Biography of Edmund Howard 1478-1539

In 1466 Humphrey Bourchier [aged 31] and [his mother] Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 22] were married.

On 30th September 1472 [his father] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 29] and [his mother] Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 28] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk [aged 47] and [his grandmother] Katherine Moleyns.

Around 1478 Edmund Howard was born to [his father] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 35] and [his mother] Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 34].

Before 13th May 1490 [his half-brother] John Bourchier 2nd Baron Berners [aged 23] and [his aunt] Katherine Howard Baroness Berners [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Baroness Berners. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk and Margaret Chedworth Duchess Norfolk [aged 54]. He the son of Humphrey Bourchier and [his mother] Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 46]. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Before 1492 Ralph Leigh [aged 12] and [his future wife] Joyce Culpepper [aged 11] were married.

In 1492 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Fiennes 8th Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 20] and [his half-sister] Anne Bourchier Baroness Dacre of Gilsland [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland. She the daughter of Humphrey Bourchier and [his mother] Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 48]. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 4th April 1497 [his mother] Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 53] died.

On 17th August 1497 [his father] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 54] and [his step-mother] Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk [aged 20] were married some four months after the death of his first wife. She by marriage Countess Surrey. She, Agnes, was a first cousin of his former wife [his mother] Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey for which he was given dispensation on 17th August 1497. The difference in their ages was 34 years. He the son of [his grandfather] John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk and [his grandmother] Katherine Moleyns.

In 1498 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 21] and [his sister] Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 55] and [his mother] Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey. They were fourth cousins.

In or before 1500 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Bryan [aged 35] and [his half-sister] Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan [aged 31] were married. She the daughter of Humphrey Bourchier and [his mother] Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey.

Before 1504 [his brother-in-law] John Grey 2nd Viscount Lisle [aged 22] and [his sister] Muriel Howard Viscountess Lisle [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Lisle. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 60] and [his mother] Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey. They were third cousins.

Before 1508 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Knyvet [aged 22] and [his sister] Muriel Howard Viscountess Lisle [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 64] and [his mother] Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey. They were fourth cousins.

On 21st May 1508 Giles Daubeney 1st Baron Daubeney [aged 56] died. His son Henry [aged 14] succeeded 2nd Baron Daubeney. [his half-sister] Catherine Howard Countess Bridgewater [aged 9] by marriage Baroness Daubeney.

After 6th November 1509 Edmund Howard [aged 31] and Joyce Culpepper [aged 29] were married. He the son of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 66] and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey.

Around 1511 [his brother-in-law] John de Vere 14th Earl of Oxford [aged 11] and [his half-sister] Anne Howard Countess of Oxford [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 68] and [his step-mother] Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk [aged 34]. They were half third cousins.

In 1511 John Bellingham of Erringham in Shoreham died. His son Edward Bellingham [aged 5] became a ward of [his father] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 68].

On 14th December 1511 [his sister] Muriel Howard Viscountess Lisle [aged 26] died.

In 1513 [his brother] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 40] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk [aged 16] were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years. She the daughter of Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham [aged 34] and Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham. He the son of [his father] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 70] and [his mother] Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey. They were fourth cousin twice removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1515 [his daughter] Margaret Howard was born to Edmund Howard [aged 37] and [his wife] Joyce Culpepper [aged 35]. She married 20th November 1530 her third cousin twice removed Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle and had issue.

Around 1519 [his brother-in-law] David Zouche [aged 38] and [his half-sister] Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan [aged 51] were married. She the daughter of Humphrey Bourchier and [his mother] Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey.

In 1519 [his daughter] Mary Howard was born to Edmund Howard [aged 41] and [his wife] Joyce Culpepper [aged 39]. She married 1545 her third cousin once removed Edmund Trafford.

Around 1523 [his daughter] Catherine Howard was born to Edmund Howard [aged 45] and [his wife] Joyce Culpepper [aged 43] at Lambeth, Surrey [Map]. She married 28th July 1540 her fifth cousin once removed King Henry VIII of England and Ireland, son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England.

In 1524 [his brother-in-law] Rhys ap Gruffydd Deheubarth [aged 16] and [his half-sister] Catherine Howard Countess Bridgewater [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 81] and [his step-mother] Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk [aged 47].

On 21st May 1524 [his father] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 81] died at Framlingham Castle, Suffolk [Map]. He was buried at Thetford Priory, Norfolk [Map] and subsequently reburied at the Church of St Michael the Archangel, Framlingham [Map]. His son [his brother] Thomas [aged 51] succeeded 3rd Duke Norfolk, 2nd Earl Surrey. [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk [aged 27] by marriage Duchess Norfolk.

Around 1525 [his son] George Howard was born to Edmund Howard [aged 47] and [his wife] Joyce Culpepper [aged 45].

Around 1528 [his wife] Joyce Culpepper [aged 48] died.

After 1528 Edmund Howard [aged 50] and Dorothy Troyes were married. He the son of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey.

On 29th September 1530 [his half-sister] Anne Bourchier Baroness Dacre of Gilsland [aged 60] died.

On 20th November 1530 [his son-in-law] Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle [aged 28] and [his daughter] Margaret Howard [aged 15] were married. They were third cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Before 18th June 1531 [his half-brother] William Howard 1st Baron Howard [aged 21] and [his sister-in-law] Katherine Broughton were married. She the daughter of John Broughton of Toddington, Bedfordshire and Anne Sapcote Countess Bedford [aged 52]. He the son of [his father] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk and [his step-mother] Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk [aged 54]. They were half third cousin twice removed.

Before September 1531 [his brother-in-law] Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 22] and [his half-sister] Dorothy Howard Countess Derby [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Derby. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk and [his step-mother] Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk [aged 54]. He the son of Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby and Anne Hastings Countess Derby [aged 46]. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 19th March 1533 [his half-brother] John Bourchier 2nd Baron Berners [aged 66] died at Calais [Map]. His daughter [his niece] Joan de jure 3rd Baroness Berners. Edmund Knyvet Baron Berners [aged 49] by marriage Baron Berners.

On 29th June 1533 [his half-brother] William Howard 1st Baron Howard [aged 23] and [his sister-in-law] Margaret Gamage Baroness Howard [aged 18] were married. He the son of [his father] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk and [his step-mother] Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk [aged 56].

Before 12th July 1537 Edmund Howard [aged 59] and Margaret Mundy [aged 27] were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years. He the son of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey.

In 1538 Henry Daubeney 1st Earl Bridgewater [aged 44] was created 1st Earl Bridgewater. [his half-sister] Catherine Howard Countess Bridgewater [aged 39] by marriage Countess Bridgewater.

On 3rd April 1538 [his sister] Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 58] died at the Abbot of Reading's Place next to Baynard's Castle [Map]. She was buried at St Mary at Lambeth Church, Surrey [Map] in a crypt beneath the floor of the Howard Chapel. The Chapel no longer exists but the ledger slab is extant with the inscription: "Here lyeth the Lady Elizabeth Howard, sometime Countess of Wiltshire".

On 19th March 1539 Edmund Howard [aged 61] died.

On 21st January 1565 [his former wife] Margaret Mundy [aged 55] died. She was buried the next day in Streatham, Surrey.

[his son] Charles Howard was born to Edmund Howard and Joyce Culpepper.

[his son] Henry Howard was born to Edmund Howard and Joyce Culpepper.

Henry Mannox and Margaret Mundy were married.

Nicholas Jennings and Margaret Mundy were married.