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

  
  

• 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. [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.