Sir Robert Cary Knight ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

This is the Robert referred to in the following extract from Burke's Haraldry:
"In the beginning of the reign of Henry V, (1413-1422) a certain Knight-errant of Arragon, having passed through divers countries, and performed many feats of Arms, arrived here in England, where he callenged any man of his rank and quality to make a trial of his skill in arms.

"This challenge was accepted by Sir Robert Cary, between whom a cruel encounter, and a long and doubtful combat was waged in Smithfield, London. But at length this noble Champion vanquished the presumptuous Arragonois, for which King Henry V. restored unto him a good part of his father's lands, which for his loyalty to Richard II. he had been deprived of by Henry IV. and authorized him to bear the Arms of a Knight of Arragon, which the noble posterity continue to wear unto this day; for according to the laws of Heraldry, whoever fairly in the field conquers his advesary may justify the wearing of his Arms."

Robert married Elizabeth Courtenay.

Robert next married Jane Hanchford in 1395 in Holway, , Devon, England. (Jane Hanchford was born in 1379 in Holway, , Devon, England and died on 4 Dec 1449 in Holway, , Devon, England.)