George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes
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George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes, known as Sir George Carew between 1586 and 1605 and as The Lord Carew between 1605 and 1626, served under Elizabeth I during the Tudor conquest of Ireland and was appointed President of Munster. , with Additions from Joseph Holland's Collection of Arms 1579.
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![Arms of Carew: Or, three lions passant in pale sable[1] These were the arms shown on the seal of "Nicholas de Carreu" (c. 1255 - 1311), appended to the Barons' Letter of 1301, which he joined as "Lord of Mulesford" and which were blazoned for the same bearer in the Caerlaverock Poem or Roll of Arms of 1300, when he was present at the Siege of Caerlaverock Castle. From him are descended the Carew baronets of Antony and of Haccombe, the Earl of Totnes and Baron Carew](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/CarewArms.png/500px-CarewArms.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Arms of Carew: Or, three lions passant in pale sable[1] These were the arms shown on the seal of "Nicholas de Carreu" (c. 1255 - 1311), appended to the Barons' Letter of 1301, which he joined as "Lord of Mulesford" and which were blazoned for the same bearer in the Caerlaverock Poem or Roll of Arms of 1300, when he was present at the Siege of Caerlaverock Castle. From him are descended the Carew baronets of Antony and of Haccombe, the Earl of Totnes and Baron Carew
Monument to George Carew, Earl of Totnes (d. 1629), and his wife Joyce Clopton (d. 1637) in the Clopton Chantry Chapel in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon. His funeral helm hangs from the wall above leftAwards 1
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George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes, known as Sir George Carew between 1586 and 1605 and as The Lord Carew between 1605 and 1626, served under Elizabeth I during the Tudor conquest of Ireland and was appointed President of Munster. He was an authority on heraldry and the author of Carew's Scroll of Arms 1588, Collected from Churches in Devonshire etc., with Additions from Joseph Holland's Collection of Arms 1579.
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