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Percy, Henry (1532 - 1585)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Male

  • Percy, Thomas (1528 - 1572)

Offspring

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

Details of Properties

Residence

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

Lands

  • Durham
  • Northumberland
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - 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 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.