Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon 1520-1582

Paternal Family Tree: Howard

Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Merbury

1533 Marriage of Henry Fitzroy and Mary Howard

On 4th February 1495, possibly 1494, [his father] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 22] and Anne York [aged 19] were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She the daughter of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England. He the son of [his grandfather] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 52] and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 51]. They were fifth cousins.

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

Around 1520 Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon was born to Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 47] and Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk [aged 23].

On 23rd May 1521 Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby [aged 36] died. His son [his future brother-in-law] Edward [aged 12] succeeded 3rd Earl Derby, 11th Baron Strange Knockin, 7th Baron Mohun of Dunster, 4th Baron Stanley. [his sister] Katherine Howard Countess Derby [aged 6] by marriage Countess Derby.

On 21st May 1524 [his grandfather] 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 father] Thomas [aged 51] succeeded 3rd Duke Norfolk, 2nd Earl Surrey. [his mother] Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk [aged 27] by marriage Duchess Norfolk.

Around 1526 Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon [aged 6] and Elizabeth Marney Viscountess Howard Bindon were married. She by marriage Viscountess Howard Bindon. He the son of Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 53] and Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk [aged 29]. They were fifth cousin once removed.

In or before 1530 [his brother-in-law] Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 20] and [his sister] Katherine Howard Countess Derby [aged 14] were married without the King's permission. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 56] and [his mother] Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk [aged 32]. He the son of Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby and Anne Hastings Countess Derby [aged 44]. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 15th March 1530 [his sister] Katherine Howard Countess Derby [aged 15] died of plague.

Marriage of Henry Fitzroy and Mary Howard

On 28th November 1533 [his brother-in-law] Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Richmond and Somerset [aged 14] and [his sister] Mary Howard Duchess Richmond and Somerset [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Duchess of Richmond and Somerset. Another coup for the Howard Family especially in view of Henry Fitzroy being considered by some as a possible heir in view of Anne Boleyn having given birth to a girl. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 60] and [his mother] Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk [aged 36]. He the illegitmate son of King Henry VIII of England and Ireland [aged 42] and Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount Baroness Clinton and Tailboys [aged 35]. They were third cousins.

Bigod's Rebellion

On 6th July 1537 Robert Constable [aged 59] was hanged in chains from the Beverley Gate in Kingston upon Hull witnessed by [his father] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke Norfolk [aged 64].

Birth and Christening Edward VI

                    On 15th October 1537 the future Edward VI was christened by Bishop John Stokesley [aged 62] at the Chapel Royal in Hampton Court Palace [Map]. Archbishop Thomas Cranmer [aged 48] performed the Baptismal Rites, and was appointed Godfather. [his father] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 64] and Queen Mary I of England and Ireland [aged 21] were Godparents.
                
                    King Edward VI of England and Ireland was created Duke of Cornwall, 1st Earl Chester.
                
                    Henry Bourchier 2nd Earl Essex 3rd Count of Eu carried the Salt. Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 53] was Godfather and supported the Marchioness of Exeter. Richard Long [aged 43] was knighted. Thomas Cromwell 1st Earl Essex [aged 52], Philip Boteler [aged 45], John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford [aged 66] and John Gage [aged 57] attended. Mary Scrope [aged 61] carried Lady Mary's train. Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 54] carried a covered basin. Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex carried the canopy.
                
                    Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 37] helped his young niece the future Elizabeth I to carry the Crisom. Henry Courtenay 1st Marquess Exeter [aged 41] supported his wife Gertrude Blount Marchioness of Exeter [aged 34] to carry the child. Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 60] bore a taper of virgin wax. William Fitzalan 11th or 18th Earl of Arundel [aged 61] carried the train of the Prince's robe. Christopher Barker proclaimed the Prince's titles.
                
                    Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset was created 1st Earl Hertford.
                
                    Nicholas Carew [aged 41], Francis Bryan [aged 47], Anthony Browne [aged 37] and John Russell 1st Earl Bedford [aged 52] surrounded the font.
                
                    Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire [aged 27], Edward Neville [aged 66], Thomas Seymour 1st Baron Seymour [aged 29], Richard Long and John Wallop [aged 47] carried the canopy.
                
                    Arthur Hopton [aged 48], Bishop Robert Parfew aka Warton and Bishop John Bell attended.
                
                    William Fitzwilliam 1st Earl of Southampton [aged 47] was created 1st Earl of Southampton. Mabel Clifford Countess Southampton [aged 55] by marriage Countess of Southampton.

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Around 1550 [his son] Charles Lyte aka Howard was born to Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon [aged 30] and [his future wife] Gertrude Lyte Viscountess Howard Bindon.

On 25th August 1554 [his father] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 81] died at Kenninghall, Norfolk. He was buried at Church of St Michael the Archangel, Framlingham [Map]. His grandson Thomas [aged 18] succeeded 4th Duke Norfolk, 3rd Earl Surrey.

Memoires of Jacques du Clercq

This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.

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On 7th December 1557 [his sister] Mary Howard Duchess Richmond and Somerset [aged 38] died.

In November 1558 [his mother] Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk [aged 61] died.

In 1559 Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon [aged 39] was created 1st Viscount Howard Bindon.

After 1565 Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon [aged 45] and Gertrude Lyte Viscountess Howard Bindon were married. She by marriage Viscountess Howard Bindon. He the son of Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk.

On 7th June 1576 Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon [aged 56] and Mabel Burton Viscountess Howard Bindon [aged 36] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Howard Bindon. The difference in their ages was 20 years. He the son of Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk.

On 27th July 1578 [his daughter] Frances Howard Duchess Lennox and Richmond was born to Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon [aged 58] and [his wife] Mabel Burton Viscountess Howard Bindon [aged 38] at Lychett, Dorset. She married (1) March 1592 Henry Prannell (2) 27th May 1601 her half third cousin Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford, son of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset (3) 16th June 1621 her fifth cousin once removed Ludovic Stewart 2nd Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond, son of Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox.

In 1580 [his wife] Mabel Burton Viscountess Howard Bindon [aged 40] died.

Around 1580 [his daughter] Anne Howard was born to Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon [aged 60] and [his wife] Gertrude Lyte Viscountess Howard Bindon.

In 1582 Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon [aged 62] died. His son Henry succeeded 2nd Viscount Howard Bindon.

[his daughter] Grace Howard was born to Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon and Elizabeth Marney Viscountess Howard Bindon.

William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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[his son] Giles Howard was born to Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon and Elizabeth Marney Viscountess Howard Bindon.

[his son] Francis Howard was born to Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon and Elizabeth Marney Viscountess Howard Bindon.

[his son] Thomas Howard 3rd Viscount Howard Bindon was born to Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon and Elizabeth Marney Viscountess Howard Bindon.

[his son] Henry Howard 2nd Viscount Howard Bindon was born to Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon and Elizabeth Marney Viscountess Howard Bindon.

Ancestors of Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon 1520-1582

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Howard 2 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Howard 3 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Scales 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Howard 4 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Tendring

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Tendring

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Mowbray 4th Baron Mowbray Baron Segrave 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Segrave 5th Baroness Segrave Baroness Mowbray Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Mowbray Baroness Grey Ruthyn 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William de Moleyns

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Moleyns

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Bacon

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Moleyns 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Beaumont 3rd Baron Beaumont 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaumont 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Vere Baroness Devereux and Beaumont 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Moleyns 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

father: Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Tilney

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Tilney

Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Tilney

Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick Tilney

Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Henry Cheney

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cheney

Great x 2 Grandfather: Lawrence Cheney

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cockayne

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Cockayne

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecilia Vernon

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cockayne 6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 2nd Baron Grey Ruthyn 5 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ida Grey 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alianore Strange Baroness Grey Ruthyn 4 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Grandfather: Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Woodville

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bittelsgate

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp

Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Luxemburg Count St Pol 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Brienne

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francesco Baux 1st Duke Andria

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sueva Orsini 4 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

mother: Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Hotspur" Percy 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Poynings 4th Baron Poynings 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Poynings 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Grey Baroness Poynings 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Berkeley 4 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bettershorne

Grandmother: Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William ap Thomas "Blue Knight of Gwent" Herbert

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke

Great x 4 Grandfather: Dafydd Gam Brecon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam "Star of Abergavenny" Brecon

Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland 9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 6 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 7 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Crophull 6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Devereux 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Merbury

Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon 1520-1582