Ralph DE PERCY, Knt.

Family/Spouse: Eleanor DE ACTON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Margaret PERCY died after 1506.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 2nd Earl of Northumberland
• Fact 1: Warden of the Marches of Scotland
• Fact 2: Knight of Garter
• Birth: 03 Feb 1393

Notes:

Name:
Henry Percy, Knt., K.G., 5th Lord Percy, was heir to his grandfather, the Duke of Northumberland, who took him shortly after his father's death, to Scotland. King Henry V, probably influenced by the young exile's mother-in-law, the Countess of Westmorland, aunt to the King, interested himself in his return. he was created Earl of Northumberland in Parliament on 16 Mar 1415/6, and was regranted the entailed estates. He was knighted by the King, to whom he was faithful throughout his life. They had nine sons and three daughters. Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, a Lancastrian, was slain fighting at the first battle of St. Albans on 22 May 1455, and was buried at the Abbey there.

Henry married Alianor NEVILLE after Oct 1414. Alianor (daughter of Ralph DE NEVILLE, K.G. and Joan BEAUFORT) was born about 1401 in England; died in 1463 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Apr 1377, Knighted

Notes:

Henry was a Knight. He was killed at Shewsbury. Henry was often called "Henry Hotspur".[ingram1.FTW]

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The Complete Peerage V.ix,p714. He was buried at Whitchurch, disinterred, his head sent to York, and his quarters to London, Newcastle, Bristol and Chester, and then sent to his widow.

Name:
Henry Percy 'Harry hotspur', Knt., K.B., K.G., son and heir apparent, of Henry Percy 4th Lord Percy by Margaret, daughter of Ralph de Neville, 4th Lord Neville of Raby, Durham. He attended King Richard II on his expedition into Scotland in 1385, and was called by the Scots 'Haatspore'. In 1399 he acted with his father in the proceedings which placed King Henry IV on the throne. With is father, he won the notable victory of Homildon Hill over the Scots. Friction with the King, however, led to open conflict. Sir Henry Percy was slain at Shrewsbury on 21 July 1403, and was buried at York Minster.

Henry married Elizabeth MORTIMER in bef. 10 Dec 1379. Elizabeth (daughter of Edmund DE MORTIMER, II and Philippa Of CLARENCE) was born on 12 Feb 1370/1 in Usk, co. Monmouth; died on 20 Apr 1417 in Yorkshire, England; was buried in Trotton, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 6th Earl Neville of Raby Castle
• Fact: 1397, 1st Earl of Westmorland

Notes:

Name:
Ralph Neville, K.G., 4h Lord Neville of Raby, P.C., son and heir of John de Neville, 3rd Lord Neville of Raby, by Maud, daughter of Henry de Percy. Margaret Stafford was born before 164 (aged twenty-four at her father's death). They had nine children. She died on 9 June 1396, and was buried at Brancepeth, Durham. He took part in the Earl of Buckingham's expedition to Brittany, where he was knighted at St. Omer in July 1380. He succeeded his father on 17 Oct 1388, and was summoned to Parliament from 6 Dec 1389, by writs directed 'Radulpho de Nevyll de Raby'. From 1389 till 1424 he was continually employed on the Border in negotiating truces and peace with Scotland. He was married for the second time before 20 Feb 1397 to Joan Beaufort, widow of Robert Ferrers. She was born about 1379. He was created Earl of Westmorland on 29 Sep 1397. His near alliance to the House o Lancaster (being son-in-law of John of Gaunt), led him to forsake the King, and take a prominent part in the elevation of Henry of 'Bolingbroke' the exiled Duke of Lancaster, to the throne as King Henry IV. Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland, died testate at Raby Castle on 21 Oct. 1425, and was buried at Staindrop, Durham. His second wife, on whom the lordships of Middleham and Sheriff-Hutton, with other extensive lands, were between he and her sons on the one side, and the grandsons of her husband by his first wife on the other, which resulted in the elder branch espousing the cause of Lancaster, and Salisbury and his brothers, that of York.

Ralph married Joan BEAUFORT before Feb 1397. Joan (daughter of John Of GAUNT and Katherine DE ROET) was born about 1379; died on 13 Nov 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Lincoln Cathedral. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Joan De Beaufort

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Lord Marshall of England
• Fact 1: Knight of Garter
• Fact 1: 6 Jul 1377, 1st Earl of Northumberland

Notes:

Name:
He was brought up in the King's court by his uncle, the1st Duke of Lancaster. He was summoned to Parliament on 1 Dec 1376, and was created Earl of Northumberland on 16 July 1377. For nearly twenty years various causes of discontent had been gradually estranging Henry from King Richard II, and he played a prominent part in procuring Richard's abdication (and probably his subsequent death) and the elevation of King Henry IV. The Earl and his son together defeated the Scots at Homildon Hill, near Wooler, on 14 Sep 1402. Because of their grievances, they joined the rising in favour of the Earl of March. In 1405 he was involved in treasonable plots, and was attainted in Parliament in 1406. Sir Henry De Percy was slain 19 Feb 1407/8 when his force was defeated at Bramham Moor, near Tadcaster, co. York.

Henry married Margaret DE NEVILLE on 12 Jul 1358. Margaret (daughter of Lord Ralph DE NEVILLE and Alice DE AUDLEY) was born about 1341 in Raby, Durham, England; died in May 1372. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Burial: Wigmore Abbey, Herefordshire
• Fact: 3rd Earl of March

Notes:

Name:
Edmund De Mortimer, Knt., 3rd Earl of march, Lord Mortimer of Wigmore, Lord of Trim and Connaught, Ireland, is the son and heir of Roger de Mortimer, Knt., by Philippe daughter of William de Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury. He was born at Llangoed in Llyswen, co. Brecon, Wales, on 1 Feb 1351/2, and succeeded his father in his tenth year. He became a ward of King Edward III, and was closely associated with the King's sons, especially Edward (the Black prince). By the death of his wife's father in 1368 he became lord of Ulster and of Connaught, as also lord of Clare in Suffolk 'jure uxoris', and was also styled Earl of Ulster. He was summoned to parliament from 8 Jan. 1370/1 as Earl of March. In the domestic politics of the time Mortimer was on the side of the Prince of Wales and the clergy against John of Gaunt and the Barons. The death of the Black Prince weakened his position. With the accession of King Richard II, power remained with Lancaster, but the next rightful heir was Mortimer's own son. He was appointed lieutenant of Ireland on 22 Oct 1379, it being convenient for the party of Lancaster to get him out of the country. Ulster, Connaught, and Meath, over which he bore nominal sway, had long been the most disorderly districts. Edmund De Mortimer, Earl of March, having caught cold in crossing a river in winter time in Munster, died testate in the Dominican Friary at Cork on 27 Dec 1381.

Edmund married Philippa Of CLARENCE on abt. May 1368 in Queen's Chapel, Reading Abbey, Berkshire. Philippa (daughter of Lionel 'of Antwerp' Of CLARENCE and Elizabeth DE BURGH) was born on 16 Aug 1355 in Eltham Palace, Kent, England; died in on or bef. Jan 1377/8. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Burial: Wigmore, Hertford, ENGL
• Fact: Countess of Ulster
• Fact 1: Will dated 21 Nov 1378 and proved 6 Dec 1379
• Death: 01 Jan 1382

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 1360, Knighted
• Fact: 1369, Knight of Garter

John married Maud DE PERCY in or before 1364. Maud (daughter of Henry DE PERCY, K.G. and Idonea DE CLIFFORD) was born in Alnwick, England; died on 18 Feb 1378. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: John Plantagenet
• Fact: Knight of the Garter
• Fact: Prince of England
• Fact: 2nd Duke of Lancaster
• Fact: 5th Earl of Lancaster, Derby, Lincoln, and Leicester
• Fact: 20 Sep 1342, Earl of Richmond
• Fact: 13 Nov 1362, Duke Of Lancaster
• Fact: Sep 1371, Titular King of Castile and Leon
• Fact: 2 Mar 1390, Duke of Aquitaine

Notes:

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Earl of Richmond. Some say born Jun 1340, but see CP vol.XIV,p.421.Earl of Derby, Lincoln. Duke of Aquitaine. Lord of Beaufort & Nogent.Burke says he died at Ely House, Holborn King of Castile & Leon. Lord of Bergerac & Roche-sur-Yon. The Complete Peerage vol.VII,pp.410-416 & vol.XIV,p.421.

John of Lancaster (f Gaunt), Duke of Lancaster, fourth son, was married for the third time at Lincoln Cathedral on 13 Jan. 1395/6 to Katherine De Roet, widow of Hugh Swynford, Knt., of Coleby and Ketelthorpe, co., Lincoln. (died 1372), and younger daughter and co-heiress of Pain de Roet, Knt., Guienne King of Arms, a Hainaulter, and one of the knights of Queen Philippe's household. She was born probably in Hainault, about 1350 and had formerly been the governess to his daughters, and then his mistress, and by her he had children, born before marriage. The marriage was ratified and confirmed during the Great Schism by the Roman pope, Boniface IX. Their three sons were legitimised, with the assent of parliament, on 9 Feb. 1396/7, the patent confirmed by King Henry IV of 10 Feb. 1406/7, but with a saving clause barring them from succession to the throne. Their children were given the name Beaufort from their father's (lost) castle in Champagne which had devolved on him through his first wife, Blanche of Lancaster, a descendant of Blanche d'Artois who had purchased the lordship of Beaufort in 1270.

Name:
He was created Earl of Richmond on 20 Sep 1342. He was created Duke of Lancaster on 13 Nov 1362 in consequence of the marriage, and was ancestor of the Lancastrian Kings of England. In her right (Constance De Castille) John assumed in September 1371 the title of King of Castille and Leon. From 1376 until his death his diplomatic and military services in France and Guienne, and in Scotland, and his Spanish expedition (1386-88) formed interludes in the factious life of politics in which, as eldest uncle of King Richard II and his chief subject, he was involved. He was created Duke of Aquitaine on 2 Mar 1390.

John married Katherine DE ROET on 13 Jan 1395/6. Katherine (daughter of Payn DE ROET and ? UNKNOWN) was born in 1350 in Picardy, Somme, France; died on 10 May 1403 in Lincoln, England; was buried in Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Swynford
• Name: Catherine Roet
• Birth: Abt 1350, probably Hainault