Nicholas Carew (died 1311)

Nicholas Carew (died 1311), Lord of Moulsford, was a baron of medieval England who took part in the Wars of Scottish Independence.

He was the first of the Carew family to form a connection with the English county of Devon,[4] where his descendants became very prominent until modern times.

He was the eldest son and heir of Nicholas de Carew (died 1297), feudal lord of Carew Castle in Pembrokeshire, lord of the manor of Moulsford in Berkshire and jure uxoris feudal lord of Odrone, by his wife Avice Tuitt, daughter and heiress of Richard Tuitt of Marston in County Westmeath, Ireland, whose family had acquired the Barony of Odrone by an earlier marriage to the heiress of Odrone.

[10] He was present at the Siege of Caerlaverock Castle in Scotland in 1301, during which his armorials were amongst those blazoned in French verse by English heralds in the Caerlaverock Roll of Arms, as follows:[11] ("A valliant man ... Nicholas de Carew, who many times appeared ... a banner of gold ... three lions passant of sable") He married Amicia (or Amy) Peverell,[13] daughter of Hugh Peverell lord of the manor of Ermington in Devon, and heiress of her brother Sir John Peverell of Ermington,[14] the last in the male line.

By Amicia he had children including: Sometimes claimed to be a son but more likely a grandson[25] was Nicholas Carew (died 1390), of Beddington in Surrey, Keeper of the Privy Seal during the reign of King Edward III.