Life History
about 1228 |
Born in Northumberland, England.1 |
8th Sep 1268 |
Married Eleanor DE WARENNE in York, Yorkshire, England.1,1 |
9th Aug 1272 |
Died in North Yorkshire, England.2,1 |
after 9th Aug 1272 |
Buried in Sawley Abbey, Sutton-in-Craven, Craven District, North Yorkshire, England.1 |
25th Mar 1273 |
Birth of son Henry 9th Lord Percy 1st Baron Percy of Alnwick DE PERCY in Petworth, West Sussex, England.4,2,5 |
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Sir Henry de Percy
Birth 1228 Northumberland, England
Death Aug. 9, 1272 North Yorkshire, England
Sir Henry Percy, 7th Baron Percy, Baron Topcliffe was son and heir of William de Percy Lord Topcliffe and his first wife, Eleanor de Baillol. Sir Henry was knighted by 1257, and served Henry III's Welsh campaigns 1257 and in Scotland 1258, sided with the Barons against Henry III but subsequently renewed his allegiance to Henry III, fighting on the King's side at the Battle of Lewes (1264), where he was taken prisoner and held by Simon de Montfort's party until after the Battle of Evesham (1265).
After his release. he married Eleanor (Alianore) de Warren on 8 Sep 1268. they had two sons John born in the year1270 and Henry born in 1273. Henry had livery of his father's lands in 1249 and was accorded permission to marry as he pleased, on payment of 900, a very large fine even for a baron. He inherited little of his father's "faineant" nature, fighting valiantly in Wales and Scotland. He married Lady Eleanor Plantagenet, niece of King Henry III. This marriage knitted still closer the ties of relationship between the family of Percy and the reigning house, as Eleanor's mother was half-sister to King Henry III. Henry died in 1272 and was buried at Sawley Abbey as was his widow, Eleanor (Alianore) de Warren.
Parents:
William De Percy (1193 - 1245)
Eleanor De Baliol Percy (1206 - 1281)
Spouse Eleanor de Warenne Percy (1251 - 1282)
Children Henry Percy (1273 - 1314)
Burial Sawley Abbey, Sutton-in-Craven, Craven District, North Yorkshire, England
Maintained by Anne Shurtleff Stevens, Originally Created by Audrey DeCamp Hoffman Feb 01, 2012
-- Find A Grave Memorial #84346579, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=84346579
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Sources
- 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 2. Wikipedia
- "Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_de_Percy,_1st_Baron_Percy
- 3. World Family Tree Vol. 4
- Pedigree #123
- 4. Millennium Files, Ancestry.com
- 5. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- Memorial #53678731, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53678731