Family:Philip Cary and Christina Orchard (1)

« ... During 1422 Philip Cary married Cristina,² daughter and ultimately heiress of William Orchard, of the Somerset family of that ilk, and died on "Sunday, the feast of S. Tecla the Virgin," 1437, leaving a son and heir who was to achieve the second attainder in the family. »
« ² What befell at Ladford on the feast of St. Andrew, 1408. The fortune of Philip Cary's wife, Cristina Orchard, was the occasion for preserving to us (Inq. p.m., I Hen. VI, 1422, c. 78) a most interesting glimpse into the everyday life of Devon at the beginning of the fifteenth century. It seems that William Orchard died holding the manor of Ladford in Devon in capite of Henry V and leaving two children, a son Richard and the daughter who became the wife of Philip Cary. In 1422 the son died under age, the king's ward, whereupon it became necessary to prove his sister's age to determine her husband's right to enter upon the inheritance. It appears that although already married, she was then only in her fifteenth year. .... »
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Source:Harrison, Fairfax. Devon Carys

«  CHRISTINE WIFE OF PHILIP CARY AND SISTER AND HEIR OF RICHARD SON AND HEIR OF WILLIAM ORCHARD
228 Writ de etate probanda. ‡ 26 November 1422. [Wymbyssh]
« Christine’s majority claimed by Philip Cary . Richard died a minor in ‪Henry V‬’s wardship. John Dabernon , who had custody until heir’s majority by commission of ‪Henry V‬, to be warned to be present [CFR 1413–22, p.325]. [Dorse:] John Dabernon informed by John Hakeworthy and William atte Wylle of date and place, specified.
DEVON. Proof of age. Shebbear. 19 December 1422. [Copleston]
« The jurors say that Christine was born at Ladford and baptised in St Michael’s church, Shebbear, and was aged 14 years and more on 29 November last. .... »
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