Henry (Percy), 4th Earl of Northumberland

circa 1449 - 1489  (~ 40 years)

• Heraldry		Arms of Percy (Baron Percy, Earl of Northumberland, &c.) Or, a lion rampant Azure. Source: Burke's General Armory, last ed. (1884), Fourth Impression (London: Heraldry Today, 1984), page 792.
  		Arms of Percy quartering Lucy and Poynings (4th Earl of Northumberland)

  
  

• Name	Henry (Percy)  [1, 2]
  Suffix	4th Earl of Northumberland
  Born	circa 1449  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Office	24 June 1470  [3]
  	Warden of the East and Middle Marches
  Office	1474  [4]
  	Privy Councillor (P.C.)
  Office	14 Aug. 1474  [5]
  	Sheriff of Northumberland
  	"The Earl was made sheriff of Northumberland for life, 14 Aug. 1474, and (by Henry VII) during pleasure, 12 Feb. 1487/8." [5]
  Decoration	18 Aug. 1474  [4]
  	Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)
  Will	27 July 1485  [6]
  Office	30 Nov. 1483 – 22 Aug. 1485  [4]
  	Lord Great Chamberlain of England
  Hereditary Title	25 March 1470 – 28 April 1489  [1]
  	4th Earl of Northumberland [E., 1377 or 1416]
  Hereditary Title	Feb. 1483/84 – 28 April 1489  [4]
  	Lord Poynings [E., 1337]
  	"The death of his mother, in Feb. 1483/4, made him, according to modern doctrine, Lord Poynings [1337]." [4]
  Died	28 April 1489	Cock Lodge, Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England   [7]
  	"Being employed to levy in the North an unpopular tax and to inquire into disturbances in the city of York, he was murdered by the rabble at his manor house, Cock Lodge, near Topcliffe, Yorks, 28 Apr. 1489, aged about 40 ..." [7]
  Probate	9 Aug. 1491  [6]
  Buried	Beverley Minster, Beverley, Yorkshire, England   [8]
  Person ID	I763	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	26 Feb. 2019

  
  

  Father	Henry (Percy), 3rd Earl of Northumberland,   b. 25 July 1421,   d. 29 March 1461, Towton, Yorkshire, England  (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Eleanor (Poynings), de jure suo jure Baroness Poynings,   b. circa 1422,   d. Feb. 1483/84  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Married	On or Before 25 June 1435  [9, 10]
  Family ID	F430	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Maud Herbert,   d. Before 27 July 1485
  Married	circa 1476  [4]
  Children	1. Henry Algernon (Percy), 5th Earl of Northumberland,   b. 14 Jan. 1477/78 + 2. Lady Eleanor Percy,   d. 13 Feb. 1530
  Last Modified	4 Aug. 2019
  Family ID	F427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  When the Earldom of Northumberland was granted to "Sir John Neville of Montagu, Knight," in May 1464, Percy was committed to the Fleet prison, and removed, after September 1465, to the Tower, whence he was discharged 27 October 1469, having done fealty to Edward IV. [11] In 1467–8 he was in the charge of the Earl of Pembroke, and living in his house. [12] Following his discharge from the Tower, he appears to have remained in touch with the King until the Earldom was restored to him at York, 25 March 1470. [13] The following day, as Sir Henry Percy, Kt., he had a grant of the custody of his father's forfeited estates in Yorkshire, Cumberland, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, and London. Neville had surrendered his grant so far as it concerned Northumberland, by the King's command, 22 February. [14] The Earl recovered possession as from 2 March 1469/70 (possibly the date of his coming of age), by the Act reversing his father's attainder, 1472. [15] He attended a Council at Canterbury in June 1470. [16] On 24 June 1470, as Henry Percy, son of the late Earl, he was constituted Warden of the East and Middle Marches towards Scotland, three months before Edward IV's flight. He was so constituted by patent dated 17 July; a patent of the following day calls him Earl of Northumberland. [3] He retained the Wardenship under successive Kings till his death. [17] He held numerous other official appointments in the North—e.g. Commissioner to treat with the Scots, 1471–73, 1483, 1484, 1488; of array in the Northern counties, 1472; Justice of the Forests North of Trent and constable of Bamborough Castle, 5 June 1471; constable of Dunstanborough and Knaresborough Castles; constable and porter of the castle of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 5 March 1473/74. By Henry VII he was made bailiff of Tyndale, Northumberland, in 1486. [18] On his return in 1471, Edward IV, landing in the North, produced a letter, as of summons, from the restored Earl, which eased his progress towards recapture of the throne. [19] In 1475 he took part in Edward IV's expedition to France. [20] He was in command at the capture of Berwick, 1482, and made Governor thereof, 1483. His prowess was commended by the Commons in Parliament. [21] He bore the sword Curtana at the Coronation of Richard III, 7 July 1483. [4] He deserted Richard III on Bosworth Field. [4]

  
  

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