HOWARD, Sir William (c.1599-1672), of Tollesbury, Essex.

Family and Education

b. c.1599, 6th but 4th surv. s. of Thomas Howard, 1st earl of Suffolk (d. 28 May 1626) and his 2nd w. Catherine (d.1638), da. of Sir Henry Knyvett of Charlton, Wilts. and wid. of Richard Rich of Rochford Hall, Essex; bro. of Edward Howard*, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick, Henry Howard† and Sir Robert Howard*.CP; H.K.S. Causton, The Howard Papers (1863), 612*. educ. travelled abroad (Spain), 1623;CSP Dom. 1619-23, p. 528; D’Ewes, Autobiography ed. J.O. Halliwell (2 vols. 1845), ii. 415. ?G. Inn, 12 Aug. 1628.G. Inn Admiss. 185. cr. KB 3 Nov. 1616.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 161; ii. 159. unm. . d. betw. 7 July-7 Aug. 1672.PROB11/339/466.

Offices Held

Court: gent. of privy chamber, prince of Wales bef. 3 Apr. 1623;D’Ewes, Autobiography, ii. 415. gent of privy chamber, extraordinary, Charles I, 1631; in ordinary, 1636.LC5/132, p. 282; 5/134, p. 98. Lt. band of gent. pensioners, 1639-bef. 4 Apr. 1646.Badminton House, Fm H2/4/1, f. 18v; D’Ewes, Autobiography, ii. 303; LJ ix. 57b.

Local: ?commr. new buildings, London, 24 July 1630, 1634;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 114; T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Chas. I, ii. 234. ?navigation on River Wey, Surr. 1635;Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 1, p. 19. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 10 July 1660, 14 June 1661.C181/6, pp. 7, 104.

: of Tollesbury, Essex.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

HOWARD, Sir William (c.1599-1672), of Tollesbury, Essex.

Will

7 July, pr. 7 Aug. 1672.PROB11/339/466.

Estates

Tollesbury Hall, Essex, inherited from bro. Henry Howard,? Sept. 1616;Causton, Howard Pprs. 612*; ‘Henry Howard’, HP Commons 1604-1629. share in grant of fines upon writs in king’s bench, 1617;C66/435/119. house in St Martin-in-the-Fields built on land leased from William Cecil, 2nd earl of Salisbury, 1627-34;Survey of London, xxxiii/xxxiv, 339-60, 441-72; Strafforde Letters, i. 207. £300 p.a. as lt. of pensioners, 1639-?46;LJ ix. 57b. £1,000 owing from Algernon Percy†, 4th earl of Northumberland, and £3,000 from earl of Salisbury, in June 1649.CCC 1165.

Oxford 1644

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