Henry III (Percy) de Percy
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Henry (Percy) de Percy (1273 - bef. 1314)

Sir Henry (Henry III) "1st Lord Percy" de Percy formerly Percy
Born in Petworth, Sussex, Englandmap
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Husband of — married before 1300 [location unknown]
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Died before before age 41 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, Englandmap
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Biography

Titles of Sir Henry de Percy 1st Lord Percy:

Warden of Galloway and Ayrshire 1296
Justiciar in Dumfries
Joint Justiciar in cos. Lancaster, Cumberland and Westmorland 1297
Constable of Scarborough Castle 1308
Justice of the Forest beyond Trent 1311
Keeper of Bamburgh Castle 1311
Keeper of the Marches

Name

Sir Henry Percy [1]

Birth

Henry was born 25 March 1273, in England, seven months after the death of his father, Henry Percy. [2] His two brothers, William and John, died without heirs. [3]

Marriage

Henry Percy married Eleanor Fitzalan in 1294. [4]

Summoned to Parliament

Henry was summoned to Parliament, created Lord Percy, 6 February 1298/9. [5]

Regent of England

Henry was Regent of England during the king's absence abroad, 1297-1298.[6]

Death

Henry Percy died 10 Oct 1314, at Alnwick, Northumberland, England. [7]

Burial

Fountains, York, England [8]
The Monastary of Fountaynes[9]
Memorials of the abbey of St. Mary of Fountains (page 148):
"Immediately in front of the high altar was interred, in 1315, Lord Henry Percy of Alnwick, whose valorous feats against the Scots during the wars of King Edward I.,...you will find amply detailed in the Baronage of Dugdale; but the most diligent search I could institute discovered neither an indication of his monument nor of his tomb."

Note

Baron

Sources

  1. Medieval Lands
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  9. Visitation of the Northern Counties, p 51
  • Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. IV p. 348-351
  • Kings in the North - the House of Percy in British History by Alexander Rose 2002
  • Medieval Lands, database online, author Charles Cawley, (Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2006-2013), England, Earls created 1138-1143, Chapter 8, B. EARLS of NORTHUMBERLAND 1377-1527 (PERCY) 6.c. Henry de Percy
  • Collins, Arthur, and Egerton Brydges. Percy, Duke of Northumberland, Collins's Peerage of England Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical. Vol. II. London: Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and Son ... [et Al., 1812. 217-366. Print.
  • John fitz Geoffrey, entry in the database Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families by Charles Cawley © Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2000-2017.




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Henry III (Percy) de Percy was born in England.