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Howard, Thomas (1561 - 1626)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1561-08-24
Death Date: 1626-05-28

Notes

Restored in blood 19 Dec. 1584. Imprisoned in the Tower Nov.--Dec. 1619

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1577-5-9
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Knyvett, Katherine (1563 - 1638)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1583
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 7 sons and 3 or 4 daughters

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Lord Thomas Howard
  • 11th Earl of Suffolk

Titles

  • Lord Thomas Howard
    Assumed: 1561-08-24
    Vacated: 1597-12-05
  • 1st Baron Howard of Walden
    Assumed: 1597-12-05 (date summoned to parliament by this title)
    Vacated: 1626-05-28
  • 11th Earl of Suffolk
    Assumed: 1603-07-21
    Vacated: 1626-05-28

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable, London 1600/1 -2 -13 1600/1 -03 -1
High Steward, Cambridgeshire 1600/1 -2 1614
Lord Lieut, Cambridgeshire 1602 -7 -17
Chamberlain of the Household, England 1603 -5 -4 1614 -07 -10
Privy Councillor, England 1603 -4 -25
Lord Lieut, Suffolk 1605 -7 -18
JP, Norfolk 1608
High Steward, Suffolk 1609 -6 -6
Lord Lieut, Dorset 1611 -7 -5 Held jointly
Keeper, Wiltshire 1611/12 -3 -21
Lord Lieut, Dorset 1612/13 -2 -19
Chancellor, Cambridgeshire 1614 -7 -8 1626 -05 -28
Treasurer of the Exchequer, England 1614 -7 -10 1618 -07 -20
High Steward, Exeter 1615 1625
Council Member, Marches of Wales 1617 -11 -12
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Suffolk 1617/18

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Audley End, Essex
  • Charterhouse, Middlesex

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Dismissal - Norwich (Unknown), Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Suffolk's Entertainer/s
Performance Regulations - Norwich (Unknown), Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Suffolk's Entertainer/s
Performance - Guildhall, Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Earl of Suffolk's Trumpeters
Performance - York (Unknown), York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Chamberlain's Trumpeter/s
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Howard's Musicians
Performance - Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Howard's Musicians
Performance - Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Lord Treasurer's Trumpeter
Performance - Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Treasurer's Trumpeter/s
Performance - Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Lord Treasurer's Trumpeters

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Suffolk's Players Howard, Thomas (1561 - 1626) Players 1
Earl of Suffolk's Entertainer/s Howard, Thomas (1561 - 1626) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Suffolk's Entertainer/s Howard, Thomas (1561 - 1626) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Suffolk's Trumpeters Howard, Thomas (1561 - 1626) Musicians 1
Lord Howard's Musicians Howard, Thomas (1561 - 1626) Musicians 1
Lord Howard's Musicians Howard, Thomas (1561 - 1626) Musicians 1
Lord Chamberlain's Trumpeter/s Howard, Thomas (1561 - 1626) Musicians 1
Lord Treasurer's Trumpeter Howard, Thomas (1561 - 1626) Musicians 1
Lord Treasurer's Trumpeter/s Howard, Thomas (1561 - 1626) Musicians 1
Lord Treasurer's Trumpeters Howard, Thomas (1561 - 1626) 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
  • 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.