Henry PERCY

Male 1421 - 1461  (39 years)


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  • Name Henry PERCY  [1, 2, 3
    • 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. [1]
    Birth 25 Jul 1421  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Fact 3rd Earl of Northumberland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Death 29 Mar 1461  Battle of Towton Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Burial St. Denis, York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I43902  Main Tree
    Last Modified 23 Apr 2018 

    Father Sir Henry DE PERCY,   b. 03 Feb 1392, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1455, Slain at St Albans, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Alianor NEVILLE,   b. Abt 1401, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1463, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage Aft Oct 1414  [1, 3, 4
    Family ID F05230  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alianor DE POYNINGS,   b. Abt 1423, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 04 Feb 1483/4 (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 25 Jun 1435  [1, 2, 4
    Children 
     1. Henry PERCY,   b. 1449, Leconfield, Yorksire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1489, Cock Lodge, Topcliffe, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Margaret PERCY  [Birth]
    +3. Anne PERCY   d. 5 Jul 1522  [Birth]
    Family ID F05229  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Apr 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Mar 1461 - Battle of Towton Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

    2. [S02447] Hulett FTW from MC Scott.FTW.
      Date of Import: Oct 13, 2000

    3. [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese.

    4. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.