John Howe Sr (1556 - aft. 1630)

Born 1556 in St Leonards, Wiltshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Joan (Grobham) Howe — married 1582 in Somerset, England

Descendants

Died after 13 Sep 1630 after age 74 in Martin, Gloucestershire, England

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Biography

Gentleman and heir, of Emble, Stogumber, and of Bishop's Lydeard, County of Somerset.

Background

He was the only son and heir apparent of John Howe, of St Helen's, Bishopgate, London.

Heir

He was named sole executor of his father's Will on 14 May 1574, and succeeded to his father's estate on 27 May 1574. He was 18 years of age at the time of his father's death, as appears by inquisition taken at Taunton, County of Somerset, on 5 May 1576.

He was named Executor in the Will of his mother-in-law, Eleanor Treble Grobham, dated 1 September (36Eliz) 1594, Proved on 25 October 1594 (PCC 67 Dixy). It in, she mentions her eldest son Richard Grobham, her sons John and youngest son George Grobham, her daughters Joan Howe and Grace Grobham, her son-in-law John Howe, her brother-in-law Robert Grobham, and the children of her daughter Joan Howe: Elizabeth, Agnes, John, George and Laurence Howe.

Bridgwater Manor, Somerset

'In 1626 it was granted to Sir William and Sir George Whitmore, who had both been lessees of the estate. In 1627 George conveyed the manor, but not the castle, to Sir Richard Grobham, husband of his sister Margaret. Grobham died in 1629 leaving his widow in possession with remainder to his nephew George Grobham of Broomfield. George died probably in 1646, and in 1652 John Howe the elder, husband of Sir Richard's sister and heir Jane, together with a Richard Grobham, were apparently in possession of the estate. The manor continued in the Howe family, probably with little land, descending from John and Jane Howe to their son John (cr Bt 1660), to Sir John's son Sir Richard Grobham Howe (d by 1703), and to Sir Richard's son and namesake (d 1730), owner in 1704-5. No further reference to the manor has been found.'[1]

Arms

On 10 December 1625 he was Granted Arms, by Sir William Segar, Garter.

Marriage and family

In 1582 he married Joan Grobham and they had six children. The Visitation of England and Wales notes he married Joan Grobham before 15 April 1585.

Later years

He was living on 13 September 1630, when he was mentioned in the Will of his sister-in-law, Grace Grobham.

Sources

Baroness Howe, Collins's Peerage of England, Genealogical, Biographical and Historical, by Arthur Collins and Sir Egerton Brydges (Vol VIII, London, 1812).

Pedigree of Howe, Visitation of England and Wales, Edited by Joseph Jackson Howard and Frederick Arthur Crisp (Vol 13, 1919).

Wikipedia, Sir John Howe, 1st Baronet [2]

Bridgwater: Manors and Other Estates, BHO [3]

London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812. London Metropolitan Archives, London.Images produced by permission of the City of London Corporation Libraries, Archives

Ancestry Family Trees Publication, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. [4]

Acknowledgments

This Wikitree profile was created through the import of Ancestors of PBHowe.ged on 6 Jun 2011.

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