Philip Cary (died 1437)

Arms of Cary: Argent, on a bend sable three roses of the field.^[1]

Sir Philip Cary (died 1437) of Cockington, Devon, was Member of Parliament for Devon in 1433.

Origins

He was the son and heir of Sir Robert Cary (died c. 1431) of Cockington, Devon, 12 times Member of Parliament for Devon, by his first wife^[2] Margaret Courtenay, a daughter of Sir Philip Courtenay (1340–1406), of Powderham, Devon, 4th (or 5th or 6th) son of Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon (1303–1377) by his wife Margaret de Bohun (died 1391), daughter and heiress of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford (1298–1322) by his wife Elizabeth Plantagenet, a daughter of King Edward I.

Marriages and progeny

Arms of de Orchard of Orchard (Portman) in Somerset: Azure, a chevron argent between three pears pendant or^[3]

He married Christiana de Orchard (died 1472), daughter and heiress of William de Orchard of Orchard (later Orchard Portman), near Taunton in Somerset. She survived him and remarried to Walter Portman,^[4] 10 times MP for Taunton,^[5] by whom she had issue, ancestors of the present Viscount Portman, owner of the Portman Estate in London. By Christiana de Portman he had issue:

• Sir William Cary (1437–1471), of Cockington, son and heir.

Death

He died on Sunday, the Feast of St Tecla the Virgin, 1437.^[6]

Further reading

• History of Parliament biography of Philip Cary (not available on-line)

Sources

• Roskell, J.S., & Woodger, L.S., biography of Cary, Robert (d.c.1431), of Cockington, Devon, published in History of Parliament: House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993
• Roskell, John Smith, The Commons in the Parliament of 1422, pp. 161–2, Robert Cary
• Prince, John, (1643–1723) The Worthies of Devon, 1810 edition, London, pp. 176–179, biography of Cary, Sir John, Knight

References

1. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.150, pedigree of Cary
2. Stated incorrectly as a son by his second wife in Vivian, p.150
3. Collinson, History & Antiquities of Somerset, p.274, footnote
4. Vivian, p.150, where he is stated incorrectly as James Portman
5. Woodger, L.S., History of Parliament biography of Walter Portman
6. Vivian, p.150