History of the world's tallest buildings <nowiki>*</nowiki> – Also set record at time of completion as tallest building ever built. The height of Lincoln Cathedral is disputed by some, but accepted by most sources. The completion date for the spire is given as 1311 rather than 1300 by some sources. Also the height of the spire of Old St Paul's Cathedral, destroyed by lightning in 1561, is disputed, for example Christopher Wren (1632–1723) judged that an overestimate and gave a height of . The spire of Mole Antonelliana in Turin, completed in 1889, is claimed to have been tall; however, the upper part of the structure
Nicholas Carew (died 1311) be a son but more likely a grandson was Nicholas Carew (died 1390), of Beddington in Surrey, Keeper of the Privy Seal during the reign of King Edward III. He married Lucy, daughter and heiress of Sir Richard Willoughby (c. 1290 – 1362), Chief Justice of the King's Bench and widow of the MP Sir Thomas Huscarle (d. by 1352), of Purley Magna in Berkshire, and his descendants lived at Beddington for several generations. Through his wife he inherited several manors including: Nicholas Carew (died 1311) Nicholas Carew (died 1311), feudal lord of Carew Castle in Pembrokeshire, feudal lord of