Howard family

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Howard family
Noble family
Coat of arms of Howard, granted to Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
Country	Kingdom of England, United Kingdom
Founded	1483; 541 years ago (1483)
Founder	John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk
Current head	Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk
Titles	See list Extant titles Duke of Norfolk Cardinal protector of England Earl of Arundel Earl of Surrey Earl of Norfolk Earl of Effingham Earl of Nottingham Earl of Berkshire Earl of Norwich Earl of Carlisle Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent Baron Stafford Baron Lanerton Baron Furnivall Baron Howard Baron Howard of Castle Rising Baron Howard of Charlton Baron Howard of Effingham Baron Howard of Escrick Baron Howard of Glossop Baron Howard of Henderskelfe Baron Howard of Marnhull Baron Howard of Penrith Baron Howard of Rising Baron Howard de Walden
Estate(s)	Arundel Castle Castle Howard Carlton Towers Framlingham Castle Bungay Castle Clun Castle Naworth Castle Charlton Park Corby Castle Greystoke Castle
Cadet branches	Howards of Effingham Howards of Carlisle Howards of Suffolk Howards of Penrith Howards of Corby Castle

The Howard family is an

The senior line of the house, as well as holding the title of Duke of Norfolk, is also

Arundel Castle has been in the family of the Duke of Norfolk for over 400 years, and it is still the principal seat of the Norfolk family. As cultural heritage, it is a Grade I listed building.^[1]

Origins

The later Howards would claim legendary descent from

The scroll states, in clear terms, that William Howard de Howard (born 1237) was the second son of Robert Howarth of Howarth, son of William, who was himself the son of Peter de Howard. Dugdale states that William Howard de Howard was the progenitor of the subsequently noble Howard family. William Howard was knighted in c. 1278 and that he was appointed (Chief) Justice of the Common Pleas in 1297. William Howard married firstly Alice de Ufford, the daughter of the Justiciar and Suffolk landowner Sir Robert de Ufford. If Dugdale was correct a young William Howard left Lancashire to settle in Norfolk and practise as a lawyer perhaps at the behest of his father-in-law.^[2]

Later in 1636 the Rev. Richard James separately wrote the Iter Lancastrense, a poem on the history of Lancashire in which he mentions "Robin Howorrth, from whose familie Great Noble peers derive their progenie".^[3]

Alternatively it is sometimes stated that William Howard is son of a John (Howard) de Wiggenhale, who with other family members appears to have held land in or near Wiggenhall in Norfolk.^[4]

Sir

Sir William's great-great-great-grandson, Sir Robert Howard, married Lady Margaret Mowbray, elder daughter of

The Howard family became one of the foremost

Both the Dukedom and Earl Marshalship have been the subject of repeated attainders and restorations in the 15th to 17th centuries. Before Charles II restored the titles for good, the Howards had inherited the ancient title of Earl of Arundel through an heiress, and formed additional branches that have continued to this day.

A branch of the Howard family has been seated at Castle Howard, one of England's most magnificent country houses, for over 300 years.

In order of genealogical seniority:

• the Barons Howard of Penrith descend from a younger brother of the 12th Duke;
• the Earls of Suffolk and Berkshire descend from the 2nd son of the 4th Duke;
• the Earls of Carlisle descend from the third son of the 4th Duke;
• the
  Lord High Admiral and whose son was commander in chief against the Spanish Armada
  . (Curiously, this line was excluded from eligibility to inherit on the restoration of the Dukedom).

See: Gallery of Howard Arms

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Howard arms.

The Howard family's original arms were the white bend on red with the crosslets. On marrying the heiress of the dukes of Norfolk, the first Howard duke of Norfolk quartered his arms with those of

• 
  Howard Arms unaugmented (pre-1513)
• 
  Arms of Thomas of Brotherton (1300 † 1338), Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I Longshanks, from whom all the Dukes of Norfolk are descended.Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale or armed and langued azure a label of three points argent.
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  Arms of John Howard, 1st Howard Duke of Norfolk, showing the unaugmented Howard Arms (I & IV), quartering the arms of Thomas of Brotherton (II) and the arms of Mowbray (III): Gules, a lion rampant argent.
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  Arms of Mowbray
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  The coat of arms used by the Howard Family. The Scots shield is an augmentation, see below.^[8] Gules, on a bend between six cross-crosslets fitchy argent an escutcheon or charged with a demi-lion rampant pierced through the mouth by an arrow within a double tressure flory counterflory of the first.
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  Augmentation to the arms of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk for his services at the Battle of Flodden (1513).
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  Arms of the Warrenne Family, Earls of Surrey.
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  Coat of arms of the Howard Dukes of Norfolk, starting with Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk.Quarterly of 4: 1: Howard, with augmentation of honour; 2: Plantagenet, arms of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk; 3: Chequy or and azure (de Warenne, Earl of Surrey); 4: Mowbray
• 
  Confirmation of arms, crest and supporters, dated 28 May 1580, by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux to Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel, omitting Howard arms and quarterings as the Dukedom of Norfolk was under attainder.
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  Usual quarterings of Howard, Dukes of Norfolk after 1842: with FitzAlan (Gules a lion rampant or) in the 4th quarter, in place of Mowbray; in 1842 the future 14th Duke adopted as a prefix the additional surname of FitzAlan (of Arundel Castle, feudal Earls of Arundel, Barons Mowbray, etc.), whose heiress in 1555 had married Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk.
• 
  FitzAlan, Earls of Arundel.
• 
  Arms of the arms of Henry Howard, Earle of Surrey, for which he was attainted. The main offense was bearing the undifferenced arms of England (2nd quarter), which only the monarch was allowed. Surrey was beheaded on 19 January 1547 on a charge of treasonably quartering the royal arms.
• 
  Coat of arms of Howard Earls of Suffolk, with a crescent for difference for a second son.
• 
  Coat of arms of Howard Earl of Carlisle

Earl Marshal is a

. The office is hereditary in the Howard Family in their position as Dukes of Norfolk, the senior dukedom in the United Kingdom.

Coat of arms of the Duke of Norfolk

Adopted 1842 by the future 14th Duke of Norfolk, who added the prefix "FitzAlan" to his surname and replaced the 4th quarter "Mowbray" with "FitzAlan". Coronet A Coronet of a Duke Crest 1st: Issuant from a Ducal Coronet Or a pair of Wings Gules each charged with a Bend between six Cross-crosslets fitchy Argent ( Thomas of Brotherton); 3rd: On a Mount Vert a Horse passant Argent holding in the mouth a Slip of Oak Vert fructed proper (Fitzalan ). Escutcheon Quarterly, 1st: Gules on a Bend between six Cross-crosslets fitchy Argent an Escutcheon Or charged with a Demi-lion rampant pierced through the mouth by an arrow within a Double Tressure flory counterflory of the first (Howard); 2nd: Gules three Lions passant gardant in pale Or, Armed and Langued Azure, in chief a Label of three points Argent ( Fitzalan ). Supporters Dexter a Lion, sinister a Horse both Argent the latter holding in the mouth a Slip of Oak Vert fructed proper. Motto Sola Virtus Invicta (Latin for "Virtue alone is unconquered"). Orders Often, the coat of arms of the Duke of Norfolk appears with the Garter circlet of the 17th Duke of Norfolk. However, this is not hereditary; the 17th Duke did not become a Knight of the Garter until 22 April 1983. The 18th Duke of Norfolk , as of 2017, had not been appointed to the Order of the Garter. Other elements Placed behind the shield are two gold batons in saltire enamelled at the ends in black, which represent the Duke of Norfolk's office as Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England. Symbolism The shield on the bend in the first quarter of the arms was granted as an Royal coat of arms of Scotland. Instead of its normal rampant position, the lion is shown cut in half with an arrow through its mouth, commemorating the death of King James IV at the battle.[10]

Titles

Title	Grantee	Created	Extinct	Notes
Duke of Norfolk		28 June 1483		Premier duke of England
Earl of Arundel				Premier earl of England; subsidiary to the Duke of Norfolk since 1660
Earl of Surrey				Subsidiary to the Duke of Norfolk since 1660
Baron Howard of Effingham	Lord William Howard	1554
Earl of Nottingham (1596 creation)	Charles Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham	1596	1681
Baron Howard de Walden	Admiral Lord Thomas Howard	1597		Created by writ of summons . Has passed through many families.
Earl of Suffolk (1603 creation)		1603
Earl of Berkshire (1626 creation)	Lord Thomas Howard	1626
Baron Howard of Escrick	Edward Howard	12 April 1628	29 April 1715
Baron Stafford (1640 creation)	Lord William Howard	1640
Viscount Stafford		1640	1762
Earl of Stafford	Mary Howard, 1st Baroness Stafford	1688
Earl of Norfolk (1644 creation)	Thomas Howard, 14th/21st Earl of Arundel	1644
Earl of Carlisle (1661 creation)	Charles Howard	20 April 1661		1st Earl also created Viscount Howard by Oliver Cromwell, which passed into oblivion upon the Restoration.
Baron Howard of Castle Rising	Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk	1669	20 September 1777
Earl of Norwich (1672 creation)		1672	20 September 1777
Earl of Bindon	Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk	30 January 1706	8 February 1722	Held with the Earl of Suffolk from 1709 to 1722
Earl of Effingham (1731 creation)	Francis Howard, 7th Baron Howard of Effingham	8 December 1731	11 December 1816
Earl of Effingham (1837 craetion)	General Kenneth Alexander Howard, 11th Baron Howard of Effingham	27 January 1837
Baron Howard of Glossop	Lord Edward George Fitzalan Howard	26 November 1869		Subsidiary to Dukedom of Norfolk since 1975.
Baron Lanerton	Admiral The Honourable Edward Granville George Howard	1 January 1874	8 October 1880
Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent	Lord Edmund Bernard Talbot née FitzAlan-Howard	28 April 1921	17 May 1962
Baron Howard of Penrith	Esmé William Howard	10 July 1930
Baron Howard of Henderskelfe	Major George Anthony Geoffrey Howard, JP	1 July 1983	27 November 1984	Life Peerage
Baron Howard of Rising	Greville Patrick Charles Howard	4 June 2004		Life Peerage

Bibliography

• William Dugdale, Baronage of England (London, 1675–76);
• Collins, Peerage of England (fifth edition, London, 1779);
• Henry Howard, Memorials of the Howard Family (privately printed, 1834);
• Edmund Lodge, Portraits of Illustrious Personages (London, 1835); The Howard Papers, with a Biographical Pedigree and Criticism by Canston (London, 1862);
• Yeatman, The Early Genealogical History of the House of Arundel (London, 1882);
• Doyle, Official Baronage of England (London, 1886);
• Brenan and Statham, The House of Howard (London, 1907).

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to House of Howard.

• European Heraldry page
• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/HOWARD1.htm ^{[unreliable source?]}