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bap. 8 Oct. 1587 Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 2), v. 142. 2nd s. of Thomas Howard†, earl of Suffolk and 2nd w. Catharine, da. and coh. of Sir Henry Knyvett‡, wid. of Hon. Richard Rich; bro. Edward Howard, Bar. Howard of Escrick, Henry Howard‡, Sir Robert Howard‡, Theophilus Howard†, 2nd earl of Suffolk, Sir William Howard‡. educ. Magdalene, Camb. 1598, MA 1605; G. Inn 1606; I. Temple 1607; MA Oxf. 1636; travelled abroad (France, Spain, Low Countries, ?Italy) 1608-9. Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 273; Winwood’s Memorials ed. Sawyer, iii. 119. m. 12 May 1614, Chamberlain Letters, i. 534. Elizabeth (d. Aug. 1672), da. and coh. of William Cecil†, 2nd earl of Exeter and 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Drury, 9s. (?1 d.v.p.). 4da. Collins, Peerage, (1812), iii. 162. suc. mo. 1638; KB 6 Jan. 1605; KG 1625. d. 16 July 1669.
Offices Held

Embassy to Spain, 1605. Harl. Misc. iii. 425.

Jt. lt. Braydon Forest, Wilts. 1607-at least 1623; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 359; 1619–23, p. 512. steward, Newark 1616 – at least25; commr. oyer and terminer Western circ. 1617 – 42, 1660 – d., the Verge 1617, Oxf. circ. 1632 – 42, 1660 – d., London and Mdx. 1660 – d.; custos rot. Oxon. 1632 – at least36; ld. lt., Oxon (jt.) 1628 – 32, (sole) 1632 – 42, Mdx. (jt.) 1660 – 62; high steward, Oxf. 1632 – 49, 1660–d.; VCH Oxon, iv. 122–3, 144. constable, Wallingford Castle, steward hon. of Ewelme 1632 – ?42; commr. array Berks., Oxon., Wilts. 1642; commr. Savoy, 1661-at least 1663. CCSP, v. 108; CSP Dom. 1663–4, p. 158.

Master of the horse to Prince Charles†, 1614–25; Chamberlain Letters, i. 534; ii. 615. mbr. Prince’s Council 1617–25; Estates of Eng. Crown ed. Hoyle, 276. jt. farmer of greenwax 1625 – ?41, 1657–d.; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 537, 1656–7, p. 313; CTB, i. 99, 702. PC Mar. 1639-at least 1645, May 1660 – d.; commr. to treat with Scots 1639, CSP Dom. 1639, p. 294. treaty of Ripon 1640, HMC Var. vii. 425. gov. to Prince of Wales 1644–6; HMC 4th Rep. 308; Clarendon, Rebellion, iv. 201. mbr. Council of War 1644–5; Harl. 6802, f. 17; 6852, f. 37. Prince of Wales’s Council 1645–6. Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 252–3; Clarendon, Rebellion, iv. 199.

Patentee glass monopoly 1615; Commons Debates 1621, vii. 362. gov. earl of Berkshire Guiana Co. 1631–2; WSHC, 88/1/140; Eng. And Irish Settlement on River Amazon ed. Lorimer (Hakluyt Soc. ser.2 clxxi), 103–8. mbr. Fisheries Soc. by 1632. CUL, Dd. xi. 71, f. 30v.

Parlimentarian
HOWARD, Sir Thomas (1587-1669), of Charlton Park, Charlton, Wilts.; later of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster; Berkshire House, Mdx.; Newark Castle, Notts. and Ewelme Park, Oxon.
Associated with: Charlton, Wilts.; Berkshire House, Mdx.
Author
Paley, Ruth
Handley, Stuart
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Lords 1660-1715
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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