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Edward Carter (abt. 1595 - 1663)

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Born about in King's Langley, Hertfordshire, England[uncertain]

Son of Francis Carter and [mother unknown]

Brother of Ann (Carter) Branthwaite, Susann (Carter) Wilson and Francis Carter

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Died at about age 68in Covent Garden, Middlesex, England

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Biography

"Edward Carter the Surveyor"

Edward Carter may have been born in 1595, at Kings Langley Hertfordshire, and baptised there on 12 January 1595/6, [1] the eldest surviving son of Francis Carter. He was named in the 1630 Will of his father as executor and given the charge of younger family members. [2] All other sons had apparently either died, left the country or were still under age.

No wife of Edward was mentioned in his father's Will, yet he appears to have married an Elizabeth, possibly Elizabeth Hughes of Westminster, in 1631 at the church of St Margaret, Westminster. [3]

Surveyor of the King's Works

Francis Carter was an architect who served as a deputy to the Surveyor of the King's Works: the notable architect Inigo Jones. [4] Edward Carter was most likely his father's student and later a student of Jones. In 1627, he created the design for remodeling the East India Company's almshouse. [5][6] After the death of Francis Carter, Edward Carter was appointed Jones' deputy for the restoration of St Paul's Cathedral on 5 January 1630/1. At the same time, he became the surveyor of the Earl of Bedford for his development of Covent Garden, and signed the account for St Paul's Church built there to the design of Inigo Jones. [4][7][8] In 1633, he built a house for himself on King Street, Covent Garden, where he resided until his death in 1663.

Inigo Jones, the King's Surveyor, was a royalist who was perhaps best known in his own time for the extravagant court masques he produced. After the outbreak of the Civil War, Jones fled to the king. Edward Carter, a strong supporter of Parliament, replaced him as Surveyor in 1643 - a position he held until 1653. [9][4] He apparently designed few original works during this period: He surveyed alterations to the London house of the Earl of Northumberland, [4] and on 20 October 1649 he was ordered by Parliament "to build a guardhouse in the Tiltyard near the wall of St James Park for better accomodation for the soldiers." [10] He was replaced as Surveyor in 1653. [11]

During the Commonwealth period, Edward Carter held public office in Winchester, [12] becoming a Justice of the Peace, [13][14] as well as taking a prominent role in the Presbyterian faction of the church, with the authority to suspend individuals from taking the Sacrament. [4][15][16]

Edward Carter and his wife Elizabeth were both interred in the church of St Paul Covent Garden - she on 12 January 1653/4. [17] His burial was 23 March 1662/3: "Edward Carter Esq. in his vault". [18]

A Will has not been discovered.

Research Note:

References to Edward's marriage and children, if any, are sparse and misleading, owing in part to the numerous Edward Carters present at this time. There is no real way to be quite certain of the identity of the Elizabeth who may have become his wife in 1631, a more than one Edward Carter married an Elizabeth.

Some sources [19][20] identify him as the father of a son Francis "who had good knowledge of the Latin tongue, arithmetic, and other mathematical studies", in 1627 a purser's mate on the East Indiaman Jonas. However, this Francis could obviously not have been a son of Elizabeth, married in 1631. He could not have been born later than about 1610, which seem also implausible with a 1595 birth of Edward. It seems more likely that this was the younger brother, not the son, of Edward, who was named in their father's 1630 Will [2] as missing from England. It is conceivable that he was lost at sea.

Sources

  1. ↑ Parish Register of King's Langley, Hertfordshire. [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBPRS%2FHERT%2F007956831%2F00464&parentid=GBPRS%2FM%2F71993630
  2. ↑ 2.02.1 "Will of Francis Carter, Chief Clerk of His Majesty's Rolls", proved 6 December 1630. PROB 11/158/567
  3. ↑ Register of St Margaret Westminster, 1632-1645. City of Westminster Archives Center FindmyPastAncestry Image
  4. ↑ 4.04.14.24.34.4 Howard, Colvin. A biographical dictionary of British architects, 1600-1840, pp. 197-198. London : J. Murray, 1978. p. 197
  5. ↑ Plate BHO
  6. ↑ "Poplar High Street: The East India Company almshouses." Survey of London: Volumes 43 and 44, Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs. Ed. Hermione Hobhouse. London: London County Council, 1994. 107-110. British History Online. Web. 3 February 2023. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols43-4/pp107-110.
  7. ↑ "The Bedford Estate: From 1627 to 1641." Survey of London: Volume 36, Covent Garden. Ed. F H W Sheppard. London: London County Council, 1970. 25-34. British History Online. Web. 1 February 2023. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol36/pp25-34 BHO]
  8. ↑ "St. Paul's Church." Survey of London: Volume 36, Covent Garden. Ed. F H W Sheppard. London: London County Council, 1970. 98-128. British History Online. Web. 3 February 2023. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol36/pp98-128 BHO]
  9. ↑ Office of Works Works
  10. ↑ Harwood, Brian. "The Horse Guards at Whitehall" Guards
  11. ↑ March 7 1653 March 7. COUNCIL OF STATE. Day's Proceedings. 1. Order on petition of Edward Carter, surveyor, and Thos. Stevens, clerk of the works, that Mr. Bond, Lord Bradshaw, Mr. Gurdon, SirWm. Masham, Col. Wauton, and Sir John Bourchier, be a Committee to confer with the Commissioners for Revenue and for Whitehall, concerning the matter alleged in the petition, and give an account to Council. Council
  12. ↑ "March 1649: An Act of the Commons Assembled in Parliament, For setling the Militia of the City of Westminster, and Liberties thereof, etc." Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660. Eds. C H Firth, and R S Rait. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1911. 20-23. British History Online. Web. 3 February 2023. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/acts-ordinances-interregnum/pp20-23 BHO]
  13. ↑ "Middlesex Sessions Rolls: 1647." Middlesex County Records: Volume 3, 1625-67. Ed. John Cordy Jeaffreson. London: Middlesex County Record Society, 1888. 98-102. British History Online. Web. 3 February 2023. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/middx-county-records/vol3/pp98-102 BHO]
  14. ↑ "Middlesex Sessions Rolls: 1650." Middlesex County Records: Volume 3, 1625-67. Ed. John Cordy Jeaffreson. London: Middlesex County Record Society, 1888. 193-200. British History Online. Web. 3 February 2023. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/middx-county-records/vol3/pp193-200 BHO]
  15. ↑ "October 1645: An Ordinance, together with Rules and Directions concerning Suspension from the Sacrament of the Lords Supper in cases of Ignorance and Scandall." Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660. Eds. C H Firth, and R S Rait. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1911. 789-797. British History Online. Web. 3 February 2023. BHO
  16. ↑ "August 1648: An Ordinance for The Form of Church Government to be used in the Church of England and Ireland, agreed upon by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, after Advice, had with the Assembly of Divines." Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660. Eds. C H Firth, and R S Rait. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1911. 1188-1215. British History Online. Web. 3 February 2023. BHO
  17. ↑ Burial Register of St Paul Covent Garden. Ancestry Image
  18. ↑The registers of St. Paul's church, Convent garden p. 27. London: Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, printers, 1906. St Paul's Church
  19. ↑ "East Indies: September 1627." Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies, China and Persia, Volume 6, 1625-1629. Ed. W Noel Sainsbury. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1884. 392-403. British History Online. Web. 2 February 2023. [1]
  20. ↑ "East Indies: October 1627." Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies, China and Persia, Volume 6, 1625-1629. Ed. W Noel Sainsbury. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1884. 403-419. British History Online. Web. 2 February 2023. BHO




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