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Robert HOWARD

Robert HOWARD

Male Abt 1336 - 1388  (52 years)


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  • Name Robert HOWARD 
    Birth Abt 1336  Wiggenhall, Norfolk, England, Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 3 Jul 1388  East Winch, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I28771  Coombs
    Last Modified 20 Apr 2016 

    Father John HOWARD,   b. Abt 1310, Wiggenhall, Norfolk, England, Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1388 (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Alice de BOYS,   b. Abt 1301, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F10138  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margery SCALES,   b. Abt 1346, Rivenhall, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. John HOWARD, Sheriff of Essex,   b. Abt 1366, Wiggenhall, Norfolk, England, Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1436, Jerusalem, Israel Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F10135  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2026 

  • Notes 
    • Notes: charged in 1378 with the abduction of Margery Narford, grand daughter and heir to Alice, Lady Neville. Such was the serious nature of the offence that Howard was not only sent to the Tower but also bound under substantial recognizances to do no harm to Lady Neville and his captor, Sis John Le Strange; furthermore, his case was brought to the attention of Parliament. But such animosity as possibly remained between Strange and Howard did not, in the following year, prevent Richard, earl of Arundel, from having both men act as witnesses to one of his transactions.