Margaret Howard, b. 1505 in Tisbury, Wilts, England, d. 10 October 1572 in Tisbury, Wilts, England

Father: Edmund Howard, b. ABT 1480 in Tisbury, Wilts, England, d. 19 March 1539
Mother: Joyce Culpepper, b. ABT 1480 in Oxenhoath, Kent, England, m. Ralph Leigh, d. 1531

Spouse: Thomas Arundel, b. 1506 in Wardour, Wilts, England, d. 26 February 1551, cause of death was beheading for undesirable activities against the Crown.

Father: John Arundel, b. ABT 1475 in Lanherne, Cornwall, England, d. 8 February 1545 in Roscarrock, Cornwall, England
Mother: Elizabeth (Eleanor) Grey, b. ABT 1478 in Grovy, Leicester, England
Married 6 September 1533 in Tisbury, Wilts, England.

Children:

  1. Matthew (Arundel) Howard, b. 1535 in Wardour, Wilts, England, m. Margaret Willoughby (2), ABT 1559 in Wollaton, Knottingham, England, d. 1598 in Tisbury, Wilts, England
  2. Margaret Arundel, b. ABT 1536
  3. Dorothy Arundel, b. ABT 1538
  4. Charles Arundel, b. 1539
  5. Jane Arudel, b. 1542

Edmund Howard, b. ABT 1478 in Tisbury, Wilts, England, m. Dorothy Troyes, aft. 1531, m. Margaret Munday, bef. 12 July 1537, d. 19 March 1539

Father: Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, b. 1443 in Stoke Newland, Suffolk, England, d. 21 May 1524 in Framlingham, Suffolk, England
Mother: Elizabeth Tilney, b. bef. 1445, m. Sir Humphrey Bourchier, ABT 1466, d. 4 April 1497

Spouse: Joyce Culpepper, b. ABT 1480 in Oxenhoath, Kent, England, m. Ralph Leigh, d. 1531

Married ABT 1500.

Children:

  1. Henry Howard, b. ABT 1502
  2. Sir Charles Howard
  3. Margaret Howard, b. ABT 1515 in Tisbury, Wilts, England, m. Thomas Arundel, 6 September 1533 in Tisbury, Wilts, England, d. 10 October 1572 in Tisbury, Wilts, England
  4. Catherine Howard, b. ABT 1521 in Lambeth, London, England, m. Henry VIII, King of England, 28 July 1540 at Oatlands Palace, Surrey, England, d. 23 November 1541 at Tower of London, London, England, cause of death was beheading under suspicion of adultery
  5. Sir George Howard, b. ABT 1525, d. 1580
  6. Mary Howard, m. Edmund Trafford

Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, b. 1443 in Stoke Newland, Suffolk, England, d. 21 May 1524 in Framlingham, Suffolk, England

Father: John Howard, Duke of Norfolk, b. ABT 1419 in Stoke Newland, Suffolk, England, d. 22 August 1485 in England, cause of death was the Battle of Bosworth
Mother: Katherine De Moleynes
Thomas was made Earl of Surrey on 28 June 1483, the same day as his father was made Duke of Norfolk. He was also sworn to the Privy Council and made a member of the Order of the Garter. Following the death of his father and King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, Thomas was attainted by the new king, Henry VII. He was stripped of his lands and spent the next three years in the Tower of London.

After refusing an opportunity to escape in 1487, Thomas regained the king's trust and was restored to the Earldom of Surrey. He made his loyalty and military skill known to the king at every opportunity, leading to his advancement. He was made Lord High Treasurer in 1501, and conducted many diplomatic missions including escorting Margaret Tudor to Scotland for her marriage to King James IV and negotiated Catherine of Aragon's marriage to Arthur, Prince of Wales.

While the king was in Calais in 1513 James IV launched an attack. Howard soundly defeated the much larger Scottish army at Flodden, becoming a national hero and earning many rewards. Among them was the new creation of Duke of Norfolk on 1 February 1514.

In 1522 Howard resigned as Lord High Treasurer and retired to Framlingham Castle. He was buried 22 June at Thetford Priory. His funeral was said to have cost over £1300 and involved a procession of 400 hooded men bearing torches and a bier covered with 100 wax effigies and 700 candles. The Howard tombs were moved to the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Framlingham after the dissolution of Thetford Priory.

Spouse: Elizabeth Tilney, b. bef. 1445 in Ashwellthorpe Hall, Norfolk, England, m. Sir Humphrey Bourchier, ABT 1466, d. 4 April 1497

Father: Sir Frederick Tilney, b. Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England, d. bef. 1447
Mother: Elizabeth Cheney, b. Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England, m. Sir John Say, bef. 1449
Elizabeth was a lady-in-waiting to Queen consort Elizabeth Woodville and Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen's daughter, Elizabeth of York. She was joint godmother to Princess Margaret Tudor. John Skelton's poem The Garlande of Laurell was written about her after he visited the Howard home at Sheriff Hutton Castle.

Elizabeth's first husband was killed at the Battle of Barnet on 14 April 1471. They had three children together: John, Margaret, and Anne.

Following Elizabeth's death, she was buried in the nun's choir of the Convent of the Minoresses outside Aldgate. Her widower Thomas Howard married her cousin, Agnes.
Married 30 April 1472

Children:

  1. Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, b. 1473, m. Anne of York, 4 February 1495, m. Elizabeth Stafford, 1513, d. 25 August 1554 in Kenninghall, Norfolk, England
  2. Sir Edward Howard, Admiral, b. 1472/7, m. Elizabeth Stapleton, m. Alice Lovel, bef. January 1506, d. 25 April 1513
  3. Edmund Howard, b. ABT 1480 in Tisbury, Wilts, England, m. Joyce Culpepper, ABT 1500, m. Dorothy Troyes, aft. 1531, m. Margaret Munday, bef. 12 July 1537 d. 19 March 1539
  4. Sir John Howard
  5. Henry Howard
  6. Charles Howard
  7. Henry Howard (the Younger)
  8. Richard Howard
  9. Elizabeth Howard, b. ABT 1480, m. Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, d. 3 April 1538
  10. Muriel Howard, m. John Grey, Viscount Lisle, m. Sir Thomas Knyvet, aft. 1504, d. 1512
  11. daughter Howard, she died young
Spouse: Agnes Tilney, b. ABT 1477 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, d. May 1545
Father: Hugh Tilney
Mother: Eleanor Tailboys
Married 8 November 1497.

Children:

  1. William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, b. ABT 1510, m. Katherine Broughton, bef. 18 June 1531, m. Margaret Gamage, 29 June 1533, d. 12 January 1573
  2. Lord Thomas Howard, b. 1511, d. 31 October 1537 in Tower of London, London, England, cause of death was illness, though possibly poisoning
  3. Richard Howard, d. 1517
  4. Dorothy Howard, m. Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby
  5. Anne Howard, m. John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford
  6. Catherine Howard, m. Rhys ap Gruffydd, 1524, m. Henry Daubeney, 1st Earl of Bridgewater
  7. Elizabeth Howard (2), b. ABT 1484 in Tisbury, Wilts, England, m. Henry Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Sussex, d. 1536

John Howard, Duke of Norfolk, b. ABT 1425 in Stoke Newland, Suffolk, England, d. 22 August 1485 in England, cause of death was the Battle of Bosworth

Father: Sir Robert Howard of Tendring, b. ABT 1397 in Stoke Newland, Suffolk, England, d. ABT 1436 in England
Mother: Margaret De Mowbray, b. ABT 1390 in Stoke Newland, Suffolk, England
John succeeded his father in 1436. He was elected to Parliament in 1449 and held several offices. He was a supporter of the House of York during the War of the Roses and was knighted by King Edward IV at the Battle of Towton on 29 March 1461. That same year he became High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. In September 1468 Howard was appointed Treasurer of the Royal Household.

John was summoned to Parliament on 15 October 1470 and made Lord Howard. On 24 April 1472 he joined the Order of the Garter. He bore the royal banner at the funeral of Edward IV in 1483 and supported Richard's usurpation of the throne, for which he was made Lord High Steward. Howard bore the crown before Richard at his coronation, while his son Thomas carried the Sword of State, and was made 1st Duke of Norfolk, third creation, on 28 June 1483.

He was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field by a Lancastrian arrow to the face. His death demoralized his close friend King Richard III, who also died in the battle. He was buried in Thetford Priory, but his remains were moved to the Church of St. Michael in Framlingham, Norfolk, during the Reformation.

Spouse: Katherine De Moleynes, d. 3 November 1465

Father: Sir William Moleynes, b. 7 January 1378, d. 8 June 1425, bur. St. Giles, Stoke Pages, Buckinghamshire, England
Mother: Margery Whalesborough, d. 26 March 1439
Married bef. 29 September 1442 in England.

Children:

  1. Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, b. 1443 in Stoke Newland, Suffolk, England, m. Elizabeth Tilney, 30 April 1472, m. Agnes Tilney, 8 November 1497, d. 21 May 1524 in Framlingham, Suffolk, England
  2. Nicholas Howard, d. ABT 1468
  3. Isabel (Elizabeth) Howard, m. Robert Mortimer
  4. Margaret Howard, b. 1445, m. John Wyndham, d. 1484
  5. Anne Howard, b. 1446, m. Edmund Gorges, d. 1474
  6. Jane Howard, b. 1450, m. John Timperley, 1481, d. 15 August 1508

Spouse: Margaret Chedworth, b. 1436, m. Nicholas Wyfold, Lord Mayor of London, m. John Norreys, Master of the Wardrobe, d. 1494

Father: John Chedworth
Mother: Margaret Bowett
Married bef. 22 January 1467

Children:

  1. Katherine Howard, m. John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, d. 17 March 1536

Sir Robert Howard of Tendring, b. 1398 in Stoke Newland, Suffolk, England, d. 1436 in England

Father: Sir John Howard of Wiggenhall, b. ABT 1372 in Wynch, Norfolk, England, d. 1436 in Palestine
Mother: Alice Tendring, b. ABT 1365 in Tendring, Norfolk, England

Spouse: Margaret De Mowbray, b. 1391 in Stoke Newland, Suffolk, England, d. 1459

Father: Thomas De Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk
Mother: Elizabeth Fitz Alan
Married ABT 1409 in England.

Children:

  1. Katherine Howard, b. ABT 1410 in Stoke Newland, Suffolk, England, m. Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny
  2. John Howard, Duke of Norfolk, b. ABT 1425 in Stoke Newland, Suffolk, England, m. Catherine De Moleynes, ABT 1441 in England, d. 22 August 1485 in England, cause of death was the Battle of Bosworth

Sir John Howard of Wiggenhall, b. ABT 1372 in Wynch, Norfolk, England, d. 1436 in Palestine

Father: Sir Robert Howard (1), b. ABT 1336 in Wynch, Norfolk, England, d. 18 July 1388 in Wynch, Norfolk, England
Mother: Margery Scales, b. ABT 1345 in Newslelles, Herts, England, d. ABT 1416 in Wynch, Norfolk, England

Spouse: Alice Tendring, b. ABT 1365 in Tendring, Norfolk, England

Father: Sir William Tendring
Married ABT 1395 in England.

Children:

  1. Sir Robert Howard of Tendring, b. ABT 1397 in Stoke Newland, Suffolk, England, m. Margaret De Mowbray, ABT 1409 in England, d. ABT 1436 in England

Sir Robert Howard (1), b. ABT 1336 in Wynch, Norfolk, England, d. 18 July 1388 in Wynch, Norfolk, England

Father: Sir John Howard of East Winch, b. ABT 1306 in Wynch, Norfolk, England, d. aft. 1388
Mother: Alice de Boys, b. ABT 1316 in Fersfield, Norfolk, England

Spouse: Margery Scales, b. ABT 1345 in Newslelles, Herts, England, d. ABT 1416 in Wynch, Norfolk, England

Father: Robert Scales (3), b. 1279 in Middleton, Norfolk, England, d. 13 August 1369
Mother: Catherine De Ufford, b. ABT 1325 in England
Married ABT 1365 in England.

Children:

  1. Sir John Howard of Wiggenhall, b. ABT 1372 in Wynch, Norfolk, England, m. Alice Tendring, ABT 1395 in England, d. 1436 in Palestine

Sir John Howard of East Winch, b. ABT 1306 in Wynch, Norfolk, England, d. aft. 1388

Father: John Howard (1), b. ABT 1286 in England
Mother: Alice Ufford, b. ABT 1286 in England

Spouse: Alice Deboys, b. ABT 1316 in Fersfield, Norfolk, England

Married.

Children:

  1. Sir Robert Howard (1), b. ABT 1336 in Wynch, Norfolk, England, m. Margery Scales, ABT 1365 in England, d. 18 July 1388 in Wynch, Norfolk, England

John Howard (1), b. ABT 1286 in England

Father: Sir John Howard, d. bef. 23 July 1331
Mother: Joan of Cornwall

Spouse: Alice Ufford, b. ABT 1286 in England

Father: Robert Ufford
Married.

Children:

  1. Sir John Howard of East Winch, b. ABT 1306 in Wynch, Norfolk, England, m. Alice Deboys, d. aft. 1388

Richard of Cornwall, d. 1296

Father: Richard, Earl of Cornwall, b. 5 January 1209 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England, April 1231, He was crowned King of the Romans, 18 May 1257 in Aachen, Rhineland, Germany, m. Isabel Marshall, April 1231, m. Sanchia of Provence, 23 November 1242 in Westminster, London, England, m. Beatrice of Falkenburg, 16 June 1269, d. 2 April 1272 in Berkhamstead Castle, Hertfordshire, England, bur. Hailes Abbey, Gloucestershire, England
Mother: Joan de Valletort, m. Ralph de Valletort, m. Sir Alexander Okeston, aft. 1267

Children:

  1. Joan of Cornwall, m. Sir John Howard

Sir William Moleynes, b. 7 January 1378, d. 8 June 1425, bur. St. Giles, Stoke Pages, Buckinghamshire, England

Father: Sir Richard Moleyns
Mother: Eleanor de Beaumont
Spouse: Margery Whalesborough, d. 26 March 1439
Married

Children:

  1. William Moleynes II, b. December 1405, d. 8 May 1429 in Orleans, France, cause of death was the Battle of Orleans
  2. Katherine De Moleynes, m. John Howard, Duke of Norfolk, bef. 29 September 1442 in England, d. 3 November 1465

Sir Frederick Tilney, b. Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England, d. 1445

Father: Sir Philip Tilney
Mother: Isabel Thorpe
The arms of Frederick Tilney are said to be Azure a chevron between three griffin's heads erased or. Frederick's father Philip earned many titles following the Siege of Acre during the Third Crusade, which Frederick inherited.

Spouse: Elizabeth Cheney, b. Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England, m. Sir John Say, bef. 1 December 1446

Father: Sir Lawrence Cheney of Fen Ditton
Mother: Elizabeth Cockayne, m. Sir Philip Butler
By her second husband Elizabeth had three sons: William, Thomas, and Leonard, and five daughters: Anne, Margaret, Katherine, Mary, and another who died as a child. Through her daughters Elizabeth Tilney and Anne Say, Elizabeth Cheney was an ancestor of three wives of Henry VIII: Catherine Howard, Anne Boleyn, and Jane Seymour
Married.

Children:

  1. Elizabeth Tilney, b. bef. 1445 in Ashwellthorpe Hall, Norfolk, England, m. Sir Humphrey Bourchier, ABT 1466, m. Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, 30 April 1472, d. 4 April 1497 in England

Sir Lawrence Cheney of Fen Ditton

Father: Sir William Cheney
Mother: Katherine Pabenham

Spouse: Elizabeth Cockayne, m. Sir Philip Butler, 1411

Father: Sir John Cockayne, Chief Baron of the Exchequer
Mother: Ida de Grey, b. 1368 in Ruthin Castle, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales, d. 1 June 1426 in Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire, England
Elizabeth had two sons by her first husband.
Married 13 December 1421

Children:

  1. Elizabeth Cheney, b. 1422 in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England, m. Sir Frederick Tilney, ABT 1440, m. Sir John Say, bef. 1 December 1446, d. 25 September 1473 in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England
  2. Anne Cheney, m. John Appleyard
  3. Mary Cheney, m. John Allington
  4. Catherine Cheney, m. Henry Barley
  5. Sir John Cheney, m. Elizabeth Rempston

Sir John Cockayne, Chief Baron of the Exchequer

Father: Sir John Cockayne
Mother: Cecilia de Vernon
Spouse: Ida de Grey, b. 1368 in Ruthin Castle, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales, d. 1 June 1426 in Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire, England
Father: Lord Reginald Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Ruthin, b. ABT 1322, d. ABT 4 August 1388
Mother: Elizabeth le Strange of Blackmere
Married

Children:

  1. Sir Reginald Cockayne, d. aft. 10 February 1428, m. Beatrice Walleys
  2. Henry Cockayne
  3. Elizabeth Cockayne, m. Sir Philip Butler, 1411, m. Sir Lawrence Cheney of Fen Ditton, 13 December 1421
  4. John Cockayne, d. aft. 10 February 1428
  5. Margaret Cockayne, d. aft. 10 February 1428
  6. Thomas Cockayne, d. aft. 10 February 1428


Lord Reginald Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Ruthin, b. ABT 1322, d. ABT 4 August 1388

Father: Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Ruthin, b. ABT 1298, d. 6 March 1353
Mother: Elizabeth de Hastings
The Arms of Grey de Ruthyn was Barry of six argent and azure in chief three torteaux.
Spouse: Elizabeth le Strange of Blackmere
Father: John le Strange, 2nd Baron Strange of Blackmeere
Mother: Ankaret le Botiller
Elizabeth is sometimes listed as Alianore. Her father may have been the 5th Baron Strange of Knockyn.
Married

Children:

  1. Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Ruthin, b. ABT 1362, m. Margaret de Ros, m. Joan de Astley, d. 30 September 1440
  2. Eleanor Grey, m. William Lucy
  3. John Grey, b. 1364
  4. Catherine Grey, b. 1366
  5. Ida de Grey, b. 1368 in Ruthin Castle, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales, m. Sir John Cockayne, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, d. 1 June 1426 in Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire, England

Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Ruthin, b. ABT 1298, d. 6 March 1353

Father: John Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Wilton, d. 28 October 1323
Mother: Maud Basset
Spouse: Elizabeth de Hastings
Father: John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, b. 6 May 1262, m. Isabel le Despenser, d. 28 February 1313
Mother: Isabel de Valence, d. 5 October 1305
Married

Children:

  1. Lord Reginald Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Ruthin, b. ABT 1322, m. Elizabeth le Strange of Blackmere, d. ABT 4 August 1388

John Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Wilton, d. 28 October 1323

Father: Reginald de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton, b. ABT 1240, d. 5 April 1308
Mother: Maud FitzHugh
John Grey was involved in the siege of Caerlaverock Castle in July 1300 where his arms were recorded in the Roll of Caerlaverock as (translated into modern standard heraldic language) Barry of six argent and azure a bend engrailed gules. Yet in St. George's Roll it was Barry of six argent and azure overall a bend indented gules. It is not known if the correct depiction was engrailed or indented, but it is not considered important due to the lack of descendants recorded as using it. Since the 19th century indented has been accepted as correct.

Grey served in Parliament from 1309 to 1322, was appointed Lord Ordainer in 1310, and was granted Ruthin Castle in 1311. He was at the Battle of Bannockburn, and served as governor of Caernarfon Castle.

Spouse: Anne Ferrers

Father: Sir William Ferrers of Groby
Married

Children:

  1. Henry de Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Wilton, b. 28 October 1282, d. 10 December 1342
Spouse: Maud Basset
Father: Ralph Basset de Drayton, b. 1215 in Drayton, Staffordshire, England, d. 4 August 1265 in Evesham, Shropshire, England
Mother: Margaret de Somery, b. ABT 1229 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England, d. 18 June 1293
Married

Children:

  1. Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Ruthin, b. ABT 1298, m. Elizabeth de Hastings, d. 6 March 1353

Reginald de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton, b. ABT 1240, d. 5 April 1308

Father: John de Grey (1), b. ABT 1205 in Shirland, Derbyshire, England, d. March 1265
Mother: Emma de Cauz
Reginald is sometimes shown as Reynold. He is said to be descended from the Norman knight Anchetil de Greye who accompanied William the Conquerer, but we have not encountered that name in our research.

Grey was Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, and the Royal Forrests, and Constable of Chester Castle, Nottingham Castle, and Northampton Castle. He was also Justice and Sheriff of Chester.

Reginald's arms were Barry of six argent and azure a label gules. The label had three points, but that is standard when the number is not specified.
Spouse: Maud FitzHugh
Father: William Baron FitzHugh
Mother: Hawys de Longchamp
Maud's mother was the daughter of Henry de Longchamp of Wilton Castle, Herefordshire.
Married

Children:

  1. John Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Wilton, m. Anne Ferrers, m. Maud Basset, d. 28 October 1323





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