The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Henry Frederick Howard, 15th Earl of Arundel (1608 - 1652)

Politician and art collector. He succeeded to the courtesy title of Lord Maltravers in 1624 and then to fifteenthth Earl of Arundel, fifth earl of Surrey, and second earl of Norfolk on 4 October 1646. Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Howard,_15th_Earl_of_Arundel Relevant locations: Title (royalty or holy order) Arundel, West Sussex
Title (royalty or holy order) Surrey, England
Title (royalty or holy order) Norfolk, England
Relationships: Henry Frederick Howard was a son of Aletheia Howard (1584-1654)
Henry Frederick Howard was a father of Henry Howard (1628-1684)
Henry Frederick Howard was a son of Thomas (Arundel) Howard (1585-1646)

Elizabeth Howard (1610-1674) was a wife of Henry Frederick Howard
Philip Howard (1629-1694) was a son of Henry Frederick Howard
Thomas Howard (9 Mar 1627 -13 Dec 1677) was a son of Henry Frederick Howard
References in Documents:
Selections from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (1665-1669)

That taken out of the Body of the late Duke of Norfolk's Father, Fig. 2. was brought not long since to the R. Society by Sr. Theodore de Vaux, who gave me leave to send you the Figure of it, which you see is branched, and seems to have spread some branches into great Vessels, whether Arteries, Veins or into the Ureter I cannot determine, tho these as well as the Pelvis seem to have been fill'd up by this great stone: yet this comes far short of that before mention'd, since it weighs but four ounces and a half: a stone indeed of an incredible size to be found in the Kidney. The measure longwise from one extreme to the other made four Inches compleat: the extension of the Branches from one to the other measur'd croswise or transversly, 3 Inches and a half. This is deservedly laid up in the Repository of the Royal Society, as a great but sorrowful Rarity, having caused the death of so great a Patron of Learning.