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Howard, Henry (1516 - 1546/7)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1516 (born between this year and 1518)
Death Date: 1547-01-19

Notes

Imprisoned in the Tower 8 Dec. 1546; beheaded

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1533
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Female

Titles

  • Earl of Surrey
    Assumed: 1524-05-21 (date father succeeded as 8th Duke of Norfolk)
    Vacated: 1546/7-01-19
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1541-04-23 (date nominated; installed 22 May 1541)
    Vacated: 1546/7-01-19

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Defence of the Coast, Norfolk 1539
JP, Norfolk 1540 -11 -26
Steward, Cambridgeshire 1540 -9 -8 Held jointly
JP, Norfolk 1542 -5 -23 1543
Steward, Duchy of Lancaster 1543
Lieut, France 1545 -9 -3 1545/6 -03

Lands

  • Devon
  • Norfolk
  • Suffolk
  • Surrey
  • Sussex

Bibliographic Sources

  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Smyth, John. The Lives of the Berkeleys, Lords of the Honour, Castle and Manor of Berkeley in the County of Gloucester from 1066 to 1618: with a Description of the Hundred of Berkeley and of its Inhabitants. 1st ed [1618]. 3 vols. Gloucester: John Bellows, 1883--5