Thomas Howard 1st Earl of Suffolk [19482] ²⁴

  General 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)

See his Biography <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/ThomasHoward(1ESuffolk).htm>


Founder of the SUFFOLK LINE of the HOWARD FAMILY


http://www.thepeerage.com/p10302.htm#i103012


Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk was born on 24 August 1561. He was the son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk and Hon. Margaret Audley.¹ He married, firstly, Mary Dacre , daughter of Thomas Dacre, 4th Lord Dacre (of Gilsland) and Elizabeth Leyburne , before 9 May 1577.² He married, secondly, Katherine Knyvett, daughter of Sir Henry Knyvett and Elizabeth Stumpe , circa 1583. He died on 20 May 1628 at age 66.
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk was created 1st Baron Howard de Walden in 1597.¹ He gained the title of 1st Earl of Suffolk 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, 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.

2. Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1014. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

3. Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 401.

4. Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 150.

5. Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 80.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded, 21 Jul 1603.

Thomas married Marie Dacre [19483] [MRIN: 9321], daughter of Thomas Dacre 4th Baron Gillesland and 3 Rd Baron Greystoke [3195] [LVM1-XR3] and Elizabeth Leyburne Baroness Dacre/Duchess of Norfolk [45507]. (Marie Dacre [19483] was born on 4 Jul 1563 and died on 7 Apr 1576.)

  Marriage Notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Howard,_Countess_of_Arundel

Mary, was arranged to marry Lord Thomas Howard, but died before she was "marriageable

Thomas next married Catherine Knyvett Countess Suffolk [19554] [MRIN: 9358], daughter of Sir Henry of Charlton Knyvett [42722] and Elizabeth Stumpe [16731], about 1583 in Charlton, Wiltshire, England. (Catherine Knyvett Countess Suffolk [19554] was born in 1564 in Charlton, Wiltshire, England and died between 8 Sep 1626 and 1638.)

Thomas next married Alice Bretton [47109] [MRIN: 551611353].