229. Adam23 de Kari was born circa 1170.2129 He married Ann Trevett (see #230), daughter of Sir William Trevett.2130
In the Domesday book is the record of the manor of Kari, in the parish of St Giles-in-the -Heath, Devonshire, near Launceston, close by the border of Cornwall. The small river Kari, or Karibrook, from which the manor took its name, runs on one side of it. It still retains its name of eight hundred years ago.
There is also the record of the barony of Castle Cari, in the central-eastern part of Somertshire, some seventy-five or eighty miles east of that in Devon. Prince wrote "St Giles was the antient seat of the family, and we are told that tey possesed an antient dwelling there pearing their name. Some say that the name is from Castle Cari, but I think the name seems antienter than the place."
R. N. Worth Fellow of the Royal Genealogical Society says "St Giles-in-the-Heath was the principal home of the Carys till the time of Richard the Second, only, but one branch remained there as late as the reigh of Elizabeth." The The domesday record was made in 1086, and in it the name of the Devonshire manor is spelled Kari and that of the Somersetshire manor Cari.
The first person of whom any record is made, in this family, was Adam who lived at Castle Cari in Somersetshire about 100 years later than the Domesday record, an it is a suggestive fact that he spelled both his own name and that of the manor "Kari". Another consideration is the fact that the "de" means of, ie Adam of Kari, therefore it is no doubt true that the family started in St Giles-in-the-Heath. Notwithtanding these statements the fact remains, there is a complete record of the family from Castle Cari and not a single name from St Giles-in-the Heath.
The Domesday record states that the St Giles manor was given with one hundred six other manors, by William the Conqueror, to one of his barons named Juhdel de Totenais... This man was Juhdel, or Joel; his family seat was Totenais or Totness, one of his 107 manors. this town is on the river Dart, some ten miles above Dartmouth. A branch of the Cary family lives ther now...
Walter de Douay was the Norman baron who held the manor of Cari in Somerset, along with 38 other manors given him by the Conqueror. He was probably from Douai in France... Several of his manors were united, constituting the barony of Castle Cari, with the family seat a Cari. The name of the Saxon owner was Elfi. The owner was obliged to pay fees, or dues, to the lord, and the lord in turn to the king.2131 He lived in 1198 at Castle Kari, Somersetshire, England, "Adam de Kari was lord of Castle Kari in AD 1198, according to Sir William Pole."
The town where the castle was located is now called Castle Cary, in Somersetshire 12 miles sw from Wells.
About 1125 Lord William Percival "Lovel the Wolf" erected fortifications at Cari. Much of the time during the reign of Stephen (1136-1154) the barons were divided into two parties, the Lord of Cari being opposed to the king. He made so much trouble that Stephen turned his whole attention to Castle Cari and took it. Besieged again in 1153 and nearly ruined. Very little is known of it after this.
The place is marked by an entrenched area of about two acres, called the camp. Implements of war and other relics have frequently been dug up there.
The church of All Saints is of the time of Henry VI. The manor house stands on the east side of the street. During the wanderings of Charles II, when his army was defeated by that of Cromwell, the disguised king slept at Castle Cari on the night of Sept 16.2132
Children of Adam23 de Kari and Ann Trevett (see #230) were:
Children of Sir Richard23 Stapleton and an unknown spouse were: