Howard, Thomas (1473 - 1554)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1473
Death Date: 1554-08-25

Notes

Imprisoned in the Tower 12 Dec. 1546; attainted 27 Jan. 1546/7; released and restored in blood and honours 3 Aug. 1553

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1495-2-2
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1513-1-8
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Prior to this union, Elizabeth was betrothed to Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland. By Easter 1534, Thomas and Elizabeth were estranged, and Elizabeth was possibly imprisoned at Thomas estate at Redbourne, Hertfordshire
  3. Type: other
    Union began: ca. 1527
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note:

Offspring

From Stafford, Elizabeth (1497 - 1558)

  1. Male offspring: Howard, Henry (1516 - 1547)
  2. Female offspring: Howard, Katherine (d. 1530)

Primary Title

8th Duke of Norfolk

Titles

  • Lord Howard
    Assumed 1483
    Vacated 1513/14-02-01
  • 14th Earl of Surrey
    Assumed 1513/14-02-01
    Vacated 1546/7-01-27 (date attainted)
  • 8th Duke of Norfolk
    Assumed 1524-05-21
    Vacated 1546/7-01-27 (date attainted)
  • 14th Earl of Surrey
    Assumed 1553-08-03 (date restored in blood & honours)
    Vacated 1554-08-25
  • 8th Duke of Norfolk
    Assumed 1553-08-03 (date restored in blood & honours)
    Vacated 1554-08-25

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Norfolk 1504 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1504 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1505/6 1507
JP, Suffolk 1509 1515
JP, Norfolk 1510 1512
Lord High Admiral, England 1513-5-4 1525-07
JP, Norfolk 1514 1515
JP, Lincolnshire 1515 n.d.
Privy Councillor, England by 1516-5 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Ireland 1520 1522
JP, Lincolnshire 1521/2 n.d.
Treasurer of the Exchequer, England 1522-12-4 1546/7-02
JP, Norfolk 1523/4 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1524 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1524 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1524 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1524 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1524 n.d.
JP, Hampshire 1524 n.d.
JP, Rutland 1524 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1524 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1524 1525
JP, Warwickshire 1524 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1524 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1524/5 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1524/5 1526
JP, Buckinghamshire 1524/5 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1524/5 1526
JP, Cornwall 1524/5 1526
JP, Berkshire 1524/5 1526
JP, Essex 1524/5 1526
JP, Wiltshire 1524/5 1526
JP, Surrey 1524/5 1526
JP, Gloucestershire 1525 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1525 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1525 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1525 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1525 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1525 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1525 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1525 n.d.
JP, Bedfordshire 1525 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1525 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Devon 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Hampshire 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Rutland 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Kent 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1528 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1528 n.d.
JP, Kent 1528 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1528 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1528 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1528 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1528 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1528 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1528 n.d.
JP, Essex 1528 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1528 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1528 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1528 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1528/9 n.d.
JP, Hampshire 1528/9 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1528/9 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1528/9 1530
JP, Sussex 1528/9 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1528/9 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1528/9 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1528/9 n.d.
High Steward, Cambridgeshire 1529-6 n.d.
JP, Bedfordshire 1529 1530
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Norfolk 1530 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Suffolk 1530 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1530 n.d.
JP, Essex 1530 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1530 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1530 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1530 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1530 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1530 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1530 n.d.
JP, Devon 1530 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1530 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1530 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1530/1 1532
JP, Middlesex 1530/1 1532
JP, Rutland 1530/1 1532
JP, Wiltshire 1530/1 1532
JP, Leicestershire 1530/1 1532
JP, Northamptonshire 1530/1 1532
JP, Lincolnshire 1530/1 1532
JP, Huntingdonshire 1530/1 1532
JP, Surrey 1530/1 1532
JP, Hampshire 1530/1 1532
JP, Kent 1530/1 1532
JP, Warwickshire 1530/1 1532
JP, Suffolk 1530/1 1432
JP, Oxfordshire 1530/1 1532
JP, Westmorland 1530/1 1532
JP, Gloucestershire 1530/1 1532
JP, Norfolk 1530/1-4 1532
JP, Hertfordshire 1530/1 1532
JP, Nottinghamshire 1530/1 1532
JP, Worcestershire 1530/1 1532
JP, Herefordshire 1530/1 1532
JP, Staffordshire 1530/1 1532
JP, Sussex 1530/1 1532
JP, Northumberland 1530/1 1532
JP, Bedfordshire 1531/2 n.d.
JP, Essex 1531/2 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1531/2 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1531/2 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1531/2 n.d.
JP, Devon 1532 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1532 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1532 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1532 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1532 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1532 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1532 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1532 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1532 n.d.
Earl Marshal, England 1533-5-28 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1536 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1536 n.d.
JP, Devon 1536 n.d.
JP, Rutland 1536 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1536 1540
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1536 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1536 1540
JP, Huntingdonshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Bedfordshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Essex 1536 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1536 1537
JP, Cambridgeshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1536/7 1540
JP, Derbyshire 1536/7 1539
JP, Wiltshire 1536/7 1539
JP, Warwickshire 1536/7 1539
JP, Westmorland 1536/7 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1537 1540
JP, Nottinghamshire 1537 1538
JP, Cornwall 1537 1540
JP, Middlesex 1537 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1537 1542
JP, Kent 1537 1540
JP, Suffolk 1537 1539
JP, Gloucestershire 1537 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1537/8 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1537/8 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1537/8 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1537/8 1540
JP, Somerset 1537/8 1540
JP, Leicestershire 1537/8 1539
JP, Northumberland 1537/8 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1537/8 1540
JP, Hampshire 1537/8 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1537/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1538 n.d.
JP, Essex 1538 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1538 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1538 n.d.
JP, Devon 1538 1541
JP, Surrey 1538 1539
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1538 1541
JP, Northamptonshire 1538 1540
JP, Shropshire 1538 1539
JP, Norfolk 1538 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1539 1540
JP, Buckinghamshire 1539 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1539 n.d.
JP, Cheshire 1539 1540
JP, Essex 1539/40 1542
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hampshire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: North Riding 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cheshire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1540 n.d.
JP, Hampshire 1540 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1540 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1540 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1540 1541
JP, Lancashire 1540 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1540 1541
JP, Staffordshire 1540 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1540 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1540 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1540/1 1543
JP, Oxfordshire 1540/1 1542
JP, Berkshire 1540/1 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1540/1 n.d.
Lieut-gen, North of Trent 1540/1-1-29 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1541/2 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1541/2 n.d.
Capt-gen in the North, England 1542-8 n.d.
JP, Kent 1542 1543
JP, Warwickshire 1542 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1542 n.d.
JP, Hampshire 1542 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1542 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1542 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1542 1543
JP, Buckinghamshire 1542 1543
JP, Rutland 1542 1543
JP, Lincolnshire 1542 1543
JP, Bedfordshire 1542 1543
JP, Middlesex 1542/3 1544
JP, Suffolk 1542/3 1544
JP, Monmouthshire 1542/3 1544
JP, Shropshire 1542/3 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1542/3 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1542/3 1544
JP, Herefordshire 1542/3 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1542/3 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1542/3 1544
JP, Derbyshire 1542/3 n.d.
JP, Devon 1542/3 1544
JP, Staffordshire 1543 1544
JP, Northamptonshire 1543 n.d.
JP, Cheshire 1543 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1543 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1543/4 1545
JP, Huntingdonshire 1543/4 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1543/4 1545
JP, Cornwall 1543/4 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1543/4 1545
JP, Worcestershire 1543/4 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1543/4 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1543/4 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1544 n.d.
JP, Essex 1544 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1544 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1544/5 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1544/5 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1544/5 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1544/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Suffolk 1545 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Norfolk 1545 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Huntingdonshire 1545 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Cambridgeshire 1545 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Warwickshire 1545 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Northamptonshire 1545 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Leicestershire 1545 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Essex 1545 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Rutland 1545 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Lincolnshire 1545 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Hertfordshire 1545 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Berkshire 1545 n.d.
Privy Councillor, England 1553-8-10 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1553/4 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1553/4 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Kenninghall, Norfolk

Lands

  • Berkshire
  • Kent
  • Leicestershire
  • Lincolnshire
  • Norfolk
  • Oxfordshire
  • Somerset
  • Suffolk

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1524-1524 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Norfolk's Bearward
Performance 1540-1541 Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury , Shropshire Duke of Norfolk's Bearward
Performance 1530-1530 Christ Church, Oxford , Oxfordshire Duke of Norfolk's Entertainers
Performance 1534-1535 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Duke of Norfolk's Minstrels
Performance 1528-1529 Drapers' Hall, London , London (city-county) Duke of Norfolk's Players
Performance 1542-1543 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Duke of Norfolk's Players
Performance 1543-1544 Mayor's House, Canterbury , Kent Duke of Norfolk's Trumpeter
Performance 1539-1540 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Duke of Norfolk's Trumpeters
Performance 1514-1514 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Admiral's Minstrels
Performance 1520-1520 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Admiral's Minstrels
Performance 1512-1513 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Lord Admiral's Players
Performance 1520-1521 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Lord Admiral's Players
Performance 1543-1544 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Treasurer's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duke of Norfolk's Bearward Howard, Thomas (1473 - 1554) Performing Animals 2
Duke of Norfolk's Entertainers Howard, Thomas (1473 - 1554) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Norfolk's Minstrels Howard, Thomas (1473 - 1554) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Norfolk's Players Howard, Thomas (1473 - 1554) Players 2
Duke of Norfolk's Trumpeter Howard, Thomas (1473 - 1554) Musicians 1
Duke of Norfolk's Trumpeters Howard, Thomas (1473 - 1554) Musicians 1
Lord Admiral's Minstrels Howard, Thomas (1473 - 1554) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Lord Admiral's Players Howard, Thomas (1473 - 1554) Players 2
Lord Treasurer's Players Howard, Thomas (1473 - 1554) Players 1

Bibliographic Sources

The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)