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"Tillney, &c. they became possessed in Norfolk, Suffolk,
and Berkshire, and were some time lords of Sunning-Hill near
Windsor, and bore the sirname ever since, (or with small
interruption,) the old sirname written Heward, or Hereward
in charters and records, and Howard in stories. But we
descend through the succession of those times to William
Howard, Chief Justice in the reign of Edward the I.
grandfather to Sir John Howard, Admiral of the North Fleet
in the naval wars of Edward the III. His son, Sir Robert
Howard, married the daughter of the Lord Scales; and John
Howard, (who lived in the time of Henry the IV. and died
anno 16 Henry VI.) had two wives; Margaret, daughter and
heir of Sir John Plais, Knight; by whom he had Eliza, an
only daughter, married to Sir John de Vere Earl of Oxford,
who brough him a goodly part of the Howards lands: his heirs
were married to Latimer and Winckfield, very fruitful
families. His second wife was the daughter and heir of Sir
William Tendering of Stocke-Nayland in Suffolk; by whom he
had Sir Robert Howard, his eldest son, who married Margaret
Mowbray, daughter of a Cadet of the house of Lancaster, who
became co-heir with her sister the Lady Berkely, wife to
Thomas Mowbray Duke of Norfolk; who died in Venice, and left
his son Henry Howard heir to Howard and Mowbray: and John
Howard, the son of John Howard, was created Earl of Norfolk
by King Richard the III. in the right of his mother Mowbray.
He married the daughter of Lord Moulines, and by her had
Thomas Howard, the first Howard Earl of Surry. This is he
who survived the danger of Bosworth Field, and became,
after, the Duke of Norfolk, from whom all the Howards now
living descended; whose family hath been so fruitful as to
furnish this kingdom with four Dukes, many Earls, Viscounts,
and Barons; three High Treasurers, six High or Great
Marshalls, ten High Admirals, with some Honourable Customs
of the Privy Seal, and sundry Chamberlains of the King's
house and one lately lived who had borne the offices of High
Constable, Lord Lieutenant, Lord High Steward, Marshall, and
Admiral of England; Lord Chief Justice in Oyer of the better
part of the Kingdom, and Chamberlain of the Royal house:- A
man honourable in his departments, and fortunate in his
undertakings: as at the great marine battles against the
naval powers of Spain, the Pope, and Princes of Italy, Anno
Dom. 1588, and at the Seige of Gadys, Anno Dom. 1596."
Much more might be said of this ancient family and its noble
descendants, but it is well known by filling so many pages
of general history, that I think it needless, nor is it my
business as a local historian. This noble Duke hath been
twice married; first to Miss Coppinger of Ballamalow of the
county of Cork in Ireland, who died without bearing any
children; afterwards to Miss Scudamore Fitz-Roy of Holmlacy
in the county of Hereford, (descendant of Sir John Scudamore
of Holmlacy aforesaid, who was standard-bearer to Queen
Elizabeth's band of gentlemen pensioners,) and who is now
living, but hath no issue.
The titles and bearings of the Duke of Norfolk are as
follows: "The most High and Puissant Prince Charles
Howard, Duke of Norfolk, Hereditary Earl Marshall, Premier
Duke and Earl of England; also Earl of Arundel, Surry, and
Norwich; Baron Mowbray, Howard, Segrave, Brus of Gower,
Fitz-Allan, Clun, Owaldestree, Maltravers, Warren,
Greystock, Furnival, Verden, Lovelot, Strange of Blackmere,
and Castle-Rising. This noble Lord beareth quarterly
eight coats; the first is ruby on a bend between six
crosslets, [fi]tchee, pearl; an escutcheon topaz, thereon a
demi-lion pierced through the mouth with an arrow, within a
double tressure counterflowered of the first, which is the
paternal coat of the Howards. The second is ruby, three
lions passant, gardant, topaz; in chief a file of three
points, pearl: this was the bearing of Thomas of Brotherton,
fifth son of Edward I. The third is chequer, topaz and
sapphire, which was borne by the Earls of Warren. The fourth
is ruby, a lion rampant, pearl; armed and langued, sapphire,
for the name of Mowbray. The fifth is ruby, a lion rampant,
or, armed and langued of the first, by the name of Albany.
The sixth is pearl, a chief sapphire by the name of Clun.
The seventh is diamond, a frett topaz, by the name of
Maltravers. The eighth is pearl, a fess and canton, ruby, by
the name of Woodville. The sup-
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