Thomas Howard (1561 - 1626)

Born 24 Aug 1561 in Walden, Essex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Katherine (Knyvett) Howard — married about 1583 in Charlton Wiltshire England

Descendants

Died 28 May 1626 at age 64 in Suffolk House, Charing Cross, London, England

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Biography

Thomas Howard was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Thomas Howard was born 24 Aug 1561 ^[1] He died 28 May 1626 ^[2]

Titles

• 1597: 1st Baron Howard de Walden[1]
• 22 Jul 1603: Earl of Suffolk[2]

Parents

• Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk[3]
• Margaret Audley (Father: Thomas Audley)[4]

Marriage

m.2 Catherine (d. 1633; widow of Hon. Richard Rich)

Children

• (son and h.) Theophilus Howard, 2nd Baron Howard de Walden, and 2nd Earl of Suffolk (bap. 13 Aug 1584 - d. 03 Jun 1640)[5][6]
• Sir Charles (d. 1622)[7]
• Sir Robert (d. 22 Apr 1653)[8]
• Edward, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick (d. 1675)[9][10]
• Frances[11]

m.1 Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex (divorced)

m.2 Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset

Military

• Rank: Admiral[12]

Occupation

• 1603 - 1614: Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household[13]

His name appears on The Second Charter of Virginia; May 23, 1609.

Sources

1. ↑ Peerage
2. ↑ Encyclopaedia

• Chisholm, H. (1866). "Suffolk, Thomas Howard." The Encyclopaedia Britannica. archive.org
• Cokayne, G.E. (1887). Complete Peerage, (Vol. 4). archive.org
• Wikipedia: Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
• Buckler, Benjamin. Stemmata Chicheleana (Oxford Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1765) Part 1, Page 34: No. 52.
• Clay, J.W: Extinct Northern Peerages, page 112, I.
• John Nichols's The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth
• Denham Parish Registers, 1539-1850, With Historical Notes and Notices, Suffolk Green Books (Paul & Mathew, Bury St. Edmunds, 1904) Vol. 8.

• Page 177: He "built the great house at Audley end. He distinguished himself in some naval expeditions, was created Baron Howard of Walden in 1597, Earl of Suffolk in 1603, lord high treasurer of England in 1614. In 1618 he was found guilty of fraud and embezzlement, sent to prison for a few days and ordered to pay a fine of £30,000. Apparently he recovered from this disgrace, and died in 1626 lord lieutenant of Co. Cambridge and Suffolk. He lies at Safron Walden..."

• 1st Earl of Suffolk. There were two Thomas Howards. There is some confusion is Thomas born 1561 married Lady Katherine Knyvett or Lady Alice Bretton