Katherine Carew

Abt 1500 - 1565  (~ 65 years)

• Name	Katherine Carew  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1500  [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	18 Jul 1565	London, England   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I27829	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Edmund Carew,   b. Between 1461 and 1464, of Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. 24 Jun 1513, Thérouanne, Pas-de-Calais, France (Age ~ 52 years)
  Mother	Katherine Huddesfield   d. Aft 9 Jun 1528
  Marriage	Bef 16 Jan 1479  [1]
  Family ID	F4028	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Philip Champernoun,   b. Abt 1479   d. 2 Aug 1545, Modbury, Devon, England (Age ~ 66 years)
  Children	+ 1. Joan Champernoun   d. 15 May 1553 + 2. Katherine Champernoun   d. 1594   3. Jane Champernoun
  Family ID	F16613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2020

  
  

  Family 2	John Astley,   b. of Norfolk, England d. Abt Jul 1595
  Marriage	Abt 1545  [2, 3]
  Family ID	F16916	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Many sources, including the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, have her as a daughter of Philip Champernoun, but Brice Claggett (citation details below) and Neil P. Thompson argued convincingly that he has to have been, instead, her first husband, after whom she married John Astley. As "Kat" Champernoun she was governess to the young Lady Elizabeth and, in the words of Brice Clagett (citation details below), "is credited with providing her with the foundation of her excellent education. On Elizabeth's accession in 1558 Kat, now Mrs. Astley, became chief gentlewoman of the privy chamber, and was one of the Queen's closest confidantes until her death in 1565."

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013. [S4046] Brice Clagett, 25 Oct 2000, post to soc.genealogy.medieval. [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing. [S4046] Brice Clagett, 25 Oct 2000, post to soc.genealogy.medieval., year only.