Valentine Cary (died 1626) (''alias'' Carey, erroneously Carew), was an English clergyman, who became
Bishop of Exeter.
Origins
His origins are uncertain. He was born in about 1570 and is believed to have been an illegitimate son of
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon KG PC (4 March 1526 – 23 July 1596), was an English nobleman and courtier. He was the patron of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, William Shakespeare's playing company. The son of Mary Boleyn, he was a cousin of E ...
(1526–1596), due to the known fact that he was born at Berwick-upon-Tweed and at about the time when Lord Hunsdon was stationed there in connection with his military duties. This supposition therefore makes him an illegitimate brother of
George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon and of
John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon
John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon (died 1617) was an English peer, politician and Governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Life
He was a son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon and Anne Morgan, the younger brother of George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon and a gran ...
, whose son
Henry Carey, 1st Earl of Dover
Henry Carey, 1st Earl of Dover (ca. 158013 April 1666) of Hunsdon, Hertfordshire was an English peer and Member of Parliament.
Life
Carey was the son of John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon. Cambridge University awarded him an honorary MA in 1607. He wa ...
, (and 1st Viscount Rochefort, 4th Baron Hunsdon) was the Bishop's patron by whose direct influence he was created Bishop of Exeter. In his will he names the 4th Baron's daughter Judith Carey as his god-daughter, and bequeathed to
Sir John Carey, the 4th Baron's son and heir apparent, the sum of £10 for a mourning ring. He is known to have used the arms of the Carey family of Cockington and
Clovelly
Clovelly () is a privately-owned harbour village in the Torridge district of Devon, England. The settlement and surrounding land belongs to John Rous who inherited it from his mother in 1983. He belongs to the Hamlyn family who have managed t ...
in Devon (''Argent, on a bend sable three roses of the field''), of which the Barons Hunsdon were a junior branch, but added a ''bordure compony''.
Career
He was a graduate of
Christ's College, Cambridge, and in 1591 was a Fellow of
St John's College, Cambridge.
A
pluralist, Cary was vicar of
East Tilbury
East Tilbury is a village and former civil parish in the unitary authority of Thurrock borough, Essex, England, and one of the traditional Church of England parishes in Thurrock. In 1931 the parish had a population of 353.
History
In Saxon ti ...
in 1603, rector at
Great Parndon 1606 to 1616, and was vicar of
Epping Upland
Epping Upland is a village and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England.Hagger, Nicholas; ''A View of Epping Forest'', O Books (2012), p. 29.
The village is situated on the B181 road, approximately south of the town of ...
from 1607 to 1609. He was also rector of
Orsett
Orsett is a village, former civil parish and ecclesiastical parish located within Thurrock unitary district in Essex, England, situated around 5 km north-east of Grays. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1771.
History
It has historic ...
and Toft from 1610.
In 1609/10, through the influence of his supposed half-brother
John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon
John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon (died 1617) was an English peer, politician and Governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Life
He was a son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon and Anne Morgan, the younger brother of George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon and a gran ...
(d.1617), he became Master of Christ's College, where he had been a Fellow from 1597 to 1600. The election was bitterly contested, by the
Puritan
The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant. ...
element. Cary was backed by the
Lord Chancellor
The lord chancellor, formally the lord high chancellor of Great Britain, is the highest-ranking traditional minister among the Great Officers of State in Scotland and England in the United Kingdom, nominally outranking the prime minister. Th ...
,
Baron Ellesmere
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often Hereditary title, hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher th ...
. It led immediately to a confrontation between Cary and
William Ames
William Ames (; Latin: ''Guilielmus Amesius''; 157614 November 1633) was an English Puritan minister, philosopher, and controversialist. He spent much time in the Netherlands, and is noted for his involvement in the controversy between the Cal ...
, who refused to wear the
surplice, and who left Cambridge almost immediately. It also led Cary to be suspicious of
Joseph Mede, who was to be one of Christ's best-known Fellows.
He was later
Dean of St. Paul's. In 1621 he was appointed Bishop of Exeter.
Theology
Cary is described as an
Arminian.
Death and burial
He died at his London
townhouse
A townhouse, townhome, town house, or town home, is a type of terraced housing. A modern townhouse is often one with a small footprint on multiple floors. In a different British usage, the term originally referred to any type of city residence ...
in
Drury Lane and was buried in
St Paul's Cathedral, as he requested in his will should he die in London. Any monument he may have had in St Paul's did not survive the
Great Fire of London of 1666. His elaborate monument with effigy does however survive in
Exeter Cathedral.
Notes and references
Citations
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1626 deaths
17th-century Church of England bishops
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Arminian ministers
Bishops of Exeter
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Deans of St Paul's
Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge
Masters of Christ's College, Cambridge
People from East Tilbury
People from Orsett
Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge
Year of birth unknown