Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland

Henry married Eleanor Neville on 7 Oct 1414 in Berwick, Wiltshire, England. Eleanor (daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Joan Beaufort) was born in 1398 in Raby Castle, Durham, England; died in 1472 in Raby, Durham, England; was buried in Beverley, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont was born on 29 Nov 1422 in Leconfield, Yorkshire, England; died on 11 Jul 1460 in Battle of Northampton, England; was buried in St Albans, St Albans District, Hertfordshire, England.
2. Bishop of Carlisle William Percy was born about 1428; died in 1462.
3. 3rd Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy was born on 25 Jul 1421 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England; died on 29 Mar 1461 in Battle of Towton, Yorkshire, England; was buried in York, North Yorkshire, England.
4. Richard Percy was born in 1425 in Leconfield, Yorkshire; died on 29 Mar 1461.
5. George Percy was born on 24 Jul 1424 in Leconfield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England; died in 1474; was buried in Beverley, Yorkshire, England.
6. Ralph Percy

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 20 Apr 1364, Alnwick, Northumberland, England

Henry married Elizabeth Mortimer about 1390. Elizabeth (daughter of 3rd Earl of March Edmund "The Good" Mortimer and Phillipa Plantagenet) was born on 12 Feb 1369 in Usk, Monmouthshire, England; died on 20 Apr 1417 in Trotton, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Elisabeth Mortimer
• Birth: 12 Feb 1371, Usk, Monmouthshire, England

Notes:

Henry de Percy, 4th Lord Percy, of Alnwick, a distinguished military commander in the reign of Edward III, who, assisting as marshal of England at the coronation of King Richard II, was advanced on the same day, 6 July, 1377, to the Earldom of Northumberland, with remainder to his heirs generally, and, like a barony in fee, transmissible, it would appear, to female as well as male heirs. He m. 1st, 1358, Margaret, dau. of Ralph, Lord Nevil, Ro Raby, and had issue. Henry, Thomas, Ralph, Alan, and Margaret. The earl m. 2ndly, Maud, sister and heir of Anthony, Lord Lucy, which Anthony settled upon his lordship and his heirs, the honour and castle of Cockermouth with other great estates, on condition that her arms should be forever quarterd with those of the Percys. In the 7th year of Richard II [1384], the earl having been elected one of the knights of the Garter, the king bestowed upon him the robes of the order out of the royal wardrobe. In some years afterwards, however, being proclaimed a traitor, and his land declared forfeited by King Richard, his lordship, in conjunction with his son, Sir Henry Percy, surnamed Hotspur, and Henry, Duke of Lancaster, accomplished the dethronement of that monarch and placed the crown upon the head of Henry, Duke of Lancaster, under the title of Henry IV. In requital, the king gave Percy the Isle of Man, by the tenure of carrying in the left hand the sword (which he wore when he landed in Holderness) at the coronation of himself and his successors. Against dissatisfied with the governemnt, the ducke is charged with concerting the rebellion, in which his son, Hotspur, and his brother, the Earl of Worcester, engaged, in 1403, for transferring the sceptre to Mortimer, Earl of March, then a boy. Of these two eminent persons, Sir Henry Percy, the renowned Hotspur, fell performing prodigies of valour, at Battle-field, near Shrewsbury, 21 July, 1403, and Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, was beheaded after the battle at Shrewsbury. The Earl of Northumberland fell subsequently (29 February, 1407-8), in arms against the king, at Bramham Moor, nearl Haslewood, when his honour became forfeited under an attainder, but were restored, in 1414, to his grandson (Hotspur's only son), Henry de Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, pp. 423-4, Percy, Barons Percy, Earls of Northumberland, &c.]

Buried:
Alnwick Abbey

Henry married Margaret Neville on 12 Jul 1358 in Brancepeth, Durham, England. Margaret (daughter of Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville de Raby and Alice d'Audley) was born on 12 Feb 1339 in Raby, Durham, England; died on 12 May 1372 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England; was buried in Alnwick, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 12 Feb 1341, Raby, Durham, England

Notes:

Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, b. 1342. This nobleman, at the time of his father's death, was in minority, yet, by reason of his singular knowledge and parts, he was employed at eighteen years of age to treat with the commissioners of the King of France, touching a peace betwixt both realms. In the 1st Richard II [1377], he was sworn to the privy council and, in two years afterwards, constituted lord lieutenant of Ireland, in which government he d. in 1381. His lordship m. the Lady Philippa Plantagenet, dau. and heir of Lionel, Duke of Clarence (by Elizabeth, his wife, dau. and heir of William, son and heir of John de Burgh, Earl of Ulster), by whom he had issue, Roger, his successor; Edmund (Sir), m. the dau. of Owen Glendour, and his issue is said to have settled in Scotland; John (Sir), who, being arraigned in parliament, temp. Henry VI, for treasonable speeches, was condemned and executed; Elizabeth, m. 1st to Henry Percy, the celebrated Hotspur, and 2ndly, to Thomas, Lord Camois, K.G.; Philippa, m. 1st to John, Earl of Pembroke, 2ndly, to Richard, Earl of Arundel, and 3rdly to John Poynings, Lord St. John.

His lordship d. in 1381, and was s. by his eldest son, Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage Ltd, London, England, 1883, p. 384, Mortimer, Barons Mortimer, of Wigmore, Earls of March]

Edmund married Phillipa Plantagenet on 15 Feb 1367 in Queen's Chapel, Reading Abbey, Berkshire, England. Phillipa (daughter of Lionel "of Antwerp" Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence and Elizabeth de Burgh) was born on 16 Aug 1355 in Eltham Palace, Kent, England; died on 5 Jan 1382 in Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, England; was buried in Wigmore Abbey, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England

Henry married Mary "of Lancaster" Plantagenet. Mary (daughter of Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Lancaster and Maud de Chaworth) was born about 1320 in Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England; died on 1 Sep 1362 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England; was buried in Alnwick, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Mary Percy

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Ralph de Nevill, 2nd baron, was summoned to parliament from 20 November, 1331, to 20 January, 1336. This nobleman, in the time of his father, was retained by indenture to serve the Lord Henry de Percy for life, in peace and war, against all men except the king, with twenty men-at-arms, whereof five to be knights receiving Â100 sterling per annum. Theeeeee disputee with ttthhhe prior of Durham, regarding the presentation of the stag was revived and finally set to rest in the abandonment of his claim by this Lord Nevill. The matter is thus detailed by Dugdale: "In this year likewise, doing his fealty to William, prior of Durham, upon Lammas Day, for the manor of Raby, he told him, 'that he would offer the stag as his ancestors had done; saving that, whereas his father required that the prior's servants should be set aside at that time and his own serve in their stead, he would be content that his should attend together with those of the prior's; and, whereas his father insisted that his servants should only be admitted at dinner, he stood upon it that his should be there entertained the whole day and likewise the morrow at breakfast.' Whereupon the prior made answer, 'that none of his ancestors were ever so admitted and that he would rather quit the stag than suffer any new custom to the prejudice of their church.' But, to this Ralph replied, 'that he would perform the whole service or none and put the trial of his right upon the country.' The prior, therefore, knowing him to be so powerful and that the country could not displease him, declined the offer; howbeit, at length, to gain his favour, in regard he had no small interest at court and might do him a kindness or a displeasure, was content for that one time he should perform it as he pleased so that it might not be drawn into example afterwards; and, to the purpose proposed, that indentures should be made betwixt them. Whereupon the Lord Nevill brought but few with him and those more for the honour of the prior than a burthen; and so, shortly after dinner, took his leave, but left one of his servants to lodge there all night and to take his breakfast there on the next day; 'protesting that, being both a son and tenant to the church, he would not be burthensome to it, in respect it would be no advantage to himself but might much damnifie him if he should bring with him as great a train as he would, saying, 'what doth a breakfast signify to me? nothing. And likewise, that if the prior would shew that he had no right to what he so claimed, he would freely recede therefrom; and if he had a right, he would accept a composition for it rather than be burthensome to the convent; but if they should put him to get his right by law, then he would not abate anything thereof.' Whereupon inquiry being made amongst the eldest monks of the house, they affirmed that, being of eight years standing when his father was before repulsed, they had often seen the stag offered, and that he never staid dinner but when the prior invited him, and some ancient men of the country testified as much; also, that so soon as the stag was brought, they carried him to the kitchen, and those who brought him were taken into the hall to breakfast, as they that bring their rents used to be.

"Moreover, when it happened any of the Lords Nevill to be desired to stay dinner with the prior, his cook was admitted into the kitchen to prepare a dish for him; so, likewise, another servant in the cellar to choose his drink; and in like manner, some other at the gate who knew his servants and followers, merely to let them in and keep out others who, under pretence of being servants, might then intrude. But this was only done by the prior, as out of courtesy and respect, and not at all out of right."

In the 7th Edward III [1314], Lord Nevill was one of the commissioners sent into Scotland, there to see that the covenants between Edward de Baliol, King of Scots, and his royal master were ratified by the parliament of that kingdom; and the next year he was joined with Henry de Percy in the wardenship of the marches of Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmoreland. He had, subsequently, other high and confidential employments and was constantly engaged in the wars of Scotland and France. His lordship m. Alice, dau. of of Sir Hugh de Audley, and by her (who m 2ndly, Ralph, Lord Greystock, and d. 1374) had issue, John, Thomas, Robert, Alexander, Ralph, Euphemia, Catherine, Margaret, Isabel, and Eleanor.

He d. in 1367 and was buried in the church of Durham, on the south side thereof, being the first layman that had sepulture there, which favour he obtained from the prior and convent for a vestment of red velvet, richly embroidered with gold silk, great pearls, and images of the saints standing in tabernacles by him given to St Cuthbert. His body being brought in a chariot drawn by seven horses to the boundary of the churchyard and thence conveyed upon the shoulders of knights into the middle of the church where the abbot of St. Mary's in York (by reason of the bishop's absence and impotency of the dean), performed the office of the dead, and celebrated the morrow mass, at which were offered eight horses, viz., four for the war, with four men armed, and all their harness and habiliments; and four others for peace; as also three cloths of gold, of blue colour, interwoven with flowers. Four of those horses were redeemed after the funeral by Sir John, his son and heir, for 100 marks. His lordship was s. by his eldest son, Sir John de Nevill. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 393, Nevill, Barons Nevill, of Raby, Earls of Westmoreland]

Sources for Clavering, Neville and FitzRandolph:
FitzRandolph Traditions: A Story of a Thousand Years. Published 1907 by
L. F. V. FitzRandolph, life member N. J. Historical Society, pp. 21, 22, 23, 24,
25, 26, 29, 31; Chapter 9, pp. 117-121, Review of the Descent from Rolf, the
Norman and Dane.
Edmondson's Baronagium Genealogical, Vol. 4, pp. 350-351.
Burke's Genealogical History of the Dorman Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct
Peerages of Great Britain, pp. 393-396.
Browning's Magna Carta Barons and their Descendants, pp. 87-90, 98-9.
Wurts' Magna Charta, pp. 569-70.

Ralph married Alice d'Audley on 14 Jan 1324 in Hadley, Staffordshire, England. Alice (daughter of Lord Audley Hugh (Alditheley) d'Audley and Isolda de Mortimer) was born in 1300 in Hadley, Staffordshire, England; died on 11 Jan 1374 in Greystoke, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Roger married Philippa de Montacute in 1350 in Donyatt, Somerset, England. Philippa (daughter of 1st Earl of Salisbury William de Montacute and Catherine de Grandison) was born about 1332 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 5 Jan 1382 in Bisham, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lionel married Elizabeth de Burgh on 15 Aug 1342 in Tower of London, London, England. Elizabeth (daughter of 3rd Earl of Ulster William "The Brown" de Burgh and Maud Plantagenet) was born on 6 Jul 1332 in Carrickfergus Castle, Antrim, Ireland; died on 10 Dec 1363 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; was buried in Clare, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]