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b. c.1366, s. and h. of Sir Robert Howard (d.1389) of Wiggenhall and East Winch by Margaret, da. of Robert, 3rd Lord Scales (d.1369), and Katherine, sis. and coh. of William de Ufford, 2nd earl of Suffolk. m. (1) c.1380, Margaret (c.1367-Aug. 1391), da. and h. of John, 5th Lord Plaiz, by his 2nd w. Joan, da. of Sir Miles Stapleton of Bedale, Yorks. and Ingham, Norf., 1s. d.v.p.; (2) bef. June 1397, Alice (d. 18 Oct. 1426), da. and h. of Sir William Tendring of Tendring Hall and Stoke Nayland by Katherine, wid. of Sir Thomas Clopton, 2s. Kntd. by Mar. 1387.
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Commr. of inquiry, Norf. May 1388 (collusion and maintenance in a lawsuit), Essex. Apr. 1405 (treasons and felonies), Suff. June 1422 (post mortem); sewers, Cambs., Norf. Apr., May 1392; array, Norf. Mar. 1392, Essex Dec. 1399, July 1402, Suff. Aug. 1403, Essex Aug. – Nov. 1403, July 1405, Suff. Apr. 1418, Mar. 1419, June 1421; to seize and supervise estates forfeited by the Appellants of 1387 – 88, Essex Oct. 1397; treat for payment of a communal fine of £2, 30 Nov. 1397; make proclamation of Henry IV’s intention to govern well, Suff., Essex May 1402; raise royal loans, Suff. Nov. 1419, Suff., Norf. Mar. 1430, Mar. 1431; of oyer and terminer May 1431.

J.p. Suff. 22 July 1397 – May 1408, 14 Dec. 1417 – July 1434, 16 Nov. 1436 – d., Essex 12 Nov. 1397 – Oct. 1399, 28 Nov. 1399-Dec. 1414.

Steward of the franchise of Bury St. Edmund’s abbey, Suff. c. Oct. 1399-aft. May 1404.F. Blomefield, Norf. v. 243; CFR, xii. 245.

Sheriff, Essex and Herts. 24 Nov. 1400 – 8 Nov. 1401, 10 Nov. 1414 – 1 Dec. 1415, 4 Nov. 1418 – 23 Nov. 1419, Cambs. and Hunts. Mich. 1401–4 Nov. 1403.

Tax collector, Essex Mar. 1404.

Parlimentarian
HOWARD, Sir John
Main residences: Wiggenhall and East Winch, Norf.; Stoke Nayland, Suff.; Stansted Mountfichet, Essex; Fowlmere, Cambs.
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J.S.R.
L.S.W.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title

HOWARD, Sir John (c.1366-1437)

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