Henry Howard, 5th Earl of Suffolk
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Henry Howard, 5th Earl of Suffolk (18 July 1627 – 10 December 1709) was the youngest son of Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk
, but inherited the title, because none of his brothers left surviving sons.
He married three times:
Mary Ronkswood advanced £500 (shortly before her marriage) towards the capital of the lead
smelt
ing enterprise of Sir Clement Clerke and his son Talbot, using reverberatory furnace
s. However, her husband and her partner in the enterprise, Lord Grandison, were suspicious of the Clerkes. The result that the enterprise was the subject of litigation, which continued until after Henry Howard inherited the earldom with its associated estates. He seems then to have stopped contesting the litigation, which was decided in favour of the Clerkes.
Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk
Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, KG was an English nobleman and politician.Born at the family estate of Saffron Walden, he was the son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, by his second wife Catherine Knyvet of Charlton, and succeeded his father in 1626.Sir Theophilus Howard was named in...
, but inherited the title, because none of his brothers left surviving sons.
He married three times:
- By his first wife Mary daughter and heiress of Andrew Stewart, 3rd Baron Castle Stewart, he had three sons :
- Henry Howard, 6th Earl of SuffolkHenry Howard, 6th Earl of SuffolkHenry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk, 1st Earl of Bindon PC was an English nobleman, styled Lord Walden from 1691 to 1706....
, - Edward Howard, 8th Earl of SuffolkEdward Howard, 8th Earl of SuffolkEdward Howard, 8th Earl of Suffolk was an English peer. He was the second son of Henry Howard, 5th Earl of Suffolk and his wife Mary Stewart. He succeeded his nephew Charles Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk in 1722....
, and - Charles Howard, 9th Earl of SuffolkCharles Howard, 9th Earl of SuffolkCharles Howard, 9th Earl of Suffolk was an English nobleman and politician, styled Hon. Charles Howard from 1691 to 1731....
- Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk
- His second wife was Mary Ronkswood, a widow.
- Mary daughter of Rev. Ambrose Upton, canon of Christchurch, Oxford.
Mary Ronkswood advanced £500 (shortly before her marriage) towards the capital of the lead
Lead
Lead is a main-group element in the carbon group with the symbol Pb and atomic number 82. Lead is a soft, malleable poor metal. It is also counted as one of the heavy metals. Metallic lead has a bluish-white color after being freshly cut, but it soon tarnishes to a dull grayish color when exposed...
smelt
Smelting
Smelting is a form of extractive metallurgy; its main use is to produce a metal from its ore. This includes iron extraction from iron ore, and copper extraction and other base metals from their ores...
ing enterprise of Sir Clement Clerke and his son Talbot, using reverberatory furnace
Reverberatory furnace
A reverberatory furnace is a metallurgical or process furnace that isolates the material being processed from contact with the fuel, but not from contact with combustion gases...
s. However, her husband and her partner in the enterprise, Lord Grandison, were suspicious of the Clerkes. The result that the enterprise was the subject of litigation, which continued until after Henry Howard inherited the earldom with its associated estates. He seems then to have stopped contesting the litigation, which was decided in favour of the Clerkes.