Josceline (or Joceline) Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland, 5th Baron Percy (4 July 1644 – 31 May 1670), of
Alnwick Castle
Alnwick Castle () is a castle and country house in Alnwick in the English county of Northumberland. It is the seat of the 12th Duke of Northumberland, built following the Norman conquest and renovated and remodelled a number of times. It is a G ...
, Northumberland and
Petworth House
Petworth House in the parish of Petworth, West Sussex, England, is a late 17th-century Grade I listed country house, rebuilt in 1688 by Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, and altered in the 1870s to the design of the architect Anthony Sa ...
, Sussex, was an
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peer.
Origins
Percy was the eldest son of
Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland (1602–1668),
KG, by his second wife, Elizabeth Howard, daughter of
Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk
Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, (13 August 15843 June 1640) was an English nobleman and politician.
Born at the family estate of Saffron Walden, he was the son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, by his second wife, Catherine Kny ...
(1584–1640),
KG.
Career
He served as a
Page of Honour
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at the
coronation
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of
King Charles II on 23 April 1661 and on 4 November 1661 entered the
Inner Temple
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for legal training.
Marriage and children
On 23 December 1662 he married Lady
Elizabeth Wriothesley
Elizabeth Wriothesley (''née'' Vernon), Countess of Southampton (11 January 1572 – 23 November 1655) was one of the chief ladies-in-waiting to Elizabeth I of England in the later years of her reign.
Family
Elizabeth Vernon was the grandd ...
, 3rd daughter and co-heiress of
Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton
Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, KG ( ; 10 March 1607 – 16 May 1667), styled Lord Wriothesley before 1624, was an English statesman, a staunch supporter of King Charles II who after the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 r ...
,
by whom he had children as follows:
*Henry Percy, Lord Percy (1668–1669), only son and heir apparent, who died in infancy.
*
Lady Elizabeth Percy
John Clifford, 7th Baron de Clifford (c. 1389 – 13 March 1422), also known as John, Lord Clifford, 7th Lord of the Honor of Skipton, KG, was an English peer. He was killed at the siege of Meaux, France.
Family
John Clifford, born about 138 ...
(1667–1722), sole daughter and heiress, wife of
Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset
Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset (13 August 16622 December 1748), known by the epithet "The Proud Duke", was an English peer. He rebuilt Petworth House in Sussex, the ancient Percy seat inherited from his wife, in the palatial form which ...
(1662–1748).
Principal estates
*
Topcliffe Castle, Yorkshire, recorded in the
Domesday Book
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of 1086 as held by
William de Percy (died 1096), whom it served as the ''
caput
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