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Thomas HOWARD, 2nd Duke Of Norfolk

Thomas HOWARD, 2nd Duke Of Norfolk[1]

Male 1443 - 1524  (81 years)

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  • Name Thomas HOWARD  [2, 3, 4
    Suffix 2nd Duke Of Norfolk 
    Born 1443  Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID LCC6-7J3 
    _UID 699BBC57A52546D2AE65B033D4AEDB034F2E 
    Died 21 May 1524  Framingham Castle, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Buried Thetford Abbey, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13107  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2022 

    Father John HOWARD, Kg, 1St Duke Of Norfolk,   b. 1422, Babergh, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1485, Battle Of Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Catherine MOLEYNS,   b. Bef 1425, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Nov 1465, Stoke-By-Nayland, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Married Aug 1441  Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Family ID F6733  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth TYLNEY, Countess Of Surrey,   b. Bef 1448, Ashwellthorpe, Depwade, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1497, Abbot Of Readings Place, Baynards Castle, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Married 30 Apr 1472  2ND Husband 1St Wife Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 6
    Children 
     1. Edward HOWARD, Kg, Lord High Admiral, Sir,   b. Abt 1476, Framingham Castle, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Apr 1513, Slain Off Brest Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 37 years)
     2. Edmund HOWARD, Sir Knight,   b. Abt 1478, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1538  (Age ~ 60 years)
     3. Elizabeth HOWARD,   b. Abt 1485, Ashwellthorpe, Depwade, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1538  (Age ~ 53 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F6636  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Agnes TYLNEY,   b. Abt 1483, Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1545, Lambeth, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Married 8 Nov 1497  2ND Wife Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Anne HOWARD,   b. Abt 1500, Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1558-1559  (Age ~ 59 years)
     2. William 1St Baron HOWARD, Of Effingham, Kg, Sir,   b. Abt 1510, Effingham, Dorking, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1572, Hampton Court Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 62 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F6637  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, KG (1483-85 and 1491), KB (Jan 1477/8), PC (1483-85, 1501); born 1443/4; educ. Ipswich and Thetford GSs; yeoman in Edward IV's household from c1466; fought at Battle of Barnet 14 April 1471, Esq. of the Body to Edward IV; Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk 1476; MP Norfolk 1478; created 28 June 1483 Earl of Surrey but attainted (as was his father posthumously) by Henry VII's 1st Parliament 1485; attainder reversed 1489 as regards Earldom only; Steward of Household 1483-84; Warden of East and Middle Marches; Lord High Treasurer 1501-22; created 10 July 1510 Earl Marshal of England for life; as Lt General in North won the Battle of Flodden 9 Sep 1513 over the Scots, for which he was rewarded by being created 1 Feb 1513/4 Duke of Norfolk with precedence of any previous Duke of Norfolk (ie. including that of 1397)--effectively therefore, a restoration of his father's principal title--meanwhile making over the Earldom of Surrey to his eldest son for the latter's life; married 1st 30 April 1472 Elizabeth (died 4 April 1497), widow of Sir Humphrey Bourchier and daughter of Sir Frederick Tylney, and had [Thomas - 3rd Duke, Edward, Elizabeth, Marcella/Muriel], with 5 other sons and 2 other daughters. The 2nd Duke married 2nd 8 Nov 1497 Agnes (died May 1545), daughter of Hugh Tilney and sister and heiress of Sir Philip Tilney, of Skirbeck and Boston, Lincs, and had [William-1st Baron Howard of Effingham, Thomas, Elizabeth, Katherine, Anne], along with another son and daughter. The 2nd Duke died 21 May 1524. [Burke's Peerage]

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      Sir Thomas Howard, son by the first wife, b. 1443, d. 21 May 1524, Earl of Surrey, Earl Marshal and Duke of Norfolk; m. (1) 30 Apr 1472, Elizabeth, d. 4 Apr 1497, daughter of Sir Frederick Tylney of Ashwellthorpe, widow of Sir Humphrey Bourchier; m. (2) Agnes, daughter of Hugh Tylney, buried 31 May 1545. [Magna Charta Sureties, Line 63-10]

  • Sources 
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    4. [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 63-10, 64-10 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 136-34 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 63-10 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 22-34 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 63-9 (Reliability: 3).