Nielsen Hayden genealogy
John Howard
- 1485-
Name John Howard [1] Gender Male Death 22 Aug 1485 Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England [2, 3, 4] Burial Thetford, Norfolk, England [2] Person ID I14391 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of JTS Last Modified 27 Feb 2023
Father Robert Howard, b. Bef 1400 d. Bef Apr 1436 (Age < 36 years) Mother Margaret Mowbray d. Bef 18 Oct 1459 Marriage Aft 21 Feb 1421 [2] Family ID F8970 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Katherine de Moleyns, b. Abt 1423 d. 3 Nov 1465 (Age ~ 42 years) Marriage Bef 1442 [4] Children + 1. Thomas Howard, b. 1443 d. 1507 (Age 64 years) + 2. Margaret Howard, b. Abt 1451 d. Between 11 Dec 1505 and Jan 1506 (Age ~ 54 years) Family ID F10290 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Feb 2023
Family 2 Margaret Chedworth d. Between 13 May 1490 and 3 Dec 1494 Marriage Bef 22 Jan 1467 [2] Children + 1. Katherine Howard d. 12 Mar 1536 Family ID F8969 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Sep 2018
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Notes - Duke of Norfolk. Earl Marshal of England. Present at the coronation of Richard III. Led the van of archers at Bosworth Field, where he was slain.
Knight of the shire for Norfolk, 1455. Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk 1461. Vice Admiral of Norfolk and Suffolk, 1466. Sheriff of Oxfordshire 1467-68. Treasurer of the Household 1467-74. Lieutenant of Calais 1469. Privy Councillor 1483. Admiral of England, Ireland, and Aquitaine 1483.
A zealous Yorkist, he was knighted on the field by Edward IV at the battle of Towton, 29 Mar 1461. He was summoned to Parliament by writs dated 15 Oct 1470 to 15 Nov 1482. He was created Duke of Norfolk and constituted Earl Marshal of England 28 Jun 1483.
- Duke of Norfolk. Earl Marshal of England. Present at the coronation of Richard III. Led the van of archers at Bosworth Field, where he was slain.
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Sources - [S4342] Norfolk Families by Walter Rye. Two volumes, 1911-13.
- [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013.
- [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing., year only.
- [S6823] Leslie Mahler, "The English Ancestry of John1 Freake of Boston, Massachusetts, with His Descent from Edward I, King of England." The American Genealogist 86:257, 2012.
- [S4342] Norfolk Families by Walter Rye. Two volumes, 1911-13.