Percy, Henry (1421 - 1461)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 4
Properties - 15
Total events naming patron - 5
Troupes - 3
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1421-07-25
Death Date: 1461-03-29 (killed at the Battle of Towton)

Notes

Posthumously attainted 4 Nov. 1461

Siblings

Male

Percy, Thomas (1422 - 1460) (patron)
Percy, Ralph (1425 - 1464)
Percy, Richard ( - 1461)
Percy, William (1428 - 1462)
Percy, George (1424 - )

Female

Percy, Katherine (1423 - )
Percy, Joan ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Poynings, Eleanor (1422 - 1484)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: by 1435-6-25
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Poynings, Eleanor (1422 - 1484)

  1. Male offspring: Percy, Henry (1449 - 1489) (patron)
  2. Female offspring: Percy, Anne (d. 1522)
  3. Female offspring: Percy, Elizabeth (n.d.)
  4. Female offspring: Percy, Eleanor (n.d.)
  5. Female offspring: Percy, Margaret (n.d.)

Primary Title

Lord Poynings
Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1426-05-19
    Vacated 1461-03-29
  • Lord Poynings
    Assumed 1446-12-14 (date summoned to parliament by this title)
    Vacated 1455-05-22 (date succeeded to earldom)
  • 6th Baron Percy
    Assumed 1455-05-22
    Vacated 1461-03-29
  • 6th Earl of Northumberland
    Assumed 1455-05-22
    Vacated 1461-03-29

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Governor, Northumberland 1440-4-1 n.d. Part of the Marches towards Scotland
Warden, Marches towards Scotland, East March 1440-4-1 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1442 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1444 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1447 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1455 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1455 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1455 1460
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1456 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1456 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1456 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1456 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1456 1458
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1456 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1456/7 1459
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1456/7 1460
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1458 1460
Commissioner of Array, Cumberland 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Northumberland 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire 1459 n.d.
Constable, Yorkshire: North Riding 1459-12-22 1461-03-29 For life
JP, Cumberland 1459 n.d.
Justice in Forests, North of Trent 1459-12-19 1461-03-29 For life
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: East Riding 1460 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1460 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1460 n.d.

General Lands Note

Licence to enter Poynings lands (acquired through marriage) 16 Nov. 1446

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Alnwick Castle, Northumberland
    Patrimony
  • Warkworth Castle, Northumberland
    Patrimony
  • Petworth House, Sussex
    (Performance Venue)

Lands

  • Cambridgeshire
  • Cumberland
  • Kent
  • Leicestershire
  • Lincolnshire
  • Norfolk
  • Northumberland
  • Somerset
  • Suffolk
  • Sussex
  • (city-county) in Yorkshire
  • Yorkshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1447-1447 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Poynings' Minstrel
Performance 1449-1449 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Poynings' Minstrel
Performance 1449-1449 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Poynings' Minstrels
Performance 1447-1447 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Sir Henry Percy's Minstrel
Performance 1448-1448 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Sir Henry Percy's Minstrel

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Poynings' Minstrel Percy, Henry (1421 - 1461) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Lord Poynings' Minstrels Percy, Henry (1421 - 1461) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Henry Percy's Minstrel Percy, Henry (1421 - 1461) Entertainers/Minstrels 2

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)