Percy, Henry (1532 - 1585)

Biographical Overview

Parents

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

Birth Date: ca. 1532
Death Date: 1585-06-21

Notes

Imprisoned in the Tower 15 Nov. 1571; released possibly May 1573; reimprisoned in the Tower 9 Jan. 1583/4 until death

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Neville, Catherine (1545 - 1596)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: by 1562-1-25
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union may have produced 1 additional daughter [Bindoff]

Offspring

From Neville, Catherine (1545 - 1596)

  1. Male offspring: Percy, Henry (1564 - 1632)
  2. Male offspring: Percy, Thomas (d. 1587)
  3. Male offspring: Percy, William (1574 - 1648)
  4. Male offspring: Percy, Charles (d. 1628)
  5. Male offspring: Percy, Richard (d. 1648)
  6. Male offspring: Percy, Alan (d. 1611)
  7. Male offspring: Percy, Josceline (d. 1631)
  8. Male offspring: Percy, George (1580 - 1623)
  9. Female offspring: Percy, Lucy (n.d.)
  10. Female offspring: Percy, Eleanor (d. 1650)

Titles

  • 2nd Baron Percy
    Assumed 1557-05-01
    Vacated 1585-06-21
  • 12th Earl of Northumberland
    Assumed 1572-08-22
    Vacated 1585-06-21

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Northumberland 1554 n.d.
Deputy Warden, Marches towards Scotland 1557-5-1 n.d. Deputy Warden of the East & Middle Marches
Member, Council of the North, England 1558-12 1571-04
Capt, Northumberland by 1559-11-5 n.d.
Capt & Keeper, Northumberland 1560-12-25 n.d.
Chief Steward, Northumberland 1560-12-25 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1562 n.d.
Sheriff, Northumberland 1562 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1569 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1569 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1569 n.d.
MP, Northumberland 1571 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Alnwick, Northumberland
  • Petworth House, Sussex
    (Performance Venue)
    Not a principal residence until 1576.

Lands

  • Durham
  • Northumberland
  • Yorkshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1562-1562 Merchants' Court, Newcastle upon Tyne , Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Sir Henry Percy's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Henry Percy's Minstrels Percy, Henry (1532 - 1585) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

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)