Early Life
Sir Edward Howard's date of birth can be determined only approximately, and nothing is known of his early upbringing or education. He began his military career in August 1492 at the age of fifteen under Sir Edward Poynings at the siege of Sluys. In 1497 his father, then Earl of Surrey, was given a command in Scotland and took his sons Thomas and Edward with him. Although no major fighting took place, Surrey knighted both Thomas and Edward at Ayton Castle in September 1502. In 1503 Howard was among those who escorted Margaret Tudor to Scotland for her marriage to King James IV.
King Henry VII died on 21 April 1509. Howard played a prominent role in the tournament held to celebrate the coronation of the new King, Henry VIII, and was appointed the King's standard-bearer on 20 May 1509.
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