Henry Howard, 5th Earl of Suffolk, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Henry Howard, 5th Earl of Suffolk
- 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: By his first wife Mary daughter and heiress of Andrew Stewart, 3rd Baron Castle Stewart, he had three sons : Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk, Edward Howard, 8th Earl of Suffolk, and Charles Howard, 9th 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 smelting enterprise of Sir Clement Clerke and his son Talbot, using reverberatory furnaces.
- 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.
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