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Percy, Henry (1421 - 1461)

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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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Lord Poynings
  • Knight

Titles

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

General Lands Note

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

Details of Offices

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

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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Poynings' Minstrel
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Poynings' Minstrel
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Poynings' Minstrels
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Sir Henry Percy's Minstrel
Performance - 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 1
Lord Poynings' Minstrel Percy, Henry (1421 - 1461) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Henry Percy's Minstrel Percy, Henry (1421 - 1461) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Henry Percy's Minstrel Percy, Henry (1421 - 1461) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Poynings' Minstrels Percy, Henry (1421 - 1461) 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.