Howard, Thomas (1520 - 1581/2)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 2
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 3
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1520
Death Date: 1582-01-28

Notes

Under father's attainder from 27 Jan. 1546/7 until restored in blood 1 May 1553

Siblings

Male

Howard, Henry (1516 - 1546/7)

Female

Howard, Katherine ( - 1529/30)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Marney, Elizabeth (1517 - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: by 1542
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: between 1526 and 1542
  2. Lyte, Gertrude ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: after 1565
    Union ended: n.d.
  3. Burton, Mabel ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1576-6-7
    Union ended: before 1582-1
  4. , (n.d.)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Marney, Elizabeth (1517 - )

  1. Male offspring: Howard, Henry (1542 - 1591)
  2. Male offspring: Howard, Thomas (d. 1611)

From Lyte, Gertrude ( - )

  1. Male offspring: Lyte, Charles (n.d.)

From Burton, Mabel ( - )

  1. Female offspring: Howard, Frances (1576 - 1639)

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1547-09-25
    Vacated 1581/2-01-28
  • 1st Viscount Howard of Bindon
    Assumed 1558/9-01-13
    Vacated 1581/2-01-28

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Dorset 1561/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Southampton 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Dorset 1564 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1564 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Dorset 1569 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Dorset 1572 1573

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Bindon, Dorset

Lands

  • Dorset: Cattistock & Winterborne Abbas Manors
    Acquired: 1560-05-17
    These and other manors granted; additional manors granted 13 July 1573

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1577-1578 Guildhall, Faversham , Kent Lord Howard's Players
Performance 1577-1578 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Howard's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Howard's Players Howard, Thomas (1520 - 1582) Players 2

Bibliographic Sources

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Calendar of Patent Rolls, Elizabeth I [1558–78]. 7 vols. London: HMSO, 1939–82.
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)