Percy, Henry Algernon (1477/8 - 1527)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 4
Properties - 5
Total events naming patron - 15
Troupes - 6
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 4
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1478-01-14
Death Date: 1527-05-19

Notes

Imprisoned in the Fleet 1516

Siblings

Male

Percy, William ( - )
Percy, Alan (1480 - 1560)
Percy, Josceline ( - 1532)

Female

Percy, Elizabeth ( - )
Percy, Eleanor ( - 1530)
Percy, Anne (1485 - 1552) (patron)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Spencer, Catherine ( - 1542)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1502
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Spencer, Catherine ( - 1542)

  1. Male offspring: Percy, Henry (1502 - 1537) (patron)
  2. Male offspring: Percy, Thomas (d. 1537)
  3. Male offspring: Percy, Ingelram (d. 1538)
  4. Female offspring: Percy, Maud (n.d.)
  5. Female offspring: Percy, Margaret (1492 - 1540)

Primary Title

9th Earl of Northumberland

Titles

  • Baron Poynings
    Assumed 1489-04-28
    Vacated 1527-05-19
  • 8th Baron Percy
    Assumed 1489-04-28
    Vacated 1527-05-19
  • 9th Earl of Northumberland
    Assumed 1489-04-28
    Vacated 1527-05-19
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed 1495
    Vacated 1527-05-19

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable & Steward, Yorkshire: West Riding 1501 n.d.
Master Forester, Yorkshire: West Riding 1501 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1502 n.d.
Warden-gen, Marches towards Scotland, East March 1503-6-30 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1509 1510
JP, Sussex 1509 n.d.
Steward, Yorkshire: East Riding 1509 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire 1510/11 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1510/11 1512
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: North Riding 1511 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire 1511 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: West Riding 1511 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Northumberland 1511 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1511 1514
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1511 1512
Commissioner of Musters, Yorkshire: East Riding 1512 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Yorkshire: North Riding 1512 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Yorkshire: West Riding 1512 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1512 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1512 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1513/14 1515
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1513/14 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Nottinghamshire 1514 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Derbyshire 1514 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Westmorland 1514 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Leicestershire 1514 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire 1514 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Lincolnshire 1514 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Cumberland 1514 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Westmorland 1514 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Leicestershire 1514 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Yorkshire 1514 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Lincolnshire 1514 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Cumberland 1514 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Nottinghamshire 1514 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Derbyshire 1514 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, York 1514 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1514 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1514 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire 1514 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1521 n.d.
Member, Council of the North, England 1522-7 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1524 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1525 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1525/6 n.d.

General Lands Note

Licence to enter lands 14 May 1498

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Aldgate, London (city-county)
  • Alnwick, Northumberland
  • Wressell, Yorkshire: East Riding
  • Petworth House, Sussex
    (Performance Venue)

Lands

  • Yorkshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1506-1507 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Northumberland's Bearward
Performance 1508-1508 Newcastle upon Tyne (Unknown), Newcastle upon Tyne , Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Earl of Northumberland's Bearward
Performance 1509-1510 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Northumberland's Bearward
Performance 1510-1510 Newcastle upon Tyne (Unknown), Newcastle upon Tyne , Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Earl of Northumberland's Bearward
Performance 1510-1510 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Northumberland's Bearward
Performance 1511-1511 Newcastle upon Tyne (Unknown), Newcastle upon Tyne , Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Earl of Northumberland's Bearward
Performance 1516-1517 Sandwich (Unknown), Sandwich , Kent Earl of Northumberland's Bearward
Performance 1517-1517 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Northumberland's Bearward
Performance 1509-1510 Sandwich (Unknown), Sandwich , Kent Earl of Northumberland's Bearwards
Performance 1499-1500 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Earl of Northumberland's Entertainers
Performance 1500-1501 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Earl of Northumberland's Entertainers
Performance 1510-1510 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Northumberland's Minstrel
Performance 1517-1517 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Northumberland's Minstrel
Performance 1499-1500 Town Hall, Grimsby , Lincolnshire Earl of Northumberland's Minstrel/s
Performance 1524-1526 Town Hall, Bridgwater , Somerset Earl of Northumberland's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Northumberland's Bearward Percy, Henry Algernon (1478 - 1527) Performing Animals 8
Earl of Northumberland's Bearwards Percy, Henry Algernon (1478 - 1527) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Northumberland's Entertainers Percy, Henry Algernon (1478 - 1527) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Earl of Northumberland's Minstrel Percy, Henry Algernon (1478 - 1527) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Earl of Northumberland's Minstrel/s Percy, Henry Algernon (1478 - 1527) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Northumberland's Minstrels Percy, Henry Algernon (1478 - 1527) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Petworth House Sussex Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914–16.
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.
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509–47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864–1932.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)