Sir Henry Percy, KG, Earl of Northumberland

1393 - 1455  (62 years)

• Name	Henry Percy
  	Father: Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy Mother: Phillipa Mortimer [2, 6]
  Birth	3 Feb 1393	Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England   [1, 6]
  Travel	say 1394 (0 years)	Scotland   [1, 6]
  Shortly after birth, he was taken to Scotland in exile and educated at St. Andrews.
  Title(s)	1414 (20 years)  [1, 6]
  In 1414, after Henry V became King, he was restored to all the honors of his family. His mother-in-law, Joan, the Countess of Westmorland, and much to do with his restoration. Thus he became the Earl of Northumberland.
  Military	25 Oct 1415 (22 years)  [1, 2]
  On 25 October 1415 he was at the Battle of Agincourt.
  	Battle of Agincourt
  Military	1416 (22 years)  [6]
  In 1416, he joined the king on an expedition to the Continent, and sent a minor contingent of soldiers the next year.
  Offices Held	16 Dec 1416 (23 years)  [4, 5, 6]
  He was appointed the Warden of the West March. He resigned the position in 1434 over lack of support from Henry VI. In 1440, he was again appointed the Warden of the West March.
  Military	Aug 1417 (24 years)  [6]
  In late August 1417, the Scots invaded northern England; while Albany laid siege to Berwick Castle, the Earl of Douglas attempted to take Roxburgh Castle. Percy lifted the siege of Berwick, and forced both Albany and Douglas across the border.
  Offices Held	24 Feb 1421 (28 years)  [6]
  On 24 February 1421 he acted as steward at the coronation of Henry's queen Catherine.
  Offices Held	Feb 1423/24 (31 years)  [4]
  In February 1423/24 he was the commissioner to negotiate peace with the Scots.
  Offices Held	1433 (39 years)  [4]
  He was the commissioner to monitor violations of a truce with the Scots in 1433.
  Offices Held	From May 1450 to Sep 1450 (57 years)  [1, 2, 4]
  From May 1450 to September 1450 he was the Constable of England.
  Offices Held	1452 (58 years)  [4]
  In 1452 he was commissioner to negotiate peace with the Scots.
  Military	1455 (61 years)  [1]
  When the War of the Roses broke out, he sided with King Henry VI.
  Death	22 May 1455	St Albans, Hertfordshire, England   [1, 4, 6]
  He was killed at the Battle of St. Albans. [1, 5, 6]
  Burial	Aft 22 May 1455	St Albans Cathedral, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England St Albans Cathedral,  St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England   [1]
  Person ID, Branch	I23051
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2025

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Eleanor Neville   d. 1463
  Marriage	After Oct 1414  [4]
  Age at Marriage	He : 21 years and 9 months - She : ??.
  Children	From say 1415 to 1428  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6]
  1. Henry Percy (died young) 2. Sir Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421-1461) 3. Thomas Percy, Lord Egremont (1422-1460) 4. Katherine Percy (1423-1475) 5. George Percy (1424-1474) 6. Sir Ralph Percy (1425-1464) 7. Sir Richard Percy (1426-1451) 8. William Percy, Bishop of Carlisle (1428-1462) 9. Joan Percy(1430-1482) 10. John Percy of Warkworth 11. Anne Percy (1428-1522)
  Family ID	F7864	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Aug 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

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• Event Map		Birth - 3 Feb 1393 - Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England Travel - say 1394 - Scotland Death - 22 May 1455 - St Albans, Hertfordshire, England Burial - Aft 22 May 1455 - St Albans Cathedral, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos

  Arms of the Percy Earls of Northumberland Or, lion rampant azure, armed and tongue gules

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1598] Barlow, Frederic. The Complete English Peerage Volume 1, (London: Frederic Barlow, 1772). [S11] Burke, Bernard, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire , (London: Harrision, 1866). [S1535] Cokayne, George Edward. The Complete Peerage or A History of the House of Lords and All Its Members from the Earliest Times (Oakham to Richmond), (London: The St. Catherine Press, 1945). [S1569] Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage web site, (Wellington, New Zealand: http://www.thepeerage.com/index.htm, 2019). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S304] Wikipedia, Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland.