Lucy Percy was born around Michelmas, 1599, the daughter of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, and his wife Dorothy nee Devereux. She attracted the attention of James Hay, later 1st Earl of Carlisle, in her teens, but her father disapproved of the match and offered £20000 to Lucy not to marry Hay. However, he eventually relented, and the pair were married in November 1617.
Lucy was involved in political intrigue at the court of Charles I. She began an affair with the King's favourite, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, and initially Henrietta Maria, the new Queen, did not want Lucy as her lady-in-waiting. However, Henrietta Maria eventually favoured Lucy, and contemporaries noted that she was one of the Queen's firm favourites. Lucy also establised a friendship with Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, and used his influence to promote the interests of her friend, the Earl of Leicester.
In 1649, Lucy conspired with the Earls of Holland, Essex and Denzil Holles, who wanted to make peace with the king. This led to her imprisonment in the Tower of London by the Council of State. She was released on bond in 1650, but only attained full freedom in 1652. Despite this, she was still an admired woman, and retained enough influence to negotiate peace between Denzil Holles and the Earl of Salisbury, after supporting Holles' suggestion that Charles II move to France before the restoration of 1660.
She died on the anniversary of her father's death, 5 November 1660, at Little Salisbury House near the Strand, and was buried in the Percy vault at St Mary's, Petworth.
Lucy was involved in political intrigue at the court of Charles I. She began an affair with the King's favourite, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, and initially Henrietta Maria, the new Queen, did not want Lucy as her lady-in-waiting. However, Henrietta Maria eventually favoured Lucy, and contemporaries noted that she was one of the Queen's firm favourites. Lucy also establised a friendship with Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, and used his influence to promote the interests of her friend, the Earl of Leicester.
In 1649, Lucy conspired with the Earls of Holland, Essex and Denzil Holles, who wanted to make peace with the king. This led to her imprisonment in the Tower of London by the Council of State. She was released on bond in 1650, but only attained full freedom in 1652. Despite this, she was still an admired woman, and retained enough influence to negotiate peace between Denzil Holles and the Earl of Salisbury, after supporting Holles' suggestion that Charles II move to France before the restoration of 1660.
She died on the anniversary of her father's death, 5 November 1660, at Little Salisbury House near the Strand, and was buried in the Percy vault at St Mary's, Petworth.
Lucy Percy was born around Michelmas, 1599, the daughter of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, and his wife Dorothy nee Devereux. She attracted the attention of James Hay, later 1st Earl of Carlisle, in her teens, but her father disapproved of the match and offered £20000 to Lucy not to marry Hay. However, he eventually relented, and the pair were married in November 1617.
Lucy was involved in political intrigue at the court of Charles I. She began an affair with the King's favourite, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, and initially Henrietta Maria, the new Queen, did not want Lucy as her lady-in-waiting. However, Henrietta Maria eventually favoured Lucy, and contemporaries noted that she was one of the Queen's firm favourites. Lucy also establised a friendship with Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, and used his influence to promote the interests of her friend, the Earl of Leicester.
In 1649, Lucy conspired with the Earls of Holland, Essex and Denzil Holles, who wanted to make peace with the king. This led to her imprisonment in the Tower of London by the Council of State. She was released on bond in 1650, but only attained full freedom in 1652. Despite this, she was still an admired woman, and retained enough influence to negotiate peace between Denzil Holles and the Earl of Salisbury, after supporting Holles' suggestion that Charles II move to France before the restoration of 1660.
She died on the anniversary of her father's death, 5 November 1660, at Little Salisbury House near the Strand, and was buried in the Percy vault at St Mary's, Petworth.
Lucy was involved in political intrigue at the court of Charles I. She began an affair with the King's favourite, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, and initially Henrietta Maria, the new Queen, did not want Lucy as her lady-in-waiting. However, Henrietta Maria eventually favoured Lucy, and contemporaries noted that she was one of the Queen's firm favourites. Lucy also establised a friendship with Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, and used his influence to promote the interests of her friend, the Earl of Leicester.
In 1649, Lucy conspired with the Earls of Holland, Essex and Denzil Holles, who wanted to make peace with the king. This led to her imprisonment in the Tower of London by the Council of State. She was released on bond in 1650, but only attained full freedom in 1652. Despite this, she was still an admired woman, and retained enough influence to negotiate peace between Denzil Holles and the Earl of Salisbury, after supporting Holles' suggestion that Charles II move to France before the restoration of 1660.
She died on the anniversary of her father's death, 5 November 1660, at Little Salisbury House near the Strand, and was buried in the Percy vault at St Mary's, Petworth.
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