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	Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester (1343 – July 23, 1403) was an English nobleman best known for taking part in the rebellion of his nephew Henry Percy, 'Harry Hotspur'.
		He was the younger son of Henry Percy, 3rd Lord Percy, and Mary Plantagenet, daughter of Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, son Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, son of Henry III of England.
		Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland was his elder brother, and Sir Henry 'Hotspur' Percy was his nephew.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Percy,_Earl_of_Worcester (216 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Worcester, Thomas Percy, earl of (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		WORCESTER, THOMAS PERCY, EARL OF [Worcester, Thomas Percy, earl of] woos´ter, c.1344-1403, English nobleman; brother of Henry Percy, 1st earl of Northumberland.
		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).
		Captured in the subsequent battle of Shrewsbury, Worcester was beheaded.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/w/worcest1p1.asp (329 words)

	Thomas PERCY (7° E. Northumberland)
		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.
		Earl Thomas with the Earl of Westmoreland wrote to the Pope asking for advice, but before their letter reached Rome circumstances hurried them into rebellion against their better judgment.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/ThomasPercy(7ENorthumberland).htm (1215 words)

	Henry Percy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir Henry Percy, also called Harry Hotspur (May 20, 1364/1366 – July 21, 1403) was the eldest son of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, 4th Lord Percy of Alnwick.
		He fought against the Scottish forces of James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas at the Battle of Otterburn in August, 1388 and was captured, but later ransomed.
		Later with his paternal uncle Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, he led a rebellion against Henry IV in 1403, forming an alliance with the Welsh rebel, Owain Glyndŵr.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Percy (430 words)

	thePeerage.com - Exhibit
		On 22 Oct. 1378 Percy was a guardian of the truce, and one of the commissioners to treat with Scotland (Doyle, iii.
		Worcester is alleged to have opposed the assumption of the crown by Henry (Hardyng, p.
		Worcester was a trier of petitions in the parliament held in October, and on 24 Oct. was appointed one of the escort to bring the new queen from Brittany.
	www.thepeerage.com /e86.htm (3109 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Bl. Thomas Percy
		Earl of Northumberland, martyr, born in 1528; died at York, 22 August, 1572.
		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 Harbottal.
		Earl Thomas with the Earl of Westmoreland wrote to the pope asking for advice, but before their letter reached Rome circumstances hurried them into action against their better judgment.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14697a.htm (479 words)

	Thomas PERCY (Sir)
		It is commonly accepted that Thomas Percy was the great-grandson of the 4th 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.
		Thomas Percy was far from a scrupulous man, which may have been exactly what the Earl of Northumberland needed in extracting the rents from the often less than cooperative Northern tenants.
		On Nov 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.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/ThomasPercy.htm (2997 words)

	Owen Glendower
		In 1402 he captured Edmund Mortimer, uncle of the 5th Earl of March and a claimant to the English throne.
		He then allied himself with the Percy family (Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy, and Thomas Percy, 2nd Earl of Worcester).
		The defeat of the Percys at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 (in which Owen did not take part) was a temporary setback for the Welsh leader.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ow/Owain_Glyndwr.html (427 words)

	Библиотека Luksian key \| Shakespeare. King Henry IV. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		(EARL OF WORCESTER:) HENRY PERCY Earl of Northumberland.
		EARL OF WORCESTER Those same noble Scots That are your prisoners,-- HOTSPUR I'll keep them all; By God, he shall not have a Scot of them; No, if a Scot would save his soul, he shall not: I'll keep them, by this hand.
		EARL OF WORCESTER I told him gently of our grievances, Of his oath-breaking; which he mended thus, By now forswearing that he is forsworn: He calls us rebels, traitors; and will scourge With haughty arms this hateful name in us.
	lib.luksian.com /texte/fict_sz/016 (18014 words)

	SparkNotes: Henry IV, Part 1: Character List
		Hotspur - The son and heir of the Earl of Northumberland and the nephew of the Earl of Worcester.
		Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester - Hotspur’s uncle.
		Northumberland conspires and raises troops on the Percy side, but he claims that he is sick before the Battle of Shrewsbury and does not actually bring his troops into the fray.
	www.sparknotes.com /shakespeare/henry4pt1/characters.html (922 words)

	Play Synopsis - Henry IV Part 1
		Henry IV wishes he could switch sons with Henry Percy, the Earl of Northumberland, whose son is Henry Percy (Hotspur), a valiant soldier.
		The third Percy is Thomas Percy, the Earl of Worcester and brother to Northumberland.
		Worcester meets the king the next morning but no agreement is made though the king offers to pardon all the revolters.
	www.onlineshakespeare.com /henry4isyn.htm (585 words)

	Sir Henry Percy
		Henry anticipated the move, and in a battle near Shrewsbury (1403) the king was victorious and Hotspur was slain.
		Douglas, James, 2d earl of Douglas and Mar - Douglas, James, 2d earl of Douglas and Mar, 1358?–1388, Scottish nobleman; son of William...
		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.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0838265.html (442 words)

	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.
		In 1388 he participated in the famous battle of Otterburn, or Chevy Chase, against the Scots; he was captured but later ransomed, and he returned to his post of warden of Carlisle and the West Marches.
		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.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Percy-Si.html (376 words)

	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.
		His father, the 8th Earl, had been openly Catholic, and his uncle was beheaded for his part in the Northern Rising of 1572 on behalf of Mary, Queen of Scots.
		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.
	www.gunpowder-plot.org /people/thopercy.htm (3208 words)

	AllRefer.com - Northumberland, Henry Percy, 1st earl of (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		He fought in France in the Hundred Years War, became warden of the Scottish Marches, and was a supporter of John Wyclif.
		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.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/NorthmbHP1.html (286 words)

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		The Earl of Douglas is discomfited: Ten thousand bold Scots, two-and-twenty knights, Balk'd in their own blood, did Sir Walter see On Holmedon's plains: of prisoners, Hotspur took Mordake the Earl of Fife and eldest son To beaten Douglas; and the Earls of Athol, Of Murray, Angus, and Menteith.
		Worcester, get thee gone; for I do see Danger and disobedience in thine eye: O, sir, your presence is too bold and peremptory, And majesty might never yet endure The moody frontier of a servant brow.
		Percy is but my factor, good my lord, T' engross up glorious deeds on my behalf; And I will call hall to so strict account, That he shall render every glory up, Yea, even the slightest worship of his time, Or I will tear the reckoning from his heart.
	www.shakespearehelp.com /textfiles/henry41.doc (17350 words)

	Henry IV, Part One Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester (Character Analysis)
		Known as the earl of Worcester—or, simply, Worcester—he is Hotspur's uncle and Northumberland's brother.
		Worcester's argument for his plot against the king is that Henry dislikes and fears being...
		Illustration: King Henry VI, Earl of Northumberland, Earl of Worcester, Sir Walter Blunt and Hotspur
	allshakespeare.com /henry/36303 (265 words)

	William Shakespeare: Henry IV, Part I.
		Of prisoners, Hotspur took Mordake Earl of Fife and eldest son To beaten Douglas, and the Earl of Athol, Of Murray, Angus, and Menteith.
		Worcester is stol'n away to-night; thy father's beard is turn'd white with the news; you may buy land now as cheap as stinking mack'rel.
		Percy is but my factor, good my lord, To engross up glorious deeds on my behalf; And I will call hall to so strict account That he shall render every glory up, Yea, even the slightest worship of his time, Or I will tear the reckoning from his heart.
	www.uoregon.edu /~rbear/shake/hiv1.html (17711 words)

	King Henry the Fourth Act V. Commentary at Absolute Shakespeare
		To the sound of trumpets, Thomas Percy the Earl of Worcester and Sir Richard Vernon arrive at King Henry's camp on behalf of the rebellion to discuss their grievances with their king and to hopefully avoid war (Line 4).
		Instead, Worcester tells Hotspur that "There is no seeming mercy in the king" (there appears to be no mercy in the king), (Line 34), Worcester then going on to explain that he gently told King Henry of their "grievances," (Line 36).
		Worcester and Vernon are to be killed, while King Henry IV decides the fate of the other prisoners.
	absoluteshakespeare.com /guides/summaries/king_henry_iv/act_v.htm (3531 words)

	Chickspeare presents HENRY IV - who's who in the play
		Hotspur is a member of the powerful Percy family of the north, a family that brought King Henry IV to power but now feels that the king has forgotten his debt to them.
		Hotspur's uncle is the Earl of Worcester; he is married to Lady Percy, a.k.a.
		ARCHIBALD, EARL OF DOUGLAS - Usually called The Douglas (a traditional way of referring to a Scottish clan chief, at least in Shakespeare's universe), he is the leader of the large army of Scottish rebels against King Henry, and fights on the Percy side.
	www.chickspeare.org /webofyore/whois01.html (1162 words)

	1403 : Encyclopedia Entry
		King Henry IV of England defeats a rebel army led by "Hotspur" Percy, who is killed.
		Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros (died 1431)
		July 23 - Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, English rebel (executed) (born 1343)
	bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/1403 (121 words)

	[No title]
		Of prisoners, Hotspur took Mordake the Earl of Fife, and eldest son To beaten Douglas; and the Earl of Athol, Of Murray, Angus, and Menteith: And is not this an honourable spoil?
		LADY PERCY Then should you be nothing but musical for you are altogether governed by humours.
		EARL OF WORCESTER What I have done my safety urged me to; And I embrace this fortune patiently, Since not to be avoided it falls on me. KING HENRY IV Bear Worcester to the death and Vernon too: Other offenders we will pause upon.
	www.bralyn.net /etext/literature/shakespeare/histories/1kinghenryiv.txt (18761 words)

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		Lord Bardolph tells the Earl of Northumberland (Henry Percy) the rumor that Hotspur killed Hal in battle, but Morton reveals the truth of Hotspur's death to his father (Northumberland).
		The Earl of Warwick (with the Earl of Surrey and Sir Walter Blunt) assure Henry IV that Northumberland will be defeated, though Henry IV repeats Richard II's prediction that Northumberland, who helped Henry IV to the throne, would eventually revolt and win.
		The Earl of Westmoreland meets Scroop and receives a list of grievances to be given to Henry IV.
	www.users.muohio.edu /erlichrd/shax-film2001/h4_plot.html (1199 words)

	Worcester, Thomas Percy, earl of
		More on Thomas Percy earl of Worcester from Fact Monster:
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	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0852707.html (229 words)

	Events leading to the Battle of Shrewsbury. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Prince Henry, accompanied by Sir Thomas Percy (Earl of Worcester and uncle to Hotspur) and a small army had been on a chevauchee against Glendower's home in north Wales and by mid July had returned to Shrewsbury having burnt Glendower's house and collected a certain amount of loot.
		The contemporary account by William de Wyntershall says he was joined by his uncle Sir Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester together with what money and troops he could raise.
		The contemporary account says that the King and the Earl of Dunbar "arrived unexpectedly in those parts where the rebels were running riot" and that Hotspur, "seeing the King's banner" abandoned his attack on the town.
	www.phil-barker.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /SUE/1403/Srby1403b.html (947 words)

	Henry IV, Part One List of Characters
		Earl of Westmoreland—nobleman; loyal member of King Henry’s court.
		Sir John Falstaff—friend to Hal; chief member of a gang of ruffians with whom Hal associates.
		Thomas Percy—Earl of Worcester; brother to Henry Percy; uncle to Hotspur.
	allshakespeare.com /henry/30115 (244 words)

	Owain ap Griffith, Lord of Glendower and Prince of Wales
		In 1402 he captured Sir Edmund de Mortimer, whose nephew the 5th earl of March had a claim to the English throne, and secured his support.
		He then allied himself with the discontented Percy family (Sir Henry Percy; his father, Henry Percy, 1st earl of Northumberland; and Thomas Percy, earl of Worcester).
		The defeat of the Percys at the battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 (in which Owen did not take part) was only a temporary setback for the Welsh leader.
	www.soldiers-russia.com /eagle/el0028a-2.htm (352 words)

	Playbill News: Hit Shakespeare Henry IV Extends to Jan. 18, 2004
		Jennings, a castmate of Hayden in Carousel (as was McDonald), is the conniving Earl of Worcester.
		As for the women, Dana Ivey stars as both Mistress Quickly and Lady Northumberland, and Audra McDonald is Lady Percy, a role with only a few scenes.
		Henry IV is McDonald's first major non-musical play on the New York stage since Terrence McNally's Master Class, for which she won a Tony Award (and she did sing within that play's master class conceit), and her first important stab at the classics.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/83033.html (986 words)

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