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

Family and Education

b. c.1599,Top. and Gen. i. 470; H. Haines, Manual of Monumental Brasses, 54. 6th s. but 4th surv. of Thomas Howard, 1st earl of Suffolk, ld. chamberlain 1603-14 and ld. treas. 1614-18, with his 2nd w. Catherine, da. and coh. of Sir Henry Knyvet† of Charlton, Wilts. and wid. of Richard Rich of Rochford Hall, Essex; bro. of Sir Edward II*, Henry*, Sir Robert*, Sir Thomas*, Theophilus, Lord Howard de Walden*. Collins, Peerage, iii. 153-4; CSP Dom. 1623-5, p. 562. educ. ?G. Inn 1628. GI Admiss. cr. KB 3 Nov. 1616. Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 159. d. by 7 Aug. 1672. PROB 11/339, f. 324.

Offices Held

Gent. of privy chamber, Prince Charles’s Household 1623, Autobiog. of Sir Simonds D’Ewes ed. J.O. Halliwell, ii. 415. Charles I’s Household, in extraordinary 1631, in ordinary 1636; LC5/132, p. 282; 5/134, p. 98. lt. band of gent. pens., 1639-at least 1642. Badminton House, FM H2/4/1, f. 18v; Autobiog. of Sir Simonds D’Ewes, ii. 303.

?Commr. new buildings, London 1634, T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Chas. I, ii. 234. ?impediments on R. Wey, Surr. 1635. T. Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 1, p. 19.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residence: Tollesbury Hall, Tollesbury, Essex.

Author

H.J.L.

B.C.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

HOWARD, Sir William (c.1599-1672)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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