Henry PERCY

1449 - 1489  (40 years)

• Name	Henry PERCY  [1, 2]
  	Tudorplace.com - Bios HNERY PERCY 4th Earl Northumberland Son of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, by his wife, Eleanor Poynings; was the only one of the family to appear to take the Yorkist side. his father's earldom was forfeited at the Battle of Towton by the victorious Yorkists, and Percy was imprisoned the Fleet Prison and then the Tower from 1464 when John Neville was created Earl of northumberland. After swearing fealty to Edward IV, he was released in 1469 and petitioned for the reversal of his father's attainder though this was not granted by Parliament until 1473. Percy held many of the important government posts in the north of England which were traditional in his family. Fought in the Battle of Bosworth, where he commanded the right wing of Richard III's army. Some historians says that he betrayed the King by holding his forces back from action. Henry VII's treatment of the Earl of Northumberland after the battle certainly does not suggest any special favors or gratitude: Northumberland, along with the earls of Westmoreland and Surrey, was taken into custody and kept in prison for several months, being released only under strict conditions of good behavior. Although he was soon released and confirmed in all his titles by the new King. On 28 Apr 1489 he was killed at one of his Yorkshire residences by a mob protesting over high taxes for the defense of Brittany against France, part of a rioting led by Sir John Egremont. Another reason for the mob's actions was his part in the downfall and death of Richard II who remained popular in Yorkshire. The rebellion was surpressed by the Earl of Surrey.
  Birth	1449	Leconfield, Yorksire, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Apr 1489	Cock Lodge, Topcliffe, Yorkshire   [1, 2]
  Burial	Beverley Minster, Beverley, Yorkshire   [1, 2, 4]
  Person ID	I43903	Main Tree
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Henry PERCY,   b. 25 Jul 1421   d. 29 Mar 1461, Battle of Towton (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Alianor DE POYNINGS,   b. Abt 1423, Suffolk, England d. 04 Feb 1483/4 (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	25 Jun 1435  [1, 2, 5]
  Family ID	F05229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maud HERBERT,   b. England d. Bef 27 Jul 1485
  Marriage	bet. 1473-1476  [1, 3, 4]
  Children	+ 1. 5th Earl of Northumberlan Henry Algernon PERCY,   b. 13 Jan 1477, England d. 19 May 1527 (Age 50 years)  [Birth]   2. Eleanor PERCY   d. 1530  [Birth]
  Family ID	F05228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1449 - Leconfield, Yorksire, England Burial - - Beverley Minster, Beverley, Yorkshire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S02447] Hulett FTW from MC Scott.FTW. Date of Import: Oct 13, 2000 [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.). [S4497] Tudorplace.com: Henry Percy - 4th Earl of Northumberland. [S02170] Tompsett, Brian C., Directory of Royal Genealogical Data. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.