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Percy, Henry de (1392/3 - 1455)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1393-02-03 (or 3 February 1393/4 [ODNB])
Death Date: 1455-05-22

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Neville, Eleanor ( - 1472)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1414-10
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced a total of 9 sons, 3 of whom died in infancy, and 3 daughters

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 5th Earl of Northumberland

Titles

  • 5th Baron Percy
    Assumed: 1407/8-02-19
    Vacated: 1455-05-22
  • 5th Earl of Northumberland
    Assumed: 1415/16-03-16
    Vacated: 1455-05-22

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Capt, Northumberland 1416/17 -3 -1 1434 -07 -6 Part of the Marches towards Scotland
Warden, Marches towards Scotland, East March 1416/17 -3 -1 1434 -07 -6
JP, Northumberland 1417/18
JP, Cumberland 1417/18 1424
JP, Northumberland 1421/2 1424
Member, Council of Regency, England 1422 -11 -16
JP, Cumberland 1427/8
JP, Cumberland 1432
JP, Northumberland 1433
Capt, Northumberland 1434/5 -2 -8 Part of the Marches towards Scotland
Warden, Marches towards Scotland, East March 1434/5 -2 -8
JP, Cumberland 1435
JP, Cumberland 1437
JP, Northumberland 1437
Privy Councillor, England 1437 -11 -13
JP, Northumberland 1438/9
JP, Cumberland 1439
JP, Northumberland 1442
JP, Cumberland 1443
JP, Northumberland 1444
JP, Cumberland 1447 1448
JP, Northumberland 1447
JP, Cumberland 1452 1454

Details of Properties

Residence

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Earl of Northumberland's Entertainers
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Northumberland's Minstrel
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Northumberland's Minstrel
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Northumberland's Minstrel
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Northumberland's Minstrel/s
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Northumberland's Minstrel/s
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Northumberland's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Northumberland's Minstrel/s Percy, Henry de (1393 - 1455) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Northumberland's Minstrel/s Percy, Henry de (1393 - 1455) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Northumberland's Minstrels Percy, Henry de (1393 - 1455) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Northumberland's Entertainers Percy, Henry de (1393 - 1455) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Northumberland's Minstrel Percy, Henry de (1393 - 1455) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Northumberland's Minstrel Percy, Henry de (1393 - 1455) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Northumberland's Minstrel Percy, Henry de (1393 - 1455) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County 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.