Henry PERCY

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• Fact: 3rd Earl of Northumberland

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Henry Percy, Knt., 6th Lord Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, was son and heir. In consequence of his marriage he was summoned v.p. to parliament on 14 Dc 1446 as Lord Poynings. Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, took part in the battle of Wakefield on 30 Dec 1460, and was slain fighting for the king at the Battle of Towton on 29 Mar 1461, burial, it is said, at St. Denis', co. York.

Henry married Alianor DE POYNINGS on 25 Jun 1435. Alianor (daughter of Richard DE POYNINGS and Eleanor BERKELEY) was born about 1423 in Suffolk, England; died on 04 Feb 1483/4. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Henry PERCY was born in 1449 in Leconfield, Yorksire, England; died on 28 Apr 1489 in Cock Lodge, Topcliffe, Yorkshire; was buried in Beverley Minster, Beverley, Yorkshire.
2. Margaret PERCY
3. Anne PERCY died on 5 Jul 1522.

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• Fact: 2nd Earl of Northumberland
• Fact 1: Warden of the Marches of Scotland
• Fact 2: Knight of Garter
• Birth: 03 Feb 1393

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Henry Percy, Knt., K.G., 5th Lord Percy, was heir to his grandfather, the Duke of Northumberland, who took him shortly after his father's death, to Scotland. King Henry V, probably influenced by the young exile's mother-in-law, the Countess of Westmorland, aunt to the King, interested himself in his return. he was created Earl of Northumberland in Parliament on 16 Mar 1415/6, and was regranted the entailed estates. He was knighted by the King, to whom he was faithful throughout his life. They had nine sons and three daughters. Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, a Lancastrian, was slain fighting at the first battle of St. Albans on 22 May 1455, and was buried at the Abbey there.

Henry married Alianor NEVILLE after Oct 1414. Alianor (daughter of Ralph DE NEVILLE, K.G. and Joan BEAUFORT) was born about 1401 in England; died in 1463 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Apr 1377, Knighted

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Henry was a Knight. He was killed at Shewsbury. Henry was often called "Henry Hotspur".[ingram1.FTW]

http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal02286
The Complete Peerage V.ix,p714. He was buried at Whitchurch, disinterred, his head sent to York, and his quarters to London, Newcastle, Bristol and Chester, and then sent to his widow.

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Henry Percy 'Harry hotspur', Knt., K.B., K.G., son and heir apparent, of Henry Percy 4th Lord Percy by Margaret, daughter of Ralph de Neville, 4th Lord Neville of Raby, Durham. He attended King Richard II on his expedition into Scotland in 1385, and was called by the Scots 'Haatspore'. In 1399 he acted with his father in the proceedings which placed King Henry IV on the throne. With is father, he won the notable victory of Homildon Hill over the Scots. Friction with the King, however, led to open conflict. Sir Henry Percy was slain at Shrewsbury on 21 July 1403, and was buried at York Minster.

Henry married Elizabeth MORTIMER in bef. 10 Dec 1379. Elizabeth (daughter of Edmund DE MORTIMER, II and Philippa Of CLARENCE) was born on 12 Feb 1370/1 in Usk, co. Monmouth; died on 20 Apr 1417 in Yorkshire, England; was buried in Trotton, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: 6th Earl Neville of Raby Castle
• Fact: 1397, 1st Earl of Westmorland

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Ralph Neville, K.G., 4h Lord Neville of Raby, P.C., son and heir of John de Neville, 3rd Lord Neville of Raby, by Maud, daughter of Henry de Percy. Margaret Stafford was born before 164 (aged twenty-four at her father's death). They had nine children. She died on 9 June 1396, and was buried at Brancepeth, Durham. He took part in the Earl of Buckingham's expedition to Brittany, where he was knighted at St. Omer in July 1380. He succeeded his father on 17 Oct 1388, and was summoned to Parliament from 6 Dec 1389, by writs directed 'Radulpho de Nevyll de Raby'. From 1389 till 1424 he was continually employed on the Border in negotiating truces and peace with Scotland. He was married for the second time before 20 Feb 1397 to Joan Beaufort, widow of Robert Ferrers. She was born about 1379. He was created Earl of Westmorland on 29 Sep 1397. His near alliance to the House o Lancaster (being son-in-law of John of Gaunt), led him to forsake the King, and take a prominent part in the elevation of Henry of 'Bolingbroke' the exiled Duke of Lancaster, to the throne as King Henry IV. Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland, died testate at Raby Castle on 21 Oct. 1425, and was buried at Staindrop, Durham. His second wife, on whom the lordships of Middleham and Sheriff-Hutton, with other extensive lands, were between he and her sons on the one side, and the grandsons of her husband by his first wife on the other, which resulted in the elder branch espousing the cause of Lancaster, and Salisbury and his brothers, that of York.

Ralph married Joan BEAUFORT before Feb 1397. Joan (daughter of John Of GAUNT and Katherine DE ROET) was born about 1379; died on 13 Nov 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Lincoln Cathedral. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Joan De Beaufort