Thomas (Percy), 1st Baron Egremont

1422 - 1460  (37 years)

• Name	Thomas (Percy)  [1, 2]
  Suffix	1st Baron Egremont
  Born	29 Nov. 1422	Leconfield, Yorkshire, England   [3]
  	The day of St. Saturninus MCCCCXXII. [3]
  Gender	Male
  Hereditary Title	20 Nov. 1449  [4]
  	1st Baron of Egremont, co. Cumberland [E., 1449]
  	Created by patent for him and his heirs male for ever, with a grant of £10 a year from the issues of the county of Cumberland. [4] This is one of the sixteen Baronies created by patent before the 16th century. See Complete Peerage, 2nd edition, volume vii, Appendix A. [2] "The style of Lord Egremond was assumed by the (Radcliffe) Earls of Sussex, as representatives of Joan, Lady FitzWauter, one of the coheirs of the Lords Multon (of Egremont)." [2] He was summoned to Parliament from 5 September (1450) 29 Hen. VI to 9 October (1459) 38 Hen. VI by writs directed Thome Percy domino de Egremond' militi. [2]
  Died	10 July 1460	Northampton, Northamptonshire, England   [5]
  	Slain at the Battle of Northampton, where he fought in defence of the person of Henry VI, of whom he was a strenuous supporter. [5]
  Person ID	I914	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	4 March 2019

  
  

  Father	Henry (Percy), 2nd Earl of Northumberland,   b. 3 Feb. 1392/93,   d. 22 May 1455, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Lady Eleanor Neville
  Married	After Oct. 1414	Berwick, Northumberland, England   [1]
  Family ID	F492	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  A quarrel, the origin of which is unknown, arose between him and Sir John Neville (a younger son of the Earl of Salisbury), and increased till all the northern counties were embroiled in riots and affrays. [6] In June 1453, Egremont and Neville were commanded to appear before the King and Council (which they did not do), since, "by occasion of certaine discordes and debates moeved betwyx" them, "divers things and novelries contrarie to oure pees have of late daies be committed ... into grete trouble and vexation of oure countree and sugitts," and in the meantime they were to keep the peace. [7] On 27 July 1453, Sir William Lucy and others were commissioned to inquire concerning those guilty of riots and gatherings in cos. York, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmorland, and to cause them to find security for their good behaviour and appearance before the King and Council, and to commit to prison such as refused: while Egremont and Neville were straitly charged to depart riotous assemblies and gatherings, and to keep the peace on pain of forfeiture of their goods and lands, and the Earls, their fathers, were ordered to adopt all ways and means possible to put down such assemblies. [8] The measures taken having proved ineffectual, strong letters were addressed to the two Earls, 8 October 1453, and Egremont and Neville were told that in contempt of the order of 27 July they "have multiplied and daily do gaderyngg' of people of oure subgitt' redy to goo to the feld' ... as it were in lande of werre," and they were again commanded to keep the peace on pain of forfeiture. [9] Egremont was summoned to appear before the King and Council on 3 March 1453/54, but he kept apart in such secret places that the writs could not be served. He was joined by the Duke of Exeter, and in May 1454 the Duke of York, then Protector, found it necessary to proceed in person against them. Exeter, and Egremont and his brother Richard, were ordered to appear before the King and Council on 25 June 1454. About this time a Bill reciting the misconduct of Egremont and Richard was presented by the Commons, and it was enacted that proclamations should be made commanding them to appear before the Chancellor within a certain time, and find sufficient surety of peace or be committed to prison; if they did not appear, they were to forfeit all they possessed. [10] Some time afterwards they encountered the Nevilles at Stamford Bridge, "a battayll set" ensued, and they were taken prisoners. They were condemned to pay to the Nevilles 16,800 marks, and, in the meanwhile, Egremont was committed to Newgate. He escaped thence, 13 November 1456. [11] On 24 March 1457/58 the King reduced the fine to a bond for 4,000 marks that Egremont should keep the peace for 10 years towards the Earl of Salisbury, his wife, his sons, and his retainers. [12] On 10 June 1458 he was granted the castle and manor of Wressell, co. York. [13] He had licence, 23 June 1458, to leave the realm with 12 servants to complete the pilgrimages which he had promised to make for himself and the King. [13] He was appointed Constable of Conisborough Castle and granted an annuity of £40, for life, 19 December 1459. [14] He was a strenuous supporter of Henry VI, in defence of whose person he was slain at the Battle of Northampton, 10 July 1460, aged 37. [5]

  
  

• Sources

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White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume V, page 33. Citing Ch. Privy Seals, I, file 761, no. 9147 (16 Nov.): Patent Roll, 28 Hen. VI, p. 1, m. 10. [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 V, page 35. Citing Chron. of London, page 171: Three Chronicles, pages 74, 169 (on page 153 it is said that he was beheaded after the battle). "Thomas Percy miles dominus Degremont." Writ of diem cl. ext. 24 October 39 Hen. VI. Inq., co. Lincoln, Tuesday after All Saints [4 November 1460]. ". . . predictus Thomas obiit decimo die mensis Julii anno regni Regis Henrici sexti post conquestum Anglie tricesimo octavo . . . Henricus Percy miles Comes Northumbr' est frater et heres propinquior dicti Thome Percy militis . . . et est etatis quadraginta annorum et amplius." (Ch. Inq. p. m., Hen. VI, file 181, no. 72). [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 V, page 33. A petition from "Thomas de la More Squyer" recites "howe that in the yere last passed, the said Thomas beyng Shiref" of Cumberland, his under-sheriff and bailiffs "were by certein riotous peple longyng to the Lord Egremond grevously wounded and bette. . . . And also howe the seid Lord Egremond, long before the said betyng, said in the presens of notable persones that he wold have the said late Shiref hede." De la More was Sheriff, for the last time, 1452–53, and this petition belongs therefore to the next year. In the printed Parl. Rolls, volume vi, page 63, it is inserted under 12 Edw. IV, which has led to the supposition that these events took place in 1471 or 1472. [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 V, page 33. Citing Acts of the Privy Council, volume vi, pages 140–142, 147–149 (from Addit. MSS., no. 4611): Patent Roll, 31 Hen. VI, p. 2, m. 11 d. [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 V, pages 33–34. Citing Acts of the Privy Council, volume vi, pages 140–142, 147–149 (from Addit. MSS., no. 4611): Patent Roll, 31 Hen. VI, p. 2, m. 11 d. [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 V, page 34. Citing Acts, &c., volume vi, pages 159–163 (from Cotton MSS., Vesp., C 14). Egremont was reminded "howe it be that not long agoo we putte you to the worship' and astate of Baron', not for any greet service that ye hadde do to us before that tyme, but for the trust and trowing that we hadde of the good service that ye sholde do us in tyme commyng, in esp'iall' in keping of the rest and pees of oure lande and in letting of alle that sholde mowe be to the contrarye." [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 V, page 34. Citing Acts, &c., volume vi, pages 130, 178, 189–191 (from Addit. MSS., no. 4611): Parl. Rolls, volume v, pages 394–396. 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