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Percy, Henry Algernon (1477/8 - 1527)

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Born / Died

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

Notes

Imprisoned in the Fleet 1516

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 9th Earl of Northumberland

Titles

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

General Lands Note

Licence to enter lands 14 May 1498

Details of Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

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

Lands

  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Northumberland's Bearward
Performance - Newcastle upon Tyne (Unknown), Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Earl of Northumberland's Bearward
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Northumberland's Bearward
Performance - Newcastle upon Tyne (Unknown), Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Earl of Northumberland's Bearward
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Northumberland's Bearward
Performance - Newcastle upon Tyne (Unknown), Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Earl of Northumberland's Bearward
Performance - Sandwich (Unknown), Sandwich, Kent Earl of Northumberland's Bearward
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Northumberland's Bearward
Performance - Sandwich (Unknown), Sandwich, Kent Earl of Northumberland's Bearwards
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Earl of Northumberland's Entertainers
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Earl of Northumberland's Entertainers
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Northumberland's Minstrel
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Northumberland's Minstrel
Performance - Town Hall, Grimsby, Lincolnshire Earl of Northumberland's Minstrel/s
Performance - Town Hall, Bridgwater, Somerset Earl of Northumberland's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

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

Owned Venues

Venue Name County 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.