known as ‘The Unthrifty’, was dogged with misfortune all his life. Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1414 1455).

The email does not appear to be a valid email address. John Percy. 4. Elizabeth was the daughter of Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March and Philippa, granddaughter of Edward III. 2. [26] The battle was a complete victory for the Yorkist side, and led to another reversal of the political situation. Lucy.

[15] The king intervened on the archbishop's side, though Northumberland remained in favour at court. He died in 1632, and was succeeded by his son Algernon.

Hotspur's father – the young Henry's grandfather – was also called Henry Percy, and in 1377 became the first of the Percy family to hold the title of Earl of Northumberland. [27] The battle was a complete victory for the Yorkist side, and led to another reversal of the political situation.

At the same time, a feud with the Neville family was developing, particularly with Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury. He married Idonea de Clifford and they had 4 sons and 4 daughters. III, p. 362-363. He was a typical nobleman of the Renaissance, extremely cultured for his time, and, unlike his predecessors, preferred the life of the Court to that of Border warfare. Ann Percy. Elizabeth was the daughter of Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March and Philippa, granddaughter of Edward III. Failed to remove flower. [15] Even at the time of his death, Northumberland had not recovered all the estates once held by his grandfather. Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1455 1461). In 1327 Edward III led a large army into the North to drive back a Scottish incursion, but the Scots evaded him, and he was compelled to disband his army. In 1436 the Earl led a force up the Breamish River towards Scotland, but was met and defeated, by Douglas at Piperden, where his cousin Sir Richard Percy was killed. The Scots, inflamed with the desire to avenge their miseries, followed the retiring army and in their turn devastated Northumberland. A conflict over land with the archbishop of York escalated into open violence. Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (3 February 1393[a] – 22 May 1455) was an English nobleman and military commander in the lead up to the Wars of the Roses. Sir Richard Percy Kt.,. The earl did some service in the French war, and on 24 Feb. 1421 officiated as a steward at the coronation of Queen Catherine [see Catherine of Valois]. In 1378 he besieged Berwick with a large force. 6. Only after the death of Henry IV in 1413 was he reconciled with the Crown, and in 1416 he was created Earl of Northumberland. Father of Joan Percy, Nun; Henry Percy; John Percy; John Percy; Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland and 6 others; Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont; Catherine Percy, Lady Grey, Countess of Kent; George Percy, Canon at Beverley; Sir Ralph Percy, Governor of Bamburgh Castle; Richard Percy, Knight and William de Percy, Bishop Of Carlyle « less GREAT NEWS! Katherine. They had 4 sons and one daughter. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 95. Apparently the existing Percy Earldom etc then became extinct. We’ve updated the security on the site. [23] The Nevilles were by this time closely associated with York, so the natural option for Northumberland was to side with Somerset and the king. In 1605 Percy was one of the principal conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot, on the discovery of which he fled, but was hunted down and shot at Holbeach in Staffordshire. Son and heir to Sir Henry Percy and Lady Eleanor Poynings, grandson to Sir Henry Percy and Eleanor Neville, Sir Richard Poynings and Eleanor de Berkeley. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 540-544. The conflict, however, continued over the following years. There is a problem with your email/password. Griffiths, R. A. [15], Initially, Northumberland's relations with the other great northern family, the Nevilles, were friendly. It is said that Ann Somerset escaped to France with her children. III, p. 341-342. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. In 1482 he led the van of a large army, which was assembled at Alnwick and sent, into Scotland to avenge Scottish depredations, and succeeded in forcing Scotland to accept highly unfavourable terms. [4] After a short imprisonment, he was pardoned, and in June 1404 he delivered his grandson into the king's custody at Doncaster.

25 Jul 1421, d. 29 Mar 1461, Sir Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont b.