John Howard

- 1485

• Name	John Howard  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Aug 1485	Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England   [2, 3]
  Buried	Thetford, Norfolk, England   [2]
  Person ID	I14391	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of JTS
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Robert Howard,   d. Bef Apr 1436
  Mother	Margaret Mowbray,   d. Bef 18 Oct 1459
  Married	Aft 21 Feb 1421  [2]
  Family ID	F8970	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Katherine de Moleyns
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Howard,   b. 1443,   d. 1507  (Age 64 years) + 2. Margaret Howard,   b. Abt 1451
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2018
  Family ID	F10290	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Chedworth,   d. Between 13 May 1490 and 3 Dec 1494
  Married	Bef 22 Jan 1467  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Katherine Howard,   d. 12 Mar 1536
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2018
  Family ID	F8969	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• 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.