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Paternal Family Tree: Howard
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Merbury
On 4th February 1495, possibly 1494, [his father] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 22) and Anne York (age 19) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She the daughter of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England. He the son of [his grandfather] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 52) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 51). They were fifth cousins.
In 1513 [his father] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 40) and [his mother] Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk (age 16) were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham (age 34) and [his grandmother] Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham. He the son of [his grandfather] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 70) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey. They were fourth cousin twice removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Around 1520 Thomas Howard 1st was born to [his father] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 47) and [his mother] Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk (age 23).
On 10th March 1520 [his father] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 47) was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland.
On 23rd May 1521 Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby (age 36) died. His son [his future brother-in-law] Edward (age 12) succeeded 3rd Earl Derby, 11th Baron Strange Knockin, 7th Baron Mohun of Dunster, 4th Baron Stanley. [his sister] Katherine Howard Countess Derby (age 6) by marriage Countess Derby.
On 4th December 1522 [his father] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 49) was appointed Lord Treasurer.
On 21st May 1524 [his grandfather] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 81) died at Framlingham Castle, Suffolk [Map]. He was buried at Thetford Priory, Norfolk [Map] and subsequently reburied at the Church of St Michael the Archangel, Framlingham [Map]. His son [his father] Thomas (age 51) succeeded 3rd Duke Norfolk, 2nd Earl Surrey. [his mother] Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk (age 27) by marriage Duchess Norfolk.
Around 1526 Thomas Howard 1st (age 6) and Elizabeth Marney Viscountess Howard Bindon were married. She by marriage Viscountess Howard Bindon. He the son of Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 53) and Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk (age 29). They were fifth cousin once removed.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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In or before 1530 [his brother-in-law] Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby (age 20) and [his sister] Katherine Howard Countess Derby (age 14) were married without the King's permission. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 56) and [his mother] Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk (age 32). He the son of Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby and Anne Hastings Countess Derby (age 44). They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 15th March 1530 [his sister] Katherine Howard Countess Derby (age 15) died of plague.
In 1532 [his father] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 59) was appointed Knight of the Order of St Michael.
On 28th May 1533 [his father] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 60) was appointed Earl Marshal.
On 28th November 1533 [his brother-in-law] Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Richmond and Somerset (age 14) and [his sister] Mary Howard Duchess Richmond and Somerset (age 14) were married. She by marriage Duchess of Richmond and Somerset. Another coup for the Howard Family especially in view of Henry Fitzroy being considered by some as a possible heir in view of Anne Boleyn having given birth to a girl. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 60) and [his mother] Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk (age 36). He the illegitmate son of King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 42) and Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount Baroness Clinton and Tailboys (age 35). They were third cousins.
On 6th July 1537 Robert Constable (age 59) was hanged in chains from the Beverley Gate in Kingston upon Hull witnessed by [his father] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke Norfolk (age 64).
On 15th October 1537 the future Edward VI was christened by Bishop John Stokesley (age 62) at the Chapel Royal in Hampton Court Palace [Map]. Archbishop Thomas Cranmer (age 48) performed the Baptismal Rites, and was appointed Godfather. [his father] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 64) and Queen Mary I of England and Ireland (age 21) were Godparents.
King Edward VI of England and Ireland was created Duke of Cornwall, 1st Earl Chester.
Henry Bourchier 2nd Earl Essex 3rd Count of Eu carried the Salt. Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 53) was Godfather and supported the Marchioness of Exeter. Richard Long (age 43) was knighted. Thomas Cromwell 1st Earl Essex (age 52), Philip Boteler (age 45), John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford (age 66) and John Gage (age 57) attended. Mary Scrope (age 61) carried Lady Mary's train. Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 54) carried a covered basin. Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex carried the canopy.
Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (age 37) helped his young niece the future Elizabeth I to carry the Crisom. Henry Courtenay 1st Marquess Exeter (age 41) supported his wife Gertrude Blount Marchioness of Exeter (age 34) to carry the child. Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 60) bore a taper of virgin wax. William Fitzalan 11th or 18th Earl of Arundel (age 61) carried the train of the Prince's robe. Christopher Barker proclaimed the Prince's titles.
Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset was created 1st Earl Hertford.
Nicholas Carew (age 41), Francis Bryan (age 47), Anthony Browne (age 37) and John Russell 1st Earl Bedford (age 52) surrounded the font.
Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire (age 27), Edward Neville (age 66), Thomas Seymour 1st Baron Seymour (age 29), Richard Long and John Wallop (age 47) carried the canopy.
Arthur Hopton (age 48), Bishop Robert Parfew aka Warton and Bishop John Bell attended.
William Fitzwilliam 1st Earl of Southampton (age 47) was created 1st Earl of Southampton. Mabel Clifford Countess Southampton (age 55) by marriage Countess of Southampton.
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On 29th January 1541 [his father] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 68) was appointed Lieutenant-General North of the Trent.
On 20th June 1541 Thomas Fiennes 9th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 26) was tried for the murder of John Busbrig, servant of Nicholas Pelham (age 24) on whose land they were poaching on 30 Apr 1541. [his father] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 68) was appointed Lord High Steward for the trial.
Around 1550 [his son] Charles Lyte aka Howard was born to Thomas Howard 1st (age 30) and [his future wife] Gertrude Lyte Viscountess Howard Bindon.
In 1553 [his father] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 80) was appointed Privy Council.
On 25th August 1554 [his father] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 81) died at Kenninghall, Norfolk. He was buried at Church of St Michael the Archangel, Framlingham [Map]. His grandson Thomas (age 18) succeeded 4th Duke Norfolk, 3rd Earl Surrey.
On 7th December 1557 [his sister] Mary Howard Duchess Richmond and Somerset (age 38) died.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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In November 1558 [his mother] Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk (age 61) died.
In 1559 Thomas Howard 1st (age 39) was created 1st Viscount Howard Bindon.
After 1565 Thomas Howard 1st (age 45) and Gertrude Lyte Viscountess Howard Bindon were married. She by marriage Viscountess Howard Bindon. He the son of Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk.
On 7th June 1576 Thomas Howard 1st (age 56) and Mabel Burton Viscountess Howard Bindon (age 36) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Howard Bindon. The difference in their ages was 20 years. He the son of Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk.
On 27th July 1578 [his daughter] Frances Howard Duchess Lennox and Richmond was born to Thomas Howard 1st (age 58) and [his wife] Mabel Burton Viscountess Howard Bindon (age 38) at Lychett, Dorset. She married (1) March 1592 Henry Prannell (2) 27th May 1601 her half third cousin Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford, son of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset (3) 16th June 1621 her fifth cousin once removed Ludovic Stewart 2nd Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond, son of Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox.
Around 1580 [his daughter] Anne Howard was born to Thomas Howard 1st (age 60) and [his wife] Gertrude Lyte Viscountess Howard Bindon.
In 1580 [his wife] Mabel Burton Viscountess Howard Bindon (age 40) died.
In 1582 Thomas Howard 1st (age 62) died. His son Henry succeeded 2nd Viscount Howard Bindon.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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[his son] Giles Howard was born to Thomas Howard 1st and Elizabeth Marney Viscountess Howard Bindon.
[his daughter] Grace Howard was born to Thomas Howard 1st and Elizabeth Marney Viscountess Howard Bindon.
[his son] Thomas Howard 3rd Viscount Howard Bindon was born to Thomas Howard 1st and Elizabeth Marney Viscountess Howard Bindon.
[his son] Henry Howard 2nd Viscount Howard Bindon was born to Thomas Howard 1st and Elizabeth Marney Viscountess Howard Bindon.
[his son] Francis Howard was born to Thomas Howard 1st and Elizabeth Marney Viscountess Howard Bindon.
Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 11 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 12 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 11 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 18 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Howard 
2 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Howard 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Scales 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Howard 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Tendring
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Tendring
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Mowbray 4th Baron Mowbray Baron Segrave 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Segrave 5th Baroness Segrave Baroness Mowbray 
Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Mowbray Baroness Grey Ruthyn 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey 
Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William de Moleyns
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Moleyns
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Bacon 
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Beaumont 3rd Baron Beaumont 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaumont 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Vere Baroness Devereux and Beaumont 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Moleyns 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Father: Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Tilney 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Tilney
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Tilney
Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick Tilney
GrandMother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Henry Cheney
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cheney
Great x 2 Grandfather: Lawrence Cheney
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cockayne 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Cockayne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecilia Vernon 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cockayne 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 2nd Baron Grey Ruthyn 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ida Grey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alianore Strange Baroness Grey Ruthyn 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford 
Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland 
Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset 
Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Woodville 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bittelsgate
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Luxemburg Count St Pol 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Brienne
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francesco Baux 1st Duke Andria 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sueva Orsini 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Mother: Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Hotspur" Percy 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys 
Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Poynings 4th Baron Poynings 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Poynings 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Grey Baroness Poynings 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bettershorne
GrandMother: Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William ap Thomas "Blue Knight of Gwent" Herbert 
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Dafydd Gam Brecon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam "Star of Abergavenny" Brecon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 
6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Crophull 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Devereux 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Merbury