Family and Education
b. c. 1592, 3rd s. of Thomas Howard, 1st earl of Suffolk (d.1626) and his 2nd w. Catherine, da. and coh. of (Sir) Henry Knyvet† of Charlton, Wilts., wid. of Richard Rich of Rochford Hall, Essex; bro. of Sir Edward Howard II*, Sir Robert*, Theophilus*, Lord Walden, Sir Thomas* and Sir William*.Top. and Gen. i. 470; CP, xii, pt. 1, pp. 462-6. educ. Camb. 1605; travelled abroad (France, Italy) 1608-12. Al. Cant.; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 273, 337. m. Jan. 1614, Elizabeth, da. and h. of William Bassett† of Blore, 1s. d.v.p. 1da. Chamberlain Letters, i. 556, 570; Nichols, County of Leicester, iv. 906. bur. 10 Oct. 1616 10 Oct. 1616. M.T. and J.D. Swinscoe, ‘The Bassetts of Blore’ (typescript in Soc. Gen.), unpag.
Offices Held
Woodward (jt.) of Albourne chase, Wilts. 1605–9;
Lt. gent. pens. 1614–d.;
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Blore, Staffs.; Whitehall.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
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HOWARD, Henry (c.1592-1616)
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