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Sir Nicholas Carew KG (c. 1496 – 3 March 1539), of Beddington in Surrey, was an English courtier and diplomat during the reign of King Henry VIII. He was executed for his alleged part in the Exeter Conspiracy .
Nicholas Carew (c. 1496 – 3 marzo 1539) originario di Beddington, nel Surrey, fu cavaliere dell'Ordine della Giarrettiera, cortigiano e diplomatico presso la corte di Enrico VIII d'Inghilterra. Fu giustiziato perché accusato di aver preso parte alla cosiddetta Cospirazione di Exeter .
Nicholas Carew (died 1390), of Beddington in Surrey, was an English lawyer, landowner, courtier, administrator and politician who served as Keeper of the Privy Seal during the reign of King Edward III.
Sir Nicholas Carew was a loyal servant and friend of King Henry VIII. He served his king both at court and as an ambassador overseas, as well as participating in court festivities. He shared a love of jousting and hunting with the king and manoeuvred the ever-changing social order of the king’s court.
Thomas Carew died aged 68 on 28 March 1586 of "Gaol Fever", following his attendance as a magistrate at the notorious Black Assize of Exeter. His monumental brass survives in Haccombe Church, on the floor of the chancel, near those of his wife and his great-grandfather Nicholas Carew (died 1469).
Nicholas Carew became the head of a younger branch of the ancient family which traced its descent from the Conquest, although its surname, derived from Carew castle in Pembrokeshire, went back only to the reign of John.
23 apr 2014 · Nicholas Carew was a royal favourite until his arrest on 31st December 1538. He was implicated in a plot to depose Henry VIII and to replace him with Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter and cousin of the King through his mother Catherine of York.
