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Wood (b). He was
the Son of Thomas Carew by Elizabeth Edgecumb, Daughter to Sir Richard
Edgecumb, a Gentleman says our Author (c), in whom Mildness and
Stoutness, Diffidence and Wisdom, Deliberateness of Undertaking, and
Sufficiency of Effecting, made a more commendable, than blazing
mixture of Vertue. He adds, that Sir Richard, at his fine House,
call'd to this day Mount-Edgecumb,
"during Queen Mary's Reign, entertain'd at one time
for some good space, the Admirals of the English,
Spanish, and Netherland Fleets, with many Noblemen
besides.
But", pursues he, " not too much of this, lest a
partial Affection steal, as unawares, into my
Commendation, as one, by my Mother, descended from
his Loins, and by my Birth a Member of the House (d)."
But Mr. Carew hath given us an account of his Ancestors, which I shall
set down here, that the Reader may see they were no less distinguished
by the great Estates in their possession, than by the Noble Families
they were allyed to.


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