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Howard, William (1510 - 1572/3)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1510
Death Date: 1573-01-12 (possibly died 11 Jan. 1572/3)

Notes

Convicted of misprision of treason 1542; pardoned 27 Aug. 1544

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Broughton, Katherine ( - 1535)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1531-6-18
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Gamage, Margaret ( - 1581)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1536
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Male

  • Howard, Thomas (1512 - 1537)

Female

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 1st Baron Howard of Effingham

Titles

  • 1st Baron Howard of Effingham
    Assumed: 1553/4-03-11
    Vacated: 1572/3-01-02
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1554-10-09

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Surrey 1540/1
JP, Surrey 1543
JP, Surrey 1547
Lord High Admiral, England 1553 -10 1557/8 -02
JP, Surrey 1553/4
Privy Councillor, England 1553/4 -1 -3
Chamberlain of the Household, England 1558 1572
Bailiff, Keeper & Steward, Middlesex 1559 -11 -4
Lord Lieut, Surrey 1559 1573
JP, Surrey 1561/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1563/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1563/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1563/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1563/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1563/4
JP, Surrey 1564
Keeper of the Privy Seal, England 1572 -8 -5 1572/3 -01 -2

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Effingham, Surrey

Lands

  • Devon
  • Gloucestershire
  • Middlesex
  • Somerset
  • Surrey
  • Sussex

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Admiral's Trumpeters
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Howard's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Howard's Minstrels Howard, William (1510 - 1573) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Admiral's Trumpeters Howard, William (1510 - 1573) Musicians 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
  • Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981
  • Kenny, Robert W. Elizabeth's Admiral: The Political Career of Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham, 1536--1624. Baltimore & London: Johns Hopkins P, 1970
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.