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| | Thomas PERCY (7° E. Northumberland) |
 | | Sir Thomas Percy was the head of one of the oldest and most noble families in England. |
 | | His second son, Sir Thomas Percy, was beheaded at Tyburn, 2 Jun, 1537, for his participation in the Pilgrimage of Grace, and subsequently, in consequence of this attainder, part of the estates were conferred upon John Dudley, who was created Duke of Northumberland, and succeeded to the castle and estate of Leconfield, in 1551. |
 | | He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Percy, brother of the childless Henry Percy, sixth Earl of Northumberland, and Eleanor, daughter of Sir Guiscard Harbottle. |
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