Third Baron de Percy of Alnwick
The oldest son of ten children of Henry de Percy, the 2nd Baron de Percy of Alnwick and Idoine de Clifford. Grandson of Sir Henry de Percy and Eleanor de Arundel FitzAlan, Sir Robert Clifford and Maud de Clare. Born at Warkworth Castle, Alnwick.
In September of 1344 at Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, Henry married Lady Mary Plantagenet, the daughter of Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Lancaster and Matilda de Chaworth. They had two sons:
Henry 1341-1408 the 4th Baron de Percy and 1st Earl of Northumbria
Thomas 1343-1403 1st and last Earl of Worcester
Mary died in 1362 and Henry married Joan de Orreby, daughter of John, Lord Orreby in 1365. Their children were a son who died early and Mary 1360-1394, who married John de Ros, 5th Lord de Ros of Helmsley.
Henry fought under Richard FitzAlan, the Earl of Arundel, at the Battle of Creicy August 26, 1346 in northern France, then transferred to Gascony under Henry of Grosmont, the Earl of Lancaster. He was made joint warden for the Scottish marches July 1352, the same year he came into his inheritance following his father's death. Henry was also the keeper of Roxburgh Castle and sheriff of Northumberland in 1355, which he served for two years.
For the next five years, Henry would fight in France and Scotland under Edward III, from the Scottish marches to the capture of Rheims. When Edward Balliol's surrendered of the kingdom and crown of Scotland to Edward III in 1356, Henry participated in the ensuing invasion of Scotland.
His oldest son, Henry, would succeed him, and his second son, Thomas, who would become and first and last Earl of Worcester. Both sons would join the rebellion against King Richard and then King Henry IV, Thomas would be captured at the Battle of Shrewsbury, Henry at the Battle of Branham Moor, both executed by beheading and their heads on display on London Bridge, thus ending the Percy rebellion.
The oldest son of ten children of Henry de Percy, the 2nd Baron de Percy of Alnwick and Idoine de Clifford. Grandson of Sir Henry de Percy and Eleanor de Arundel FitzAlan, Sir Robert Clifford and Maud de Clare. Born at Warkworth Castle, Alnwick.
In September of 1344 at Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, Henry married Lady Mary Plantagenet, the daughter of Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Lancaster and Matilda de Chaworth. They had two sons:
Henry 1341-1408 the 4th Baron de Percy and 1st Earl of Northumbria
Thomas 1343-1403 1st and last Earl of Worcester
Mary died in 1362 and Henry married Joan de Orreby, daughter of John, Lord Orreby in 1365. Their children were a son who died early and Mary 1360-1394, who married John de Ros, 5th Lord de Ros of Helmsley.
Henry fought under Richard FitzAlan, the Earl of Arundel, at the Battle of Creicy August 26, 1346 in northern France, then transferred to Gascony under Henry of Grosmont, the Earl of Lancaster. He was made joint warden for the Scottish marches July 1352, the same year he came into his inheritance following his father's death. Henry was also the keeper of Roxburgh Castle and sheriff of Northumberland in 1355, which he served for two years.
For the next five years, Henry would fight in France and Scotland under Edward III, from the Scottish marches to the capture of Rheims. When Edward Balliol's surrendered of the kingdom and crown of Scotland to Edward III in 1356, Henry participated in the ensuing invasion of Scotland.
His oldest son, Henry, would succeed him, and his second son, Thomas, who would become and first and last Earl of Worcester. Both sons would join the rebellion against King Richard and then King Henry IV, Thomas would be captured at the Battle of Shrewsbury, Henry at the Battle of Branham Moor, both executed by beheading and their heads on display on London Bridge, thus ending the Percy rebellion.
Third Baron de Percy of Alnwick
The oldest son of ten children of Henry de Percy, the 2nd Baron de Percy of Alnwick and Idoine de Clifford. Grandson of Sir Henry de Percy and Eleanor de Arundel FitzAlan, Sir Robert Clifford and Maud de Clare. Born at Warkworth Castle, Alnwick.
In September of 1344 at Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, Henry married Lady Mary Plantagenet, the daughter of Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Lancaster and Matilda de Chaworth. They had two sons:
Henry 1341-1408 the 4th Baron de Percy and 1st Earl of Northumbria
Thomas 1343-1403 1st and last Earl of Worcester
Mary died in 1362 and Henry married Joan de Orreby, daughter of John, Lord Orreby in 1365. Their children were a son who died early and Mary 1360-1394, who married John de Ros, 5th Lord de Ros of Helmsley.
Henry fought under Richard FitzAlan, the Earl of Arundel, at the Battle of Creicy August 26, 1346 in northern France, then transferred to Gascony under Henry of Grosmont, the Earl of Lancaster. He was made joint warden for the Scottish marches July 1352, the same year he came into his inheritance following his father's death. Henry was also the keeper of Roxburgh Castle and sheriff of Northumberland in 1355, which he served for two years.
For the next five years, Henry would fight in France and Scotland under Edward III, from the Scottish marches to the capture of Rheims. When Edward Balliol's surrendered of the kingdom and crown of Scotland to Edward III in 1356, Henry participated in the ensuing invasion of Scotland.
His oldest son, Henry, would succeed him, and his second son, Thomas, who would become and first and last Earl of Worcester. Both sons would join the rebellion against King Richard and then King Henry IV, Thomas would be captured at the Battle of Shrewsbury, Henry at the Battle of Branham Moor, both executed by beheading and their heads on display on London Bridge, thus ending the Percy rebellion.
The oldest son of ten children of Henry de Percy, the 2nd Baron de Percy of Alnwick and Idoine de Clifford. Grandson of Sir Henry de Percy and Eleanor de Arundel FitzAlan, Sir Robert Clifford and Maud de Clare. Born at Warkworth Castle, Alnwick.
In September of 1344 at Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, Henry married Lady Mary Plantagenet, the daughter of Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Lancaster and Matilda de Chaworth. They had two sons:
Henry 1341-1408 the 4th Baron de Percy and 1st Earl of Northumbria
Thomas 1343-1403 1st and last Earl of Worcester
Mary died in 1362 and Henry married Joan de Orreby, daughter of John, Lord Orreby in 1365. Their children were a son who died early and Mary 1360-1394, who married John de Ros, 5th Lord de Ros of Helmsley.
Henry fought under Richard FitzAlan, the Earl of Arundel, at the Battle of Creicy August 26, 1346 in northern France, then transferred to Gascony under Henry of Grosmont, the Earl of Lancaster. He was made joint warden for the Scottish marches July 1352, the same year he came into his inheritance following his father's death. Henry was also the keeper of Roxburgh Castle and sheriff of Northumberland in 1355, which he served for two years.
For the next five years, Henry would fight in France and Scotland under Edward III, from the Scottish marches to the capture of Rheims. When Edward Balliol's surrendered of the kingdom and crown of Scotland to Edward III in 1356, Henry participated in the ensuing invasion of Scotland.
His oldest son, Henry, would succeed him, and his second son, Thomas, who would become and first and last Earl of Worcester. Both sons would join the rebellion against King Richard and then King Henry IV, Thomas would be captured at the Battle of Shrewsbury, Henry at the Battle of Branham Moor, both executed by beheading and their heads on display on London Bridge, thus ending the Percy rebellion.
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