Howard, Henry (1516 - 1546/7)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 6
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

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

Notes

Imprisoned in the Tower 8 Dec. 1546; beheaded

Siblings

Male

Howard, Thomas (1520 - 1581/2) (patron)

Female

Howard, Katherine ( - 1529/30)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Vere, Frances de (1517 - 1577)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1533
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Vere, Frances de (1517 - 1577)

  1. Male offspring: Howard, Thomas (1538 - 1572) (patron)
  2. Female offspring: Howard, Jane (n.d.)
  3. Male offspring: Howard, Henry (b. 1540)
  4. Female offspring: Howard, Katherine (1538 - 1596)
  5. Female offspring: Howard, Margaret (1543 - 1591)

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 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1540-11-26 n.d.
Steward, Cambridgeshire 1540-9-8 n.d. Held jointly
JP, Norfolk 1542-5-23 1543
Steward, Duchy of Lancaster 1543 n.d.
Lieut, France 1545-9-3 1545/6-03

Lands

  • Devon
  • Norfolk
  • Suffolk
  • Surrey
  • Sussex

Bibliographic Sources

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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
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]. Maclean, John, ed. Berkeley Manuscripts first ser. 3 vols. Gloucester: John Bellows, 1883–5.