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Personal data Henry de Percy , KG, 1st Earl Northumberland 

• Also known as 4th\1st Earl of /Northumberland/, Henry de Percy.
• He was born on November 10, 1341 in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England.Sources 1, 3, 4
• He died on February 19, 1407/1408 in Battle of Bramham Moor, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England, he was 65 years old.Sources 1, 3, 4

  Oorzaak: Battle of Bramham Moor, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England

• He is buried on July 2, 1408 in Head staked on London Bridge, Final burial at York Minster.
• A child of Henry 3rd Baron de Percy and Mary Plantagenet
• This information was last updated on April 22, 2023.

Household of Henry de Percy , KG, 1st Earl Northumberland

(1) He is married to Margaret de Neville.

They got married on July 12, 1358 at Brancepeth, England, he was 16 years old.Sources 1, 3, 4

Child(ren):

1. Ralph Percy  ± 1368-1397
2. Isolde Percy  ± 1362-> 1435 
3. Henry "Harry Hotspur" de Percy  1364-1403 
4. Margaret Percy  ± 1365-????
5. Thomas Percy  ± 1366-1387
6. Alan Percy  1371-????

(2) He is married to Maud Baroness de Lucy.

They got married before December 15, 1381 at 2nd husband 2nd wife.Sources 1, 4

Notes about Henry de Percy , KG, 1st Earl Northumberland

Henry de Percy, 1st and last Earl of Northumberland of the 16 July 1377creation, KG (c1366); born 10 Nov 1341; knighted Feb 1361/2, Jt (hisfather being among other appointees to the post) surveyor of EasternMarch of Scotland and Keeper of truce with Scots 1367, Jt Warden of theEaster March 1369 and 1370; Jt commissioner to negotiate peace with theScots 1378, 1393 and Feb 1393/4 and Jt Ambassador for the same purpose1401, Admiral of the North 1383, Sheriff of Northumberland 1383, Captainof Calais 1389, Jt Ambassador to negotiate truce with Flanders and France1390, Keeper of Berwick and East March 1391-96; following some twodecades of growing dissatisfaction with Richard II he played a major rolein deposing and probably also in the subsequent murder of the King, asalso the process whereby the 2nd Duke of Lancaster ascended the throne asHenry IV, so that on the latter's coronation day (30 Sep 1399) he wasappointed Constable of England for life (forfeited 1403) and about thesame time was granted the lordship of the Isle of Man; won with his son"Harry Hotspur" victory of Homildon Hill over Scots 1402 but father andson were not allowed to ransom their prisoners by Henry IV and what withthat and other causes of irritation they conspired to put the 5th Earl ofMarch on the throne, who as great grandson of Lionel Duke of Clarence,2nd son of Edward III, was the candidate of the late Richard II'ssupporters and indeed de jure successor to Richard; following the Battleof Shrewsbury (1403), in which "Harry Hotspur" was killed, the Earl ofNorthumberland made his peace with Henry IV, his actions being adjudgedtrespass rather than treason; he conspired against Henry again in 1405and fled abroad, whereupon he was attainted 1406 and the Earldom ofNorthumberland and Barony of Percy were forfeited; married 1st 12 July1358 Margaret de Neville (died 11-13 May 1372), daughter of 2nd Lord(Baron) Nevill(e) (of Raby), and widow of 3rd Lord (Baron) de Ros ofHelmsley.

Henry married 2nd by 15 Dec 1381, as her 2nd husband, Maud de Lucy,Baroness Lucy in her own right (born c1343-45; married 1st Gilbert deUmfreville, 10th Earl of Angus; dsps 18 Dec 1398), sister and heiress ofAnthony, 3rd Lord (Baron) Lucy; in the event of her dying without issue,which is what actually happened, she bequeathed to her stepson Sir Henry("Harry Hotspur") Percy her estates, including the Honour and Castle ofCockermouth, Cumberland. The 1st and last Earl of Northumberland of the1377 creation (as it will be convenient still to call him, although hehad by now been stripped of his titles), convinced that Henry IV waswidely detested and that the pro-March party would quickly pick upsupport, headed south with a band of followers into England from theScottish border in Feb 1408 but was intercepted at Tadcaster, Yorks, 19Feb 1407/8 and defeated and killed in battle at Bramham Moor nearby 20Feb, his head being struck off, removed and fixed on a stake at LondonBridge, while his body was divided in four, a separate part being sent toLondon, Lincoln, Berwick, and Newcastle to edify the population thoughHenry IV later gave the remains to the late Earl's friends for decentburial. [Burke's Peerage]

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Henry de Percy, KG, created 1377 Earl of Northumberland, b. 10 Nov 1341,slain 19 Feb 1407/8, son of Henry de Percy and Mary Plantagenet, daughterof Henry de Lancaster and Maud de Chaworth. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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BARONY OF PERCY (IV) 1368

EARLDOM OF NORTHUMBERLAND (IV, 1) 1377 to 1406

HENRY DE PERCY, son and heir of Henry, LORD PERCY, by Mary, daughter ofHenry, EARL OF LANCASTER, and sister of Henry, 1st DUKE OF LANCASTER, wasborn 10 November 1341. In August 1359 he was going, in the Duke'scompany, to France on that expedition which terminated in the Peace ofBrétigny. He was knighted before 4 February 1361/2, and was again goingbeyond seas 7 October 1363. K.G. circa 1366. In February 1366/7 as Henryde Percy the son, he was appointed surveyor of the castles and forts inthe East March of Scotland; and, in July following, with his father andothers, joint surveyor of that March and conservator of the truce. He didhomage, and had writ for livery of his inheritance, 29 June 1368. In July1369 he went on service to France with John, Duke of Lancaster. Till thesummer of 1372 he was occupied in the North, with brief intervals atcourt. In August of that year he sailed with the King's unsuccessfulexpedition for the relief of Rochelle and Thouars. He attended Edward IIIto Flanders, July 1373; and took part in the Duke of Lancaster's historicmarch across France to Bordeaux, August to December following. InParliament he was reckoned on the side of reform, and in March 1375/6 wasone of the peers sent to confer with the Commons upon the Aid required bythe King; his sympathies, however, veered. Before the end of the year hewas made MARSHAL OF ENGLAND, and was summoned to Parliament as such 1December 1376. In May 1377 he was sent, as Marshal, with a considerableforce for the protection of Calais. He was created EARL OF NORTHUMBERLANDat the Coronation of Richard II, 16 July 1377. The years 1377 to 1389were passed mostly in military and administrative business on the Border.In October 1378 he was joint commissioner to treat of peace withScotland. Politically noteworthy during this period was the wideningbreach (1380-82) between the Earl and his former close ally Lancaster. Hewas appointed Admiral of the North, 2 December 1383, and, 11 November1384, sheriff of Northumberland during pleasure. Berwick was twicecaptured by the Scots for a short time. In 1385 the Earl attended RichardII on his expedition into Scotland. He presided at the Scrope-Grosvenortrial, 1386-1389. In 1389 his activities were diverted abroad; he wasmade Captain of Calais, 1 November 1389; and joint ambassador to treatwith France and Flanders for truces, April 139O, though he was stillKeeper of the West March. In May 1391 he was made Keeper of the EastMarch, and Keeper of Berwick for 5 years; and in August 1393, and againin February 1393/4, he was joint commissioner to treat of peace with theScots, who meanwhile ravaged Northumberland. In May 1396 he attendedRichard Il to Calais at his meeting with Charles VI of France, regardingRichard's marriage to Isabel of France, then a child of 7 years. He wasone of the commissioners appointed by Parliament, February 1397/8, todecide, with the King, with regard to Hereford's charge against Norfolk,and to determine outstanding petitions. For nearly 20 years variouscauses of discontent had been gradually estranging Northumberland fromRichard; and in July 1399, with his rival, the Earl of Westmorland, hemet the banished Duke of Hereford soon after his landing in Yorkshire,and played a prominent part in procuring Richard's abdication (andprobably his subsequent death) and the elevation of Hereford to thethrone as Henry IV. On 30 September 1399, the day of Henry's accession,he was made Constable of England for life. He carried the first sword atthe Coronation, 13 October, and on the 23rd was made Warden of the WestMarch. In April and September 1401 he was joint ambassador to Scotlandfor peace, and in June of that year was of the escort of the ex-QueenIsabel, from Hackney to Westminster, on her return to France. In April1402 the Earl and his son were witnesses to the marriage by proxy ofHenry IV and Joan of Navarre, at Eltham, and together they defeated theScots at Homildon Hill, near Wooler, 14 September following. They wereboth chagrined by being forbidden to ransom their prisoners, and hadother grievances, more or less well founded. They joined the rising infavour of the Earl of March, representative in the female line of Lionel,Duke of Clarence, 2nd son of Edward III. Hotspur (q.v,) was killed in thebattle at Shrewsbury, July 1403. The Earl submitted to Henry IV at York,11 August. The Lords decided that his offence was trespass, not treason;he swore fealty to the King and Prince of Wales, received pardon, and wasforgiven his fine. But in the spring of 1405 he was unquestionablyinvolved in treasonable plots; he fled to Scotland, thence to Wales andBrittany. In June 1406 proclamation was made throughout England summoninghim, as late Earl, to answer a charge of treason; in default, his honoursand estates to be forfeited; he was accordingly attainted on Saturday 4December 1406, by judgment of Parliament, following upon trial by theCourt of Chivalry. He returned to England at the head of a force whichwas met and defeated at Bramharn Moor, near Tadcaster, by Sir ThomasRokeby, sheriff of Yorks, 19 February 1407/8, and there he was slain anddecapitated [d].

He married, 1stly, at Brancepeth, 12 July 1358, Margaret, widow ofWilliam (DE Ros), LORD Ros of Hamelake, and daughter of Ralph (DENEVILLE), LORD NEVILLE of Raby, by Alice, daughter of Hugh (DE AUDLEY),LORD AUDLEY [of Stratton], senior. She died in May 1372. He married,2ndly, on or before 15 December 1381, Maud, widow of Gilbert (DEUMFREVILLE), EARL OF ANGUS [SCT] (died 1381), and daughter of Thomas (deLucy), LORD Lucy of Egremont, by Margaret, daughter and ultimately heirof Thomas (DE MULTON), LORD MULTON. She had become in 1369, according tomodern doctrine, BARONESS Lucy. She died s.p.s., 18 December 1398, havingsettled her estates on the Percy family. He died as aforesaid, 19February 1407/8. [Complete Peerage IX:708-12, XIV:510, (transcribed byDave Utzinger)]

[d] His head was set up on London Bridge, and his quarters sent toLondon, Lincoln, Berwick and Newcastle. Permission was given for theirburial 2 July following They were buried in York Minster. He had foundedchantries at Lincoln (the cathedral), Tadcaster and Cockermouth.

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Henry de Percy, 4th Lord Percy, of Alnwick, a distinguished militarycommander in the reign of Edward III, who, assisting as marshal ofEngland at the coronation of King richard II, was advanced on the sameday, 6 July, 1377, to the Earldom of Northumberland, with remainder tohis heirs generally, and, like a barony in fee, transmissible, it wouldappear, to female as well as male heirs. He m. 1st, 1358, Margaret, dau.of Ralph, Lord Nevil, Ro Raby, and had issue. Henry, Thomas, Ralph, Alan,and Margaret. The earl m. 2ndly, Maud, sister and heir of Anthony, LordLucy, which Anthony settled upon his lordship and his heirs, the honourand castle of Cockermouth with other great estates, on condition that herarms should be forever quarterd with those of the Percys. In the 7th yearof Richard II [1384], the earl having been elected one of the knights ofthe Garter, the king bestowed upon him the robes of the order out of theroyal wardrobe. In some years afterwards, however, being proclaimed atraitor, and his land declared forfeited by King Richard, his lordship,in conjunction with his son, Sir Henry Percy, surnamed Hotspur, andHenry, Duke of Lancaster, accomplished the dethronement of that monarchand placed the crown upon the head of Henry, Duke of Lancaster, under thetitle of Henry IV. In requital, the king gave Percy the Isle of Man, bythe tenure of carrying in the left hand the sword (which he wore when helanded in Holderness) at the coronation of himself and his successors.Against dissatisfied with the governemnt, the duke is charged withconcerting the rebellion, in which his son, Hotspur, and his brother, theEarl of Worcester, engaged, in 1403, for transferring the sceptre toMortimer, Earl of March, then a boy. Of these two eminent persons, SirHenry Percy, the renowned Hotspur, fell performing prodigies of valour,at Battle-field, near Shrewsbury, 21 July, 1403, and Thomas Percy, Earlof Worcester, was beheaded after the battle at Shrewsbury. The Earl ofNorthumberland fell subsequently (29 February, 1407-8), in arms againstthe king, at Bramham Moor, nearl Haslewood, when his honour becameforfeited under an attainder, but were restored, in 1414, to his grandson(Hotspur's only son), Henry de Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland. [SirBernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke'sPeerage, Ltd., London, 1883, pp. 423-4, Percy, Barons Percy, Earls ofNorthumberland, &c.]

Henry de Percy, 1st and last Earl of Northumberland of the 16 July 1377 creation, KG (c1366); born 10 Nov 1341; knighted Feb 1361/2, Jt (his father being among other appointees to the post) surveyor of Eastern March of Scotland and Keeper of truce with Scots 1367, Jt Warden of the Easter March 1369 and 1370; Jt commissioner to negotiate peace with theScots 1378, 1393 and Feb 1393/4 and Jt Ambassador for the same purpose1401, Admiral of the North 1383, Sheriff of Northumberland 1383, Captainof Calais 1389, Jt Ambassador to negotiate truce with Flanders and France1390, Keeper of Berwick and East March 1391-96; following some two decades of growing dissatisfaction with Richard II he played a major role in deposing and probably also in the subsequent murder of the King, as also the process whereby the 2nd Duke of Lancaster ascended the throne as Henry IV, so that on the latter's coronation day (30 Sep 1399) he was appointed Constable of England for life (forfeited 1403) and about the same time was granted the lordship of the Isle of Man; won with his son "Harry Hotspur" victory of Homildon Hill over Scots 1402 but father and son were not allowed to ransom their prisoners by Henry IV and what with that and other causes of irritation they conspired to put the 5th Earl ofMarch on the throne, who as great grandson of Lionel Duke of Clarence, 2nd son of Edward III, was the candidate of the late Richard II's supporters and indeed de jure successor to Richard; following the Battleof Shrewsbury (1403), in which "Harry Hotspur" was killed, the Earl of Northumberland made his peace with Henry IV, his actions being adjudged trespass rather than treason; he conspired against Henry again in 1405 and fled abroad, whereupon he was attainted 1406 and the Earldom of Northumberland and Barony of Percy were forfeited; married 1st 12 July1358 Margaret de Neville (died 11-13 May 1372), daughter of 2nd Lord (Baron) Nevill(e) (of Raby), and widow of 3rd Lord (Baron) de Ros of Helmsley.

Henry de Percy, KG, created 1377 Earl of Northumberland, b. 10 Nov 1341,slain 19 Feb 1407/8, son of Henry de Percy and Mary Plantagenet, daughter of Henry de Lancaster and Maud de Chaworth. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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Henry de Percy, 4th Lord Percy, of Alnwick, a distinguished military commander in the reign of Edward III, who, assisting as marshal of England at the coronation of King richard II, was advanced on the sameday, 6 July, 1377, to the Earldom of Northumberland, with remainder to his heirs generally, and, like a barony in fee, transmissible, it would appear, to female as well as male heirs. He m. 1st, 1358, Margaret, dau.of Ralph, Lord Nevil, Ro Raby, and had issue. Henry, Thomas, Ralph, Alan,and Margaret. The earl m. 2ndly, Maud, sister and heir of Anthony, Lord Lucy, which Anthony settled upon his lordship and his heirs, the honour and castle of Cockermouth with other great estates, on condition that her arms should be forever quartered with those of the Percys. In the 7th yearof Richard II [1384], the earl having been elected one of the knights of the Garter, the king bestowed upon him the robes of the order out of theroyal wardrobe. In some years afterwards, however, being proclaimed a traitor, and his land declared forfeited by King Richard, his lordship,in conjunction with his son, Sir Henry Percy, surnamed Hotspur, and Henry, Duke of Lancaster, accomplished the dethronement of that monarch and placed the crown upon the head of Henry, Duke of Lancaster, under the title of Henry IV. In requital, the king gave Percy the Isle of Man, by the tenure of carrying in the left hand the sword (which he wore when he landed in Holderness) at the coronation of himself and his successors. Against dissatisfied with the governemnt, the duke is charged with concerting the rebellion, in which his son, Hotspur, and his brother, the Earl of Worcester, engaged, in 1403, for transferring the sceptre to Mortimer, Earl of March, then a boy. Of these two eminent persons, Sir Henry Percy, the renowned Hotspur, fell performing prodigies of valour, at Battlefield, near Shrewsbury, 21 July, 1403, and Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, was beheaded after the battle at Shrewsbury. The Earl of Northumberland fell subsequently (29 February, 1407-8), in arms against the king, at Bramham Moor, nearl Haslewood, when his honour became forfeited under an attainder, but were restored, in 1414, to his grandson(Hotspur's only son), Henry de Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke'sPeerage, Ltd., London, 1883, pp. 423-4, Percy, Barons Percy, Earls ofNorthumberland, &c.]

HENRY DE PERCY, son and heir of Henry, LORD PERCY, by Mary, daughter ofHenry, EARL OF LANCASTER, and sister of Henry, 1st DUKE OF LANCASTER, was born 10 November 1341. In August 1359 he was going, in the Duke'scompany, to France on that expedition which terminated in the Peace ofBrétigny. He was knighted before 4 February 1361/2, and was again going beyond seas 7 October 1363. K.G. circa 1366. In February 1366/7 as Henryde Percy the son, he was appointed surveyor of the castles and forts inthe East March of Scotland; and, in July following, with his father andothers, joint surveyor of that March and conservator of the truce. He didhomage, and had writ for livery of his inheritance, 29 June 1368. In July1369 he went on service to France with John, Duke of Lancaster. Till thesummer of 1372 he was occupied in the North, with brief intervals atcourt. In August of that year he sailed with the King's unsuccessfulexpedition for the relief of Rochelle and Thouars. He attended Edward IIIto Flanders, July 1373; and took part in the Duke of Lancaster's historicmarch across France to Bordeaux, August to December following. InParliament he was reckoned on the side of reform, and in March 1375/6 wasone of the peers sent to confer with the Commons upon the Aid required bythe King; his sympathies, however, veered. Before the end of the year hewas made MARSHAL OF ENGLAND, and was summoned to Parliament as such 1December 1376. In May 1377 he was sent, as Marshal, with a considerableforce for the protection of Calais. He was created EARL OF NORTHUMBERLANDat the Coronation of Richard II, 16 July 1377. The years 1377 to 1389were passed mostly in military and administrative business on the Border.In October 1378 he was joint commissioner to treat of peace withScotland. Politically noteworthy during this period was the wideningbreach (1380-82) between the Earl and his former close ally Lancaster. Hewas appointed Admiral of the North, 2 December 1383, and, 11 November1384, sheriff of Northumberland during pleasure. Berwick was twicecaptured by the Scots for a short time. In 1385 the Earl attended RichardII on his expedition into Scotland. He presided at the Scrope-Grosvenortrial, 1386-1389. In 1389 his activities were diverted abroad; he wasmade Captain of Calais, 1 November 1389; and joint ambassador to treatwith France and Flanders for truces, April 139O, though he was stillKeeper of the West March. In May 1391 he was made Keeper of the EastMarch, and Keeper of Berwick for 5 years; and in August 1393, and againin February 1393/4, he was joint commissioner to treat of peace with theScots, who meanwhile ravaged Northumberland. In May 1396 he attendedRichard Il to Calais at his meeting with Charles VI of France, regardingRichard's marriage to Isabel of France, then a child of 7 years. He wasone of the commissioners appointed by Parliament, February 1397/8, todecide, with the King, with regard to Hereford's charge against Norfolk,and to determine outstanding petitions. For nearly 20 years variouscauses of discontent had been gradually estranging Northumberland fromRichard; and in July 1399, with his rival, the Earl of Westmorland, hemet the banished Duke of Hereford soon after his landing in Yorkshire,and played a prominent part in procuring Richard's abdication (andprobably his subsequent death) and the elevation of Hereford to thethrone as Henry IV. On 30 September 1399, the day of Henry's accession,he was made Constable of England for life. He carried the first sword atthe Coronation, 13 October, and on the 23rd was made Warden of the WestMarch. In April and September 1401 he was joint ambassador to Scotlandfor peace, and in June of that year was of the escort of the ex-QueenIsabel, from Hackney to Westminster, on her return to France. In April1402 the Earl and his son were witnesses to the marriage by proxy ofHenry IV and Joan of Navarre, at Eltham, and together they defeated theScots at Homildon Hill, near Wooler, 14 September following. They wereboth chagrined by being forbidden to ransom their prisoners, and hadother grievances, more or less well founded. They joined the rising infavour of the Earl of March, representative in the female line of Lionel,Duke of Clarence, 2nd son of Edward III. Hotspur (q.v,) was killed in thebattle at Shrewsbury, July 1403. The Earl submitted to Henry IV at York,11 August. The Lords decided that his offence was trespass, not treason;he swore fealty to the King and Prince of Wales, received pardon, and wasforgiven his fine. But in the spring of 1405 he was unquestionably involved in treasonable plots; he fled to Scotland, thence to Wales and Brittany. In June 1406 proclamation was made throughout England summoning him, as late Earl, to answer a charge of treason; in default, his honours and estates to be forfeited; he was accordingly attainted on Saturday 4 December 1406, by judgment of Parliament, following upon trial by the Court of Chivalry. He returned to England at the head of a force which was met and defeated at Bramharn Moor, near Tadcaster, by Sir Thomas Rokeby, sheriff of Yorks, 19 February 1407/8, and there he was slain and decapitated [d].

He married, 1stly, at Brancepeth, 12 July 1358, Margaret, widow ofWilliam (DE Ros), LORD Ros of Hamelake, and daughter of Ralph (DENEVILLE), LORD NEVILLE of Raby, by Alice, daughter of Hugh (DE AUDLEY),LORD AUDLEY [of Stratton], senior. She died in May 1372. He married,2ndly, on or before 15 December 1381, Maud, widow of Gilbert (DEUMFREVILLE), EARL OF ANGUS [SCT] (died 1381), and daughter of Thomas (deLucy), LORD Lucy of Egremont, by Margaret, daughter and ultimately heirof Thomas (DE MULTON), LORD MULTON. She had become in 1369, according tomodern doctrine, BARONESS Lucy. She died s.p.s., 18 December 1398, having settled her estates on the Percy family. He died as aforesaid, 19February 1407/8. [Complete Peerage IX:708-12, XIV:510, (transcribed byDave Utzinger)]

[d] His head was set up on London Bridge, and his quarters sent toLondon, Lincoln, Berwick and Newcastle. Permission was given for their burial 2 July following They were buried in York Minster. He had founded chantries at Lincoln (the cathedral), Tadcaster and Cockermouth.

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