William HOWARD^{[1, 2]}

- Abt 1308

• Name	William HOWARD
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt Jul 1308  [1]
  Person ID	I11009	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	John HOWARD
  Mother	Lucy GERMUND
  Family ID	F600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Alice FITTON
  Children	1. John HOWARD, I,   d. 1333, East Winch, , Norfolk, England
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Alice UFFORD
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F599	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In 1277, he purchased land in East Winch, Norfolk, England. In 1298, he purchased a manor house and added to his land holdings throughout his lifetime. He was counsel to the Corporation of King's Lynn from 1285 onward. Both of his wives were named Alice and were of knightly houses. He had no children by his first wife. He achieved the title of Justice of Assize for the Northern Counties of England in 1293. He was summoned to the Parliament in his role as justice in 1295. In 1297, Edward I appointed him Chief Justice of the Common Please. He held this title when Edward II came into power. He was the first member of the Howard family to be knighted.

  
  

• Sources

  [S505] Blazier, Jo Ann, The Howards, From England to the Ohio Valley (c2002). [S1356] Howard, Lindsey L., Howard (c1962, Housed in the Family History Library, Surname Collection, Salt Lake City, Utah).