John Howard , KG, 1st Duke of Norfolk 
John was born about 1420 in Tendring, Essex, England. John's father was Robert Howard , of Stoke-by-Nayland, KG, Sir and his mother was Margaret de Mowbray. His paternal grandparents were John Lord Howard , MP, Lord of Wiggenhall, Sir and Alice Tendring; his maternal grandparents were Thomas de Mowbray , KG, 1st Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth FitzAlan. He had a sister named Catherine. He was the younger of the two children. He died on August 22nd, 1485 in Battle of Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England. He was buried on November 3rd, 1485 in Thetford, Norfolk, England.General Notes
Sir John Howard, KG, slain at Bosworth Field, 22 Aug 1485, Duke of Norfolk 1483, Earl Marshal; m. (1) 1440 Catherine Moleyns, d. 3 Nov 1465, daughter of Sir William Moleyns of Stoke Poges, co. Buckingham; m. (2) bef. 22 Jan 1467, Margaret, daughter of Sir John Chedworth, and widow of (1) Nicholas Wyfold and (2) John Norreys. She d. 1494. [Magna Charta Sureties]
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John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, as also Marshal and Earl Marshal of England, so created 28 June 1483 (by Richard III, who seems illegally to have stripped his own nephew Edward, Duke of York (one of 2 Princes in the Tower) of an identically worded dignity, as also by writ of summons 15 Oct 1470 (though previous references to him as Lord Howard are to be found as early as Nov 1467) Lord (Baron) Howard, KG (1472), PC (1483); b 1421/2; served Hundred Years War in France 1452-53, MP Norfolk 1455, Yorkist in Wars of Roses, knighted by Edward IV at Yorkist victory of Towton 29 March 1461; Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk 1461 and Oxon 1467; Constable of Colchester and Norwich Castles 1461; Treasurer Household 1467-74; Governor Calais early 1470's; commanded English Fleet in naval victory over Scots in Firth of Forth 1482; Admiral of England, Ireland and Aquitaine 1483, Steward Duchy Lancaster 1483; married c1443 Katherine (died 1465), daughter of Sir William de Moleyns; married 2nd by 22 Jan 1467 Margaret, daughter of Sir John Chedworth and widow of (a) John Norreys, of Bray, Berks, and (b) Nicholas Wyfold, Lord Mayor of London, and was killed leading Richard III's archers at the front of the army at the Battle of Bosworth 22 Aug 1485. [Burke's Peerage]
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Knight of the Garter; named first Duke of Norfolk in June 23, 1483; killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field August 22, 1485, the last of the Wars of the Roses, in the service of Richard III.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1276 in Wiggenhall, Norfolk, England d.1331 in Wiggenhall, Norfolk, England
- b.1310 in Wiggenhall, Norfolk, England d.> 1388 in East Winch, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1287 in Of, Thunnock, Lancashire, England d.1341
- b.~ 1336 in Wiggenhall, Norfolk, England d.03 Jul 1388 in Wiggenhall, Norfolk, England (dvp)
- b.~ 1314 in Fersfield, Diss, Norfolk, England d.~ 1374
- b.~ 1357 in Wiggenhall, Norfolk, England d.17 Nov 1438 in Jerusalem on pilgrimage
- b.~ 1279 in Worlington, Mildenhall, Suffolk, England d.20 MAR 1324/25 in Worlington, Mildenhall, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1311 in Worlington, Mildenhall, Suffolk, England d.13 Aug 1369 in Worlington, Mildenhall, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1282 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England d.<10 Oct 1335 in Worlington, Mildenhall, Suffolk, England
- b.1339 in New Selles, Hertfordshire, England d.08 May 1416 in East Winch, Norfolk, England
- b.09 Aug 1298 in Thurston, Stow, Suffolk, England d.04 Nov 1369 in Campsey Priory, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1322 in Thurston, Stow, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1300 in Mettingham Castle, Suffolk, England d.02 Apr 1368 in Campsey Priory, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1383 in Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England d.01 Apr 1436
- b.~ 1319 in Tendring Hall, Essex, England d.~ 1375
- b.~ 1350 in Tendring Hall, Stokes-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England
- b.1307 in Kerdeston, Norfolk, England d.14 Aug 1361 in Claxton, Loddon, Norfolk, England (dspm legit)
- b.~ 1335 in Kerdeston, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1315 in England d.25 Mar 1368
- b.~ 1367 in Tendring Hall, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England d.18 Oct 1467
- b.1322 in Clare, Risbridge, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1350 in Clare, Risbridge, Suffolk, England d.<18 Jun 1403 in Tendring Hall, Stokes-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1420 in Tendring, Essex, England d.22 Aug 1485 in Battle of Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England
- b.04 Sep 1286 in Thirsk, North Ride Yorkshire, England d.23 MAR 1321/22 in executed after battle of Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England
- b.29 Nov 1310 in Hovingham, Malton, North Ride Yorkshire, England d.04 Oct 1361 in York, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1286 in Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales d.<20 Jul 1331 in Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales
- b.25 Jun 1340 in Epworth, Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire, England d.Oct 1368 in Killed by Saracens near Constantinople
- b.~ 1281 in Grosmont Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales d.22 Sep 1345 in Monastery of Cannons, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1320 in Grosmont Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales d.07 Jul 1349 in Byland Abbey, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1282 in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.<03 Dec 1322 in Priory, Mottisfont, Hampshire, England
- b.22 MAR 1365/66 in Epworth, Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire, England d.22 Sep 1399 in Venice, Italy (died of plague)
- b.1285 in Segrave, Leicestershire, England d.<12 Dec 1325
- b.~ 1315 in Norfolk, England d.20 MAR 1352/53 in Chacombe Priory, Northamptonshire, England (dspm)
- b.1289 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.>12 Dec 1325
- b.25 Oct 1338 in Croxton, Leicestershire, England d.1368
- b.01 Jun 1300 in Brotherton, Yorkshire, England d.~Aug 1338 in Norfolk, England (dspms)
- b.1322 in Norfolk, England d.24 MAR 1398/99 in Carthusian Church, Grey Friars, London, England
- b.1302 in Harwich, Essex, England d.< 1330
- b.~ 1387 in Thetford, Norfolk, England d.08 Jul 1425
- b.01 May 1285 in Castle Marlborough, Sussex, England d.17 Nov 1326 in Beheaded at Hereford, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1313 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England d.24 JAN 1375/76 in Arundel, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1285 in Warren, Sussex, England d.<23 May 1338
- b.25 Mar 1346 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.21 Sep 1397 in Beheaded in London, Middlesex, England
- b.1366 in Derbyshire, England d.08 Jul 1425 in Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.~ 1276 in Pleshey Castle, Essex, England d.16 MAR 1321/22 in Battle of Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England (slain)
- b.~ 1312 in Caldecot, Northamptonshire, England d.16 Sep 1360 in Caldecot, Northamptonshire, England
- b.Aug 1282 in Rhuddlan Castle, Flintshire, Wales d.05 May 1316 in Quendon, Essex, England
- b.~ 1350 in Herefordshire, England d.03 Apr 1385
- b.~ 1275 in Chilham Castle, Badlesmere, Kent, England d.14 Apr 1322 in Hanged, Drawn & Quartered at Canterbury, Kent, England
- b.1313 in Chilham Castle, Badlesmere, Kent, England d.08 Jun 1356 in Richmond Palace, Surrey, England
- b.1281 in Thormond, Connaught, Clare, Ireland d.1333 in Castle, Badlesmere, Kent, England
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John and Catherine were married in a religious ceremony in 1440 in 1st wife. They had a son and two daughters, named Thomas, Anne and Isabel.
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Children
Thomas Howard , 2nd Duke of Norfolk
Thomas was born in 1443 in Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, England. He died at the age of 81 on May 21st, 1524 in Framingham Castle, Norfolk, England.
Anne Howard
Anne was born about 1446 in Tendring, Essex, England. She died before 1500 in Wraxall, Somerset, England.
John and Margaret were married in a religious ceremony in 3rd husband 2nd wife.
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