Percy, Henry (1449 - 1489)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 4
Properties - 10
Total events naming patron - 9
Troupes - 3
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1449
Death Date: 1489-04-28

Notes

Under father's attainder from 4 Nov. 1461; attainder reversed 1471. Imprisoned in the Fleet May 1464; removed to the Tower after Sept. 1465; discharged 27 Oct. 1469

Siblings

Female

Percy, Anne ( - 1522)
Percy, Elizabeth ( - )
Percy, Eleanor ( - )
Percy, Margaret ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Herbert, Maud ( - 1485)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1476
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Herbert, Maud ( - 1485)

  1. Male offspring: Percy, Henry Algernon (1478 - 1527) (patron)
  2. Male offspring: Percy, William (n.d.)
  3. Male offspring: Percy, Alan (1480 - 1560)
  4. Male offspring: Percy, Josceline (d. 1532)
  5. Female offspring: Percy, Eleanor (d. 1530)
  6. Female offspring: Percy, Anne (1485 - 1552) (patron)
  7. Female offspring: Percy, Elizabeth (n.d.)

Primary Title

8th Earl of Northumberland

Titles

  • 7th Baron Percy
    Assumed 1470-03-25 (date restored to title)
    Vacated 1489-04-28
  • 8th Earl of Northumberland
    Assumed 1470-03-25 (date restored to title)
    Vacated 1489-04-28
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed 1474
    Vacated 1489
  • 6th Baron Poynings
    Assumed 1483/4-02
    Vacated 1489-04-28

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Warden, Marches towards Scotland 1470-6-24 n.d. Warden of East & Middle Marches
Chief Justice in Eyre, North of Trent 1471-6-5 1472-05-18
Constable, Northumberland 1471-6-5 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1471 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1471 1476
JP, Sussex 1471 1481
JP, Kent 1471 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1471 1472
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1472 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1472 1473
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1472 1473
JP, Surrey 1472 1475
JP, Cumberland 1473 n.d.
JP, Kent 1473 1475
Constable, Northumberland 1473/4-3-5 n.d. Held jointly
JP, Lincolnshire 1474 1475
JP, Westmorland 1474 1476
Sheriff, Northumberland 1474-8-14 1489-04-28 For life; reconfirmed 12 Feb. 1487/8
Constable & Steward, Yorkshire: West Riding 1475 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1475 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1475 1479
JP, Northumberland 1475 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1475 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1475 1478
Master Forester, Yorkshire: West Riding 1475 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1477 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1477 1479
JP, Lincolnshire 1477 1480
JP, Norfolk 1478 1483
JP, Kent 1479 1481
JP, Surrey 1479 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1480 n.d.
Constable, Northumberland 1481-9-15 1482 Held jointly
JP, Westmorland 1481 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1481 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1481 1484
JP, Cumberland 1481 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1482 1484
Chamberlain of England, England 1483-11-30 1485-08-22
Governor, Northumberland 1483-5-30 n.d. Part of the Marches towards Scotland
JP, Cumberland 1483 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1483 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1483 n.d.
JP, Southampton 1483 1485
JP, Kent 1483 1485
JP, Sussex 1483 1485
JP, Northumberland 1483 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1483 1486
JP, Surrey 1483 1484
Constable, Northumberland 1484 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1485 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1486 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1486 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1488 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cambridgeshire
  • Cumberland
  • Kent
  • Leicestershire
  • Lincolnshire
  • Northumberland
  • Suffolk
  • Yorkshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1483-1484 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Earl of Northumberland's Entertainers
Performance 1481-1482 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Earl of Northumberland's Minstrel/s
Performance 1482-1483 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Earl of Northumberland's Minstrels
Performance 1483-1484 Hythe (Unknown), Hythe , Kent Earl of Northumberland's Minstrels
Performance 1483-1484 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Earl of Northumberland's Minstrels
Performance 1483-1483 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Northumberland's Minstrels
Performance 1483-1483 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Northumberland's Minstrels
Performance 1484-1484 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Northumberland's Minstrels
Performance 1484-1484 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Northumberland's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Northumberland's Entertainers Percy, Henry (1449 - 1489) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Northumberland's Minstrel/s Percy, Henry (1449 - 1489) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Northumberland's Minstrels Percy, Henry (1449 - 1489) Entertainers/Minstrels 7

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Petworth House Sussex Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)