 Abt 1449 - 1489 (~ 40 years)
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| Name |
Henry Percy |
| Suffix |
4th Earl of Northumberland |
| Birth |
Abt 1449 |
Leconfield, Yorkshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| _FSFTID |
LVWW-JPK |
| _FSLINK |
https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=LVWW-JPK |
| Death |
28 Apr 1489 |
Cock Lodge, near Topcliffe, England |
| Cause: Murdered by a rabble at his manor house. |
| Burial |
Beverley Minster, Beverley, Yorkshire, England |
| Notes |
- http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/PERCY.htm#Henry PERCY (4º E. Northumberland)
The Complete Peerage V.ix,p717.
Biography <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/HenryPercy(4ENorthumberland).htm>.
(4th E. Northumberland)
Born: ABT 1449, Leconfield, Yorkshire, England
Died: 28 Apr 1489, Cock Lodge, near Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England
Buried: Beverley Minster, Beverley, Yorkshire, England
Notes: Knight of the Garter <../Documents/Knights%20of%20the%20Garter.htm>.
Father: Henry PERCY (3º E. Northumberland) <../PERCY.htm>
Mother: Eleanor <../POYNINGS.htm> POYNINGS (B. Poynings) <../POYNINGS.htm>
Married: Maud HERBERT (C. Northumberland) <../HERBERT1.htm> ABT 1473/1476
Children:
1. Eleanor <../PERCY.htm> PERCY (D. Buckingham) <../PERCY.htm>
2. Henry Algernon PERCY (5º E. Northumberland) <../PERCY.htm>
3. William PERCY (Sir Knight) <../PERCY.htm>
4. Allan PERCY (b. 1479)
5. Josceline PERCY <../PERCY.htm>
6. Arundel PERCY (b. 1483 - d. 1544)
7. Anne PERCY (C. Arundel) <../PERCY.htm>
8. Elizabeth PERCY
Son of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, by his wife, Eleanor Poynings; was the only one of the family to appear to take the Yorkist side. His father's earldom was forfeited at the Battle of Towton by the victorious Yorkists, and Percy was imprisoned in the Fleet Prison and then the Tower from 1464 when John Neville was created Earl of Northumberland. After swearing fealty to Edward IV he was released in 1469 and petitioned for the reversal of his father's attainder though this was not granted by Parliament until 1473. Percy held many of the important government posts in the north of England which were traditional in his family.
Fought in the Battle of Bosworth <../Documents/the_battle_of_bosworth.htm>, where he commanded the right wing of Richard III's army. Some historians says that he betrayed the King by holding his forces back from action.
Henry VII <../aboutHenryVIII.htm>'s treatment of the Earl of Northumberland after the battle certainly does not suggest any special favors or gratitude: Northumberland, along with the earls of Westmoreland and Surrey <../Bios/ThomasHoward(2DNorfolk).htm>, was taken into custody and kept in prison for several months, being released only under strict conditions of good behavior. Although he was soon released and confirmed in all his titles and lands by the new King <../aboutHenryVIII.htm>.
On 28 Apr 1489 he was killed at one of his Yorkshire residences by a mob protesting over high taxes for the defence of Brittany against France, part of a rioting led by Sir John Egremont. Another reason for the mob's actions was his part in the downfall and death of Richard III who remained popular in Yorkshire. The rebellion was surpressed by the Earl of Surrey
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/HenryPercy(4ENorthumberland).htm
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal22072
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| Person ID |
I3180 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
26 Jan 2015 |
| Father |
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, b. 25 Jul 1421, Leconfield, Yorkshire, England d. 29 Mar 1461 (Age 39 years) |
| Mother |
Eleanor Poynings, Baroness Poynings, b. Abt 1422 d. Feb 1483, Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England (Age ~ 61 years) |
| Marriage |
25 Jun 1435 [2] |
| Family ID |
F2836 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Maud Herbert, Countess of Northumberland, b. 1448, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. Bef 27 Jul 1485 (Age 37 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1476 |
| Children |
| | 1. Eleanor Percy, Duchess of Buckingham, b. 1470, Yorkshire, England d. 1530 (Age 60 years) |
| | 2. Henry Algernon Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland, b. 13 Jan 1477 d. 19 May 1527 (Age 50 years) |
| | 3. William Percy, Sir Knight, b. Bef 1478 d. 15 Sep 1540 (Age ~ 62 years) |
| | 4. Allan Percy, b. 1479 d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 5. Josceline Percy, b. 1480 d. 1532 (Age 52 years) |
| | 6. Arundel Percy, b. 1483 d. 1544 (Age 61 years) |
| | 7. Anne Percy, Countess Arundel, b. 27 Jul 1485 d. 1552 (Age 66 years) |
| | 8. Elizabeth Percy d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Family ID |
F878 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Nov 2006 |
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| Sources |
- [S27] http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/.
- [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).
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