2nd Duke of Norfolk Thomas Earl Howard

1443 - 1524  (81 years)

• Name	Thomas Earl Howard  [1, 2]
  Title	2nd Duke of Norfolk
  Birth	1443	Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England   [1]
  		Seal-Oxford University
  Death	21 May 1524	Norfolk, England   [2]
  	Framlingham Castle
  Burial	Thetford, Norfolk, England   [2]
  Person ID	I14481	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	1st Duke of Norfolk Sir John Howard,   b. 1420, Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England d. 22 Aug 1485, Leicestershire, England (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Catherine de Moleyns,   b. Apr 1424, Buckinghamshire, England d. 3 Nov 1465, Nayland, Suffolk, England (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1442	Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England
  Family ID	F1479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Duchess of Norfolk Agnes Tylney,   b. Abt 1477, Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England d. 9 Nov 1545, Norfolk, England (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	8 Nov 1497	Hutton, Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F5261	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Countess of Surrey Elizabeth Tilney,   b. 1450, Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England d. 4 Apr 1497, London, England (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	30 Apr 1472	Norfolk, England
  Children	1. Countess of Wiltshire Elizabeth Howard,   b. 1480, Norfolk, England d. 3 Apr 1538, Kent, England (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Knight of the order of the Garter -- Lord Admiral, 3rd Duke of Norfolk Sir Thomas Howard, KG,   b. 1473, Kenninghall, Norfolk, England d. 25 Aug 1554, Kenninghall, Norfolk, England (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Lord Edmund Howard,   b. 1480, Norfolk, England d. 19 Mar 1539, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5262	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1443 - Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England Marriage - 30 Apr 1472 - Norfolk, England Marriage - 8 Nov 1497 - Hutton, Yorkshire, England Death - 21 May 1524 - Norfolk, England Burial - - Thetford, Norfolk, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Seal-Oxford University

  
  

  Biographies and Histories

  Bio-HOWARD Thomas Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk

  
  

  Old World

  _Earl Thomas Howard Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk KG PC (1443 – 21 May 1524), styled Earl of Surrey from 1483 to 1485 and again from 1489 to 1514, was an English nobleman, soldier and statesman who served four monarchs. He was the eldest son of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, by his first wife, Catharina de Moleyns. The Duke was the grandfather of both Queen…

  
  

• Sources

  [S475] Ancestry.com, Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;). Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Thomas Earl Howard 1443-1524. 2nd Duke of Norfolk was born to John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk and Catherine Moleyns. Thomas married 1st Elizabeth Tilney, dau of Sir Frederick Tilney & Elizabeth Cheney on 30 Apr 1472. His 2nd marriage was to Agnes Tylney, dau of Hugh Tylney, on 17 Aug 1497. He was also reported to have been married on 17 August 1487. He died on 21 May 1524 at Framlingham Castle, Framlingham, Suffolk, England. He was buried on 26 June 1524 at Thetford Abbey, Norfolk, England. After the dissolution of Thetford Priory, the Howard tombs were moved to the Church of St Michael the Archangel, Framlingham. A now-lost monumental brass depicting the 2nd Duke was formerly in the Church of St. Mary at Lambeth. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51827469/thomas-howard