Frances Howard, (née de Vere), Countess of Surrey (c. 1516 – 30 June 1577) was the daughter of John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford and Elizabeth Trussell, Countess of Oxford. Frances married twice, first to Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, son of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk and Lady Elizabeth Stafford, by whom she had five children. Secondly she married Thomas Staynings, and by him had one child.
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk | March 10, 1536 | June 2, 1572 | (1) married Mary FitzAlan - had issue (2) married Margaret Audley - had issue; (3) married Elizabeth Leybourne - had no issue |
| Catherine Howard | 1538 | 1596 | married Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley |
| Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton | February 25, 1540 | June 15, 1614 | |
| Margaret Howard | 1543 | 1590 | married Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton - had issue |
| Jane Howard | 1533/1537 | June 30, 1593 (buried) | married Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland - had issue |
| Unnamed Son | c. 1555 | Unknown | by Thomas Staynings |