Henry Percy, 2nd Baron Percy
Henry Percy, 9th Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 2nd Baron Percy of Alnwick (6 February 1301 – 26 February 1352) was the son of
Life
Henry was thirteen when his father died, so the barony was placed in the custody of John de Felton.[1]
In 1316 he was granted the lands of Patrick IV, Earl of March, in Northumberland, by King Edward II of England.[2] In 1322, was made governor of Pickering Castle and of the town and castle of Scarborough and was later knighted at York.[3] Henry joined with other barons to remove the Despensers, who were favourites of Edward II.
Following a disastrous war with the Scots, Henry was empowered along with William Zouche to negotiate the Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton.[4] This was an unpopular treaty with the English, and peace between England and Scotland lasted only five years.
He was appointed to
In 1329, he founded a chantry, to celebrate divine service for his soul.[7]
Marriage and issue
He married Idonia, daughter of Robert Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford,[8] and had the following children;
- Henry, b. c. 1321, succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Percy of Alnwick
- Thomas Percy, Bishop of Norwich
- Roger
- Maud Percy, married John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville
- Eleanor Percy, married John FitzWalter, 2nd Baron FitzWalter (c. 1315 – 18 October 1361)[9]
- Isabel Percy, married Sir William Aton and had three daughters: Anastasia, Catherine and Elizabeth.[10]
- Margaret married in 1340 Sir Robert d'Umfraville of Pallethorp, Hessle, Yorkshire; she married, as his second wife, before 1368, William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby (1332–1370), son of Henry Ferrers of Groby by Isabel de Verdun. Margaret died 1375 at Gyng, Essex.[11]
Footnotes
- ^ Tate, George, The History of the Borough, Castle, and Barony of Alnwick, Vol.1, (Henry Hunter Blair, 1866), 118.
- ^ Tate, 118.
- ^ Tate, 119.
- ^ Tate, 121.
- ^ Lanercost Chronicle, p.282
- ^ Tate, 124.
- ^ Tate, 128.
- ^ Tate, 130.
- ^ Richardson II 2011, p. 210.
- ISBN 978-1-4499-6638-6.
- G. E. Cokayne (Vicary Gibbs, ed.), The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-1959) vol. V, p. 349
References
- Brenan, Gerald, A History of the House of Percy IIvols. London 1902.
- Maxwell, Sir Herbert. Glasgow 1913.[1]
- Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Vol. II (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City.
{{ISBN 1-4499-6638-1 - Tate, George, The History of the Borough, Castle, and Barony of Alnwick, Vol.1, Henry Hunter Blair, 1866.