HOWARD, Sir Robert (c. 1590-1653), of Audley End, Essex and Clun Castle, Salop.

Family and Education

b. c.1590, 5th s. of Thomas Howard, 1st earl of Suffolk (d. 28 May 1626) and 2nd w. Katherine (d. 1638), da. of Sir Henry Knyvet† of Charlton, Wilts.; bro. of Edward Howard*, Lord Howard of Escrick. m. 1648, Katherine, da. of Henry, 1st Baron Bergavenny (Sir Henry Neville†) 3s. 1da.; 1s. Robert Danvers alias Villiers*, illegit. with Frances, da. of Sir Edward Coke†, w. of John Villiers, 1st Visct. Purbeck.Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 2, x. 44-5. KB, 3 Nov. 1616.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 159. suc. bro. Sir Charles Howard 1622.C142/475/130. d. 22 Apr. 1653.Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 2, x. 45.

Offices Held

Mercantile: patentee, k.b. fines, 1617–26.C66/2092/8.

Local: j.p. Salop 1622 – ?25, 3 Dec. 1629–42.C231/4, f. 147; C231/5, p. 20. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642, assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), 18 July 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. impressment (roy.), 12 Mar. 1644; accts. (roy.) 1 June 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 164, 219.

Civic: burgess, Bishop’s Castle 8 Mar. 1628.Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, corporation order bk. f. 157v.

Military: col. of dragoons (roy.), Salop by 22 Aug. 1642–6. Gov. (roy.) Bridgnorth 1645–6.W. Phillips, ‘Ottley Pprs.’, Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 2, vi. 35–6; Royalist Ordnance Pprs. ed. Roy, ii. 271; CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 422.

Court: master of the jewel house (in reversion), 13 Jan. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 347, 352.

Parlimentarian

HOWARD, Sir Robert (c.1598-1653), of Audley End, Essex and Clun Castle, Salop

: Essex and Clun Castle, Salop.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

HOWARD, Sir Robert (c. 1590-1653), of Audley End, Essex and Clun Castle, Salop.

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Yes

1640 Volume

oxford

Addresses

Religion

chap. Richard Awnsham, 1642.Phillips, ‘Ottley Pprs.’, 35-6.

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