SIR 1ST DUKE OF NORFOLK
John Howard Sex: Male

Birth Date	1421
Death Date	1485 Battle of Bosworth Field, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England
Father	Robert Howard of Stoke Neyland SIR KNIGHT	Born: 1385	Died: 1437
Mother	Margaret de Mowbray	Born: 1399	Died: 1459

John Howard
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lst Duke of Norfolk of the Howard family, son & heir of Sir Robert Howard by Margaret, dau of Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, & cousin & ultimately coheiress of John Mowbray, 4th duke of Norfolk (d. 1475). He entered the service of his kinsman John Mowbray, 3rd duke of Norfolk. He was of service to the Yorkist cause, for on the accession of Edward IV in 1461 he was knighted, appointed constable of Colchester Castle, sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, and one of the kings carvers, and was known to have great fellowship with the king. In 1462 he was appointed constable of Norwich Castle, and received grants of several manors forfeited by the Earl of Wiltshire and others. He was joined in a commission with Lords Fauconberg and Clinton to keep the seas; and they made a descent on Brittany, and took Croquet and the Isle of RhÃ©. Towards the end of the year he served under Norfolk against the Lancastrians in the north, and was sent by the duke from Newcastle to help the Earl of Warwick at Warkworth, and in the spring of 1464 was with Norfolk in Wales when the duke was securing the country for the king. Howard returned home on 8 June (1464), and bought the reversion of the constableship of Bamborough Castle. On 3 Nov. 1465 his wife Catharine(dau of Wm., Lord Moleyns,) died. He married his 2nd wife, Margaret, dau of Sir John Chedworth, and in Apr was elected knight of the shire for Suffolk. He was employed in June 1468 in attending the kings sis Eliz to Flanders on her marriage with Charles, duke of Burgundy . When Henry VI was restored he created Howard a baron by a writ of summons dated 15 Oct. 1470, making him Baron de Howard. Nevertheless, he appears to have remained faithful to the Yorkist cause. He commanded a fleet sent to oppose the Lancastrians & on Edwards landing in Mar,1471 proclaimed him king in Suffolk. Was at the battles of Barnet & Tewkesbury. In June he was appointed deputy-governor of Calais, and after having sworn to maintain the succession of the Prince of Wales, crossed over on 3 June, and was engaged in negotiations with France. When Edward invaded France in July 1475 he was accompanied by Howard, who was one of the kings most trusted councillors during the expedition; he was one of the commissioners who made the truce at Amiens, received a pension from Louis XI, and met Philip de Commines to arrange the conference between the two kings at Picquigny. He remained in France as a hostage for a short time after Edward left, and on his return to England received from the king as a reward for his fidelity and prudence grants of several manors in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. He also was sent to Scotland in command of a fleet. At the funeral of Edward in April 1483, Howard, who is styled the kings bannerer, bore the late kings banner. Next he attached himself to Richard of Gloucester, and became privy to all his plans and doings. He was appointed high steward of the duchy of Lancaster on 13 May, and a privy councillor, and on 28 June was created Duke of Norfolk and earl marshal with remainder to the heirs male of his body, the patent thus reviving the dignities held by the Mowbrays and Thomas of Brotherton, son of Edward I, from whom he was descended on the mothers side through females. He was concerned in persuading the widowed queen [Elizabeth Woodville] to deliver up her younger son the Duke of York, that he might be lodged with his brother in the Tower. At the coronation of Richard III on 6 July he acted as high steward, bore the crown, and as marshal rode into Westminster Hall after the ceremony. He was appointed admiral of England, Ireland, and Aquitaine. Was with Richard on his visit to the north on 12 Sept. 1484 when he was nominated chief of the commissioners to treat with the ambassadors of James III of Scotland. For the sake of his oath and his honour he would not desert the king. At Bosworth he commanded the vanguard, which was largely composed of archers, and he was slain in the battle on 22 Aug. He was buried in the conventual church of Thetford. He was attainted by act of the first parliament of Henry VII. By his first wife, Catharine, he had Thomas, earl of Surrey and second duke of Norfolk, and four daughters: Anne, married to Sir Edward Gorges of Wraxall, Somerset; Isabel, married to Sir Robert Mortimer of Essex; Jane, married to John Timperley; and Margaret, married to Sir John Wyndham of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg, Norfolk, ancestor of the Wyndhams, earls of Egremont. His second wife, who bore him one daughter, Catharine, married to John Bourchier, second lord Berners, survived him, married John Norreys, and died in 1494. â€” Rev. William Hunt.

Spouse:

Catherine de Moleyns Duchess of Norfolk Sex: Female

Birth Date	1424
Death Date	1465
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Catherine de Moleyns Duchess of Norfolk Notes:

Children

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Grand Children

Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk

b.1443 Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England
d.1524

Catherine de Moleyns

Elizabeth Tilney

1 Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk b.1490

Catherine 1st wife of Howard b.1496

Henry Howard Earl of Surrey b.1517

Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk b.1536

SR William Howard of Naworth Castle, Cumberland LORD b.1563

William Howard LORD b.1563

James Howard b.1602

Mary Howard b.1518

Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard of Bindon b.1520

Ancestors Chart

Parents 2	4 persons	8 persons	16 persons	32 persons	64 persons	128 persons	256 persons	512 persons	1024 persons	-
SIR KNIGHT Robert Howard of Stoke Neyland b.1385 d.1437	SIR KNIGHT., MP, Sheriff of Essex John Howard CRUSADER Occupation: Sheriff of Hertfordshire & Essex, Knight of Fersfield and East Winch, Norfolk, Lord of Wiggenhall, Sheriff of Essex, Knight of the Shire b.1365 Wiggenhall, Norfolk, England d.1437 See Notes	Knight, of Wiggenhall - East Winch and Tendring Robert Howard b.1336 d.1388	SIR Admiral of the Navy John Howard II b.1310 East Winch, Norfolk, England d.1388 See Notes	SIR KNIGHT Sheriff of Norfolk John Howard b.1276 d.1331	SIR KNIGHT Justice of Common Pleas William Howard WILLIAM OF WIGGENHALL b.1242 Wiggenhall, Norfolk, England d.1308 See Notes
						SIR KNIGHT Robert Howard of Stoke Neyland b.1385 d.1437
					Alice Fitton b.1246 Norfolk, England d.1310 See Notes	SIR Edmond Fitton of Fitton b.1234 d.1296 See Notes	Ellis Fitton b.1210	Alan de Fitton b.1190 d.1251 See Notes
								Alice Fitton b.1246 Norfolk, England d.1310 See Notes
							Alice Fitton b.1246 Norfolk, England d.1310 See Notes
						Alice Fitton b.1246 Norfolk, England d.1310 See Notes
				LADY Joan Plantagenet de cornwall b.1285 d.1342 See Notes	Richard de Cornwall, of Thunnock b.1252 d.1296 See Notes	1st Earl of Cornwall King of the Romans Richard plantagenet de Cornwall plantagenet b.1209 d.1272 See Notes	KING of England John I LACKLAND KING of England JOHN I b.1166 d.1216 See Notes	king of England Henry II CURTMANTLE KING of England Henry II b.1133 d.1189 See Notes	Count of Anjou, Maine and Mortain GEOFFREY Plantagenet, d'Blois V THE FAIR - THE HANSOME House of::Plantagenet (Founder) b.1113 d.1151 See Notes	MORE>
								Queen consort of Castile Eleanor d Aquitaine b.1122 d.1204
							Queen Consort of England Isabella of Angouleme pp b.1188 d.1246
								Queen Consort of England Isabella of Angouleme pp b.1188 d.1246
						Queen Consort of England Isabella of Angouleme pp b.1188 d.1246


		Margaret de Scales b.1339 d.1416

	LADY Alice Tendring b.1365 Tendring Hall, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England d.1426 See Notes

Parents 2	4 persons	8 persons	16 persons	32 persons	64 persons	128 persons	256 persons	512 persons	1024-persons	-
LADY Margaret de Mowbray b.1399 Doncaster, North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom d.1459

2 persons	4 persons	8 persons	16 persons	32 persons	64 Persons	128 persons	256 persons	512 persons	1024 persons	-

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