John Howard, III

1358 - 1437  (79 years)

• Name	John Howard  [1, 2]
  Suffix	III
  Birth	1358
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Nov 1437	Jerusalem
  Person ID	I5063	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Robert Howard, I,   b. 1336   d. 1388 (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Scales,   b. 1335   d. 1416 (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F338	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lady Alice Tendring,   b. 1365   d. 1426 (Age 61 years)
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	1. Sir Robert Howard,   b. 1384   d. 1436 (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Plaiz   d. 1381
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  He died while making a pilgrimage to the Holy land. He was the Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordhsire under Henry VI and Henry V. He was also the knight for the Shire of Cambridgeshire in Parliament. He owned many lands, which he largeld through marriage to his first wife, Margaret Plaiz. These included the Barony of Plaiz of Tofte, the Scales Barony which were located in Essex, Hetfordshire and Cambridgeshire, England. He had a son by each of his two wives that created a branching of two powerful Howard families.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1277] Howard, Lindsey L., Howard (c1962, Housed in the Family History Library, Surname Collection, Salt Lake City, Utah). [S803] Blazier, Jo Ann, The Howards, From England to the Ohio Valley (c2002).