Biography of Bernard Howard 1641-1717

Paternal Family Tree: Howard

Maternal Family Tree: Maud Vaux 1569

Bernard Howard and Catherine Tattershall were married. He the son of Henry Howard 22nd Earl of Arundel 5th Earl of Surrey 2nd Earl Norfolk and Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arundel and Norfolk.

On 30 Jul 1624 [his grandfather] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 45) died. His son [his uncle] James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 12) succeeded 4th Duke Lennox, 2nd Earl March.

On 07 Mar 1626 [his father] Henry Howard 22nd Earl of Arundel 5th Earl of Surrey 2nd Earl Norfolk (age 17) and [his mother] Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arundel and Norfolk (age 16) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and [his grandmother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 34). He the son of [his grandfather] Thomas Howard 21st Earl of Arundel 4th Earl of Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk (age 40) and [his grandmother] Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk (age 41).

Before 17 Sep 1637 [his grandmother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 45) died. She was buried on 17 Sep 1637. Her son [his uncle] James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 25) succeeded 3rd Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.

In 1641 Bernard Howard was born to Henry Howard 22nd Earl of Arundel 5th Earl of Surrey 2nd Earl Norfolk (age 32) and Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arundel and Norfolk (age 31).

On 04 Oct 1646 [his grandfather] Thomas Howard 21st Earl of Arundel 4th Earl of Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk (age 61) died. His son [his father] Henry Howard 22nd Earl of Arundel 5th Earl of Surrey 2nd Earl Norfolk (age 38) succeeded 22nd Earl Arundel Sussex, 5th Earl Surrey, 2nd Earl Norfolk, 12th Baron Maltravers, 12th Baron Arundel, 15th Baron Mowbray, 16th Baron Segrave. [his mother] Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arundel and Norfolk (age 36) by marriage Countess Arundel Sussex, Countess Norfolk, Countess Norfolk.

On 03 Jun 1654 [his grandmother] Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk (age 69) died. Her grandson [his brother] Thomas Howard 5th Duke of Norfolk (age 27) succeeded 14th Baron Furnivall, 18th Baron Strange Blackmere, 15th Baron Talbot.

Evelyn's Diary. 01 Aug 1662. [his brother] Mr. H. Howard (age 34), his brothers [his brother] Charles (age 32), [his brother] Edward (age 25), Bernard (age 21), [his brother] Philip (age 33), now the Queen's (age 23) Almoner (all brothers of the Duke of Norfolk, still in Italy), came with a great train, and dined with me; Mr. H. Howard leaving with me his eldest and youngest sons, Henry (age 7) and Thomas (age 5), for three or four days, my son, John (age 7), having been sometime bred up in their father's house.

Buckingham Shrewsbury Duel

                    On 16 Jan 1668 George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham (age 39) fought a duel at Barn Elms with Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 45) with whose wife Anna Maria Brudenell Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 25) he was conducting a relationship. Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury was fatally wounded dying two months later. Following the duel George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham commenced living with Shrewsbury's wife Anne Maria. His wife Mary Fairfax Duchess Buckingham (age 29) returned to live with her parents.
                
                    Admiral Robert Holmes (age 46) and Jenkins acted as seconds to George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham. Jenkins was killed.
                
                    John Talbot of Lacock (age 37) and Bernard Howard (age 27) acted as seconds to Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury. Note. Bernard Howard a guess based on name and age.
                
                    On 16 Mar 1668 Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury died from wounds received duelling. He was buried at Albrighton, Shropshire. His son Charles Talbot 1st Duke Shrewsbury (age 7) succeeded 12th Earl of Shrewsbury, 12th Earl Waterford.

Pepy's Diary. 17 Jan 1668. Up, and by coach to White Hall to attend the Council there, and here I met first by Mr. Castle (age 39) the shipwright, whom I met there, and then from the whole house the discourse of the duell yesterday between the Duke of Buckingham (age 39), Holmes, and one Jenkins, on one side, and my Lord of Shrewsbury (age 45), Sir John Talbot (age 37), and one Bernard Howard (age 27), on the other side: and all about my Lady Shrewsbury (age 25)¹, who is a whore, and is at this time, and hath for a great while been, a whore to the Duke of Buckingham. And so her husband challenged him, and they met yesterday in a close near Barne-Elmes, and there fought: and my Lord Shrewsbury is run through the body, from the right breast through the shoulder: and Sir John Talbot all along up one of his armes; and Jenkins killed upon the place, and the rest all, in a little measure, wounded. This will make the world think that the King (age 37) hath good councillors about him, when the Duke of Buckingham, the greatest man about him, is a fellow of no more sobriety than to fight about a whore. And this may prove a very bad accident to the Duke of Buckingham, but that my Baroness Castlemayne (age 27) do rule all at this time as much as ever she did, and she will, it is believed, keep all matters well with the Duke of Buckingham: though this is a time that the King will be very backward, I suppose, to appear in such a business. And it is pretty to hear how the King had some notice of this challenge a week or two ago, and did give it to my Lord Generall (age 59) to confine the Duke, or take security that he should not do any such thing as fight: and the Generall trusted to the King that he, sending for him, would do it, and the King trusted to the Generall; and so, between both, as everything else of the greatest moment do, do fall between two stools. The whole House full of nothing but the talk of this business; and it is said that my Lord Shrewsbury's case is to be feared, that he may die too; and that may make it much the worse for the Duke of Buckingham: and I shall not be much sorry for it, that we may have some sober man come in his room to assist in the Government. Here I waited till the Council rose, and talked the while, with Creed, who tells me of [his brother] Mr. Harry Howard's' (age 39) giving the Royal Society a piece of ground next to his house, to build a College on, which is a most generous act. And he tells me he is a very fine person, and understands and speaks well; and no rigid Papist neither, but one that would not have a Protestant servant leave his religion, which he was going to do, thinking to recommend himself to his master by it; saying that he had rather have an honest Protestant than a knavish Catholique. I was not called into the Council; and, therefore, home, first informing myself that my Lord Hinchingbrooke (age 20) hath been married this week to my Lord Burlington's (age 55) daughter (age 23); so that that great business is over; and I mighty glad of it, though I am not satisfied that I have not a Favour sent me, as I see Attorney Montagu (age 50) and the Vice-Chamberlain have (age 58). But I am mighty glad that the thing is done.

Note 1. Anna Maria, daughter of Robert Brudenel, second Earl of Cardigan (age 60). Walpole says she held the Duke of Buckingham's horse, in the habit of a page, while he was fighting the duel with her husband. She married, secondly, George Rodney Bridges, son of Sir Thomas Bridges of Keynsham, Somerset (age 51), Groom of the Bedchamber to Charles IL, and died April 20th, 1702. A portrait of the Countess of Shrewsbury, as Minerva, by Lely.

Calendar of State Papers Charles II 27 Jan 1668. 27 Jan 1688? Petition of John Bennett, high bailiff of Westminster, to the King, for similar recommendation to Bernard Howard (age 47), Sir John Talbot (age 57), and Sir Robert Holmes (age 66), who were engaged in the encounter in which William Jenkins was slain, but his Majesty is inclined to pardon them before conviction. [Ibid. No. 94.]

On 14 Mar 1674 [his son] Bernard Howard was born to Bernard Howard (age 33) and Catherine Tattershall.

Evelyn's Diary. 27 Jan 1685. I din'd at Lord Sunderland's (age 43), being invited to heare that celebrated voice of Mr. Pordage, newly come from Rome; his singing was after the Venetian recitative, as masterly as could be, and with an excellent voice both treble and basse; Dr. Walgrave accompanied it with his theorba lute, on which he perform'd beyond imagination, and is doubtlesse orie of the greatest masters in Europe on that charming in strument. Pordage is a priest, as Mr. Bernard Howard (age 44) told me in private. There was in the roome where we din'd, and in his bed-chamber, those incomparable pieces of Columbus, a Flagellation, the Grammar-schoole, the Venus and Adonis of Titian; and of Vandyke's that picture of the late E. of Digby (father of the Countess of Sunderland (age 39)), and Earle of Bedford (age 68), Sr Kenelm Digby, and two Ladys of incomparable performance; besides that of Moses and the burning bush of Bassano, and several other pieces of ye best masters. A marble head of M. Brutus, &c.

In 1717 Bernard Howard (age 76) died.

Ancestors of Bernard Howard 1641-1717

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Howard 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip Howard 20th Earl of Arundel 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fitzalan 18th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Fitzalan 19th Earl of Arundel 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Percy Countess Arundel 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Grey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset

GrandFather: Thomas Howard 21st Earl of Arundel 4th Earl of Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Dacre 3rd Baron Dacre Gilsland 7th Baron Greystoke 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Greystoke 6th Baroness Greystoke Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Dacre 4th Baron Dacre Gilsland 8th Baron Greystoke 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Talbot Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Hastings Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Dacre Countess Arundel 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Leybourne

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Leybourne

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Pennington

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk

Father: Henry Howard 22nd Earl of Arundel 5th Earl of Surrey 2nd Earl Norfolk 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Hastings Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Dacre 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Greystoke 6th Baroness Greystoke Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Manners 11th Baron Ros Helmsley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne St Leger Baroness Ros of Helmsley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Paston

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Heydon 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

GrandMother: Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cavendish

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cavendish 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Scudamore 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Carrington Smith

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Smith

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Harwick

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hardwick 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Pinchbeck 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Leeke of Hasland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leeke

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Vaux

Bernard Howard 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Matthew Stewart 2nd Earl Lennox 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Lennox 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stewart Duke Orkney 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel or Elizabeth Stewart Countess Lennox 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Sinclair Countess Atholl 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Queuille Lady Aubigny

GrandFather: Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox

Mother: Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arundel and Norfolk 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Clifton of Walsingham Parva

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Clifton of Barrington

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Clifton

Great x 1 Grandfather: Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vaughan Baroness Grey Wilton 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Stanley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy 1st Baron Darcy Templehurst 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Darcy 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dousabella Tempest 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Darcy 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Carew of Beddington in Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Carew 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bryan 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Darcy 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fermor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Fermor

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Vaux 1st Baron Vaux Harrowden

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Vaux

Royal Ancestors of Bernard Howard 1641-1717

Ancestors of Bernard Howard 1641-1717