Henry (Percy), 2nd Earl of Northumberland

1393 - 1455  (62 years)

• Name	Henry (Percy)  [1]
  Suffix	2nd Earl of Northumberland
  Born	3 Feb. 1392/93  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 May 1455	St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England   [2]
  	He was slain ex parte Regis at the first Battle of St. Albans. [2]
  Person ID	I898	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	11 Feb. 2019

  
  

  Father	Sir Henry Percy, styled Lord Percy,   b. 20 May 1364
  Mother	Lady Elizabeth Mortimer,   b. 12 Feb. 1370/71, Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales
  Family ID	F486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Eleanor Neville
  Married	After Oct. 1414	Berwick, Northumberland, England   [3]
  Children	+ 1. Henry (Percy), 3rd Earl of Northumberland,   b. 25 July 1421,   d. 29 March 1461, Towton, Yorkshire, England  (Age 39 years)   2. Thomas (Percy), 1st Baron Egremont,   b. 29 Nov. 1422, Leconfield, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 10 July 1460, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England  (Age 37 years) + 3. Hon. Sir Ralph Percy,   b. 1425,   d. 25 April 1464, Hedgeley Moor, Eglingham, Northumberland, England  (Age 39 years) + 4. Lady Katherine Percy,   b. 28 May 1423
  Last Modified	8 Oct. 2023
  Family ID	F492	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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 (2nd & 3rd Earls of Northumberland) Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Or, a lion rampant azure; 2nd and 3rd, Gules three lucies or pikes haurient Argent. Source: Burke's General Armory, last ed. (1884), Fourth Impression (London: Heraldry Today, 1984), page 792.

  
  

• Notes

  He was taken by his grandfather, shortly after the death of Hotspur (his father), to Scotland, where he remained in the care of the Duke of Albany for about 10 years. [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume IX, page 715. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume IX, page 716. Citing Chanc. Inq. p. m., 33 Hen. VI, no. 37; Rolls of Parl., volume v, page 347. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume IX, page 716. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume IX, page 715. Citing Kingsford, Eng. Hist. Lit., 15th Century, pages 283, 285.