Short answers, pulled from the story.
John Howard died at the Battle of Bosworth Field on the 22nd of August 1485 while fighting for the House of York. His death marked the moment the Howard family name was forged in blood and tragedy as the Tudor dynasty rose from the ashes of his defeat.
Sir William Howard born in 1237 was the progenitor of the noble line who left Great Howarth Hall to settle in East Winch and Wiggenhall in Norfolk. He became a Justice of the Common Pleas and was summoned to the Model Parliament of 1295 establishing the family's presence in the highest councils of the realm.
The Howard family produced two wives for Henry VIII named Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard making them the only family to have two queens consort from the same lineage. Anne Boleyn was the granddaughter of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk while Catherine Howard was his great-niece creating a dynastic web that tied the family to the most volatile period of English history.
Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk was executed in June 1572 after being discovered to have participated in the Ridolfi Plot a conspiracy to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I and replace her with Mary Queen of Scots. His participation in the plot was discovered in September 1571 and he was arrested tried and sentenced to death for his attempt to restore Catholicism in England.
Charles Howard 1st Earl of Nottingham served as Lord High Admiral of the English fleet that defeated the invading Spanish Armada in 1588 securing England's independence from Spanish domination. His leadership was crucial in the defeat of the Armada a victory that is still celebrated as a turning point in English history.
Arundel Castle has been in the family of the Duke of Norfolk for over 400 years serving as the principal seat of the Howard family and a Grade I listed building. The castle was inherited by the Howards in 1580 when they became the genealogical successors to the paternally extinct FitzAlans ancient kin to the House of Stuart.