place he had been removed when failing in health, to escape the Scots who were threatening an advance on Naworth. He had a large family of children, of whom Philip, his heir, was the grandfather of Charles, 1st Earl of Carlisle, and Francis was the ancestor of the Howards of Corby. Descendants Through his son Philip, he was a grandfather of Sir William Howard of Naworth Castle and Henderskelfe Castle (–), who married Mary Eure (eldest daughter of William Eure, 4th Baron Eure and Lucy Noel, sister of Edward Noel, 2nd Viscount Campden); and Alathea Howard (d. 1677), who married Thomas Fairfax, 2nd Viscount Fairfax of Emley. Legacy William Howard School, the secondary school in Brampton, Cumbria, is named after him. References External links Attribution 1563 births 1640 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Younger sons of dukes English antiquarians 16th-century antiquarians 17th-century antiquarians 16th-century English people 17th-century English people William Howard