 He was soon freed however at the express request of King Henry VIII and was returned to the English army.In 1544 Carew raised twenty soldiers to join Wallop's campaign against Boulogne and was also given a subordinate naval command under Dudley in the English Channel.In July 1545, with a French invasion expected, Carew was summoned to King Henry VIII's council of war aboard his flagship "Great Harry" in Portsmouth.