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  Northumberland, Henry Percy, 1st earl of - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
NORTHUMBERLAND, HENRY PERCY, 1ST EARL OF [Northumberland, Henry Percy, 1st earl of] 1342-1408, English nobleman.
Created earl of Northumberland by Richard II in 1377, he and his son Sir Henry Percy (Hotspur) were engaged in constant warfare with the Scots.
He was a leading supporter of Henry of Lancaster (Henry IV) in the usurpation of 1399, but with his brother, Thomas Percy, earl of Worcester, and Hotspur, Northumberland revolted against the king in 1403.
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 The Bailey Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Henry PERCY [EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND] was born on 25 Jul 1421 in Leconfield, Yorkshire, England.
Henry Algernon PERCY [EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND] was born on 13 Jan 1478/79 in Leconfield, Yorkshire, England.
Henry De PERCY [BARON PERCY] was born in 1320 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England.
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 percy - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Percy, Henry, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1342-1408), English nobleman, first in the line of famous English dukes and earls.
Percy, Sir Henry, called Hotspur (1366-1403), English military leader, eldest son of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland.
Percy, Thomas (1729-1811), English poet, antiquary, and bishop, born in Bridgnorth, and educated at the University of Oxford.
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 Percy, Sir Henry - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
PERCY, SIR HENRY [Percy, Sir Henry] 1366-1403, English nobleman, called Hotspur or Henry Hotspur; son of Henry Percy, 1st earl of Northumberland.
In 1403, Hotspur and his father planned with Thomas Percy, earl of Worcester, Owen Glendower, and Sir Edmund de Mortimer to dethrone Henry and crown Edmund Mortimer, 5th earl of March, the nephew of Hotspur's wife.
Henry anticipated the move, and in a battle near Shrewsbury (1403) the king was victorious and Hotspur was slain.
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 Henry IV
Henry IV Henry IV Henry IV (April 3, 1367 – March 20, 1413) was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, hence the other name by which he was known, "Henry of Bolingbroke".
Henry, however, had a rather more equivocal relationship with Richard: they were first cousins and childhood playmates, and were admitted together to the Order of the Garter in 1377, but Henry participated in the Lords Appellant’s rebellion against the King in 1387.
Mary died in 1394, and in 1403 Henry married Joanna of Navarre, the daughter of Charles d'Evreux, King of Navarre.
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 Sir Henry Percy
King Henry IV gave the charge of the West March to Northumberland, while Henry Percy received the castles of Bamburgh, Roxburgh and Berwick, and the wardenship of the East March, with a salary of £3000 in peace time and £12,000 in war.
Northumberland and Hotspur barred their way at Millfield, near Wooler, and the Scots were compelled to fight at Humbledon, or Homildon Hill, on the 14th of September.
Percy is said to have answered this defiance with the words, "Not here, but on the field." This was late in 1402, and in 1403 Hotspur issued a proclamation in Cheshire stating that Richard II was alive, and summoning the inhabitants to his standard.
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 Wikinfo | Henry IV of England
Henry IV (April 3, 1367 - March 20, 1413) was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire - hence the other name by which he was known, "Henry Bolingbroke".
Mary died in 1394, and in 1403 Henry married Joanna of Navarre, the daughter of Charles d'Albret, King of Navarre.
Henry's reign was marked by widespread rebellion, including the revolt of Owen Glendower who declared himself Prince of Wales in 1400, and the rebellion of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland.
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 Sir Henry Percy — Infoplease.com
Worcester, Thomas Percy, earl of - Worcester, Thomas Percy, earl of, c.1344–1403, English nobleman; brother of Henry Percy, 1st...
Northumberland, Henry Percy, 1st earl of - Northumberland, Henry Percy, 1st earl of, 1342–1408, English nobleman.
Mortimer, Edmund de, 3d earl of March and 1st earl of Ulster - Mortimer, Edmund de, 3d earl of March and 1st earl of Ulster, 1351–81, English nobleman.
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Percy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Thomas Percy (1729–1811), English poet, Bishop of Dromore, editor of the Tatler, the Guardian, and the Spectator
The House of Percy (also Perci), who were the most powerful noble family in Northern England for much of the Middle Ages, having gained the title Baron Percy already in 1066.
Hugh Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1714–1786) (became Duke of Northumberland in 1766)
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 AllRefer.com - Worcester, Thomas Percy, earl of (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Worcester, Thomas Percy, earl of[woos´tur] Pronunciation Key, c.1344–1403, English nobleman; brother of Henry Percy, 1st earl of Northumberland.
He accompanied Richard to Ireland in 1399 as admiral, but upon their return to England he joined his brother and his nephew, Sir Henry Percy, in supporting the seizure of the throne by Henry IV.
Henry confirmed Worcester's past privileges and in 1401 appointed him seneschal (steward), lieutenant of South Wales, and tutor to the prince of Wales (1402).
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 Lord William Percy to Dr. Levi Cheney
Henry of Lancaster, Duke of Lancaster, died testate (P.C.C., 104 Beck) aged sixty-four on 22 Sep. 1345 and was buried at Newark Abbey, Leicester.
Henry triumphed at Shrewsbury, and Hotspur was slain.
Henry Sothill, Esq., of Stoke Faston, co. Leicester, Attorney-General to King Henry VII, was married to Joan Empson, daughter of (the notorious) Richard Empson, Knt.
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 Profile of Thomas Percy
Earl of Northumberland; his father being Edward Percy of a lower branch of the Percys, and his mother being Elizabeth Waterton and making him the second cousin to Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland.
Northumberland, although still an enormously wealthy and powerful magnate, desired to repair the damage to the wealth and reputation of his family during the Elizabethan period, and also to check the ever-increasing influence of Robert Cecil.
On November 2nd, Percy wrote three letters from Gainsboro, one to William Stockdall, the auditor for the Earl of Northumberland, claiming that he had to leave abruptly because the Archbishop was about to have him arrested as a chief pillar of papistry.
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 Henry IV, Part 1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Earl of Westmorland (Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland)
Earl of Worcester (Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester)
Henry is pleased with the outcome, not least because it gives him a chance to execute Thomas Percy, the Earl of Worcester, one of his chief enemies (though previ ously one of his chief friends).
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 thePeerage.com - Sir Henry Percy, Lord Percy and others
He was the son of Sir Henry de Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland and Margaret de Neville.
     Henry de Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland was born on 3 February 1392 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England.
She was the daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st and last Duke of Gloucester and Lady Eleanor de Bohun.
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 Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (November 10, 1341 – February 20, 1408), was the son of Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy, and the father of Henry "Harry Hotspur" Percy.
His mother was Mary of Lancaster, daughter of Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Leicester, son of Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England.
In 1408 Percy invaded England and was killed at the Battle of Bramham Moor.
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 Huntingdtonshire and Loxley, of Robin Hood and Yorkshire
Earl David was succeeded by two daughters, for his eldest son Robert, who some have equated with "Robin Hood" died at about the age of thirty in 1221.
Henry II had insisted that he surrender his claim to Northumbria in 1157 in return for a re-grant of the earldom of Huntingdon.
But Prince Henry predeceased his father but by mutability of fortune and favour of princes, dignity was again restored to the de Lizours and again to the Scottish as to Malcolm and William, both kings of Scotland to David and John surnamed the Scot, earl of Chester and lastly to Alexander II king of Scotland.
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 Henry FITZALAN (18° E. Arundel)
The Earl was examined before the Council that day and again on 13 Jan, where `certain crimes of suspicion', as the young King observed in his diary, were laid against him; `plucking down of bolts and locks at Westminster, giving of my stuff away, etc.
In Dec 1553 the Earl of Arundel purchased the wardship of the eldest daughter of Sir John Lutrell, Catherine Luttrell for 100 marks.
The Earl was reinstated by Elizabeth, but his pride in blood, manifested in an attempt to marry the Queen, prompted a second resignation in 1564 when it became clear that his suit was destined to fail.
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 Northumberland, Henry Percy, 1st earl of — Infoplease.com
Northumberland, Henry Percy, 1st earl of, 1342–1408, English nobleman.
Sir Henry Percy - Percy, Sir Henry, 1366–1403, English nobleman, called Hotspur or Henry Hotspur; son of Henry...
A kingdom in crisis: Henry IV and the battle of Shrewsburry: Alastair Dunn discusses the battle and its repercussions in its 600th......
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 1408 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
December 13 - The Order of the Dragon is officially formated under King Sigismund of Hungary.
Henry, Prince of Wales (later Henry V of England) retakes Aberystwyth from Owain Glyndŵr.
February 20 - Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (born 1342)
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 Percy
Thomas Percy (1729-1811), English poet, Bishop of Dromore, editor of the Tatler, the Guardian, and the Spectator
The House of Percy (also Perci), who were the most powerful noble family in Northern England for much of the Middle Ages, many of whom have held the titles of Earl of Northumberland or Duke of Northumberland to this day.
Hugh Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1714-1786) (became Duke of Northumberland in 1766)
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 thePeerage.com - Joan Neville and others
She was the daughter of Sir Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Lady Joan de Beaufort.
She married, firstly, Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, son of Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford and Anne of Woodstock, Countess of Buckingham, before 18 October 1424.
She married, secondly, Henry de Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, son of Sir Henry Percy, Lord Percy and Elizabeth de Mortimer, after October 1414 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England.
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Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol, expels her husband John Henry of Bohemia, to whom she had been married as a child.
She subsequently marries Louis of Bavaria without having been divorced, which results in the excommunication of the couple.
November 10 - Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (d.
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 Lord Ralph Neville to Dr. Levi Cheney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
When Richard drove his brother-in-law Henry, Earl of Derby, out of the realm, and refused him possession of the Lancaster estates, on John of Gaunt's death, Westmoreland took sides against the King, and was one of the first to join Henry when he landed in Yorkshire in July, 1399.
Northumberland was moving from the north to effect a junction with Sir John Faucenburg and other Cleveland connections of the Percies and Mowbrays who were in arms, and with youthful Thomas Mowbray, Earl Marshal and Archbishop Scrope, who raised a large force in York and advanced northward.
She married Sir Henry Percy (called by the Scots Harry Hotspur), born May 20, 1364; son and heir of Henry, 1st Earl of Northumberland.
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 Percy
Henry de Percy, 7th Baron Percy, mar Alianore de Warenne [descendant of Henry I] and had issue:
Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy, born c.1320, had issue:
Maud de Percy, mar 1364 to John Neville and had issue.
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 AllRefer.com - Sir Henry Percy (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Sir Henry Percy 1366–1403, English nobleman, called Hotspur or Henry Hotspur; son of Henry Percy, 1st earl of Northumberland.
He went to Calais in 1391 and served (c.1393–95) as governor of Bordeaux, but by 1398 he was back on the Scottish border.
• Mortimer, Edmund de, 5th earl of March and 3d earl of Ulster
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Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, son of Henry
Percy, 3rd Lord Percy of Alnwick and Mary of Lancaster
Henry de Beauchamp, 6th Earl and 1st Duke of Warwick, son of
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 (Agnes* DE PERCY - Wulgrin* DE PÉRIGORD )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Henry* DE PERCY (1st Baron of Percy) (25 Mar 1273 - Oct 1314)
Henry* DE PERCY (3rd Baron of Percy) (ABT 1320 - ABT 1368)
Sir Knight Henry* DE PERCY (1st Earl of Northumberland) (ABT 1341 - ABT 1408)
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 Behind the Name: Message: "Lady Northumberland"
September 4, 2001 at 6:09:27 PM As asked by Mike C on 31 July 2001, What was the first name of LAdy Northumberland in henry 4 part 2.
The title of Northumberland was held by the Percy Family.
The incumbent at the time was Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland.
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 Henry de PERCY "1st Earl of Northumberland" "Marshal of England"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Henry de PERCY "1st Earl of Northumberland" "Marshal of England"
Henry de PERCY "3rd Lord Percy" "3rd Baron of Alnwick" (~1322-~1368)
Notes for Henry de PERCY "1st Earl of Northumberland" "Marshal of England"
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 Percy Sir Henry - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Percy Sir Henry - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Bridgman, Percy Williams (1882-1961), American physicist and Nobel laureate, who was noted for his study of the behaviour of materials at high...
Bragg, Sir William Henry (1862-1942), British physicist and Nobel laureate, born in Wigton, Cumberland (now Cumbria), and educated at King...
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