HOWARD, Edward, Lord Howard of Escrick (c.1602-75), of Escrick, Yorks., and Tollesbury Hall, Essex.

Family and Education

b. ?Dec. 1602, 8th but 5th surv. s. of Thomas Howard, 1st earl of Suffolk (d. 28 May 1626), and 2nd w. Catherine (d. 1638), da. and coh. of Sir Henry Knyvet† of Charlton, Wilts., wid. of Richard Rich of Rochford Hall, Essex; bro. of Sir Robert Howard*, Sir William Howard*.Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure (Philadelphia, 1939), i. 178; CP. educ. travelled abroad 1620-3.APC 1619-21, p. 242. m. 30 Nov. 1623, Mary (bur. 30 Jan. 1634), da. of Sir John Boteler, 1st bt.† of Bramfield Place, Herts. 6s. (3 d.v.p.) 1da.CP; R.E.C. Waters, Genealog. Mems. of the Extinct Fam. of Chester of Chichely (1878), i. 150. cr. KB 3 Nov. 1616;Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 159. suc. to Escrick estate 1622; cr. Baron Howard of Escrick 12 Apr. 1628. d. 24 Apr. 1675.CP.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Yorks. (E. Riding) 27 Feb. 1623-Mar. 1652;C231/4, f. 150. Essex 12 July 1626–15 July 1642;C231/4, f. 206v; C231/5, p. 530. Saffron Walden, Essex 10 May 1634-aft. Aug. 1638;C231/5, p. 134; C181/5, f. 117v. Herts. 4 Nov. 1648-c.Aug. 1652;C231/6, p. 125. Mdx. Worcs. by Feb. 1650-Mar. 1652;C193/13/3. Westmld. by Feb. 1650–29 July 1652;C193/13/3; C231/6, p. 245. Cumb. by Feb. 1650-c.Aug. 1652.C193/13/3. Commr. swans, all cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 268. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 24 Jan. 1642–?;C181/5, f. 218v. London 12 Jan. 1644-aft. Nov. 1645;C181/5, ff. 230, 243v, 264v. Mdx. 13 Jan. 1644-aft. Jan. 1645.C181/5, ff. 231, 246v. Ld. lt. Worcs. 5 Mar. 1642–?A. and O. Commr. sewers, Essex and Cambs. 24 Mar. 1642;C181/5, f. 228. E. Riding by June 1654 – 19 Oct. 1659, 22 Sept. 1660 – 6 June 1664, 16 Feb. 1666-aft. July 1667;C181/6, pp. 46, 192, 299, 403; C181/7, pp. 44, 198, 351, 406. for Worcester, 23 Sept. 1644;A. and O. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 16 Nov. 1644, 25 Nov. 1645;C181/5, ff. 243v, 264v. Northern Assoc., E. Riding 20 June 1645; militia northern cos., 23 May 1648; militia, Herts. Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648; assessment, Cumb. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650; Herts. Yorks. York 26 Nov. 1650.A. and O. Custos rot. Worcs. by Feb. 1650-Mar. 1652.C193/13/3. Commr. propagating gospel northern cos. 1 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 374a; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 23 (28 Feb.-7 Mar. 1650), 312 (E.534.15).

Central: jt. farmer of greenwax fines, 16 Dec. 1631-aft. Mar. 1639.E214/41, 66; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 624. Commr. treaty with Scots at Ripon, 24 Sept. 1640;Rushworth, Hist. Collns. iii. 1275. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642;SR. to attend king in Scotland, 20 Aug. 1641;CJ ii. 265b. to attend king at York, 2 May 1642.LJ v. 37a. Member, cttee. of safety, 8 Sept. 1642;CJ ii. 758b; LJ v. 343a. advance of money, 26 Nov. 1642.CJ ii. 866a; CCAM 1. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ vi. 55b; viii. 411a; ix. 500a. Member, Westminster Assembly, 12 June 1643;A. and O. cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 16 Aug. 1643;CJ iii. 206b; LJ vi. 181b. cttee. for sequestrations, 24 Aug. 1643;LJ vi. 195a. cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645, 23 Sept. 1647; cttee. for excise, 7 June 1645; Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 1 July 1645; cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 18 Nov. 1645. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646. Commr. for compounding, 8 Feb. 1647; appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 2 1 May 1647; cttee. of navy and customs, 17 Dec. 1647;A. and O. Derby House cttee. 1 June 1648.CJ v. 578b; LJ x. 295b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 21 Nov. 1648, 20 June 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for revenue, 18 Dec. 1648.LJ x. 632b. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 20 Feb. 1650.CJ vi. 369a. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650;CJ vi. 388b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 4 July 1650.CJ vi. 437a.

: Lord Howard of Escrick (c.1602-75), of Escrick, Yorks. 1602 – 75 and Tollesbury Hall, Essex.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

HOWARD, Edward, Lord Howard of Escrick (c.1602-75), of Escrick, Yorks., and Tollesbury Hall, Essex.

Will

22 Apr. 1675, pr. 26 Apr. 1675.PROB11/347, f. 259.

Estates

inheritance inc. manors of Bardalgarth, Escrick and Wheldrake and advowsons of Escrick and Wigginton, Yorks.C142/435/119; Coventry Docquets, 704. He and his bro. paid £3,265 p.a. rent as farmers of greenwax fines.E214/41. By 1645, he owned or leased a house on Charing Cross, Mdx.Fairfax Corresp. ed. Bell, i. 124, 125, 126, 127; CSP Dom. 1650, p. 263. In 1646, estate reportedly worth less than £1,200 p.a.CCAM 669. In 1647, leased from William Cecil*, 2nd earl of Salisbury, for three years, a messuage on west side of Salisbury House, St Martin-in-Fields, Westminster, paying £50 p.a. rent.Hatfield House, Cecil mss, Accts. 162/1, lease bk. 1636-50, f. 134. In 1649-50, Committee for Advance of Money and Committee for Compounding granted him a seven year lease on Wallingford House, London.CCC 179, 185, 187. In 1649, he purchased manor of Cholsey, Berks.CCC 2011-12. In 1650, purchased a parcel of ground in St Martin-in-the-Fields for £40 from trustees for the sale of crown lands, which he had formerly leased from Committee for Revenue.E320/L13. In 1668, sold his estate at Escrick.VCH E. Riding, iii. 20. At his d. estate inc. manor of Tollesbury and Tollesbury Hall, Essex.PROB11/347, f. 259.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Salisbury House, Westminster (1649).Cumb. RO (Carlisle), CA/2/123.

Religion

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