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Thomas Percy (other)
Thomas Percy may refer to: *Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester (1343β1403), English medieval nobleman *Thomas Percy (Pilgrimage of Grace) (1504β1537), executed as a leader of the Pilgrimage of Grace * Thomas Percy (fl. 1563), MP for Plympton Erle *Thomas Percy (died 1572), MP for Westmorland *Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (1528β1572), led the Rising of the North and was executed for treason, beatified by the Catholic Church *Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont (1422β1460), son of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland and Lady Eleanor Neville *Thomas Percy (bishop of Norwich) (died 1369), Bishop of Norwich *Thomas Percy (Gunpowder Plot) (c.1560β1605), one of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot * Thomas Percy (bishop of Dromore) (1729β1811), Bishop of Dromore and collector of ''Percy's Reliques'' *Thomas George Percy (1704β1794), American cotton planter and settler of Alabama See also * Percy The English surname Percy is of Norman origin, coming from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Percy, 1st Earl Of Worcester
Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, KG (134323 July 1403) was an English medieval nobleman and naval commander best known for leading the rebellion with his nephew Henry Percy, known as 'Harry Hotspur', and his elder brother, Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland. Lineage He was the younger son of Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy, and Mary, daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, who descended from Henry III of England. He was the younger brother of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland. Percy never married or had children. He was the great-great grandson of Henry III of England. Career Worcester fought against England's traditional enemy France in the Hundred Years' War, and then served in various important governing posts in English-controlled France, as Ambassador, Seneschal. He was appointed Admiral of the North from 26 Jan 1384β22 February 1385. In the 1390s he built Wressle Castle. He was created Earl of Worcester in 1397 by King Richard II. In 1399 he was appointed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Percy (Pilgrimage Of Grace)
Sir Thomas Percy (c. 1504 β 2 June 1537) was a participant in the 1537 Bigod's Rebellion in the aftermath of the Pilgrimage of Grace, a Roman Catholic uprising against King Henry VIII. He was convicted of treason and hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. The Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) states that he "is considered a martyr by many". (Author Burton, Edwin) Origins He was born in about 1504 at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, the second son of Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland by his wife Lady Catherine Spencer. Inheritance in his issue His elder brother Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, who had long been failing in health, died after having been persuaded to leave all his estates to King Henry VIII. However, the earldom was restored to Thomas's eldest son, who was succeeded in the title by his younger brother, from whom all later Earls and Dukes of Northumberland are descended. Marriage and children Percy married Eleanor Harbottle, daughter of Guiscard Harbottle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Percy (fl
Thomas Percy may refer to: *Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester (1343β1403), English medieval nobleman *Thomas Percy (Pilgrimage of Grace) (1504β1537), executed as a leader of the Pilgrimage of Grace * Thomas Percy (fl. 1563), MP for Plympton Erle *Thomas Percy (died 1572), MP for Westmorland *Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (1528β1572), led the Rising of the North and was executed for treason, beatified by the Catholic Church *Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont (1422β1460), son of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland and Lady Eleanor Neville * Thomas Percy (bishop of Norwich) (died 1369), Bishop of Norwich *Thomas Percy (Gunpowder Plot) (c.1560β1605), one of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot * Thomas Percy (bishop of Dromore) (1729β1811), Bishop of Dromore and collector of ''Percy's Reliques'' *Thomas George Percy (1704β1794), American cotton planter and settler of Alabama See also * Percy The English surname Percy is of Norman origin, coming from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmorland (UK Parliament Constituency)
Westmorland was a constituency covering the county of Westmorland in the North of England, which returned Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency had two separate periods of existence. ;Until 1885 :It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. For the string of elections from 1885 general election it split in two: Appleby and Kendal, both of which had been parliamentary boroughs but were reconstituted as county constituencies. ;1918β1983 :The constituency was recreated as a single-seater for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election. In the boundary changes in 1983 the southern part of the constituency became part of the new seat of Westmorland and Lonsdale and the northern area was transferred to Penrith and The Border Boundaries The 1918 β 1983 seat corresponded to the county of Westmorland even after the abolit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Percy, 7th Earl Of Northumberland
Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, 1st Baron Percy, KG (152822 August 1572), led the Rising of the North and was executed for treason. He was later beatified by the Catholic Church. Early life Percy was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Percy and Eleanor, daughter of Sir Guiscard Harbottal. He was the nephew of Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, with whom Anne Boleyn had a romantic association before she became the wife of King Henry VIII. When Thomas was eight years old his father, Sir Thomas Percy, was executed at Tyburn (2 June 1537) for having taken a leading part in the Pilgrimage of Grace, and he also is considered a martyr by many. Thomas and his brother Henry were then removed from their mother's keeping and entrusted to Sir Thomas Tempest.Burton, Edwin. "Bl. Thomas Percy." The Cath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont
Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont (29 November 1422 β 10 July 1460) was a scion of a leading noble family from northern England during the fifteenth century. Described by one historian as "quarrelsome, violent and contemptuous of all authority", Egremont was involved in numerous riots and disturbances in the northern localities, and became a leading figure in the internecine PercyβNeville feud. When the Wars of the Roses began mid-decade, Egremont fought for the king on the Lancastrian side, being killed five years later at the Battle of Northampton. Early years His youth was rarely peaceful; at the age of twenty five he was part of a force that engaged the tenants of the Archbishop of York, John Kemp in a physical confrontation (possibly to the disapproval of his father and elder brother, Henry, Lord Poynings, although it is equally possible that he began a 'propaganda campaign' against Kemp at the same time) outside the village of Stamford Bridge. Following the skirmish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Percy (bishop Of Norwich)
Thomas Percy was a medieval Bishop of Norwich. He was the son of Henry de Percy, 2nd Baron Percy and Idonia, daughter of Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford. Percy was nominated 4 February 1355 and was consecrated on 3 January 1356. He died on 8 August 1369.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 262 Citations References * Bishops of Norwich 1320s births 1369 deaths 14th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Thomas Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225β1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ... Younger sons of barons {{England-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Percy (Gunpowder Plot)
Thomas Percy ( β 8 November 1605) was a member of the group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. A tall, physically impressive man, little is known of his early life beyond his matriculation in 1579 at the University of Cambridge, and his marriage in 1591 to Martha Wright. In 1596 his second cousin once removed,Burke's Peerage & Baronetage. β 106th Ed. β Crans: Burke's Peerage Ltd., 1999. β . β P. 2120. Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, appointed him constable of Alnwick Castle and made him responsible for the Percy family's northern estates. He served the earl in the Low Countries in about 1600β1601, and in the years before 1603 was his intermediary in a series of confidential communications with King James VI of Scotland. Following James's accession to the English throne in 1603, Percy became disenchanted with the new king, who he supposed had reneged on his promises of toleration for English Catholics. His meetin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas George Percy
Thomas George Percy, Sr. was an American planter in Alabama. Biography The son of Charles "Don Carlos" Percy, (1704β1794), an adventurer from Ireland with pretensions to blood lines of the Dukes of Northumberland, he was born in Alabama in the late 1780s and graduated from Princeton in 1806. He married Maria Pope in 1814 or 1815. His fellow Princetonian and friend, John Williams Walker, John Walker, one of the first two senators from Alabama, married Maria's sister Matilda. Both men built houses on abutting estates in Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville and named their sons for each other. Through their wealthy planter father, LeRoy Pope, the sisters were related to the England, English poet Alexander Pope. Percy managed the affairs for Walker while he was away in Washington, D.C. Percy stayed in Huntsville, enjoying his large library and extended family. He and Maria named their eldest son John Walker, after his boon companion. Their second son, Charles Brown, was named after a thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
