Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameThomas Carthew 
[65, Carthew pedigree, p. 574], [36]
[65, Carthew pedigree, p. 574], [36]Birth30 Jun 1687
DeathMar 1742
GeneralOf Banacre, Suffolk
Spouses
FatherSir Thomas Powys (1648-1719)
MotherSarah Holbech (1666-<1698)
Marriage28 May 1710, St Albans church, Woodstreet, London [48, Licence of 26 May 1710 (?) for T Carthew and S Powys], [26, “1710: Powis Sar and Carthew Tho, Faculty Office”], [19, Marriage on 28 May 1710 at St Albans, Woodstreet, London]
Notes for Thomas Carthew
m. (1) Sarah Powys, (2) Elizabeth Mitchell (w/issue)
In RCLPL’s records his name was ‘Carthers’ but in the Allegation for marriage it looks much more like Carthew, corroborated by Vivian in his Cornwall Visitation and by the entry of their marriage in St Alban Woodstreet church.
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In Vivian’s later version of the visitations of Cornwall, which includes much post-visitation research, he writes of this Thomas: Carthew of Banacre, co. Suffolk, b. 30 June 1687, named in his grandfather’s will, sold Cannalidgy, died Mar. 1742.
He m; 1: “Sarah, da. of Sir Thomas Powis, Kt., H.E.I.C.S. [who?].” with seven children, four girls and three boys.
He m. 2: “Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Michell of Sottery, co. Suffolk; remar. Rev. Thomas Morden, d. 19 Oct. 1776, aged 75” with four children, 3 girls and one son.
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In RCLPL’s records his name was ‘Carthers’ but in the Allegation for marriage it looks much more like Carthew, corroborated by Vivian in his Cornwall Visitation and by the entry of their marriage in St Alban Woodstreet church.
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In Vivian’s later version of the visitations of Cornwall, which includes much post-visitation research, he writes of this Thomas: Carthew of Banacre, co. Suffolk, b. 30 June 1687, named in his grandfather’s will, sold Cannalidgy, died Mar. 1742.
He m; 1: “Sarah, da. of Sir Thomas Powis, Kt., H.E.I.C.S. [who?].” with seven children, four girls and three boys.
He m. 2: “Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Michell of Sottery, co. Suffolk; remar. Rev. Thomas Morden, d. 19 Oct. 1776, aged 75” with four children, 3 girls and one son.
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Armorial Blazon notes for Thomas Carthew
Or a chevron Sable between three ducks proper.
Crest: A seabird, ducally gorged gules
Crest: A seabird, ducally gorged gules
Blazon source notes for Thomas Carthew
Vivian’s visitation of Cornwall, p. 574
Notes for Thomas & Sarah (Family)
From their licence to marry of 26th May 1710 (year is unclear):
Thomas Carthew of the Inner Temple London and aged 23 and a batchelor and alleged to marry with Sarah Powys, the daughter of Sir Thomas Powys of the Parish of St Giles in the Fields ... Middx ... with the consent of her father to be married in the parish church of St Albans Woodford (?), London.
Signed by T Carthew.
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Wikipedia says it was a St Alban church in Wood Street, London and was wrecked, bar the tower, in WW2.
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At Last: The London Metropolitan Archives have found the problem and taken me to the marriage register page. Her name had been transcribed as Povis, correctly to my eyes and the records reads as:
[City of London, St Alban, Wood Street, 1662-1786]
“Weddings in ye Parish Church of St Alban Woodstreet 1709”
. . . .
“May … 28 1710 Married Mr Thomas Carthew& Mrs Sarah Povis, by Licence In St Alban Woodstreet Church by Mr Mouls Lecturer.”
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Thomas Carthew of the Inner Temple London and aged 23 and a batchelor and alleged to marry with Sarah Powys, the daughter of Sir Thomas Powys of the Parish of St Giles in the Fields ... Middx ... with the consent of her father to be married in the parish church of St Albans Woodford (?), London.
Signed by T Carthew.
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Wikipedia says it was a St Alban church in Wood Street, London and was wrecked, bar the tower, in WW2.
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At Last: The London Metropolitan Archives have found the problem and taken me to the marriage register page. Her name had been transcribed as Povis, correctly to my eyes and the records reads as:
[City of London, St Alban, Wood Street, 1662-1786]
“Weddings in ye Parish Church of St Alban Woodstreet 1709”
. . . .
“May … 28 1710 Married Mr Thomas Carthew& Mrs Sarah Povis, by Licence In St Alban Woodstreet Church by Mr Mouls Lecturer.”
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