Charles Howard, Jr., 2nd Earl of Nottingham

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• 'Charles Howard, 2nd Earl of Nottingham (17 September 1579 – 3 October 1642) was the son of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham. His mother was the former Katherine Carey. From 1596 to 1624 he was styled Lord Howard of Effingham.
• 'He was married first on 19 May 1597 to Charity White (d. 18 December 1618), daughter to Robert White. Secondly on 22 April 1620 to Mary Cokayne, daughter of Sir William Cockayne who served as Lord Mayor of London in 1619 and Mary Morris. There were no known children from either marriage.
• 'He was succeeded by his half-brother, Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Nottingham.
• 'The school Howard of Effingham is named after the earl. The school is located in Surrey, England.
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• 'A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct ... By Sir Bernard Burke
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• SIR WILLIAM COCKAYNE, Knt., sheriff of London in 1609, and soon after an alderman of the same city. Upon the establishment made by King JAMES I. in the province of Ulster, in Ireland, anno 1612, a considerable tract of land was granted to the city of London, when about 300 artificers were despatched to commence and forward its plantation, of whom this William Cockayne was appointed first director and governor, and under his direction the city of Londonderry was founded, having obtained himself a considerable grant in the vicinity. He was knighted 8 June, 1616. In 1619, he served the office of lord mayor, and that year purchased the manor of Elmsthorpe, co. Leicester, from sir John Harrington. He m. Mary, dau. of Richard Morris, Esq., of London, by whom he had,
  • ' I. Mary, m. 22 April, 1620, to Charles Howard, 2nd Earl of Nottingham.
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• 'Charles Howard, 2nd Earl of Nottingham1
• 'M, #29659, b. 17 September 1579, d. 3 October 1642
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• ' Charles Howard, 2nd Earl of Nottingham was born on 17 September 1579.1 He was the son of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham and Katherine Carey.1 He married, firstly, Charity Whit, daughter of Robert Whit, on 19 May 1597.1 He married, secondly, Mary Cokayne, daughter of Sir William Cokayne and Mary Morris, on 22 April 1620.1 He died on 3 October 1642 at age 63, without issue.1
• ' Charles Howard, 2nd Earl of Nottingham succeeded to the title of 4th Baron Howard of Effingham, co. Surrey [E., 1554] on 14 December 1624.1 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Nottingham [E., 1596] on 14 December 1624.1
• Citations
• 1.[S37] 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 1277. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
• http://thepeerage.com/p2966.htm#i29659
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Charles died without issue.

In 1583 William sold "Godmans" and his part of the land to Richard Leche(4) of Sheffield Park, an ironmaster who was high Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex. When he died in 1596 the property passed to his wife Charity. Within two years she married Charles Howard, the younger son of Queen Elizabeth's cousin Catherine Carey and Lord Howard of Effingham, who commanded the fleet which defeated the Armada. Charity's second marriage, however, was an unhappy one. Perhaps to underline this, during her lifetime she had her effigy placed on Richard Leche's tomb in the south transept of Fletching Church, where it can still be seen.

Charity died in 1618, and in 1624 the property was sold by Charles Howard to Robert Wood, tanner of Fletching(6). A deed connected with the sale specifically states that “Godmans" was where Robert Wood was dwelling"; so the sitting tenant acquired the property. How long the Woods had been tenants we do not know. Certainly neither Richard Leche nor Charles Howard would have lived there, and the Awcocks lived at Chelwood Farm. It could be, therefore, that they had been there for many years, matching the Woods at Horsted Keynes.