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Sir Thomas Percy (c. 1504 – 2 June 1537) was a participant in the 1537 Bigod's Rebellion in the aftermath of the

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uprising against King

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. He was convicted of

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and

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. The Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) states that he "is considered a

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by many". (Author Burton, Edwin)

Origins

He was born in about 1504 at

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, the second son of

Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland Henry Algernon Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland, KG (13 January 1477 – 19 May 1527) was an English nobleman and a member of the courts of both Kings Henry VII and Henry VIII. Origins Percy was son of Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberlan ...

by his wife Lady Catherine Spencer.

Inheritance in his issue

His elder brother

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, who had long been failing in health, died after having been persuaded to leave all his estates to King

. 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 of Beamish,

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), by his wife Jane Willoughby, with whom he had seven children:Adams, Arthur and Howard Horace Angerville. ''Living Descendants of Blood Royal'' London: World Nobility and Peerage, 1959. Vol. 4 page 417; (2) Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition) *

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 ...

, *

Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland, 2nd Baron Percy (153221 June 1585) was an English nobleman and conspirator. Origins He was born in about 1532 at Newburn Manor (Northumberland), the second of two sons of Sir Thomas Percy (c. 1504–15 ...

, *Guiscard Percy *Richard Percy *Joan Percy *Mary Percy, wife of Sir Francis Slingsby; progenitors of all Slingsby Baronets *Catherine Percy.

References

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