Biography of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire 1587-1669
Paternal Family Tree: Howard
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Stumpe
On 09 Jan 1564 [his grandmother] Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk (age 24) died at Norwich, Norfolk [Map] following the birth of her fourth child. She was buried at Church of St John the Baptist, Norwich [Map].
Before 1572 [his father] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk (age 10) and Mary Dacre (age 8) were married. She by marriage Baroness Audley Walden in Essex. She died six years later three months short of her fifteenth birthday. She being his step-sister. An unusual example of a Marriage of Three Sets of Siblings where, in this case, three brothers, married three sisters, who were also step-siblings, as a means of keeping the sisters inheritance. She the daughter of Thomas Dacre 4th Baron Dacre Gilsland 8th Baron Greystoke and Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk. He the son of [his grandfather] Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk (age 35) and [his grandmother] Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk. They were half third cousin once removed.
On 02 Jun 1572 [his grandfather] Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk (age 36) was executed for his involvement in the Ridolphi Plot. He was buried at St Peter ad Vincula Church, Tower of London [Map]. Duke Norfolk forfeit..
Before 1580 Richard Rich and [his mother] Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk (age 15) were married.
Before 1582 [his father] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk (age 20) and [his mother] Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk (age 17) were married. She by marriage Baroness Audley Walden in Essex. He the son of [his grandfather] Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk and [his grandmother] Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk. They were third cousins.
On 08 Oct 1587 Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire was born to Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk (age 26) and Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk (age 23) at Saffron Walden, Essex [Map].
Around 1597 Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 9) educated at Magdalene College aka Buckingham, Cambridge University.
On 14 Jun 1598 [his grandfather] Henry Knyvet (age 58) died.
In 1604 Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 16) was knighted.
In 1605 Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 17) was elected MP Lancaster.
In 1614 Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 26) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 18) were married. She the daughter of William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter (age 48) and Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter (age 35). He the son of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk (age 52) and Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk (age 50). They were fourth cousins.
In 1614 Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 26) was elected MP Wiltshire.
In 1615 [his son] Charles Howard 2nd Earl Berkshire was born to Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 27) and [his wife] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 19).
In 1616 [his daughter] Mary Howard was born to Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 28) and [his wife] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 20).
On 14 Nov 1619 [his son] Thomas Howard 3rd Earl Berkshire was born to Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 32) and [his wife] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 23).
In 1620 [his son] Henry Howard was born to Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 32) and [his wife] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 24).
On 19 Jul 1620 Henry Grey 1st Earl Stamford (age 21) and [his sister-in-law] Anne Cecil (age 24) were married. She by marriage Baroness Grey of Groby. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter (age 54) and [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter (age 42). They were fourth cousins.
In 1621 Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 33) was created 1st Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 1st Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire. [his wife] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 25) by marriage Baroness Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire.
In 1621 Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 33) was elected MP Cricklade.
In 1622 [his son] William Howard was born to Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 34) and [his wife] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 26).
On 01 Jan 1624 Henry de Vere 18th Earl of Oxford (age 30) and [his sister-in-law] Diana Cecil Countess of Oxford and Elgin (age 28) were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter (age 58) and [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter (age 45). He the son of Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford and Elizabeth Trentham Maid of Honour Countess of Oxford.
On or before 02 Nov 1624 [his son] Edward Howard was born to Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 37) and [his wife] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 28). He was baptised on 02 Nov 1624 at St Martin in the Fields [Map].
In 1625 Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 37) was appointed 422nd Knight of the Garter by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 24).
In Jan 1626 [his son] Robert Howard was born to Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 38) and [his wife] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 30).
On 07 Feb 1626 Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 38) was created 1st Earl Berkshire. [his wife] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 30) by marriage Countess Berkshire.
Around 1627 [his daughter] Frances Howard was born to Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 39) and [his wife] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 31).
In Mar 1628 Henry Grey 1st Earl Stamford (age 29) was created 1st Earl Stamford. [his sister-in-law] Anne Cecil Countess Stamford (age 32) by marriage Countess Stamford.
On 05 Mar 1629 [his son] Philip Howard was born to Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 41) and [his wife] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 33).
On 12 Nov 1629 Thomas Bruce 1st Earl Elgin (age 30) and [his sister-in-law] Diana Cecil Countess of Oxford and Elgin (age 33) were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter (age 63) and [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter (age 51).
In 1636 [his daughter] Diana Howard was born to Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 48) and [his wife] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 40).
On 10 Apr 1637 [his son] Charles Howard 2nd Earl Berkshire (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Dorothy Savage Countess Berkshire were married. She the daughter of Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage and Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers (age 56). He the son of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 49) and [his wife] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 41). They were third cousin once removed.
In 1638 [his daughter] Elizabeth Howard was born to Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 50) and [his wife] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 42).
On 07 Jul 1648 [his son] Henry Howard (age 28) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Craven (age 31) were married. He the son of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 60) and [his wife] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 52). They were fourth cousins.
On 04 Apr 1649 [his son] William Howard (age 27) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Dundas (age 23) were married. He the son of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 61) and [his wife] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 53).
On 08 Feb 1650 [his son-in-law] Conyers Darcy 2nd Earl Holderness (age 28) and [his daughter] Frances Howard (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 62) and [his wife] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 54). He the son of Conyers Darcy 1st Earl Holderness (age 51) and Grace Rokeby Countess Holderness (age 50).
On 26 Feb 1658 [his sister-in-law] Diana Cecil Countess of Oxford and Elgin (age 62) died.
On 21 Jun 1663 Thomas Bruce 1st Earl Elgin (age 64) was created 1st Earl Elgin. [his sister-in-law] Diana Cecil Countess of Oxford and Elgin by marriage Countess Elgin.
On 01 Dec 1663 [his son-in-law] John Dryden (age 32) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Howard (age 25) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 76) and [his wife] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 67).
After 1665 [his son] Robert Howard (age 38) and [his daughter-in-law] Honora O'Brien were married. She the daughter of Henry O'Brien 5th Earl Thomond and Mary Brereton Countess Thomond. He the son of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 77) and [his wife] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 69).
Pepy's Diary. 25 Jul 1666. By and by the King (age 36) to dinner, and I waited there his dining; but, Lord! how little I should be pleased, I think, to have so many people crowding about me; and among other things it astonished me to see my Lord Barkeshire (age 78) waiting at table, and serving the King drink, in that dirty pickle as I never saw man in my life. Here I met Mr. Williams, who in serious discourse told me he did hope well of this fight because of the equality of force or rather our having the advantage in number, and also because we did not go about it with the presumption that we did heretofore, when, he told me, he did before the last fight look upon us by our pride fated to be overcome. He would have me to dine where he was invited to dine, at the Backe-stayres.
On 03 Dec 1666 James Stewart 1st Duke Cambridge (age 3) was created 1st Duke Cambridge by King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 33). See Samuel Pepys' Diary 1666 December 06.
Those present included King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 36), King James II of England Scotland and Ireland, Prince Rupert Palatinate Simmern 1st Duke Cumberland (age 46), William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 75), George Monck 1st Duke Albemarle (age 57), Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 79), Charles Stewart 6th Duke Lennox 3rd Duke Richmond (age 27), Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Manchester (age 64), James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch (age 17).
Pepy's Diary. 14 Jan 1668. Thence by coach to Mrs. Pierce's, where my wife and Deb. is; and there they fell to discourse of the last night's work at Court, where the ladies and Duke of Monmouth (age 18) and others acted "The Indian Emperour"; wherein they told me these things most remark able: that not any woman but the Duchesse of Monmouth (age 16) and Mrs. Cornwallis (age 18) did any thing but like fools and stocks, but that these two did do most extraordinary well: that not any man did any thing well but Captain O'Bryan, who spoke and did well, but, above all things, did dance most incomparably. That she did sit near the players of the Duke's house; among the rest, [his granddaughter] Mis Davis (age 20), who is the most impertinent slut, she says, in the world; and the more, now the King (age 37) do show her countenance; and is reckoned his mistress, even to the scorne of the whole world; the King gazing on her, and my Baroness Castlemayne (age 27) being melancholy and out of humour, all the play, not smiling once. The King, it seems, hath given her a ring of £700, which she shews to every body, and owns that the King did give it her; and he hath furnished a house for her in Suffolke Street most richly, which is a most infinite shame. It seems she is a bastard of Colonell Howard, my Lord Berkshire (age 80), and that he do pimp to her for the King, and hath got her for him; but Pierce says that she is a most homely jade as ever she saw, though she dances beyond any thing in the world. She tells me that the Duchesse of Richmond (age 20) do not yet come to the Court, nor hath seen the King, nor will not, nor do he own his desire of seeing her; but hath used means to get her to Court, but they do not take.
On 16 Jul 1669 Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 81) died. His son [his son] Charles Howard 2nd Earl Berkshire (age 54) succeeded 2nd Earl Berkshire, 2nd Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 2nd Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire. [his daughter-in-law] Dorothy Savage Countess Berkshire by marriage Countess Berkshire.
In 1672 [his former wife] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 76) died.
Evelyn's Diary. 16 Feb 1685. I din'd at [his son] Sr' Rob' Howard's (age 59), Auditor of the Exchequer, a gentleman pretending to all manner of arts and sciences, for which he had ben the subject of Comedy, under the name of Sir Positive; not ill-natur'd, but insufferably boasting. He was sonn to the late Earl of Berkshire.
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Great x 4 Grandfather: John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Moleyns 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Tilney 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Howard 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham Duchess Bedford 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandFather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Courtenay 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Colbroke
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Trussell
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Trussell
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Donne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Donne 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hastings 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Father: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Audley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Audley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden
GrandMother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bonville 6th Baron Harington 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Audley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Wotton 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Wotton of Boughton Malherbe
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset
Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Knyvet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Knyvet 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Grey 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Knyvet 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Moleyns 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Muriel Howard Viscountess Lisle 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Tilney
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandFather: Henry Knyvet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Pickering
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Pickering 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Lascelles 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Christopher Pickering 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Pickering 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Lewknor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Lewknor
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Lewknor 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Tuchet 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Echingham Baroness Audley Heighley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Mother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Stumpe