About Philip Cary
Philip Cary was a politician.
Philip Cary (died 1437) was an English landowner and politician from Devon.
Arms of Cary: Argent, on a bend sable three roses of the field. and his first wife Margaret Courtenay, daughter of Sir Philip Courtenay (died 1406), of Powderham in Devon, and his wife Anne Wake (died 1390). His paternal grandparents were Sir John Cary (died 1395), of St Giles on the Heath in Devon, and his wife Margaret Holway. He died on 23 September 1437, only five weeks after the birth of his heir.
About 1422 he married Christian Orchard (died 1472), daughter and heiress of William Orchard (died 1419), of Orchard in Somerset, and they had one son: William Cary, his heir, After his death, his widow married Walter Portman, son of William Portman.
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English politician (-1437)
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Philip Cary died in 1437.
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Philip Cary was a politician.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Philip Cary (MP for Devon)
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