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Countess Elizabeth Howard

Countess Elizabeth Howard

Female 1410 - 1475  (65 years)

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  • Name Elizabeth Howard 
    Prefix Countess 
    Birth 11 Jun 1410  Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _AMTID 192683785662:1030:204653251 
    _COLOR 25 
    _FSFTID LZ6N-H1Q 
    _UID 725D9DE6FA9A41B2B65DA040A24C1543120D 
    Burial Dec 1475  London, Middlesex, Englalnd Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 25 Dec 1475  Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I133222  World of Hyde
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2024 

    Father John Lord Of Plaiz Howard, VII,   b. Abt 1385, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1409, Weeting, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 24 years) 
    Mother Johanna Walton,   b. 1393, Wivenhoe, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1424, Wivenhoe, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1409  Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F83510  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sir John De Vere, 12th Earl Of Oxford,   b. 23 Apr 1408, Castle Hedingham, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1462, Tower Hill, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 31 Aug 1425  Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Sir John De Vere, 13th Earl Of Oxford,   b. 8 Sep 1433, Hedingham Castle, Hedingham, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1513, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     2. Lady Jane De Vere,   b. Abt 1440, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1471, Yattendon, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 30 years)
     3. Sir George De Vere,   b. 8 Sep 1442, Hedingham, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Aug 1500, Halstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    Family ID F44905  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Sep 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Jun 1410 - Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 31 Aug 1425 - Essex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Dec 1475 - London, Middlesex, Englalnd Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Dec 1475 - Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • ELIZABETH HOWARD was born 11 June 1410, Wiggenhall Manor, Norfolkshire, England, to Sir John Howard (1380-1415) and Joan Walton (1393-1424.) She married Sir John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford 31 August 1425, Essex, England.

      Elizabeth Howard died 25 December 1475, Straford on Avon, Warwickshire, England, age 65. Buried in London, England.

      Richard of Gloucester (later Richard III ) bullied her into giving up her assets from 1473 to 1475.

      FamilySearch:
      In 1425, while still underage, Oxford married the heiress Elizabeth Howard (c.1410–1473/4), the daughter of Sir John Howard (c.1385/6–1409), a brother of Sir Robert Howard, father of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk. After the death of her grandfather, Sir John Howard of Wiggenhall (c. 1366 – 17 November 1436), Elizabeth inherited lands in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire. Although Oxford claimed the marriage had been contracted on Exeter's advice, it had not been authorized by licence from the King, and Oxford was fined £2000. According to Castor, Oxford had difficulty making payment of this large fine since 'the earldom of Oxford was among the poorest of the comital titles', with Oxford stating in 1437 that his lands were worth only £500 per year.

      Children of John de Vere and Elizabeth Howard:

      1. Sir George de Vere Earl (1428-1500) [he was a yr son!]
      2. Richard Vere (1430-1460)
      3. Sir Aubrey de Vere (1430-1462)
      4. Elizabeth de Vere (1433-)
      5. Sir Thomas de Vere (1439-1489)
      6. *LADY JANE DE VERE (1440-1507)
      7. Mary de Vere (1441-)
      8. Sir John de Vere Earl (1442-1513)