exeter plot to kill Henry VIII
The Exeter Conspiracy in 1538 was a supposed attempt
to overthrow Henry VIII, who had taken control of the
Church of England away from the Pope, and replace
him with Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter,
who was a first cousin of the King.
The Exeter Conspiracy is the name given to a vague mass
of suspicions, accusations, indiscreet babblings and
undeliverable threats during the period 1538 to 1541 that
resulted in the destruction of the Pole and Courtenay
families, as well as Sir Edward Nevill and
Sir Nicholas Carew, together with various servants
and retainers of the men involved.
Beheaded 3 Mar 1539
Beheaded on Tower Hill for treason with the Exeter plot to kill Henry VIII
The Exeter Conspiracy in 1538 was a supposed attempt
to overthrow Henry VIII, who had taken control of the
Church of England away from the Pope, and replace
him with Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter,
who was a first cousin of the King.
The Exeter Conspiracy is the name given to a vague mass
of suspicions, accusations, indiscreet babblings and
undeliverable threats during the period 1538 to 1541 that
resulted in the destruction of the Pole and Courtenay
families, as well as Sir Edward Nevill and
Sir Nicholas Carew, together with various servants
and retainers of the men involved.
Spouses
Birthabt 1473
Death1546
FatherSir Thomas Bryan II. (1464-1517)
MotherMargaret Bourgchier (ca1468-ca1551)
Marriage1494914