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John Howard, Duke of Norfolk (c. 1425 - 1485)

Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13921?docPos=3 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard,_1st_Duke_of_Norfolk Relationships: John Howard was a member of Howard Family (-)

References in Documents:
Grew, Musaeum Regalis (1685)

THeThe Effigies of JOHN HOWARD, the first Duke of Norfolk, in Colours Neald on Glass. From whom the Right Honourable the present Duke of Norfolk is the eighth, inclusive. Given by Mr. S. Morgan. He is represented kneeling in a Chappel, with his Dukes Cap by him, and Invested in his Coat of Armour, bearing four Coats, Quarterly: sc. of Howard, Brotherton (Son to King Edward the First) Plantagenet (Earl of Warren and Surrey) and Fitz-Allan. The first, is Gules, a Bend betwixt six Crosslets fitchy, Argent. The second, the Arms of England, with a Label of three Points Argent. The third Checky Or and Azure. The fourth, Gules, a Lion Rampand Or.

Grew, Musaeum Regalis (1685)

The PEDEGREE of the most Noble Family of the HOWARDS, from the first Duke above-said: Engraven on a Copper-Plate. Given by the same Hand.