John HOWARD, Kg, 1St Duke Of Norfolk^[1]

1422 - 1485  (63 years)

• Name	John HOWARD  [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Suffix	Kg, 1St Duke Of Norfolk
  Birth	1422	Babergh, Suffolk, England   [6]
  Gender	Male
  Cause of Death	[6]
  	Slain in the Battle of Bosworth Field
  Military	17 Jul 1453  [6]
  	Served in the Battle of Chastillon
  MilitaryService	1462  [6]
  	Constable of Norwich Castle
  MilitaryService	1466  [6]
  	Vice-Admiral for Norfolk and Suffolk
  TitleOfNobility	[6]
  	1st Duke of Norfolk
  _FSFTID	LC5X-KB5
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LC5X-KB5
  _UID	B8C758B8D7F243B3ACDE680FE5A401AF8812
  Death	22 Aug 1485	Battle Of Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England   [2, 4]
  Burial	3 Nov 1485	Thetford, Norfolk, England
  Person ID	I13239	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Robert HOWARD,   b. Abt 1385, Stoke Neyland, Suffolk, England d. 1 Apr 1436, Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England (Age ~ 51 years)
  Mother	Margaret De MOWBRAY,   b. Abt 1394, Thetford, Norfolk, England d. 8 Jul 1425 (Age ~ 31 years)
  Marriage	1420	Norfolk, England   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F2498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Katharine MOLINES   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	NOTE MARRIED
  Children	1. Thomas HOWARD   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F11706	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2019

  
  

  Family 2	Catherine MOLEYNS,   b. Bef 1425, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England d. 3 Nov 1465, Stoke-By-Nayland, Suffolk, England (Age ~ 40 years)
  Marriage	Aug 1441	Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England   [2, 4]
  Children	1. Isabel HOWARD,   b. Abt 1442, Tendring, Essex, England d. 7 Jul 1505, Great Ashfield, Stow, Suffolk, England (Age ~ 63 years)   2. Lady Margaret HOWARD,   b. Abt 1442, Wiggenhall St Mary the Virgin, Norfolk, England d. 1484, Felbrigg, , Norfolk, England (Age ~ 42 years)   3. Thomas HOWARD, 2nd Duke Of Norfolk,   b. 1443, Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England d. 21 May 1524, Framingham Castle, Norfolk, England (Age 81 years)   4. John HOWARD, 3rd Duke of Mowbray,   b. 1444, Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England d. 21 May 1524 (Age 80 years)   5. Nicholas HOWARD,   b. 1445, Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England d. 1468, Farlingham Castle, Farlingham, Norfolk, England (Age 23 years)   6. Agnes HOWARD,   b. Abt 1446, Tendring, Essex, England d. Yes, date unknown   7. Lady Anne HOWARD,   b. Abt 1446, Tendring, Essex, England d. Bef 1500, Wraxall, Somerset, England (Age ~ 53 years)
  Family ID	F6733	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2022

  
  

  Family 3	Margaret CHEDWORTH,   b. Abt 1436, England d. 1494, Stoke-By-Nayland, Suffolk, England (Age ~ 58 years)
  Marriage	Bef 22 Jan 1466-1467	3rd Husband 2ND Wife   [4, 9]
  Family ID	F6658	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• 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] ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.

  
  

• Sources

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