Henry Howard

Life

Born: ca. 1517

Died: 19 January 1547

Biography

An English nobleman, politician and poet. He was one of the founders of English Renaissance poetry and was the last known person to have been executed at the instance of King Henry VIII. His name is usually associated in literature with that of the poet Sir Thomas Wyatt. Owing largely to the powerful position of his father Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Henry took a prominent part in court life, and served as a soldier both in France and in Scotland. He was a man of reckless temper, which involved him in many quarrels, and finally brought upon him the wrath of the ageing Henry VIII. He was arrested, tried for treason and beheaded on Tower Hill.

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Settings of text by Henry Howard

• If care do cause men cry (Anonymous)
• O happy dames (John Sheppard)
• Welcome, every nymph and swain (John Danby)