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N 0 H HENRY DL PERCY, 3rd Lord Percy of ..&hiwick, who, in Ahianor his wife, he hegat IX ssnnes and III daus., whose the lifetime of his father, had participated in the glories of uanses be, Jshannc, that is buried at Whithsyc ; Thomas Crecy (26 Aug. 1346). His lordship si. lot, in her ladyohip’e (created), Lord Egrcnmsnt; Kathcryne Gray, of Rnthyn 14th year, the Lady Mary Plantagsnct, dau. of Henry, Earl (wife of Edmnmmd, Lord Grey, afterwards Earl smf Ecnt) of Lancaster, which Henry was son of Edmund, Earl of Sir Haffe Percy; William l’erey, a byshspp; Richard Percy; Lancaster, Leicester, &e., 2nd eon of HENRY III. Dy this Jshmm, that it. without issue ; another John (called by marriage his lordship had two eons, HEsEY, Ins sueccssnr. Thomas, created in 1307, Ron of lPsnrns(er, E.G., a very Percy, senior, of Warkwerth); George Percy, clerk ; henry, eminent warrior aiid statesman iii 11w reigns of Enwaan Ill., that dyed withsmit issue ; beoide the eldest aomsmie amid Ricnaan Ii., and hENRY IV. (dcc Brace’s Rxtiiicl soil successor, hlemary, 3rd ErIc of Northsmmnbcrland.” hits birth- Dorolaol Peerage His lordship en lndly, Joan, dan. and heir of John do Albans, 23 hlay, 1431, nuder the banner of lirNrv VI., and Oreby, of Linsolsshire, one of tIme barons iii the reign of was e. by his eldest emmrviving son, Euwann IH., by whom he left one dan., Mary, who si. IlcmenY, 3rd eau’l, who mis. Eleanor, dau. and sole heim’ of John Lord Roe, of lianalako, hut ml. 5. p. in 2395. lied. 17 hliehmurd Poyninge, who ml. in the lifetime of lmis father, June, 1.i6d, and was o. hy his elder eon, HENRY, 4th Lord Percy of jtlnwiek, a dietlngniohed cod Sir Henry Percy was snuunesncd to Imarliamcnt, while military commander in the reign of Erwann ill., who, his father, the Earl of Nortbmmmborland, yet lived (2Sth nosisting as marshal of England at the coronation of iticimAnu Hricnv VI.), so Barsmm Poymungo. Ilis lordship fe-Il, leading II., was advanced on the same day, 16 Jnly, 3377, to the the vami of the Lamicastrians, sword in hand, at the battle ef .E.srl,leia of Jfsrlllaomberlaad, with remainder to his heirs Towtsmu, 20 March, 1461, aimd his honours became esmheequently general; and, like a barony in foe, tramismissiblo. it would appear, to female as well as mole heirs. His lordship ill. lot, to Isis smily 50mm, Margaret, dan. of Ralph, Lord Nevill of Baby, and hod iossme, HcNnv, 4tb earl, E.G., who was confined in the Tower 5. ifsteaY (Sir), Ihe renowned IIalepsr, so celebrated by all of London fromim the death of his fmother umstih 27 Oct. 1469; nor historians. He fought the famous battle of Ottsrboorn, whemi, being brought before Evivann IV., at his polmoec of near the Cheviot hills, in Nsrthnmberland (Chevy Chaos), Westminster, he subscribed au oath of allegiamicc, and was where James, Earl of Douglas, was slain, and hinmosif and his restored to his freedom amid digmmity, altbosmgh the rcvei’sal brother, Sir Ralph Percy, ssade prisoners. lie is. Eliasbetls, of his lathmer’s attainder does not appear smpsmm time rolls of dan. of Edward biortinser, Earl of March, by Philippa, dan. parhiansent. The king had previously created John, Lom’d and heir of Lionel Plantagsnet, Bake of Clarence, and fallisg nt the battle of Slsmwsbnry, in 1403, left issue, I HcsaY, who inherited so 2nd Earl of Northumberland. 1 Ebaabeth, mu. 1st, Is John, Lord Clifford; and 2ndly, to created Marquees of Momitague. This henry, 4th carl, fell Ralph, Earl of Westmsrelanml. em. Thomas (Sir), ss. Elisahsth, elder dao. and es-heir of a victim, iu 1420, to the avarice of HENRY VII. In that David Strabolgi, Earl of Athole, lmy whsmn (she me. 2ndly, Sir year, parhiansent havhmig granted the king a smmboisiy for Itenry Serspo) he had issue. henry, of Athsle, who iii. Eliaabcth, widsw of Robert, Lord Scales, and dying 1423. left tim clans., his es-heirs, via., the same ; but the tax casmsimmg a geumeral eomnmmmtion, his Elizabeth, iii. lot, to Thomas, Lord Burgh; and 2ndly, to lom’dohip wrote to inform the king of the disesmitemsi, and Sir Wilhians Lucy. Margaret, us. 1st, Is Lsrd Grey, of Ceudsr; and 2ndly, prayimmg au abatement; to which HcNRY peremptorily to Richard, Earl sf Oxfonl. iii. Ralph (Sir), m,. Phihippa, the oilier dan. amid es-heir sf sage being delivered ineammtissmsly by the earl to thee populace, David Strabelgi, Earl ef Athele, but ci. a. p. iY. Alan. s. Margaret. The earl sm. 2ndly, MAnn, sister amid heir of Anthismy, Lord murdered his lordship and some of his attendants, 20 April, Lucy, which Anthony settled smpnn his lordship and his 1460. The earl as. llacmd, dau. of Willianc-hhcrbert, lot Earl heirs the Honour and Castle of L’scksrmnsnth, with sther of Pcnibroke, and was e. by his eldest somu, great estates, on csnditissa that the arms of his sister should HcNicv-ArocoNoue, 5th earl, 17G., who ma. Catherine, dan. be fsr ever qnarterod with these of the Percys. In tIme 7th and co-heir of Sir Robert Spencer, lInt. of Spencer-Combo, year of the sanie monarch, the earl having been elected Devon (by Eleanor his wife, dan., and at length ce-hsch’, of one of the knighte sf the Garter, the king bestowed upsu Edmond Reanfort, Duke of Somerset), mmd had, him the robes of the order nut sf the royal wardrobe. In hfcsey-Areeasos, him smuceessor. sonic years afterwards0 however, being proclaimed a traitor, Thoemas (Sir), exeenled for Ashes conmpiracy, 20 llcmcav VI1I., and his bands declared forfeited by King Ricnann, his lordship, in ssnjnnetinn with his soil, Sir henry Percy, nnd Henry, Dnke sf Lancaster, effected the dethronement of that nssnarch, and placed the crown npsn the head sf lmmgelrammi (Sir).° Henry, Duke of Lancaster, under the title of hENRY IV. Margaret, is. to Ifenry Clifford, lit Earl of Csmmh,crlsnd. Again dissatisfied with time government, the Duke is charged Haul, em. Is Lord Coniers. with esnccrting the rebellion, in which his ssn RuTsrrn, His lordship it. in 1527, and was s. by his eldest eon, nnd his brother, time Earl of Worcester, engaged, in 1403, HcNRY-AcnrnoioN, 6th earl, 77G. This mioblcnmamm emmtertaimmed fsr transferring the sceptre to Mortimsr, Earl of Jlarsh, then a boy. Of these two enainent persons Sir henry Bos.cvN, but urged by the irresistible infiumenee of llea-nv Percy fell, performing prodigies of valsnr, at Battle Field, Vlhh., his father compelled him to renennee all intemutioms near Shrswebury, 22 July, 2401 ; and Thomas Percy, Earl of makimsg that lady his wife, and to copssmee the Lady llary of Worcester, was beheaded after the hmsttle at Shrewabury. Taibsi, damm. of George, Earl of Shremvabmmry, Ills lordship The Earl sf Northumberland fell subsequently (20 Feb. it. withssut bane, in 1337, and Ins brother, Sir Thomas 1407-9), in arms against the king, at Rramaihans Moor, near Percy, bavissg been previonoly altainted mumd executed, all llaleewsnd, wheis his honours became forfeited nndei an the hsonours of the fansily becansc forfeited, and tIme title of nttainder, bnt were restored, in 3414, to his grasa,su, HeNRY Prnrv, 2nd Earl sf Northumberland, who 01. rmpama Jolnm Dudley, Earl of Warwick but that noblensan Lady Eleanor Nevil, dan. of Rdph, ]st Earl of Weetmorland, having forfeited his life amid heisonro by treason agmdmmet and Joan do Reanfort, dan. of John of Gaunt, aaid Qmmecn 3IAmmY, iu 1301, her noajesty was pleased to adrmice, aunt of Hcunv V. Of this nsblsmnami and his countess and by letters patent, dated 10 April, 1597, their issue, the follewing account is given in a very cnrinns TumoamAs Ptncr, eon of tIme attatntcd Sir Tkmsmnas Percy MS. preservesl ima the British Olcnennm, and there said to lie to the degree of a baron, by the title of Jo moss Percy op extracted ‘‘cx Registro 3lonasterij do Whitbyc ;“ “Henry Cscke,-e, ssmlt; and on the day following, his lordship nas Percy, time son of Sir Hcmary Percy that was slaync at createmh Emss’l of Nem’lhsmmsmberloart, with rem ,immmler ta I lemmry Shrswesbery, and sf Elizabeth, the dasm, of the Eric of Per:’, his brother, Ac. His lerdmclmip as. A’mmme, frI dami. i,f idsrclss, after the death sf his father and grannt-syrs was henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester, ansi had, exiled into Scethind in the tines of HoRnY V. ; by the elcremu Sir Ingelram Percy, 3rd eon of henry-A ‘geimmemu, Otis labour of Jshanne, the Csnntsss of Westmsrland (mvhose Earl of Northumberland, James Percy, the trssnlc,eslccr, irho dan., Alianor, he wedded en coming into England), he caimsed, nnsueeessfoelly, the henoars of Nonhlunmbcrtand, recovered the king’s grace sud the cc. of Nsrtlsunmlierlanml, alleged that he woe descended. (See DriERs’s Fbcfmeb;’tms ef so was the 2nd Earl of Northmnmnherland. Amsd sf tine .Fasim lice.) .841 NOR Vincent, iii his MS. Baremmnge, at the Heralds-office, John ship, who was hsrd-high-eommstablc, fell mit the battle of St. Lord t’synimmgo; by winch mnarriage the baromnes of Psynimmge, Fitepaymae, and Bryan, came iuato the family of Percy; forfeited by aim act of attmiindcr, but were restored llomstogmme, Earl of Northumberland, bsmt upon the reestablishment ef the rightful earl, Lord Montague was carryimig on the ivar in Ilrctognc, tIme Earl of Northumberland, as lord-lient. of the co., was emnpswem’cd ts emiforce replied, “that mist a penny shsmmhst be abated ;“ which noes- who had aeecnshled to complain of their grievances, the1’ broke into his house (omupposimsg bins to be the promuster of their sufferings), Cocklodge, in Yorkslmire, amid leaving tics eons, I sneecsstvcly Earls of Nsrtlmnummbcrland. a stromug and early pmcssisn for the beautiful ANNE Duke of Northumberland was conferred, by EnwAnn VI.,