 This attempt to serve a foreign power came to nothing, and was pardoned by King Henry VIII in November of the same year.The King also overlooked his youthful indiscretions with the followers of Elizabeth Barton and encouraged responsible behaviour in the young man.Carew became interested in politics in the early 1530s and briefly sat in 1529 as a Member of Parliament for Devon and later served as High Sheriff of Devon (for 1536 and 1542), during which period he was knighted.