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  Percy (Family) - LoveToKnow 1911
Richard de Percy was one of the twentyfive barons appointed to enforce the observance of Magna Carta.
The ist earl of Northumberland, father of the famous Hotspur, Sir Henry Percy (q.v.), was killed at Bramham Moor in 1408, while in arms against the king, and his title and estates were forfeited.
It was restored in the days of Queen Mary to Thomas Percy (1528-1572), a nephew of the 6th earl, who, being a stanch Roman Catholic, was one of the three earls who took the lead in the celebrated rising of 1572, and was beheaded at York.
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 Henry Percy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Henry Percy was the name of several nobles in the line that produced the earls of Northumberland.
- 1403) was the eldest son of the 1st Earl of Northumberland and 4th Lord Percy of Alnwick.
With his father he helped depose Richard II of England, but later with his uncle Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester he led a rebellion against King Henry IV in 1403, forming an alliance with another rebel, Owen Glendower.
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 War of Roses
Henry V's short reign saw one conspiracy against him, led by Richard, Earl of Cambridge, a son of Edmund of Langley, the fourth son of Edward III.
Henry V died in 1422, and Richard, Duke of York, the son of Richard, Earl of Cambridge and Anne Mortimer, would grow up to challenge his successor, the feeble King Henry VI, for the crown.
Henry's recovery in 1455 thwarted Richard's ambitions, and the Duke of York was soon after driven from the royal court by Henry's queen, Margaret of Anjou.
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Percy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
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.
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421–1461) (forfeit 1461)
Hugh Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1714–1786) (became Duke of Northumberland in 1766)
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 Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, (3 February 1392 /1393 22 May 1455) was the son of Henry Percy and his wife Elizabeth de Mortimer, daughter of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and Philippa Plantagenet.
He was restored to favour in 1416 by Henry V of England, receiving the estates of his paternal grandfather Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland the re-creation of his earldom.
Henry V was succeeded by his one-year-old son Henry VI of England.
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 Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, (25 July 1421 29 March 1461) was the son of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland and Lady Eleanor Neville, daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and his second wife Joan Beaufort.
Percy was first cousin to (among others) Edward IV of England, Margaret of Burgundy, George, Duke of Clarence and Richard III of England.
On December 30, 1460, Percy is known to have fought on the Lancastrian side at the Battle of Wakefield.
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 Intro
His grandson, later 3rd Earl of Northumberland, was restored to the title by Henry V in 1416, but was never able to recover all the estates or to wield the same power as had the 1st Earl of Northumberland.
This was fuelled by the deaths of Egremont at Northampton, Salisbury and Sir Thomas Neville at Wakefield, the 3rd Earl of Northumberland at Towton and Sir Ralph Percy at Hedgeley Moor.
Henry's inability to maintain law and order made possible the feuds between the great magnates of his realm and his reliance on favourites, to the exclusion of others, fostered rivalry between nobles.
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 thePeerage.com - Lady Dorothy Percy and others
She was the daughter of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland and Lady Dorothy Devereux.
She was the daughter of Sir George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol and Lady Anne Russell.
She married Sir Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, son of Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland and Lady Dorothy Sydney, on 10 June 1665.
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 Some corrections and additions to the Complete Peerage: Volume 6: Hungerford
291, where she is given as the 12th and youngest child of Henry, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, by Eleanor, da.
In a pedigree of the Percys apparently drawn up in the 1480s, "Anna nupta domino de Hungerford" is shown as a daughter of Henry Percy and Eleanor, daughter of the earl of Westmorland [Surtees Society, vol.
This would indicate that she was the daughter of Henry Percy (d.
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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.
This Lord Percy being present as Marshal of England, at the Coronation of King Richard II, on July 13, 1377, was the same day advanced to the dignity and title of Earl of Northumberland and in 7th of King Richard was elected one of the Knights of the Garter.
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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 Wars of the Roses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry V's short reign saw one conspiracy against him, the Southampton Plot led by Richard, Earl of Cambridge, a son of Edmund of Langley, the fifth son of Edward III.
Henry VI The Lancastrian King Henry VI of England was surrounded by unpopular regents and advisors.
However, Henry's claim to the throne was through his mother, Margaret Beaufort, a descendant of Edward III, derived from John Beaufort, a grandson of Edward III's as the illegitimate son of John of Gaunt (at birth though later legitimated on the marriage of his parents).
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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.
www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/HenryFitzalan(18EArundel).htm   (1566 words)

  
 1532 - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Henry VIII grants the Thorne brothers a Royal Charter to found Bristol Grammar School.
June 24 - Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, long-standing favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England (died 1588)
Henry Percy, 2nd/8th Earl of Northumberland (died 1585)
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/1532   (348 words)

  
 Sir William Gascoigne's Fellowship
Son and heir to the 2nd Earl of Northumberland.
He was restored to the earldom of Northumberland in 1470.
Retained by the Earl of Northumberland and the Duke of Gloucester.
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 Wars of the Roses: Summary for First St. Albans
Henry VI moved from London to intercept the Yorkist army.
Henry halted his march in the town of Saint Albans and waited.
Edmund Beaufort,duke of Somerset; Thomas de Clifford; Henry Percy, 2nd earl of Northumberland
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 Percy
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.
Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341-1408) (forfeit 1405)
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421-1461) (forfeit 1461)
www.paleorama.com /Disney-P/Percy.php   (892 words)

  
 My Lines - Person Page 318
She was the daughter of Edmund "the Good Earl" de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and Philippa, suo jure Countess of Ulster.
She married Sir Henry "Hotspur" de Percy K.G., son of Henry de Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland and Margaret de Nevill, circa 1 May 1380.
Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland was born in 1392/93.
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 Henry IV Part 1
Owen Glendower, a Welsh rebel, is leading an uprising in the west, and the Earl of Douglas is leading one in the north.
Hotspur is infuriated and prodded-on by his father, the Earl of Northumberland, joins the Welsh and Scotch rebels.
The Percys feel that King Henry IV has become ungrateful toward them, as it was they who helped Henry Bolingbroke ascend to the throne.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Henry II (1132-89) King of England 1154-89 = Eleanor of Aquitaine
Henry III (1206-72) King of England 1216-72 = Eleanor of Provence
Henry IV 1377-99 Phillipa of Clarence 1399-1413 (1355-82) = Mary = Edmund Mortimer,
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 St Albans 1
In early February 1455 Henry VI recovered his health and the protectorate of the Duke of York came to an end.
Parliament was disolved, York's ally, the Duke of Salisbury, was dismissed from the office of Chancellor and York's enemy, the Duke of Somerset, was released from the Tower.
The "Yorkists" (the Duke of York, Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, and Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick) soon left London and the "Lancastrians" (King Henry and his queen, the Duke of Somerset, and the Percy family) consolidated their return to power.
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 Edward 111 to Peter Western
Henry Percy [2nd Earl of Northumberland] B. 3 Feb 1392 D. 22 May 1455
Henry Percy [4th Earl of Northumberland] B. Abt 1449 D. 28 Apr 1489
Henry Algernon Percy [5th Earl of Northumberland] B. 13 Jan 1477 D. Catherine Spencer B. Margaret Percy [Lady]
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 Conqueror4
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, K.G., *c.
Elizabeth Percy, Lady, * 1667, + 1722, Md.1) 1679, Henry Cavendish (later Percy), Earl of Ogle, + 1680; Md.2) 1681, Thomas Thynne, + 1682 murdered; Md.3) 1682, Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, K.G., P.C., * 1662, + 1748.
Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, P.C., * 1710, + 1763, Md. 1751, Hon.
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 thePeerage.com - Margaret Percy and others   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
     Margaret Percy is the daughter of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland and Eleanor de Poynings.
He married Margaret Percy, daughter of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland and Eleanor de Poynings.
     Beatrice de Stafford was the daughter of Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret Audley, Baroness Audley.
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 1455 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
May 22 - Wars of the Roses: First Battle of St Albans - Richard, Duke of York and his ally, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick defeat the Lancastrians under Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, who is killed.
York captures King Henry VI of England and has himself appointed Constable of England.
May 22 - Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (killed in battle)
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/1455   (275 words)

  
 1585 - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Beginning of the Eighth War of Religion in France (also known as the War of the Three Henrys)
Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford (born 1527)
Henry Percy, 2nd/8th Earl of Northumberland (born 1532)
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/1585   (475 words)

  
 Leaders and Battles: First St. Albans,
York Leadership: Richard of York Richard Neville, earl of Warwick Richard Neville, earl of Salisbury
Lancaster Leadership: King Henry VI Queen Margaret Edmund Beaufort, duke of Somerset Humphrey Stafford, duke of Buckingham
Notable deaths Edmund Beaufort,duke of Somerset; Thomas de Clifford; Henry Percy, 2nd earl of Northumberland
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 Worldroots.com
Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, son of Henry
Percy, 3rd Lord Percy of Alnwick and Mary of Lancaster
Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, son of Henry Percy
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 Percy page
Thomas Percy (1729-1811), English poet, Bishop of Dromore, editor of the Tatler, the Guardian, and the Spectator
Percy Erskine Nobbs (1875-1964), Scottish born Canadian architect
Hugh Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1714-1786) (became Duke of Northumberland in 1766)
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 Henry de PERCY "1st Earl of Northumberland" "Marshal of England"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Henry de PERCY "1st Earl of Northumberland" "Marshal of England"
Henry de PERCY "3rd Lord Percy" "3rd Baron of Alnwick" (~1322-~1368)
Ralph de NEVILLE "Baron" "2nd Lord Nevill of Raby" (1291-1367)
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 Robertson Family of Buckingham County, Virginia - pafg15
Elizabeth Mortimer, married Henry Percy ("Hotspur"), K.G.; their son:
Henry Percy, K.G. (murdered in 1489), married Maud Herbert; their son:
Johanna Percy married Arthur Harris of Prittwell, Essex; their son:
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