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Percy, Henry (1502 - 1537)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1502
Death Date: 1537-06-30 (or 29 June 1537 [ODNB])

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Talbot, Mary ( - 1572)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1524-1
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Primary Title

  • 10th Earl of Northumberland

Titles

  • 10th Earl of Northumberland
    Assumed: 1527-05-19
    Vacated: 1537-06-30
  • 9th Baron Percy
    Assumed: 1527-05-19
    Vacated: 1537-06-30
  • Baron Poynings
    Assumed: 1527-05-19
    Vacated: 1537-06-30
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1531
    Vacated: 1537

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Deputy Warden, Marches towards Scotland, East March 1522 -10
Member, Council of the North, England 1522 -7
Lieut, Cumberland 1527 -5 -19 1530 -10 Hereditary office; granted to Sir Thomas Wharton
Steward, Yorkshire: East Riding 1527 -6 -18
Warden-gen, Marches towards Scotland 1527 -12 -2 1536/7 -01 Warden-gen of the East & Middle Marches
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1528
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1528
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1528/9 1530
JP, Sussex 1528/9
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1530
JP, Cumberland 1530
JP, Northumberland 1530/1 1532
JP, Sussex 1531/2
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1531/2
JP, Cumberland 1532
JP, Westmorland 1532
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1532
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1532
Privy Councillor, England 1532 -5 -26
Sheriff, Northumberland 1532 -5 -11 1533 -09 -29
Steward, Yorkshire: East Riding 1532 -4 -15 Held jointly
Sheriff, Northumberland 1533/4 -2 -24 1537 -06 -30
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1536
JP, Northumberland 1536
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1536
JP, Westmorland 1536/7

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Alnwick, Northumberland
  • Petworth House, Sussex
  • Wressell, Yorkshire: East Riding

Lands

  • Cumberland: Cockermouth Honour
    Acquired: 1527
    Patrimony; sold to the crown 1531, but returned 1535 in exchange for other lands
  • Dorset
  • Lincolnshire
  • Middlesex: Hackney Manor
    Divested: 1535
  • Northumberland
  • Northumberland: Hexham
    Divested: 1530
    Granted away
  • Somerset
  • Sussex: Petworth Honour
    Divested: 1535
  • Yorkshire
  • Yorkshire: West Riding: Percy fee in Craven
    Divested: 1532
    Granted away 1532

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Sleaford (Unknown), Sleaford, Lincolnshire Earl of Northumberland's Players
Performance - Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Earl of Northumberland's Trumpeters

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Northumberland's Trumpeters Percy, Henry (1502 - 1537) Musicians 1
Earl of Northumberland's Players Percy, Henry (1502 - 1537) Players 1

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
  • 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.