Charles Howard 2nd Earl Berkshire 1615-1679

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In 1614 [his father] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire [aged 26] and [his mother] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter [aged 48] and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter [aged 35]. He the son of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk [aged 52] and Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk [aged 50]. They were fourth cousins.

In 1615 Charles Howard 2nd Earl Berkshire was born to Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire [aged 27] and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire [aged 19].

In 1621 [his father] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire [aged 33] was created 1st Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 1st Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire. [his mother] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire [aged 25] by marriage Baroness Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire.

On 7th February 1626 [his father] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire [aged 38] was created 1st Earl Berkshire. [his mother] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire [aged 30] by marriage Countess Berkshire.

On 10th April 1637 Charles Howard 2nd Earl Berkshire [aged 22] and Dorothy Savage Countess Berkshire were married. She the daughter of Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage and Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers [aged 56]. He the son of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire [aged 49] and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire [aged 41]. They were third cousin once removed.

Around 1648 [his niece] Mary "Moll" Davis was born illegitimately to Thomas Howard 3rd Earl Berkshire [aged 28]. She may possibly have been a daughter of his older brother Charles Howard 2nd Earl Berkshire [aged 33].

Around 1650 [his daughter] Anne Howard was born to Charles Howard 2nd Earl Berkshire [aged 35] and [his wife] Dorothy Savage Countess Berkshire. She married before 1682 her fourth cousin once removed Henry Bedingfield 2nd Baronet, son of Henry Bedingfield 1st Baronet and Margaret Paston.

On 16th July 1669 [his father] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire [aged 81] died. His son Charles [aged 54] succeeded 2nd Earl Berkshire, 2nd Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 2nd Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire. [his wife] Dorothy Savage Countess Berkshire by marriage Countess Berkshire.

In 1672 [his mother] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire [aged 76] died.

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John Evelyn's Diary. 15th July 1675. Our cause was pleaded in behalf of the mother, Mrs. Howard [aged 49] and her daughters, before Baron Thurland [aged 68], who had formerly been steward of Courts for me; we carried our cause, as there was reason, for here was an impudent as well as disobedient son [aged 26] against his mother, by instigation, doubtless, of his wife, one Mrs. Ogle [aged 23] (an ancient maid), whom he had clandestinely married, and who brought him no fortune, he being heir-apparent to the Earl of Berkshire [aged 60] [Note. The reference to heir apparent is incorrect insofar as Charles Howard 2nd Earl Berkshire having a younger brother Thomas Howard 3rd Earl Berkshire [aged 55] who did inherit the Earldom]. Craven in line to inherit in the event the 2nd or 3rd Earl didn't have issue which proved to be the case but Craven had died by that time so his son Henry Bowes Howard 4th Earl Berkshire 11th Earl Suffolk became the 4th Earl. We lay at Brickhill, Bedfordshire, in Bedfordshire, and came late the next day to our journey's end.

In April 1679 Charles Howard 2nd Earl Berkshire [aged 64] died. His brother Thomas [aged 59] succeeded 3rd Earl Berkshire, 3rd Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 3rd Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire.

Ancestors of Charles Howard 2nd Earl Berkshire 1615-1679

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

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

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Howard Earl of Surrey 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Colbroke

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Trussell

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King William I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Donne 7 x Great Granddaughter of King William I of Scotland

Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Audley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Audley

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Audley 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Wotton of Boughton Malherbe

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Belknap

father: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Knyvet 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Knyvet 9 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Muriel Howard Viscountess Lisle 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Pickering 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Christopher Pickering 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Pickering 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Lewknor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Lewknor 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Tuchet 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stumpe

Charles Howard 2nd Earl Berkshire 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: David Cecil

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Cecil

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Dicons

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Heckington

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Heckington

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Cheke

Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Cheke

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Cheke

Grandfather: William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Latimer 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Baroness Latimer 11 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George de Vere 6 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy de Vere 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Stafford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Herbert 3rd Baroness Herbert Raglan 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Lucy Somerset Baroness Latimer Snape 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Neville 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

mother: Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Drury

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Drury 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Calthorpe 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Drury 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Sothill

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sothill

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Empson

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Drury 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Rich

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Rich 1st Baron Rich

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Dinley

Great x 2 Grandmother: Audrey Rich

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Jenks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jenks Baroness Rich

Grandmother: Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 10 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 11 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Fray

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Stafford 12 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fogge

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Fogge

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Haute

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Stafford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Pole 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ursula Pole 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Charles Howard 2nd Earl Berkshire 1615-1679

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