Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk

Anne de Mowbray
Anne de Mowbray
Duchess of York; Duchess of Norfolk
	The marriage of Lady Anne Mowbray with Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, by James Northcote
Born	10 December 1472; Framlingham Castle, Suffolk
Died	19 November 1481 (aged 8); Greenwich, London
Burial	Westminster Abbey
Spouse	Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (m. 1478)
House	York (by marriage)
Father	John Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk
Mother	Elizabeth Talbot

Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk, later Duchess of York and Duchess of Norfolk (10 December 1472 – 19 November 1481) was the child bride of Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, one of the Princes in the Tower. She died at the age of eight.

Heiress

She was born on 10 December 1472^[2] at Framlingham Castle in Suffolk, the only (surviving) child of John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk and Lady Elizabeth Talbot. Her maternal grandparents were John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and his second wife Lady Margaret Beauchamp. The death of her father in 1476 left Anne a wealthy heiress.

Marriage

On 15 January 1478, aged 6, she was married in St Stephen's Chapel, Westminster, to Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, the 4-year-old younger son of King Edward IV and his Queen, Elizabeth Woodville.^[1]

Death and heirs

Anne died at Greenwich in London on 19 November 1481,^[2]^[1] nearly two years before her husband disappeared into the Tower of London with his older brother, Edward V. Upon her death, her heirs normally would have been her cousins, William, Viscount Berkeley and John, Lord Howard, but by an act of Parliament in January 1483 the rights were given to her husband Richard, with reversion to his descendants, and, failing that, to the descendants of his father Edward IV.^[2]

Burial

Anne was buried in a lead coffin in the Chapel of St. Erasmus of Formia in Westminster Abbey.^[3] When that chapel was demolished in about 1502 to make way for the Henry VII Lady Chapel, Anne's coffin was moved to a vault under the Abbey of the Minoresses of St. Clare without Aldgate, run by nuns of the Order of Poor Clares Franciscans. Her coffin eventually disappeared.

In December 1964, construction workers in Stepney accidentally dug into the vault and found Anne's coffin. It was opened, and her remains were analysed by scientists and then entombed in Westminster Abbey in May 1965.^[4] Her red hair was still on her skull and her shroud was still wrapped around her. Westminster Abbey is the presumed resting place of her husband, Richard Duke of York, and his brother Edward V, in the Henry VII Chapel.

Family

Ancestors

Ancestors of Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk

John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk

John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk

Katherine Neville

John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk

William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu

Eleanor Bourchier

Anne of Gloucester

Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk

Richard Talbot, 4th Baron Talbot

John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury

Ankaret Lestrange

Elizabeth Talbot

Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick

Margaret Beauchamp

Elizabeth de Berkeley

Family tree

Family tree of the Dukes of Norfolk; Earls of Arundel, East Anglia, Norfolk, Norwich, Nottingham, and Surrey; and Barons Mowbray, Segrave and Stourton

Earl of East Anglia
(Earls of Norfolk and Suffolk)
(1st creation), before 1069

Ralph the Staller
(c. 1011–1068)
1st Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk, or of the East Angles c. 1066/67–1068

Ralph de Gael
(c. 1040 – c. 1096)
2nd Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk, or of the East Angles until 1074

Earldom forfeit, 1074

Earl of Norfolk (2nd creation), 1141

Hugh Bigod
(1095–1177)
1st Earl of Norfolk 1141–1177

Roger Bigod
(c. 1144/1150–1221)
2nd Earl of Norfolk 1189–1221 (disputed 1177–1189)

Hugh Bigod
(1186–1225)
3rd Earl of Norfolk 1221–1225

Baron Segrave of Se(a)grave, 1283

Nicholas Segrave
(c. 1238–bef. 1295)
1st Baron Segrave

Roger Bigod
(c. 1209–1270)
4th Earl of Norfolk 1233–1270

Hugh Bigod
(c. 1211–1266)

Baron Mowbray, 1283

John Segrave
(c. 1256–1325)
2nd Baron Segrave

King Edward I
(1239–1307)

Roger de Mowbray
(1254–1297)
1st Baron Mowbray

Roger Bigod
(c. 1245–1306)
5th Earl of Norfolk 1270–1306

Earldom extinct, 1270

Earl of Norfolk (3rd creation), 1312

Stephen Segrave
(d. 1325)
3rd Baron Segrave

Thomas of Brotherton
(1300–1338)
1st Earl of Norfolk 1312–1338

John Mowbray
(1286–1322)
2nd Baron Mowbray

John Segrave
(1315–1353)
4th Baron Segrave

Margaret of Brotherton
(1320–1399)
2nd Countess of Norfolk 1338–1399, Duchess of Norfolk "for life" 1397–1399

John Mowbray
(1310–1361)
3rd Baron Mowbray

Elizabeth de Segrave
(1338–1368)
5th Baroness Segrave

John de Mowbray
(1340–1368)
4th Baron Mowbray

Earl of Nottingham (1st creation), 1377

Earl of Nottingham (2nd creation), 1383
Duke of Norfolk (1st creation), 1397

John de Mowbray
(1365–1383)
1st Earl of Nottingham, 6th Baron Segrave, 5th Baron Mowbray

Thomas de Mowbray
(1366–1399)
1st Duke of Norfolk 1397–1399, 3rd Earl of Norfolk 1399, 7th Baron Segrave, 6th Baron Mowbray

Earldom of Nottingham extinct, 1383

Titles forfeit, 1399

Baron Stourton, 1448

Duke of Norfolk (1st creation restored), 1425

John Stourton
(1400–1462)
1st Baron Stourton, 1448–1462

Thomas de Mowbray
(1385–1405)
4th Earl of Norfolk, 8th Baron Segrave, 7th Baron Mowbray 1399–1405

John de Mowbray
(1392–1432)
2nd Duke of Norfolk 1425–1432, 5th Earl of Norfolk, 9th Baron Segrave, 8th Baron Mowbray 1405–1432

Margaret de Mowbray
(c. 1388–1459)

Robert Howard
(1385–1436)

Isabel de Mowbray
(c. 1400–1452)

James Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley
(c. 1394–1463)

Duke of Norfolk (4th creation), 1483

William Stourton
(before 1426–1478)
2nd Baron Stourton, 1462–1478

John de Mowbray
(1415–1461)
3rd Duke of Norfolk, 6th Earl of Norfolk, 10th Baron Segrave, 9th Baron Mowbray 1432–1461

John Howard
(1425–1485)
1st Duke of Norfolk, 13th Baron Segrave, 12th Baron Mowbray 1483–1485

Titles forfeit, 1485

Earl of Surrey and Warenne (2nd creation), 1451

Duke of Norfolk (4th creation) restored and Earl of Surrey, 1514

John Stourton
(c. 1454–1485)
3rd Baron Stourton, 1479–1485

William Stourton
(c. 1457–1524)
5th Baron Stourton, 1487–1524

John de Mowbray
(1444–1476)
4th Duke of Norfolk, 7th Earl of Norfolk, Earl of Surrey and Warenne, 11th Baron Segrave, 10th Baron Mowbray 1461–1476

King Edward IV
(1442–1483)

Thomas Howard
(1443–1524)
2nd Duke of Norfolk, 1st Earl of Surrey 1514–1524

Dukedom of Norfolk, Earldom of Nottingham, Earldom of Surrey and Warenne extinct, 1476

Duke of Norfolk (3rd creation), Earl of Nottingham (3rd creation), and Earl of Warenne, 1477

Francis Stourton
(1485–1487)
4th Baron Stourton, 1485–1487

Edward Stourton
(1463–1535)
6th Baron Stourton, 1524–1535

Anne de Mowbray
(1472–1481)
8th Countess of Norfolk, 12th Baroness Segrave, 11th Baroness Mowbray 1476–1481

Richard of Shrewsbury
(1473–1483)
Duke of York, Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Nottingham, Earl of Warenne 1477–1483

Anne of York
(1475–1511)

Thomas Howard
(1473–1554)
3rd Duke of Norfolk, 2nd Earl of Surrey 1524–1554

Edmund Howard
(c. 1478–1539)

Elizabeth Boleyn
(c. 1480–1538)

Earldom of Norfolk extinct and Baronies Segrave and Mowbray in abeyance, 1481

Dukedom of Norfolk, Earldom of Nottingham, Earldom of Warenne extinct, 1483

Attainted, 1547
Restored, 1553

William Stourton
(c. 1505–1548)
7th Baron Stourton

Earl of Nottingham (5th creation), 1525

King Henry VIII
(1491–1547)

Anne Boleyn
(c. 1501 or 1507–1536)

Charles Stourton
(c. 1520–1557)
8th Baron Stourton

Henry Howard
(1517–1547)
styled Earl of Surrey

Thomas Howard
(c. 1520–1582)
Viscount Howard of Bindon

Mary FitzRoy
(1519–1557)

Henry FitzRoy
(1519–1536)
Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Earl of Nottingham

Catherine Howard
(c. 1524–1542)

Earldom of Nottingham extinct, 1536

Thomas Howard
(1536–1572)
4th Duke of Norfolk, 3rd Earl of Surrey, 13th Baron Mowbray 1554–1572

Henry Howard
(1540–1614)
Earl of Northampton

Queen Elizabeth I
(1533–1603)

Dukedom (3rd creation) forfeit, 1572

Earl of Arundel (3rd creation), 1580

Earl of Suffolk (4th creation), 1603

John Stourton
(1553–1588)
9th Baron Stourton

Edward Stourton
(c. 1555–1633)
10th Baron Stourton

Philip Howard
(1557–1595)
20th/13th/1st Earl of Arundel, styled Earl of Surrey

Thomas Howard
(1561–1626)
Earl of Suffolk

Lord William Howard
(1563–1640)

Earldom of Arundel and Barony of Mowbray attainted, 1589

see Earls, Marquesses, and Dukes of Suffolk family tree

Earl of Arundel (3rd creation) and Barony of Mowbray restored, 1604
Earl of Norfolk (5th creation), 1644

William Stourton
(c. 1594–1672)
11th Baron Stourton

Thomas Howard
(1585–1646)
21st/14th/2nd Earl of Arundel, 2nd/4th Earl of Surrey, 1st Earl of Norfolk, 14th Baron Mowbray 1644–1646

see Earls of Shrewsbury family tree

Edward Stourton
(1617–1644)

Henry Frederick Howard
(1608–1652)
22nd/15th/3rd Earl of Arundel, 3rd/5th Earl of Surrey, 2nd Earl of Norfolk, 15th Baron Mowbray 1646–1652

Alethea Howard
1585–1654
17th Baroness Strange of Blackmere, 14th Baroness Talbot, 13th Baroness Furnivall

Duke of Norfolk (4th creation restored), 1660

Baron Howard of Castle Rising, 1669
Earl of Norwich (3rd creation), 1672

William Stourton
(d. 1685)
12th Baron Stourton

Thomas Howard
(1627–1677)
5th Duke of Norfolk, 21st/14th/2nd Earl of Arundel, 4th/6th Earl of Surrey, 16th Baron Mowbray 1660–1677
18th Baron Strange of Blackmere, 15th Baron Talbot, 14th Baron Furnivall 1654–1677

Henry Howard
(1628–1684)
6th Duke of Norfolk, 22nd/15th/3rd Earl of Arundel, 5th/7th Earl of Surrey, 1st Earl of Norwich and Baron Howard of Castle Rising, 18th Baron Strange of Blackmere, 17th Baron Mowbray, 15th Baron Talbot, 14th Baron Furnivall 1672–1684

Hon. Charles Howard
(1630–1713)

Col. Bernard Howard
(1641–1717)

Edward Stourton
(1665–1720)
13th Baron Stourton

Thomas Stourton
(1667–1744)
14th Baron Stourton

Charles Stourton
(1669–1739)

Henry Howard
(1655–1701)
7th Duke of Norfolk, 22nd/15th/3rd Earl of Arundel, 5th/7th Earl of Surrey, 2nd Earl of Norwich and Baron Howard of Castle Rising, 18th Baron Mowbray, 19th Baron Strange of Blackmere, 15th Baron Talbot, 14th Baron Furnivall, 1684–1701

Lord Thomas Howard
(1662–1689)

Henry Charles Howard
(d. 1720)

Thomas Howard
(1683–1732)
8th Duke of Norfolk, 23rd/16th/4th Earl of Arundel, 6th/8th Earl of Surrey, 3rd Earl of Norwich and Baron Howard of Castle Rising, 18th Baron Strange of Blackmere, 15th Baron Talbot, 14th Baron Furnivall, 19th Baron Mowbray 1701–1732

Edward Howard
(1685–1777)
9th Duke of Norfolk, 24th/17th/5th Earl of Arundel, 7th/9th Earl of Surrey, 4th Earl of Norwich and Baron Howard of Castle Rising, 20th Baron Mowbray, 20th Baron Strange of Blackmere, 15th Baron Talbot, 14th Baron Furnivall 1732–1777

Philip Howard
(1688–1750)

Bernard Howard
(1674–1735)

Earldom of Norwich (3rd creation) and Barony of Howard of Castle Rising extinct and Baronies of Furnivall, Mowbray, Segrave, Strange of Blackmere, and Talbot abeyant, 1777

Charles Stourton
(1702–1753)
15th Baron Stourton

William Stourton
(1704–1781)
16th Baron Stourton

Winifred Howard
(1726–1753)

Anne Howard
(1742–1787)

Charles Howard
(1720–1786)
10th Duke of Norfolk, 25th/18th/6th Earl of Arundel, 8th/10th Earl of Surrey 1777–1786

Henry Howard
(1713–1787)

Charles Philip Stourton
(1752–1816)
17th Baron Stourton

Charles Howard
(1746–1815)
11th Duke of Norfolk, 26th/19th/7th Earl of Arundel, 9th/11th Earl of Surrey 1786–1815

William Stourton
(1776–1846)
18th Baron Stourton

Bernard Howard
(1765–1842)
12th Duke of Norfolk, 27th/20th/8th Earl of Arundel, 10th/12th Earl of Surrey 1815–1842

Charles Stourton
(1802–1872)
19th Baron Stourton

Henry Howard
(1791–1856)
13th Duke of Norfolk, 28th/21st/9th Earl of Arundel, 11th/13th Earl of Surrey 1842–1856

Baron Mowbray and Baron Segrave abeayance restored, 1878

Baron Howard of Glossop

Alfred Joseph Stourton
(1829–1893)
24th Baron Segrave, 21st/23rd Baron Mowbray, 20th Baron Stourton

Henry Granville Fitzalan-Howard
(1815–1860)
14th Duke of Norfolk, 29th/22nd/10th Earl of Arundel, 12th/14th Earl of Surrey 1856–1860

Edward George Fitzalan-Howard
(1818–1883)
1st Baron Howard of Glossop

Charles Botolph Joseph Stourton
(1867–1936)
25th Baron Segrave, 22nd/24th Baron Mowbray, 21st Baron Stourton

Henry Fitzalan-Howard
(1847–1917)
15th Duke of Norfolk, 30th/23rd/11th Earl of Arundel, 13th/15th Earl of Surrey, Lord Maltravers, Earl of Arundel and Surrey 1860–1917

Francis Fitzalan-Howard
(1859–1924)
2nd Baron Howard of Glossop

William Marmaduke Stourton
(1895–1965)
26th Baron Segrave, 23rd/25th Baron Mowbray, 22nd Baron Stourton

Bernard Fitzalan-Howard
(1908–1975)
16th Duke of Norfolk, 31st/24th/12th Earl of Arundel, 14th/16th Earl of Surrey 1917–1975

Bernard Fitzalan-Howard
(1885–1972)
3rd Baron Howard of Glossop

Charles Edward Stourton
(1923–2006)
27th Baron Segrave, 24th/26th Baron Mowbray, 23rd Baron Stourton

Miles Fitzalan-Howard
(1915–2002)
17th Duke of Norfolk, 32nd/25th/13th Earl of Arundel, 15th/17th Earl of Surrey, 4th Baron Howard of Glossop 1975–2002

Edward William Stephen Stourton
(1953–2021)
28th Baron Segrave, 25th/27th Baron Mowbray, 24th Baron Stourton

Edward Fitzalan-Howard
(b. 1956)
18th Duke of Norfolk, 33rd/26th/14th Earl of Arundel, 16th/18th Earl of Surrey, 5th Baron Howard of Glossop from 2002

James Charles Peter Stourton
(b. 1991)
29th Baron Segrave, 26th/28th Baron Mowbray, 25th Baron Stourton

Henry Fitzalan-Howard
(b. 1987)
styled Earl of Arundel and Surrey

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Watson, Bruce; White, William (2016). "ANNE MOWBRAY, DUCHESS OF YORK: A 15th-CENTURY CHILD BURIAL FROM THE ABBEY OF ST CLARE, IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS" (PDF). Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society. 2. 67. Contributions by Barney Sloane, Dorothy M Thorn and Geoffrey Wheeler. London and Middlesex Archaeological Society: 229. ISBN 978-0-903290-72-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ross, Charles (1997). Edward IV (second ed.). New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. p. 248. ISBN 0-300-07372-0. OCLC 38886953.
^ "Anne Mowbray, Duchess of York". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
^ "Anne Mowbray, Duchess of York". Retrieved on 3 March 2017.

References

Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Mowbray, John (1415-1461)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 39. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 225.
P. M. Kendall, The World of Anne Mowbray, Observer Colour Magazine, issued 23 May 1965
Moorhen, Wendy (2005). "Anne Mowbray: In Life and Death" (PDF). The Ricardian Bulletin (Spring). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2010.

Sources

M. A. Rushton, The Teeth of Anne Mowbray, British Dental Journal, issued 19 October 1965
Stepney Child Burial, Joint press release from the London Museum and Westminster Abbey, issued 15 January 1965
Roger Warwick, Skeletal Remains of a Medieval Child, London Archaeologist, Vol. 5 No. 7, issued summer 1986

Political offices
Preceded by The Duke of Norfolk	Earl Marshal with Richard from 1478; Sir Thomas Grey acting as deputy 1476–1483 1476–1481	Succeeded by The Duke of York and Norfolk Sir Thomas Grey acting as deputy; finally from 1483, The Duke of Norfolk
Peerage of England
Preceded by John Mowbray	Countess of Norfolk 3rd creation 1476–1481	Extinct (or abeyant?)
Preceded by John Mowbray	Baroness Mowbray Baroness Segrave 1476–1481	In abeyance Title next held by John Howard