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Admiral John Howard & 2955073. Alice de Boys
~1310, John, born in Norfolk, England, s/o 5910144. Sir John Howard & 5910145.
Joan de Cornwall.
By 1311, Alice born in England, d/o 5910146. Sir Robert de Bois & 5910147. Christian le Latimer.
1/24/1327, Edward III, age 14, succeeded Edward II as King
of England.
10/19/1330 at Nottingham castle, King Edward III, along with
his courtiers, brothers John, Humphrey and William de Bohun, and others led by
William de Montague captured his mother Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer. Sir
John one of the knights who helped King Edward III break the power of the Roger
de Mortimer.
1333, Alice, heir to her brother, Sir Robert de Boys,
inheriting the manor of Fersfield near Diss. [This manor still in the Duke of
Norfolk’s family until the 1900s.]
11/2/1334, Commission of oyer and terminer to Thomas Bacoun,
John Howard, Simon de Hederseter, … complaint … assaulted … at Hunstanstoun,
co. Norfolk, … (S) CPRs.
[––John & Alice––]
By 1338, John married Alice [eventually bringing the whole
of the Boys estates into the family].
10/11/1338, To Richard de Wylughby and his fellows, justices
appointed to hold pleas before the king. Order not to put Adam de Everyngham of
Laxton, the elder, in default … in the suit between John Howard, the younger,
and Alice, his wife, and Adam, concerning a trespass made on Alice … (S) CCRs.
2/16/1339, Adam de Everyngham of Laxton, the elder,
acknowledges that he owes to John Howard, knight, the younger, £32.
(S) CCRs.
1340-1, “Confirmation by John Howard, knight, of a grant by
Nicholas Bonde …” (S) UKNA.
Aft. 5/7/1341, John heir to his father.
7/6/1342, Association of William Corbet, … in the commission
de walliis et fossatis to John Howard, knight, … Mershlond, co. Norfolk. (S)
CPRs.
9/11/1343, Commission of oyer … on complaint by John Howard,
‘chivaler,’ that … broke his close at Whtton, co. Suffolk, … (S) CPRs.
10/18/1344, Commitment during pleasure to John Howard of the
counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and the castle of Norwich, so that he answer at
the Exchequer as sheriff and keeper. (S) CFRs. [Held until 10/24/1345.]
4/10/1345, Commission to John Howard, sheriff of Suffolk, …
(S) CPRs.
7/12/1345, … by inquisition taken by John Howard, escheator
in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, … (S) CPRs.
7/12/1346, King Edward landed an invasion force of
10000 in Normandy, which marched north plundering the countryside. King Philip
VI, with 8000 horsemen and 4000 Genoese crossbowmen pursued. John part of the
invasion.
7/26/1346 at Caen, capital of Normandy, Edward’s
forces captured the city; and Raoul, Count of Eu, Constable of France, and Jean
de Tancarville, Grand Chamberlain of France.
8/26/1346, John fought at the Battle of Crecy north of Paris.
Edward III vs. Philip VI, heralded the rise of the longbow as the dominant
weapon, and also saw the use of the ribauldequin, an early cannon, by the
English. The English longbowmen could fire much more quickly than the Genoese,
with a killing range of 250 yards.
9/4/1346 by Calais, Pardon, for good service in the war of
France, to John Howard, knight, of the king’s suit for all homicides, felonies,
… (S) CPRs.
9/1346, The English began the year-long siege of
the port of Calais. [Ended 8/1347, held by the English until 1558.]
1346-47, John fought at the Seige of Calais.
2/19/1347, To John Howard. Order to go to the council at
London with all speed by day and night to speak with them upon certain secret
things specially touching the king, related by Ralph baron of Stafford and
Master John de Thoresby to the said council, and further to do what shall be
enjoined upon him on the king's behalf. By K. [John sent with William de la
Pole.] (S) CCRs.
8/25/1347, Commission to levy the 15th and 10th
in the county of Norfolk, John Howard … (S) CFRs.
11/14/1347, John obtained a grant for a weekly market and
for a yearly fair at Magdalen, his manor of Wiggenhall in Norfolk. (S) Gaz. of
Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516.
1347, Sir John, Admiral of the north, at the siege of Calais
with 6 knights, 36 men-at-arms, 35 archers on horseback. [John’s father had
been Admiral of the North in 1335.]
9/12/1347 by Calais, Pardon, in consideration of his good
service in war on this side of the seas, to John Howard, knight, of the king’s
suit for all trespasses and oppressions, … when he was collector in the county
of Norfolk … as well as admiral of the king’s fleet of ships … (S) CPRs.
2/16/1348 at London, William de Northwell, clerk, …
acknowledge that they owe to John Howard, knight, £240. (S) CCRs.
1348, The Black Death entered the west countryside of
England [likely entering through Bristol].
12/1/1348, Commission of oyer and terminer … John Howard,
‘chivaler,’ … (S) CPRs.
2/8/1349, Commission to John Howard, … to survey a dyke …
co. Norfolk, … (S) CPRs.
6/1349, The Plague reached Dorset, and had spread across
England by the end of 1349.
1350, John died. [Likely in the plague.]
[––Alice––]
1351, Alice’s uncle, William du Bois, released to his niece,
Alice Howard, all his claim upon the Manor and Advowson of Fersfield, with
remainder to her son Robert, by Sir John Howard.
1352, William Carbinel released to Dame Alice Howard all his
right in the manor of ‘Howard and Strange’ with remainder to her son Robert
Howard. (S) Essay Topo. Hist. Norfolk, Blomefield, 1808, P146.
4/13/1363, IPM of John Clerk. Norfolk: Tirryngton. … the
messuage and 7a. are held of Alice late the wife of John Howard by fealty in
socage … (S) CIsPM.
4/29/1364, “Creditor: Alice, who was the wife of John
Howard, knight [John Howard held fees in Freebridge and Guiltcross Hundreds,
Norfolk]. Amount: 200m.” (S) UKNA.
9/6/1372, Alice died. “Alice, widow of John Howard, knight:
Norfolk.” (S) UKNA, IPM.
12/7/1374, IPM of Alice late the wife of John Howard,
knight. Norfolk: taken at Garboldecham. Fersfyld. The manor, held of the lady
de Segrave, as of her manor of Fornesete, by service of 1 knight’s fee.
Garboldecham. The manor called ‘Uphalle,’ held of Mary de Sancto Paulo,
countess of Penbroch, as of her manor of Hokham, by service of 1 knight’s fee.
… she enfeoffed Peter de Brewes, knight, …, of both the above manors, and the
said feoffees have been in possession ever since. She died on Monday before the
Nativity of St. Mary. 46 Edward III. Robert Howard, her son, aged 30 years and
more, is her heir. (S) CIsPM.
(S) Plantagenet Ancestry, P233. (S) The Encyclopedia
Britannica, 1910, P830. (S) The House of Howard, Brenan, 1907. (S) Topo. Hist.
of Norfolk, V5, 1806, Forncet.
Child of John and Alice:
i. Robert Howard
(1477536), born 1342 in England.
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