John (Howard), 1st Duke of Norfolk

- 1485

• Heraldry		Arms of Howard (unaugmented) quartering Arms of Thomas of Brotherton and Mowbray (John (Howard), 1st Duke of Norfolk) Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Gules a bend between six crosses crosslet fitchée Argent (HOWARD); 2nd, England [Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or] differenced with a label of three points Argent (THOMAS OF BROTHERTON); 3rd, Gules a lion rampant Argent (MOWBRAY).
  		Arms of Howard (unaugmented) Gules a bend between six crosses crosslet fitchée Argent. [Arms of Sir William Howard, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, temp. Edward I, and the immediate founder of the noble house of Howard; he was the son of John Howard, and grandson of Robert Howard, or Herward "filius Hawardi," temp. King John.]

  
  

• Name	John (Howard)  [1]
  Suffix	1st Duke of Norfolk
  Gender	Male
  Office	1455  [1]
  	Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Norfolk
  	As to his election, see Paston Letters, volume i, pages 337, 340, 341. It was presumably this John Howard who was M.P. for Suffolk in 1449 and 1467. [1]
  Office	1461  [2]
  	Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk
  Decoration	29 March 1461	Towton, Yorkshire, England   [1]
  	Knighthood
  	"He was a zealous Yorkist, and was knighted by Edward IV at the battle of Towton, 29 Mar. 1461. ..." [3]
  Office	1467  [2]
  	Sheriff of Oxfordshire
  Hereditary Title	by 15 Oct. 1470  [2]
  	Lord Howard [E., 1470]
  	"He was summoned to Parliament from 15 Oct. (1470) 49 Hen. VI to 15 Nov. (1482) 22 Edw. IV, by writs directed Johanni Howard de Howard, Militi, and Johanni Howard, Chivaler, whereby he is held to have become Lord Howard." [2] "He is so referred to in contemporary documents. But it should be noted that he was so styled seven months before he was summoned to Parliament, which suggests that the writ [was] issued in virtue of some other form of creation." [2]
  Decoration	24 April 1472  [2]
  	Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)
  Office	1483  [4]
  	Privy Counsellor (P.C.)
  Office	1483  [4]
  	Steward of the Duchy of Lancaster
  Hereditary Title	28 June 1483  [2]
  	1st Duke of Norfolk [E., 1483]
  	"By this creation Richard III either ignored that of Edward IV or tacitly acknowledged that his nephew was dead." [2] See Cal. Charter Rolls, volume vi, page 258. On the same day his son and heir Thomas Howard was created Earl of Surrey, and William, Viscount Berkeley, the other coheir of the great Mowbray inheritance, was created Earl of Nottingham. [2]
  Hereditary Title	28 June 1483  [2]
  	Earl Marshal of England [E., 1483]
  	See Cal. Patent Rolls, 1476–85, page 358; Rymer, volume xii, page 190. He received the office of Marshal of England, and the name, title, and honour of Earl Marshal of England, to him and the heirs male of his body, which John, late Duke of Norfolk, held and which came into the King's hand on his death sine prole mascula: bearing a gold rod (as granted by Richard II), with a fee of £20 out of the fee farm of Ipswich. [2]
  Office	July 1483  [2]
  	Admiral of England, Ireland, and Aquitaine
  Office	30 June – 7 July 1483  [2]
  	High Steward
  	For the Coronation of Richard III. See Cal. Patent Rolls, 1476–85, page 360; Rymer, volume xii, page 191. [2]
  Died	22 Aug. 1485	Bosworth Field, near Ambion Hill, Sutton Cheney, Leicestershire, England   [4]
  Buried	Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [4]
  	His body was later moved to Thetford, Norfolk, England. [4]
  Person ID	I698	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	6 Aug. 2018

  
  

  Father	Sir Robert Howard
  Mother	Lady Margaret Mowbray
  Family ID	F382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Catherine de Moleyns,   d. 3 Nov. 1465, Stoke Neyland, Suffolk, England
  Children	+ 1. Thomas (Howard), 2nd Duke of Norfolk,   b. 1443, Stoke Neyland, Suffolk, England ,   d. 21 May 1524, Framlingham Castle, Framlingham, Suffolk, England  (Age 81 years) + 2. Lady Isabel Howard,   d. shortly Before 14 June 1506
  Last Modified	5 Aug. 2018
  Family ID	F381	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Chedworth,   d. 1494
  Married	Before 22 Jan. 1467  [5]
  Last Modified	4 Aug. 2018
  Family ID	F383	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He succeeded his father in 1436. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume IX, page 610. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume IX, page 611. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume IX, pages 610–11. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume IX, page 612. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume IX, page 612. Citing Paston Letters, volume iii, page 486.