Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te papa o Howard i ora ake i a ia, ahakoa kotahi tau noa iho; i te mea i haere ia ki te Whenua Tapu i runga i te pakanga, ka tae ia ki Hiruharama engari i mate i reira i te 17 o Noema 1437. Kua mate te whaea o Robert Howard i mua i a raua tokorua; i waiho e ia ki a Robert tana whare rangatira o Stoke e Nayland i tana hiahia. Tokotoru ngā tamariki a Howard rāua ko Margaret, ko Hoani, ko Ketereina, ko Hāpere. John i ki kia he retainer rongonui mo te toru o Duke o Norfolk, a, no te
i pakaru te pakanga ā-iwi iti iho i te rua tekau tau i muri mai, ka whai wāhi nui ia hei tētahi o ngā kaitautoko tino kaha o te Whare o York. I te tau 1483, i te wa i eke a Richard III ki te torona, i whakawhiwhia e ia a John Howard ki te mana o Mowbray o Norfolk kua ngaro nei.