PERCY, Henry (c.1532-85), of Alnwick, Northumb.

Family and Education

b. c. 1532, 2nd s. of Sir Thomas Percy of Prudhoe by Eleanor, da. of Sir Guischard Harbottle of Horton; bro. of Thomas. m. by 25 Jan. 1562, Catherine, da. and coh. of John Neville, 4th Lord Latimer, 8s. 3da. Kntd. 30 Apr. 1557; suc. bro. as 2nd Earl of Northumberland 22 Aug. 1572.CP, giving date of birth. DNB; E. B. de Fonblanque, Annals of the House of Percy, ii. 126; Arch. Ael. (ser. 3), i. 82-83; Northumb. Co. Hist. ix. 266; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 138; Percy Bailiff’s Rolls (Surtees Soc. cxxxiv), p. xiv; CSP Dom. 1547-80, p. 193.CP, giving date of birth. DNB; E. B. de Fonblanque, Annals of the House of Percy, ii. 126; Arch. Ael. (ser. 3), i. 82-83; Northumb. Co. Hist. ix. 266; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 138; Percy Bailiff’s Rolls (Surtees Soc. cxxxiv), p. xiv; CSP Dom. 1547-80, p. 193.">

Offices Held

Capt. Norham castle, Northumb. by Jan. 1558; constable, Tynemouth castle, Northumb. 1559, gov. 1560 – 83; member, council in the north Dec. 1558 – Apr. 1571; j.p. co. Dur. 1558/59, Northumb. 1558/59, q. 1561 – 64, Cumb., Yorks. (E. and N. Ridings) 1569; sheriff, Northumb. 1562 – 63; commr. piracy 1565, to enforce Acts of Uniformity and Supremacy, province of York 1568; steward, former lands of Tynemouth priory, Northumb. 1570–?83.CSP Dom. 1601–3, Add. 1547–65, pp. 468–9; Northumb. Co. Hist. viii. 160, 165; W. S. Gibson, Tynemouth Monastery, i. 239–41; ii. 115–16; R. R. Reid, King’s Council in the North, 186, 210, 493; CPR, 1566–9, pp. 172–3; 1569–72, pp. 223–4.

Parlimentarian

PERCY, Henry (c.1532-85), of Alnwick, Northumb.

Main residence: Alnwick, Northumb.

Author

M.J.T.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

PERCY, Henry (c.1532-85)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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