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Howard, Thomas (1473 - 1554)

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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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Plantagenet, Anne (1475 - 1511)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1495-2-2
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Stafford, Elizabeth (1497 - 1558)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 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: 1527
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note:

Siblings

Offspring

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

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Kenninghall, Norfolk

Lands

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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Duke of Norfolk's Bearward
Performance - Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury, Shropshire Duke of Norfolk's Bearward
Performance - Christ Church, Oxford, Oxfordshire Duke of Norfolk's Entertainers
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Duke of Norfolk's Minstrels
Performance - Drapers' Hall, London, London (city-county) Duke of Norfolk's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Duke of Norfolk's Players
Performance - Mayor's House, Canterbury, Kent Duke of Norfolk's Trumpeter
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Duke of Norfolk's Trumpeters
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Admiral's Minstrels
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Admiral's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Admiral's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Lord Admiral's Players
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Lord Treasurer's Players

Patronized Troupes

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

Bibliographic Sources

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  • 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.