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John HOWARD, Kg, 1St Duke Of Norfolk

John HOWARD, Kg, 1St Duke Of Norfolk[1]

Male 1422 - 1485  (63 years)

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  • Name John HOWARD  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Suffix Kg, 1St Duke Of Norfolk 
    Born 1422  Babergh, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Gender Male 
    Cause of Death   [6
    Slain in the Battle of Bosworth Field 
    FamilySearch ID LC5X-KB5 
    Military 17 Jul 1453  [6
    Served in the Battle of Chastillon 
    MilitaryService 1462  [6
    Constable of Norwich Castle 
    MilitaryService 1466  [6
    Vice-Admiral for Norfolk and Suffolk 
    TitleOfNobility   [6
    1st Duke of Norfolk 
    _UID B8C758B8D7F243B3ACDE680FE5A401AF8812 
    Died 22 Aug 1485  Battle Of Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Buried 3 Nov 1485  Thetford, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13239  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2022 

    Father Robert HOWARD,   b. Abt 1385, Stoke Neyland, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1436, Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 51 years) 
    Mother Margaret De MOWBRAY,   b. Abt 1394, Thetford, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1425  (Age ~ 31 years) 
    Married 1420  Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Family ID F2498  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Katharine MOLINES,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married
    • NOTE MARRIED
    Children 
     1. Thomas HOWARD,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 13 Apr 2019 
    Family ID F11706  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 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  [2, 4
    Children 
     1. Isabel HOWARD,   b. Abt 1442, Tendring, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jul 1505, Great Ashfield, Stow, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years)
     2. Lady Margaret HOWARD,   b. Abt 1442, Wiggenhall St Mary the Virgin, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1484, Felbrigg, , Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 42 years)
     3. Thomas HOWARD, 2nd Duke Of Norfolk,   b. 1443, Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1524, Framingham Castle, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     4. John HOWARD, 3rd Duke of Mowbray,   b. 1444, Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1524  (Age 80 years)
     5. Nicholas HOWARD,   b. 1445, Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1468, Farlingham Castle, Farlingham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)
     6. Agnes HOWARD,   b. Abt 1446, Tendring, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Anne HOWARD,   b. Abt 1446, Tendring, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1500, Wraxall, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 53 years)
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F6733  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Margaret CHEDWORTH,   b. Abt 1436, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1494, Stoke-By-Nayland, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Married Bef 22 Jan 1466-1467  3rd Husband 2ND Wife Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 9
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F6658  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Sir John Howard, KG, slain at Bosworth Field, 22 Aug 1485, Duke of Norfolk 1483, Earl Marshal; m. (1) 1440 Catherine Moleyns, d. 3 Nov 1465, daughter of Sir William Moleyns of Stoke Poges, co. Buckingham; m. (2) bef. 22 Jan 1467, Margaret, daughter of Sir John Chedworth, and widow of (1) Nicholas Wyfold and (2) John Norreys. She d. 1494. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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      John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, as also Marshal and Earl Marshal of England, so created 28 June 1483 (by Richard III, who seems illegally to have stripped his own nephew Edward, Duke of York (one of 2 Princes in the Tower) of an identically worded dignity, as also by writ of summons 15 Oct 1470 (though previous references to him as Lord Howard are to be found as early as Nov 1467) Lord (Baron) Howard, KG (1472), PC (1483); b 1421/2; served Hundred Years War in France 1452-53, MP Norfolk 1455, Yorkist in Wars of Roses, knighted by Edward IV at Yorkist victory of Towton 29 March 1461; Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk 1461 and Oxon 1467; Constable of Colchester and Norwich Castles 1461; Treasurer Household 1467-74; Governor Calais early 1470's; commanded English Fleet in naval victory over Scots in Firth of Forth 1482; Admiral of England, Ireland and Aquitaine 1483, Steward Duchy Lancaster 1483; married c1443 Katherine (died 1465), daughter of Sir William de Moleyns; married 2nd by 22 Jan 1467 Margaret, daughter of Sir John Chedworth and widow of (a) John Norreys, of Bray, Berks, and (b) Nicholas Wyfold, Lord Mayor of London, and was killed leading Richard III's archers at the front of the army at the Battle of Bosworth 22 Aug 1485. [Burke's Peerage]

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      Knight of the Garter; named first Duke of Norfolk in June 23, 1483; killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field August 22, 1485, the last of the Wars of the Roses, in the service of Richard III.

  • Sources 
    1. [S579] Jim Weber.

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

    3. [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 63-9, 73-9 (Reliability: 3).

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

    5. [S289] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles M o s l e y Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 26 May 2003., 2091 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 14 Dec 2022), entry for John HOWARD, person ID LC5X-KB5. (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 16-33 (Reliability: 3).

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

    9. [S289] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles M o s l e y Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 26 May 2003., 1472 (Reliability: 3).