Sir William Howard, Justice of Common Pleas

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Justice of the Common Pleas. William HOWARD was knighted about 1276. He was appointed as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas by King Edward I about 1280. He was appointed an as Chief Justice of the King's Bench on 11 Oct 1296. He died about 1308.

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From Paul Brand, ‘Howard, Sir William (b. in or before 1255, d. 1308)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. Accessed 23 Sept 2005:

There seems to be no contemporary evidence to support the later tradition that made him the son of one John Howard and his wife, Lucy Germund.

Howard was twice married. His first wife, Alice, is said to have been the daughter of Robert of Ufford. His second wife, also named Alice, is said to have been the daughter of John (SIC: Edmund) Fitton of Wiggenhall. Howard seems to have married Alice between 1297 and 1300, by which date he had been knighted. His son and heir, John, was almost certainly a child of his second marriage, and this may also have been the case with his second son, William.

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NB: There seem to be errors about the family in Dictionary of National Biography.

HOWARD, Sir WILLIAM (d. 1308), judge, was perhaps the son of John Howard of Wiggenhall, Norfolk (living 1260), by Lucy, daughter of John Germund. The family, which was probably of Saxon origin, belonged to the class of smaller gentry, and was settled in the neighbourhood of Lynn, Norfolk. The name Howard, Haward, or Hayward, is said to have been compounded of haye (hedge) and ward (warden), and to have denoted originally an officer whose principal duty it was to prevent trespass on pasture-land. Howard was counsel to the corporation of Lynn, and appears as justice of assize for the northern counties in 1293, and was in the following year commissioner of sewers for the north-west of Norfolk. He was summoned to parliament as a justice in 1295, and on 11 Oct. 1297 was appointed a justice of the common pleas. In the following year he purchased Grancourt's manor, East Winch, near Lynn, where he had his principal seat. In 1305, and again in 1307, he was one of the commissioners of trailbaston. He must have died or retired in the summer or autumn of 1308, the patent of his successor, Henry le Scrope, being dated 27 Nov. in that year. In or about the reign of Henry VII a figure of him kneeling in his robes with the legend 'Pray for the soul of William Howard, chief justice of England,' was inserted in one of the stained-glass windows in the church of Long Melford, Suffolk. He does not seem, however, to have held the office of chief justice (Dugdale, Orig. 44, Chron. Ser. 34).

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Citations from Banks/Dean Genealogy: Chancery records · published and unpublished law reports of the reign of Edward I · court of common pleas, feet of fines, PRO, CP 25/1 · Common bench plea rolls, PRO, CP 40 · G. Brenan and E. P. Statham, The house of Howard, 1 (1907) * Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Cornwall 6. * Leo van de Pas, 30 Jun 2004 * Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 2, p. 209, 210.

Howard Family History

Name: Howard The Howard family is given by Burke and other authorities as the oldest and most illustrious in the world. The Head of the House of Howard is the Duke of Norfolk, Premier Duke of England, with precedence of all save the Princes of the blood, and with hereditary honors and titles that would fill a page. The present Head of the House, the little Duke, is only ten years old. The late Duke was married twice, and this child is the son of his second wife. By an odd chance the little boy, heir of the House of Howard and Premier Duke of Great Britain is also a descendant of a Colonial Governor in America, John Winthrop. Through his mother, the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he is in the tenth generation from Governor John Winthrop.

The history of the Howards goes directly through English history for a thousand years, and through other lines of the family centuries further still, to the time indeed when history begins to be chronicled.

Hereward was of a Saxon Family living in the Reign of King Edgar, 957 to 973. They were Lords and Earls. Duke Oslac was their close kinsman and their daughters were married to reigning families. Hereward's son was the great Lord Leofric and Leofric's wife the famed Lady Godiva of Coventry. They had a son, Hereward the Banished, one of the famous characters in early history. Charles Kingsley's "Hereward the Last of the English" is the story of young Hereward. A daughter of Leofric and Godiva was married to a son of Siward the Strong Arm. The Armstrong Family is from Siward.

Hereward the Banished was permitted to return. He had a son, Hereward, and a grandson, Hereward, who married Wilburga. Hereward and Wilburga named their son Robert. Robert's son was John, who married Lucy Germond. They had a son, William de Hayward or Hereward, who was Chief Justice. It will be seen that the name Hereward had become Normanized to de Hayward, and from that it became in time Howard.

William de Hayward, the Justice, married twice, firstly, Alice Ufford who died without children, and second, Alice Fitten, who was mother to John Howard who married Joan de Cornwall, sister to Sir Richard de Cornwall. Their son was another Sir John Howard.

The foregoing pedigree is from Burke. Some students of the family history, however, begin the line with Robert and his son, John, who married Lucy Germund, and was father to William de Hayward, the Justice. Still others give William himself credit for being head of the family line. From his name, however, all authorities agree.

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From Fitton's Manor:

Part of the manor of Fitton's in this town came to Sir William Howard, by the marriage of Alice, one of the daughters of Sir Edmund, and sister and coheir to Sir John de Fitton. As the noble family of the Howards, dukes of Norfolk, earls of Suffolk, Berkshire, Carlisle, Stafford, Erfin..h'am, &c. derive their descent from this truly great and eminent person, it will be excusable in me if I mention some things relating to this family, which, as far as I have yet seen, have not been observed by other authors. ...

He was summoned with other judges, (by writ dated January 8> in the 1st of .Edward II.) who were of the king's councel, to attend at the coronation, to be .solemnized at Westminster, on the Sunday next after the feast of St. Valentine, and •died, as is said, in the following year. It is highly probable that he was buried in the chapel of St. Mary, on the south side of the chancel of East Winch church, which chapel, I am inclined to think, was built by him, being lord of this manor, and residing there, as I have shewn; several also of his successors lived there, and was buried there, whose grave-stones, about 2 centuries past, were to be seen; and Sir Robert Howard, his great grandson, lived and died there in 1388, also buried hi this chapel, and had a tomb erected over him, as may be seen in jjrl Weaver. . Sir William married 2 wives; Alice, the first, was the daughter of Sir Robert Ufford, afterwards Earl of Suffolk, by whom he left no issue; his second wife was Alice, daughter of Sir Edmund Fitton of Wigenhale St. German's, who bore ..ajeure, 3 cinq foils, argent, the arms of the lords Bardolph under whom he held lands, the colours only varied, by whom he had Sir Johii Howard, hr: son and heir, he survived him, and was living in 1310.

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Burke, however, is authority and his record, page 1128, of the Peerage, reads:

"Ingulf and Mathew Paris concur in stating that Howard, or Hereward, was living in the reign of King Edward, 957 to 973, and that he was a kinsman of Duke Oslac, and that his son, Leofric, was the father of Hereward, who was banished by the Conquerer. The very ancient book of the Church of Ely, 'Historia Ecclesia Eliensis,' entirely confirms this statement. It appears that Hereward was subsequently allowed to return and it is certain that his family returned to Wigenhall and other portions of their inheritance in Norfolk. Hereward's grandson, Hereward or Howard and his wife Wilburga, in the reign of Henry II., granted a carucate of land in Torrington, in Norfolk, to the Church of Len (Lynn) and directed that prayers should be said for the souls of Hereward, his father, and of Hereward, the Banished, or the Exile, his grandfather. Robert Hereward, the son of Hereward, was seized of Wigenhall, Torrington and other estates in Norfolk and was the father of John Hereward or Howard, of Wigenhall, who by Lucy Germund, his wife, was the father of Sir William Howard, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, from 1297 to 1308.

Sir John married Alice de Boys, daughter of Sir Robert de Boys, and their son was Sir Robert who married Margery Scales, daughter of Robert, Lord Scales. They had a son, Sir John, who married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Plaiz, and no sons surviving, married for his second wife, Alice, daughter of Sir William Tendring. They had a son, Sir Robert, who married Lady Margaret Mowbray, daughter of Lord Mowbray and heiress of the Mowbrays.

With this marriage to Lady Margaret Mowbray, begins the great record of the Howards, for through her they heired titles and estates innumerable.

Lady Margaret Mowbray was the elder daughter of Thomas de Mowbray by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Richard FitzAllen, Earl of Arundel and cousin and co-heir of John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk. Thomas de Mowbray was a son and heir of Lord John Mowbray by Elizabeth Segrave (a direct descendant of Robert de Vere, who signed Magna Carta as surety for King John.) John de Mowbray was directly descended from Henry de Bohun, Roger Bigod, Hugh Bigod, William de Mowbray, Gibbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacies, Saber de Quincey and William de Albina each of whom signed Magna Carta as surety for King John. Lord de Mowbray, was a Crusader and fell in Battle in 1368.

Elizabeth Segrave's father, John Lord Segrave married Margaret of Brotherton, daughter and heir of Thomas Plantagenet, called Thomas of Brotherton, son of King Edward I., and his second wife, Margaret of France, daughter of Phillip II., called Phillip Le Hardi, King of France.

Margaret of Brotherton (Plantagenet) was created Duchess of Norfolk, and she claimed through her father the office of Earl Marshall of England and was called the Marechale. She was the daughter of Thomas of Brotherton and his wife Alice, daughter of Sir Roger Halys.

Thomas of Brotherton (Plantagenet) was the son of Edward of England and his second wife Margaret of France, daughter of King Phillip II, of France, called Le Hardi. Thomas was born in Brotherton Castle, and was called of Brotherton. He was the son of Edward I, who was the son of Henry III, who was the son of King John, who was the son of Henry IV (and Eleanor of Aquitaine) who was the son of Empress Matilda, who married for her second husband. Geoffry Plantagenet, Count of Anjou and first of the name Plantagenet because of a sprig of the broom plant which he wore in his cap. Geoffry was the son of Fulk, Count of Anjou and King of Jerusalem.

Matilda was the daughter of Henry I, and he the son of William the Conquerer, whose queen was a descendant of King Alfred. From Edward I the genealogical lines are so many and so accurate that they are bewildering. Suffice it to say that the family is descended from Charlemange, King Alfred, William the Conqueror, Rollo, all the early French Kings and heroes, and countless English and Saxon heroes.

Thomas of Brotherton, son of Edward I, was Earl Marshall of England and his daughter and heir was Margaret of Brotherton who claimed the office and was called the Marechale. She was created Duchess of Norfolk. She married John Mowbray and her son Thomas Mowbray became the first Duke of Norfolk of the Mowbray line. There were four Mowbray Dukes of Norfolk, when the male line failing, the title reverted to the first Duke's daughter, Margaret Mowbray's descendants.

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Margaret Mowbray had married Sir Thomas Howard, as stated before, and their son, Sir John Howard, became by right of his mother the Duke of Norfolk. He is the first Duke of Norfolk in the Howard line and in history is always called the First Duke of Norfolk (though four Mobray Dukes and the Duchess Margaret of Brotherton had preceded him).

Sir John Howard, the First Duke of Norfolk, son of Sir Robert Howard and the Lady Margaret Mowbray married Katherine Moleyns, daughter of William Lord of Moleyns.

Their son, Thomas Howard, was first Earl of Surrey by which title he acquired fame and after his father's death became the Second Duke of Norfolk. He is often called also the Victor of Flodden and is famous in history for that battle. He married firstly Elizabeth Tilney, daughter and heiress of Sir Frederick Tilney, and widow of Sir Humphrey Bouchier, and married secondly Agnes Tilney a cousin of his first wife. A number of children by both wives left descendants though the Ducal line comes through the first wife, Elizabeth, as does also the Southern family in America.

Thomas Howard, the Third Duke was the eldest son. The American family traces through the third son, Lord Edmund Howard. He married Joyce Culpepper, daughter and heir of Sir Richard Culpepper, A daughter of the couple was Katherine Howard, one of the ill fated Queens of Henry VIII, (another was her first cousin Ann Bolyn, daughter of Lady Elizabeth Howard and Sir Thomas Bolyn. Queen Elizabeth was the daughter of Ann Bolyn).

Margaret Howard, daughter of Lord Edmund Howard and Joyce Culpepper, married Sir Thomas Arundel, and they became protestants in the reign of Henry VIII. In the next reign, that of Edward VI, Arundel was accused of conspiracy and was beheaded and his property sequestered. They had one son, Matthew, and this Matthew assumed his mother's name of Howard as his own was temporarily under a cloud and with Mary's accession to the Throne and Crown, the Howard prestige was greater than ever. His great uncle, Thomas Howard, was Duke of Norfolk and Counsellor of State to Queen Mary. The use of surnames was not yet so fixed a habit but that a man might take one at his convenience, and the assumption of the mother's name was a frequent occurrence.

Matthew, son of Margaret Howard and Sir Thomas Arundel married Margaret Wiloughby, and had a son, Thomas, who was a soldier of fortune in Europe. He married twice, firstly, Lady Marcia Wriothesley, by whom he had Thomas, William and Elizabeth Howard, and secondly, Ann Thoroughgood. By his second marriage he had three sons, Matthew, Thomas and Frederick, who being younger portionless off-spring had to seek fortunes for themselves. Emigration to America, the Land of Promise, was the spirit of the day and in company with the family of their mother, who had been Ann Thoroughgood they all came to America and to Virginia. The only daughter, Ann Howard, married Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore.

MATTHEW HOWARD

Matthew Howard eldest son of Thomas Arundel or Thomas Howard, was settled in Virginia before 1623, on the East bank of the Elizabeth River near the present Parish of Norfolk. He had a large tract of land and several white servants. He received a grant of land in 1638. He was a close friend, neighbor and evidently kinsman of Edward and Cornelius Lloyd. His first wife by whom he seems to have had no children was named Elizabeth. His second wife, the mother of several children was named Ann and she was possibly Ann Hall, as Richard Hall seems to have been an inmate of Matthew Howard's household and bequeathed his estate to Matthew and his children. Matthew Howard's sister, Ann Howard, daughter of Thomas Arundel Howard and Ann Thoroughgood was married to Cecil Calvert Lord Baltimore, and the intimacy between the two families probaly prompted the removal of the entire Howard connection from Virginia to Maryland in 1649. Matthew Howard's name is not mentioned after that date in the Maryland records but it is believed that he emigrated there and it is a certain fact that all his children did. They all settled around Annapolis, and each appears frequently in the Maryland records.

The children of Matthew Howard and his wife Ann Howard were Henry Howard, Philip Howard, Samuel Howard, John Howard, Cornelius Howard. Matthew Howard, Second, Ann Howard, who married a Phillips, and Elizabeth Howard, who married a Ridgeley.

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Birth: unknown Death: 1309 East Winch Norfolk, England

The great historical house of Howard in point of antiquity must yield precedence to many other English families: it can only be traced with certainty to Sir William Howard, Judge of the Common Pleas in 1297. Norfolk appears to be the county where this great family should be noticed, the Duke of Norfolk still possessing property in the county of his dukedom derived from his ancestors of the house of Bigod. In the fourteenth century, by the match with the heiress of Mowbray, the foundation of the honors and consequence of the Howards was laid, the first Duke being the son of Margaret, daughter and coheir of Thomas de Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk. The Sussex estates came from the heiress of Fitzallan, Earl of Arundel, in the reign of Edward VI.; Worksop from the Talbots; Greystock and Morpeth from the Dacres.All the English Peers of the house of Howard are traced to a common ancestor in Thomas, the second Duke of Norfolk, who died in 1524. The Duke of Norfolk, the Earls of Suffolk and Carlisle, descend from his first wife, and the Earl of EfBngham from the second. The Howards of Greystoke, in Cumberland, are a younger branch of the present ducal house. The Howards of Corby Castle, in the same county, descend from the second son of " Belted Will," the ancestor of the house of Carlisle.

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Parents:

 John Howard (1215 - 1260)

 Lucia Lucy Germonde Howard (1219 - 1265)

Spouse:

 Alice Fitton Howard (1246 - 1310)*

Children:

 John Howard (1276 - 1333)*

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Burial: All Saints Parish Church East Winch Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Norfolk, England

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The great historical house of Howard in point of antiquity must yield precedence to many other English families: it can only be traced with certainty to Sir William Howard, Judge of the Common Pleas in 1297. Norfolk appears to be the county where this great family should be noticed, the Duke of Norfolk still possessing property in the county of his dukedom derived from his ancestors of the house of Bigod. In the fourteenth century, by the match with the heiress of Mowbray, the foundation of the honors and consequence of the Howards was laid, the first Duke being the son of Margaret, daughter and coheir of Thomas de Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk. The Sussex estates came from the heiress of Fitzallan, Earl of Arundel, in the reign of Edward VI.; Worksop from the Talbots; Greystock and Morpeth from the Dacres.All the English Peers of the house of Howard are traced to a common ancestor in Thomas, the second Duke of Norfolk, who died in 1524. The Duke of Norfolk, the Earls of Suffolk and Carlisle, descend from his first wife, and the Earl of EfBngham from the second. The Howards of Greystoke, in Cumberland, are a younger branch of the present ducal house. The Howards of Corby Castle, in the same county, descend from the second son of " Belted Will," the ancestor of the house of Carlisle.

William Howard purchased it of Thomas de Grancourt, in the 26th of that King (circa 1298); and in the 28th of the said reign, 2 messuages 4 carucates and 60 acres of land, 50 of meadow, with 6 marks per ann. rent, in this town and Middleton, were settled by fine of Robert de Shuldham, in Easter term, on the aforesaid William, and Alice his wife.

This was Sir William Howard, the famous judge, founder of the noble family of the Howards, ancestor to the Dukes of Norfolk, &c. It appears that he resided here in the 34th of the aforesaid King, from the accounts of the chamberlains of Lynn, in the said year, when several presents were sent to him and his lady, from the corporation, for his good services, viz.

¶Item in uno carcos. bovis misso D'ne Alice Howard usq; Winch vi sol.—It. in vino p. duas vices miss. D'no Willo. Howard cum duobus carcos. vitul. et uno scuto apri xiii sol. viiid.—It. in duob; salmon. miss. D'no. Willo. Howard vigil. pasche xi sol.

This Sir William was found to hold it by the fourth part of a fee, of Richard Earl of Arundel.

He was an eminent lawyer, and before he was a judge, a counsellor retained by that corporation, with an annual pension.
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