Editing Beddington (section)

== Beddington Park ==
[[File:Carew manor.jpg|thumb|left|255px|Carew Manor, the former [[manor house]] of the Carew family, now Carew Manor School, Beddington]]

===Carew Manor===
Beddington Park was the former [[manor house]] of the Carew family, lost to money lenders (see [[George Samuel Ford (bill discounter)|George Samuel Ford]]) and bad debts by Charles Hallowell Hallowell Carew in the 1850s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Re Charles Hallowel Hallowell Carew, Esquire of Beddington Park, in the county of Surrey|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/21931/pages/3362/page.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202223058/http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/21931/pages/3362/page.pdf |archive-date=2013-12-02 |url-status=live|work=15 October 1856|publisher=London Gazette|access-date=25 November 2013}}</ref>  The Domesday Book mentions two Beddington estates and these were united by [[Nicholas Carew (Lord Privy Seal)|Nicholas Carew]] to form Carew Manor in 1381. The Manor, once a medieval moated house, was home to the Royal Female Orphanage from 1866 until 1968. It now contains council offices and Carew Manor School.

In about 1591 [[Sir Walter Raleigh]] secretly, and without royal permission, married one of [[Queen Elizabeth I]]'s [[maid of honour|maids of honour]], [[Elizabeth Raleigh|Elizabeth Throckmorton]] of Carew Manor. Raleigh spent time in the [[Tower of London]] for this and Elizabeth was expelled from the court but the marriage appears to have been a genuine love-match and survived the imprisonment. A popular story is that when Raleigh was beheaded by [[James I of England|James I]] in 1618, Elizabeth claimed his embalmed head and kept it in a bag for the rest of her life. His body was buried in [[St. Margaret's, Westminster|St Margaret's, Westminster]], and after his wife's death 29 years later, Raleigh's head was returned to his tomb and interred at St. Margaret's Church.<ref>[[John Lloyd (producer)|Lloyd, J]] & [[John Mitchinson (researcher)|Mitchinson, J]]: ''The Book of General I''.</ref>

During the visit of [[Christian IV of Denmark]] to England in August 1606, the royal party visited Beddington, hosted by [[George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes|Sir George Carew]].<ref>Maurice Lee, ''Dudley Carleton to John Chamberlain, 1603–1624'' (Rutgers UP, 1972), p. 87.</ref>

The [[Grade I]] [[listed building|listed]] [[great hall]] (or banqueting hall),<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-206699-beddington-place-great-hall-only-walling Beddington Place (Great Hall Only), Sutton]</ref> containing a fine [[hammerbeam roof]], survives from the mediaeval house. In the grounds are part of the [[orangery]] built in the early 18th century around orange trees planted by Sir [[Francis Carew]] (claimed to be the first planted in England) and an early 18th-century [[Grade II*]] listed [[dovecote]].<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-206705-pigeon-house-to-north-west-of-beddington Pigeon House to North West of Beddington Place, Sutton]</ref>

[[File:Carew arms.svg|thumb|upright|Arms of Carew ''Or, 3 [[Lions in heraldry|lions passant]] in pale sable'']]
Archaeologists have discovered a Tudor garden including a [[grotto]] at Carew Manor, believed to have been created by Sir Francis Carew in the 16th century. Its exact location has not been disclosed in order to protect it from looting.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Carew Manor • Wandle Valley|url=https://wandlevalleypark.co.uk/locations/sutton/carew-manor/|access-date=2021-03-13|website=Wandle Valley|language=en}}</ref>

As well as Carew Manor, the family have given their name to a street in nearby [[Wallington, London|Wallington]], Carew Road.

===Carew Arms===
Arms of Carew: ''Or, 3 [[Lions in heraldry|lions passant]] in pale sable''<ref>Debrett's Peerage, 1968, Carew Baronets, p.155</ref>  were the arms shown on the seal of "Nicholas de Carreu" (c. 1255 – 1311), appended to the [[Barons' Letter, 1301]], which he joined as "Lord of [[Moulsford|Mulesford]]" and which were [[blazon]]ed for the same bearer in the Caerlaverock Poem or [[Roll of Arms]] of 1300, when he was present at the Siege of [[Caerlaverock Castle]]. From him are descended the [[Carew baronets]] of Antony and of Haccombe, the [[Earl of Totnes]] and [[Baron Carew]].

===St Mary's Church===
[[File:Southwest View of the Church of Saint Mary, Beddington (03).jpg|thumb|300px|St Mary's Church]]
The [[Grade II* listed]] 14th-century flint parish church of St Mary's occupies a prominent position in Beddington Park, immediately south of what is now Carew Manor School.  It contains an organ screen by [[William Morris]]. The church is designated at Grade II* for the following principal reasons:<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-206694-parish-church-of-st-mary-the-virgin-wall Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Sutton]</ref>
*It has substantial amounts of fabric from the 14th and 15th centuries
*It was extensively restored and provided with an extremely elaborate and interesting mid-Victorian decorative scheme.
*It has monuments and other fixtures of importance from circa 1200 to the 20th century, including the font and Carew tombs.
*The Morris and Co. organ is of special note, and the Last Judgment [[reredos]] is unusual.
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