HOWARD, Theophilus, Lord Howard de Walden (1584-1640), of Audley End, Essex and Suffolk House, The Strand, Westminster

Constable, Tenby Castle, Pemb. (jt.) c.1604-at least 1622; Exch. Procs. concerning Wales in Tempore Jas. I comp. T.I. Jeffreys Jones (Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. xv), 308. constable of Dover Castle and ld. warden of Cinque Ports 1628–d.; CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 228; PC2/51, p. 3. freeman, Maldon, Essex 1605; HMC Hatfield, xvii. 469. steward (jt.) of var. royal manors in Wales, 1606; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 322; Exch. Procs. 95, 120, 298–9. v.-adm. Dorset 1611 – at least39, bishopric of Dur., Cumb. and Northumb. 1611 – at least38, Westmld. by 1614-at least 1638; Vice Admirals of the Coast comp. J.C. Sainty and A.D. Thrush (L. and I. Soc. cccxxi), 16, 18, 40, 49. commr. piracy, Dorset 1611, Cumb., Westmld. Northumb. and bishopric of Dur. 1614, Cinque Ports 1630; C181/2, f. 159; 181/4, f. 48; HCA1/32/1, f. 35. kpr. Greenwich Park, Kent 1611 – at least24, the Tower Lodge, Greenwich Park 1614-at least 1633; C66/1921/1; AO15/2, ff. 319–20v. commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1612 – at least38, Essex (highways’ repair) 1614 – at least22, Norf. circ. 1617, Northern circ. 1617 – at least38, Dorset 1626, Hants and Wilts. 1629; C181/2, ff. 163, 225v, 293, 266; 181/3, ff. 30, 32, 68v, 212; 181/4, f. 11; 181/5, ff. 104v, 107v. lord lt. (jt.) Cumb., Northumb., Westmld. 1614 – 39, (sole) Cambs., Dorset, Suff. 1626 – d., Cinque Ports 1628–d.; Sainty, Lords Lieutenants, 13, 15–16, 19, 32, 40. j.p. Cambs., Essex, Hunts. and Suff. 1614-at least 1636, C66/1988; SP16/405. Saffron Walden, Essex 1615-at least 1638, C181/2, f. 231; 181/5, p. 234. co. Dur. 1622-at least 1636, C193/13/1; SP16/405. Maldon by 1626, C193/12/2, f. 80v. Cornw., I. of Ely, Norf., Northumb., Mdx., Salop 1626-at least 1636, C231/4, ff. 206, 208; SP16/405. Westminster and Kent 1632-at least 1636; C231/5, ff. 86, 93; SP16/405. custos. rot. Dorset 1614 – at least29, Essex 1624–?, Suff. 1624-at least 1636; C66/1988; 66/2527; C231/4, f. 163; SP16/405. capt. of the garrison, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb. by 1616; Lansd. 273, f. 40. Howard was never gov. of Guernsey, as claimed in CP, though he obtained a reversion to the office in 1610: C66/1867/3. commr. sewers, Gt. Fens 1617 – 39, Suff. 1619 – at least26, Kent and Suss. 1629, Camb. 1631, Westminster 1634, Kent 1639, C181/2, ff. 281v, 349v; 181/3, f. 201v; 181/4, ff. 18, 34, 87, 191; 181/5, ff. 9v, 101; C231/5, f. 349. Borders 1618-at least 1619; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 2, pp. 42, 58. high steward, Exeter, Devon by 1618 – at least22, Ipswich 1627; HMC Exeter, 76–7; Add. 25335, f. 31v. commr. subsidy, Essex 1621 – 22, 1624, Suff. 1621 – 22, 1624 – 25, Cambs. 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–3; Harl. 305, f. 206. martial law, Dorset 1626-at least 1627, APC, 1626, p. 221; Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 1625–40 ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts, pt. 1 (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv), 32. Forced Loan, Cambs., Dorset, Essex, Hunts., Suff., Lincs. (Kesteven, Holland and Lindsey), Norf., I. of Ely, London, Bury St. Edmunds, Orford, Aldburgh, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Maldon, Harwich, Colchester, Camb. 1626–7, Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, ff. 4v, 17v, 24, 31, 32, 33v, 40v, 54v, 76v-8, 80v, 84–5. swans (much of Eng.) 1627 – at least28, Suff. and Essex 1635, I. of Ely 1639, C181/3, ff. 226, 267; 181/5, ff. 28, 147v. gaol delivery, Ipswich, Suff. 1627–d., C181/3, f. 235v; 181/5, ff. 155v, 186v. charitable uses, Kent and Cinque Ports 1629 – 31, 1636, Kent 1636–9, C192/1, unfol. knighthood fines, Kent, Canterbury and Cinque Ports 1631–2. E178/5368, ff. 17, 20.

Lt. band of gent. pens. 1606 – 14, capt. 1614–35; H. Brackenbury, The Nearest Guard, 94, 205–6; CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 537. Brackenbury mis-dates his appointment as lieutenant, and like CP asserts that Howard briefly surrendered his captaincy in Dec. 1619, whereas in fact Howard declined to do so: Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 278. commr. to adjourn Parl.1610, HMC Hastings, iv. 229. arrest Dunkirk ships 1616, APC, 1615–16, p. 437. inquire into gold and silver thread manufacture 1618; Archaeologia, xli. 251. PC 1626–d.; APC, 1626, p. 364; PC2/51, p. 3. commr. deceits in coinage 1628, to treat with extraordinary Dutch ambassadors 1628; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, pp. 231, 235. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1629-at least 1633; R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 358. commr. poor laws 1631, repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral 1631 – at least36, reprieve felons for foreign service 1633, regency 1639. CSP Dom. 1630–1, p. 474; 1631–3, p. 6; 1638–9, pp. 607–8; Rymer, viii. pt. 3, p. 259; Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 1625–40, p. 58.

Cttee. Virg. Co. 1609; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iv. 369. member, N.W. Passage Co. 1612. CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 238.

Vol. Eng. forces at Jülich 1610. Autobiog. of Lord Herbert of Cherbury ed. S. Lee, 116–17.