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Duke of Norfolk John Howard 1422–1485 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1422

Birth Location: Tendring, Essex, England

Death Date: 22 AUG 1485

Death Location: Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England

Father: Robert Howard

Mother: Margaret Mowbray

Spouse(s): Margaret Chedworth, Catherine Moleyns

Children(s): Katherine Howard, 2nd Howard

In 1422, Duke of Norfolk John Howard entered the world in Tendring, Essex, England, born to Robert Howard And Margaret De Mowbray. Duke of Norfolk John Howard married Catherine De Moleyns, Margaret Chedworth, and had children including 2Nd Duke Of Norfolk Thomas Howard, Katherine Howard. Duke of Norfolk John Howard passed away in 1485 in Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1422, Duke of Norfolk John Howard entered the world in Tendring, Essex, England, born to Robert Howard And Margaret De Mowbray.
  • Duke of Norfolk John Howard married Catherine De Moleyns, Margaret Chedworth, and had children including 2Nd Duke Of Norfolk Thomas Howard, Katherine Howard.
  • Duke of Norfolk John Howard passed away in 1485 in Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Howard
1385–1437
Birth Location: Stoke, Neyland, Suffolk, England
RH
Margaret Mowbray
1387–1425
Birth Location: Norfolk, England
MM

Spouses(s)

Margaret Chedworth
1435–1494
Birth Location: Yorkshire, England
MC
Catherine Moleyns
1424–1452
Birth Location: –
CM

Children(s)

Katherine Howard
1427–1535
Birth Location: Tendring, Essex, England
KH
2nd Howard
1443–1524
Birth Location: Stoke Newland, Suffolk, England
2H

Duke Howard's Ancestors

Self
Duke Howard
1422–1485
Birth Place: Tendring, Essex, England
Parents
Robert Howard
1385–1437
Stoke, Neyland, Suffolk, England
Margaret (De) Mowbray
1387–1425
Norfolk, England
Grandparents
John Howard
1365–1436
Wiggenhall, Norfolk, England
Alice Tendring
1365–1426
Tendring Hall, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Howard
1336–1388
Margaret Scales
1339–1416
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Scales
1311–1369
Catharine Ufford
1317–1343

Duke Howard's Descendants

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Duke (of Norfolk John) Howard (ABT 1422–22 AUG 1485) m. Margaret Chedworth (1435–12 DEC 1494) m. Catherine (De) Moleyns (ABT 1424–1452)
  1. 1. Katherine Howard 1427–1535 m. John Bourchier 1433–1533
    1. 1. Jane Bouchier 1490–1562 m. Edmund (Knyvett) II 1448–1488
      1. 1. Alice Knyvett 1513–1560 m. Oliver Spiers 1513–1543
      2. 2. Ann (Bourchier) Knyvett 1509–1595 m. Richard Sears 1509–1540
        1. 1. John (Bourchier) Sears 1528–1595 m. Elizabeth Hawkins 1530–1562
      3. 3. Catherine Knyvett 1521–1596
      4. 4. Christian Knyvett 1519–1560
      5. 5. Edmund Knyvett 1525–1567
      6. 6. Elizabeth Knyvett 1527–1528 m. Francis Bohun 1525–1605
      7. 7. John Knyvett 1524–1561 m. Agnes (Anne) Harcourt 1518–1579
        1. 1. Thomas Knyvett 1538–1539 m. Muriel Parry 1545–1616
      8. 8. Rose Knyvett 1515–1588 m. Oliver Reynes 1480–1560
      9. 9. Thomas Knyvett 1565–1569 m. Elizabeth Hayward 1560–1610
        1. 1. Philip Knyvett 1584–1635 m. Katherine Ford 1585–1647
      10. 10. William Knyvett 1531–1612 m. Dorothy Thimelthorpe 1535–1616
  2. 2. 2nd (Duke of Norfolk Thomas) Howard 1443–1524 m. Elizabeth Tilney 1465–1497 m. Agnes Tilney 1488–1545
    1. 1. Katherine Howard 1482–1525 m. Griffith Rice 1474–1521
      1. 1. Griffith Rice 1500–1588 m. Katherine (Howard Duchess) Bridgewater 1500–1548 m. Eleanor (Johnes) Jones 1529–1550
        1. 1. Mary (Rice) Rhys 1515–1563 m. Walter Vaughn 1525–1563
      2. 2. William Rice 1555–1588 m. Thomasine Myal 1524–1568
        1. 1. Henry (or Thomas) Rice 1568–1621 m. Elizabeth Frost 1588–1647
        2. 2. Roya Rice 1568–1621
        3. 3. Thomas Rice 1568–1621 m. Margaret Baker 1568–
    2. 2. Muriel Howard 1486–1512 m. Thomas Knyvett 1482–1512
      1. 1. Anne Knyvett 1505–1533
      2. 2. Anthony Knyvett 1512–1512
      3. 3. Catherine Knyvett 1503–1519 m. William Farmer 1503–1522 m. Nicholas Mynne 1503–1522
      4. 4. Ferdinado Knyvett 1509–1510
      5. 5. Henry Knyvett 1510–1547 m. Anne Pickering 1536–1542 m. Anne Shelton 1511–1589
        1. 1. Alice Knyvett 1546–1574
        2. 2. Anne Knyvett 1543–1571
        3. 3. Anthony Knyvett 1532–1569
        4. 4. Edmund Knyvett 1534–1569
        5. 5. Elizabeth Knyvett 1526–1527
        6. 6. Henry Knyvett 1539–1598 m. Elizabeth Stumpe 1524–1580 m. Mary Sidenham 1533–1555
        7. 7. Katherine Knyvett 1543–1622 m. Edward Carey 1540–1618 m. Henry Paget 1541–1568
        8. 8. Margaret Knyvett 1537–1565 m. Henry Vavasour 1532–1565

Duke Howard's Timeline

7 Records

1392
BET 1392 AND 1421
Birth of Duke of Norfolk John Howard
None
1420
1420
Birth of Duke of Norfolk John Howard in Tendring, Essex, England
Tendring, Essex, England
1422
ABT 1422
Birth of Duke of Norfolk John Howard
None
1485
22 AUG 1485
Age 63
Death of Duke of Norfolk John Howard in Leicestershire, England at battle of Bosworth Field
Leicestershire, England at battle of Bosworth Field
1485
ABT 1485
Age 63
Death of Duke of Norfolk John Howard
None
1485
1485
Age 63
Death of Duke of Norfolk John Howard in Thetford, Norfolk, EN
Thetford, Norfolk, EN
1485
22 AUG 1485
Age 63
Death of Duke of Norfolk John Howard in Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England
Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1420
    Event Place: Tendring, Essex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] World Family Tree Vol. 97, Ed. 1, Tree #1176
    [2] 1176.FTW

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 AUG 1485
    Event Place: Leicestershire, England at battle of Bosworth Field

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: BET 1392 AND 1421

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1422

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: ABT 1485

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1485
    Event Place: Thetford, Norfolk, EN

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 AUG 1485
    Event Place: Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] World Family Tree Vol. 97, Ed. 1, Tree #1176
    [2] 1176.FTW
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