Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk^[1]

1561 - 1626  (64 years)

• Name	Thomas Howard
  Suffix	1st Earl of Suffolk
  Birth	24 Aug 1561
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	21 Jul 1603
  Death	28 May 1626	Suffolk House, Charing Cross, London, England
  Burial	4 Jun 1626	Walden, Essex, England
  Notes	http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal02372 Lord Howard de Walden 1597. discovered the Gunpowder plot. The Complete Peerage vol.XIIp1,p.462-466 & vol.VI,p.590. http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/HOWARD4.htm#Thomas%20HOWARD%20(1º%20E.%20Suffolk) «u»«b»See his Biography«/b» <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/ThomasHoward(1ESuffolk).htm>«/u» Founder of the SUFFOLK LINE of the «u»«b»HOWARD FAMILY«/u»«/b» http://www.thepeerage.com/p10302.htm#i103012 Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk was born on 24 August 1561. He was the son of «u»Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk «/u» and «u»Hon. Margaret Audley«/u».«sup»1«/sup» He married, firstly, «u»Mary Dacre «/u», daughter of «u»Thomas Dacre, 4th Lord Dacre (of Gilsland) «/u» and «u»Elizabeth Leyburne «/u», before 9 May 1577.«sup»2«/sup» He married, secondly, «u»Katherine Knyvett«/u», daughter of «u»Sir Henry Knyvett «/u» and «u»Elizabeth Stumpe «/u», circa 1583. He died on 20 May 1628 at age 66. Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk was created «i»1st Baron Howard de Walden«/i» in 1597.«sup»1«/sup» He gained the title of «i»1st Earl of Suffolk«/i» on 21 July 1603. 1. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, «i»The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.«/i», 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 350. Hereinafter cited as «i»The Complete Peerage«/i». 2. Charles Mosley, editor, «i»Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes«/i» (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1014. Hereinafter cited as «i»Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition«/i». 3. Cokayne, and others, «i»The Complete Peerage«/i», volume I, page 401. 4. Cokayne, and others, «i»The Complete Peerage«/i», volume II, page 150. 5. Cokayne, and others, «i»The Complete Peerage«/i», volume II, page 80.
  Person ID	I19482	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2009

  
  

  Father	Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk,   b. 10 Mar 1537   d. 2 Jun 1572, Tower Hill, London, Middlesex, England (Age 35 years)
  Mother	Margaret Audley, Duchess Norfolk,   b. Between 1535 and 1540   d. 9 Jan 1564, Norwich, Norfolk, England (Age ~ 29 years)
  Marriage	1558
  Family ID	F8428	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Marie Dacre,   b. 4 Jul 1563   d. 7 Apr 1576 (Age 12 years)
  Marriage	Type: arranged to marry
  	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Howard,_Countess_of_Arundel Mary, was arranged to marry Lord Thomas Howard, but died before she was "marriageable
  _STAT	arranged to marry
  Family ID	F9321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2012

  
  

  Family 2	Catherine Knyvett, Countess Suffolk,   b. 1564, Charlton, Wiltshire, England d. Between 8 Sep 1626 and 1638 (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1583	Charlton, Wiltshire, England
  Children	1. Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl Suffolk,   b. 13 Aug 1584, Walden, Essex, England d. 3 Jun 1640, Suffolk House, Charing Cross, London, England (Age 55 years)   2. Thomas of Berkshire Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire,   c. 8 Oct 1587, Saffron, Walden, Essex, England d. 16 Jul 1669, London, Middlesex, England (Age ~ 81 years)   3. Henry Howard,   b. 1582   d. 1616 (Age 34 years)   4. Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick,   b. 1625   d. 24 Apr 1675 (Age 50 years)   5. Elizabeth Howard, Countess Banbury,   c. 11 Aug 1586, Saffron, Walden, Essex, England d. 17 Apr 1658 (Age ~ 71 years)   6. Lady Catherine Howard, Countess Salisbury,   b. Abt 1588, Saffron, Walden, Essex, England, Saffron, Walden, Essex, England d. 22 Jan 1672
  Family ID	F9358	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2007

  
  

  Family 3	Alice Bretton   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Henry Howard   d. Yes, date unknown   2. John Howard,   c. 21 Nov 1585, Glemsford, Suffolk, England d. Bef 17 Sep 1667 (Age ~ 81 years)   3. Joan Howard   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Mary Howard   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Alice Howard   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Elizabeth Howard   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Francis Howard   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F551611353	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2007

  
  

• Photos		Thomas Howard, first Earl of Suffolk
  		Thomas Howard, first Earl of Suffolk

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).