William Carnsew

{{short description|16th-century English politician}}

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William Carnsew (by 1497 – 1570), of Bokelly in St. Kew, Cornwall, was an English politician.

He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Bossiney in 1547.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/carnsew-william-1497-1570 |title=CARNSEW, William (by 1497-1570), of Bokelly in St. Kew, Cornw. |publisher=History of Parliament Online |date= |accessdate=2016-12-26}} Carnsew wrote about his visits to other important houses in Cornwall.Beacham, Peter & Pevsner, Nikolaus (2014). Cornwall. New Haven: Yale University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-300-12668-6}}; p. 573