Sir John HOWARD

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Lord Howard
• Fact 1: Knight of Garter
• Fact 2: 28 Jun 1483, cr. 6th (1st) Duke of Norfolk

Notes:

Name:
John Howard, Knt., K.G., Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, and of Oxfordshire, M.P. for Norfolk, son and heir, succeeded his father in 1436. He served in the war in France in 1452-53. He was a zealous Yorkist, and was knighted by King Edward IV at the Battle of Towton on 29 Mar 1461. Under King Edward IV he held many important appointments. he was summoned to Parliament from 15 Oct 1470 by writs directed 'Johanni Howard de Howard, militi', whereby he is held to have become Lord Howard. By the death in 1481 of his cousin Anne, daughter and sole heiress of John de Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, he became in right of his mother a co-heir and succeeded a portion of the extensive Mowbray estates. He was created Duke of Norfolk and marshal and Earl Marshal of England on 28 June 1483. Sir John Howard led the van (of archers) at the battle of Bosworth Field, where he was slain on 22 Aug 1475, burial, eventually, at Thetford.

John married Katherine MOLEYNS in 1440. Katherine died on 3 Nov 1465 in Stoke-by-Nayland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sir Thomas HOWARD was born in 1443; died on 21 May 1524.

John married Margaret CHEDWODE before 22 Jan 1467. Margaret died in 1494. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Katherine HOWARD died on 12 Mar 1535-6.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Knight of Garter
• Fact: Son of John Howard, Knt., of Wiggenhall, Norfolk by Alice, daughter and heiress of William Tendring

Robert married Margaret DE MOWBRAY about 1420. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Earl of Nottingham & Duke of Norfolk
• Fact: 1st Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Norfolk
• Fact: 12th Baron Mowbray
• Fact: Earl of Nottingham
• Fact: Earl Marshal of England
• Name: Thomas Mowbray

Notes:

Name:
Thomas De Mowbray, Int., K.G., 6th Lord Mowbray, younger son, was born on 22 Mar 1365/6, and was brother and heir of John De Mowbray. He was created Earl of Nottingham on 12 Feb 1382/3, Earl Marshal on 30 June 1385, and Duke of Norfolk on 29 Sep 1397. He was married for the first time to Elizabeth Strange, Baroness Strange of Blackmere 'suo jure', daughter and heiress of John Strange, Lord Strange of Blackmere. She died in her tenth year on 23 Aug 1383 s.p. He married for the second tie at Arundel Castle in the presence of the King and Queen in July 1384 to Elizabeth Fitz Alan, widow of William Montagu, styled Lord Montagu. She was born in 1375. He served under his father-in-law in the naval victory over the French, Spanish and Flemish fleets off Margate on 24 Mar 1386/7. On his return from the Holy Land Thomas De Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, died of the pestilence at Venice, Italy, on 22 Sep 1399, and was buried in the abbey of St. George there.

Thomas married Elizabeth FITZ ALAN in Jul 1384. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard FITZ ALAN and Elizabeth DE BOHUN) was born about 1375; died on 08 Jul 1425 in Heveringham, Nottingham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]