Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk

In the year of our Lord, 1538, Frances Howard, Countess of Surrey, gave birth to her second child. Within the walls of Kenninghall Palace, Thomas Howard was born at precisely thirty-six minutes and seven seconds past two o’clock in the morning on October 10th, 1538. In attendance at this occasion was his father, Henry Earl of Surrey, renowned poet and soldier, and his grandfather, Thomas Lord Treasurer and Duke Norfolk. Also present at the earl’s …showed first 75 words of 2010 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2010 total…securing his children and wards’ futures. He also communed with God and attempted to come to peace with himself. On January sixth, Queen Elizabeth signed his death warrant and his execution was carried out on June second, 1572. B I B L I O G R A P H Y Williams, N., Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk(1964) Robinson, John M., The Dukes of Norfolk; A Quincentennial History(1982) Prentice Hall, Webster’s New World Encyclopedia(1992) p. 538