Sir
Thomas
"7th Earl of Northumberland"
Percy
KG
Born in Petworth, Sussex, England,
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Percy
and Eleanor (Harbottle) Percy
Brother of
Guiscard Percy, Richard Percy, Mary (Percy) Slingsby, Henry Percy, Mary (Holland) Pole [half] and Catherine (Percy) Browne
Husband of
Anne (Somerset) Percy
— married
1558 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Lucy (Percy) Stanley, Elizabeth (Percy) Woodroffe, Jane (Percy) Seymour, Thomas Percy and Mary Percy
Died
at about age 44
in York, Yorkshire, England
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Jun 2012
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Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland
Thomas[1] was born in 1528. He is the son of Thomas Percy and Eleanor Harbottle.[2] He passed away in 1572. [3]
Decapitated on order of Queen Elizabeth I. Beatified by pope Leo XIII on 13 May 1895. His festival was appointed to be observed in the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle on 14 November.[4]
Links
- Griffiths, George. A History of Tong, Shropshire (Horne & Bennion, 1894) Page 72
- "...was created by Queen Mary, Earl of Northumberland, but conspiring later against Queen Elizabeth, was beheaded at York, 1572. His father, Sir Thomas, a lineal descendant of Hotspur, and other illustrious Percies, was also executed for conspiracy in Henry VIII's reign."
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity. pp. 82-83. Google Books
- ↑ Entered by Allen Minix, Jun 21, 2012
- ↑ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Bl. Thomas Percy". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.
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7th Earl or 1st Earl (new creation)? See http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/gen-medieval/1999-08/0935862720
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Doug Stewart
Added Petworth as BP for Thomas Percy Percy-414
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Rejected matches › Frank Thomas Percy (1877-1973) › Thomas (Percy) de Percy (-aft.1413) › Thomas (Percy) de Percy (1333-1369)
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