Lord Edmund Howard
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Lord Edmund Howard (c. 1478 – 19 March 1539) was the third son of
Family
Edmund Howard, born about 1478, was the third son of
By his father's second marriage to
Career
Howard spent his early years at court, and in 1509 he was listed as one of the noblemen who organized the jousts for the joint coronation of
Biographers have described Howard as 'a spendthrift who soon dissipated his first wife's lands in Kent and Hampshire and fled abroad to avoid his creditors, leaving his numerous children to be brought up by relatives'.[5]
Howard was Marshal of the Horse at the Battle of Flodden on 9 September 1513, and attended the King at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520, where he was one of the challengers in the tournaments.[6] In 1530 or 1531, with the assistance of Thomas Cromwell, Howard was made Controller of Calais. He was dismissed from the post in 1539, possibly due to ill health after many years of ineffectual service, where he achieved very little, and earned even less.[7]
Howard died on 19 March 1539, a year before his daughter, Catherine Howard, became queen of England.[8] His widow, Margaret, was among the ladies appointed to serve her stepdaughter when her household was formed in August 1540.[9] Margaret later married Henry Manock.[c] Although Steinman conjectured that Margaret Mundy's third husband was the Henry Manox, who had been music master to Catherine Howard in her youth, and had been involved in sexual indiscretions with her which later contributed to her downfall, Bindoff established that Margaret Mundy's third husband, Henry Manock, made his will on 18 March 1564, in which he disinherited both Margaret and his son.[10][11] Margaret (née Mundy) was buried at Streatham, Surrey, on 22 January 1565.[12]
Marriages and issue
Howard married firstly
- Sir John Leigh (d.1566), who married a wife named Elizabeth, and by her had a daughter, Agnes Leigh (d. before 1590), who married firstly, Sir Thomas Paston (c. 1515 – 4 September 1550), a gentleman of Privy Chamber, the fourth but third surviving son of Sir William Paston (c. 1479 – 1554) and Bridget Heydon,[14] and secondly, Edward Fitzgerald, (17 January 1528 – 1597), a younger brother of Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare (1525–1585).[15]
- Ralph Leigh (d. before 1563), who married Margaret Ireland, the daughter of William Ireland, esquire, and by her had a son,
- John Leigh, esquire, who married Margery Saunders, and a daughter,
- Frances, who married Edward Morgan.
- John Leigh, esquire, who married Margery Saunders, and a daughter,
- Sir James Stumpe, and thirdly, Thomas Stafford, esquire.
- Joyce Leigh, who married John Stanney, esquire.
- Margaret Leigh, who married a husband surnamed Rice.
Howard and Joyce Culpeper had three sons and three daughters:[16]
- Henry Howard, esquire.
- Sir Charles Howard
- Sir George Howard (c.1525–1575)
- Margaret Howard (c.1515–10 October 1572), who married Sir Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle, and had issue
- Sir Matthew Arundell
- Charles Arundell
- Henry VIIIand had no issue.
- Mary Howard, who married Edmund Trafford.
Howard married secondly, Dorothy Troyes, daughter of Thomas Troyes of Hampshire, and widow of Sir William Uvedale, about May 1530.
Howard married thirdly, before 12 July 1537, Margaret Mundy (or Munday), daughter of Sir John Mundy (or Munday), Lord Mayor of London, and widow of Nicholas Jennings. Howard had no issue by his second and third wives.[17]
Notes
References
- ^ Richardson II 2011, p. 414.
- ^ Richardson II 2011, p. 414.
- ^ Weir 2001, p. 17.
- ^ Weir 2001, p. 424.
- ^ Bindoff 1982, p. 564.
- ^ Richardson II 2011, p. 277.
- ^ Warnicke 2008; Bindoff 1982, p. 400.
- ^ Richardson II 2011, p. 418.
- ^ Weir 2001, p. 440.
- ^ Bindoff 1982, p. 564.
- ^ Steinman 1869, pp. 56–57.
- ^ Richardson II 2011, p. 418.
- ^ Richardson IV 2011, pp. 108–109
- ^ Riordan 2004; Worship 1885, pp. 44–5.
- ^ Finnegan 2004.
- ^ Richardson II 2011, pp. 417–18.
- ^ Weir 2001, pp. 415, 435; Richardson II 2011, pp. 417–18.
Bibliography
- Bindoff, S.T. (1982). The House of Commons 1509–1558. Vol. II. London: Secker & Warburg.
- Finnegan, David (2004). "Fitzgerald, Gerald, eleventh earl of Kildare (1525–1585)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9557. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Head, David M. (2008). "Howard, Thomas, second duke of Norfolk (1443–1524)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13939. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Loades, David (2008). "Howard, Sir Edward (1476/7–1513)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13891. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Vol. II (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 978-1449966386.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - Riordan, Michael (2004). "Henry VIII, privy chamber of (act. 1509–1547)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/70825. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Steinman, G. Steinman (1869). Althorp Memoirs. Printed for Private Circulation. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- Warnicke, Retha M. (2008). "Katherine (Catherine; nee Katherine Howard) (1518x24-1542)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4892. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Weir, Alison (2001). Henry VIII, King and Court. Random House. ISBN 9780224060226.
- Worship, Francis (1885). "Account of a MS. Genealogy of the Paston Family". Norfolk Archaeology. IV (1). Norwich: Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society: 1–55. doi:10.5284/1077306.