Henry Percy, 9th Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 2nd Baron Percy of Alnwick (6 February 1301 – 26 February 1352) was the son of

Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Alnwick (25 March 1273 – October 1314) was a medieval English magnate. He fought under King Edward I of England in Wales and Scotland and was granted extensive estates in Scotland, which were later retaken ...

of Alnwick, and

Eleanor Fitzalan Eleanor Fitzalan (c. 1284 – July/August 1328) was an alleged daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 1st Earl of Arundel and his wife Alice of Saluzzo. She became the wife of Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy. Their son was Henry de Percy, 2nd Baron Percy. ...

, daughter of Sir

Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel Richard FitzAlan, 1st Earl of Arundel (3 February 1267 – 9 March 1302) was an English nobleman and soldier. Lineage He was the son of John Fitzalan III and Isabella Mortimer, daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore and Maud de Bra ...

, and sister of Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel.

Life

Henry was thirteen when his father died, so the barony was placed in the custody of John de Felton. In 1316 he was granted the lands of

Patrick IV, Earl of March Patrick IV, 8th Earl of Dunbar and Earl of March (124210 October 1308), sometimes called Patrick de Dunbar "8th" Earl of March, was the most important magnate in the border regions of Scotland. He was one of the Competitors for the Crown of Scot ...

, in

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, by King

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. In 1322, was made governor of

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and of the town and castle of Scarborough and was later knighted at

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. Henry joined with other barons to remove the

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, who were favourites of Edward II. Following a disastrous war with the Scots, Henry was empowered along with William Zouche to negotiate the

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. This was an unpopular treaty with the English, and peace between England and Scotland lasted only five years. He was appointed to

Edward III Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring r ...

's council in 1327 and was given the manor and castle of

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. Was granted, by Edward III, the castle and barony of Warkworth in 1328. He was at the siege of Dunbar, the siege of Berwick and the

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and was subsequently appointed constable of

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. In 1346, Henry commanded the right wing of the English, at the

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. In 1329, he founded a

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, to celebrate divine service for his soul.

Marriage and issue

He married Idonia, daughter of

Robert Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford (1 April 1274 – 24 June 1314), of Appleby Castle, Westmorland, feudal baron of Appleby and feudal baron of Skipton in Yorkshire, was an English soldier who became 1st Lord Warden of the Marches, res ...

, and had the following children; * Henry, b. 1321, succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Percy of Alnwick * Thomas Percy, Bishop of Norwich * Roger * Maud Percy, married John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville * Eleanor Percy, married

John FitzWalter, 2nd Baron FitzWalter John FitzWalter, 2nd Baron FitzWalter (Fitzwalter or Fitz Wauter; 131518 October 1361) was a prominent Essex landowner best known for his criminal activities, particularly around Colchester. His family was of a noble and ancient lineage, with c ...

(c. 1315 – 18 October 1361) * Isabel Percy, married Sir William de Aton, 2nd Lord Aton, and had a daughter, Katherine Aton. Katherine Aton's son, William Eure, married Maud FitzHugh, daughter of

Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Baron FitzHugh Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Baron FitzHugh KG ( – 11 January 1425) of Ravensworth Castle in North Yorkshire, was an administrator and diplomat who served under Kings Henry IV and Henry V. Origins FitzHugh was the first son of Hugh FitzHugh, 2nd Ba ...

. * Margaret married in 1340 Sir Robert d'Umfraville of Pallethorp,

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, Yorkshire; she married as his 2nd wife before 1368

William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby (1333–1371) was a Leicestershire-based nobleman in fourteenth-century England who took part in some of the major campaigns of the first part of the Hundred Years' War. The eldest of two sons to Henry F ...

(1332–1370) son of Henry Ferrers of Groby by Isabel de Verdun. Margaret died 1375 at Gyng, Essex. G. E. Cokayne (Vicary Gibbs, ed.), ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom'' (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-1959) vol. V, p. 349

Footnotes

References

* Brenan, Gerald, ''A History of the House of Percy'' IIvols. London 1902. * ''

Lanercost Chronicle The ''Lanercost Chronicle'' is a northern English history covering the years 1201 to 1346. It covers the Wars of Scottish Independence, but it is also highly digressive and as such provides insights into English life in the thirteenth century as w ...

'', trans. & ed. Maxwell, Sir Herbert. Glasgow 191

* * Tate, George, The History of the Borough, Castle, and Barony of Alnwick, Vol.1, Henry Hunter Blair, 1866. {{DEFAULTSORT:Percy, Henry, 2nd Baron of Alnwick 1301 births 1352 deaths Henry Percy, 2nd Baron Percy 2 People of the Hundred Years' War Male Shakespearean characters