Person:Thomas Howard (129)

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Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, (24 August 156128 May 1626) of Audley End House, was a member of the House of Howard and a son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk by his second wife Margaret Audley, Duchess of Norfolk, the daughter and heiress of the 1st Baron Audley of Walden.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
2.   G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 350. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

   Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk was the son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk and Hon. Margaret Audley.1 He was born on 24 August 1561. He married, firstly, Marie Dacre daughter of Thomas Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre of Gilleslandand Elizabeth Leyburne , before 9 May 1577. He married, secondly, Katherine Knyvett, daughter of Sir Henry Knyvett >, circa 1583. He died on 20 May 1628 at age 66. He was created 1st Baron Howard de Walden in 1597.1 He gained the title of 1st Earl of Suffolk on 21 July 1603.
   Children of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk and Katherine Knyvett:
   Henry Howard b. bt 1583 - 1633 Lady Catherine Howard+ b. bt 1583 - 1633, d. 1672 Sir Charles Howard <p10309.htm>+ b. bt 1583 - 1633 Sir Robert Howard <p10590.htm> b. bt 1583 - 1633 Sir William Howard <p10591.htm> b. bt 1583 - 1633 Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick <p10591.htm>+ b. bt 1583 - 1633 Elizabeth Howard <p10591.htm> b. bt 1583 - 1633 Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk+ b. 13 Aug 1584, d. 3 Jun 1640 Lady Elizabeth Howard <p7409.htm>+ b. 11 Aug 1586, d. 17 Apr 1658 Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire <p10541.htm>+ b. c 1590, d. 16 Jul 1669 Frances Howard+ b. 31 May 1590, d. 23 Aug 1632
   Citations

3.   Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.