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 Edward I of England, King Edward I of England in Wales and Scotland and was granted extensive estates in Scotland, wh ...

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 Perc ...

, 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 who fought in the Welsh wars of 1288 to 1294. Lineage He was the son of John Fitzalan III and Isabella Mortimer, daughter of Ro ...

, and sister of

Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel Edmund Fitzalan, 2nd Earl of Arundel (1 May 1285 – 17 November 1326) was an English nobleman prominent in the conflict between King Edward II and his barons. His father, Richard Fitzalan, 1st Earl of Arundel, died in 1302, while Edmund was ...

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 Scotl ...

, in

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, by King

Edward II of England Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also known as Edward of Caernarfon or Caernarvon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I, Edward became the heir to the throne follo ...

. In 1322, was made governor of

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and of the town and castle of

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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

Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton The Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton was a peace treaty signed in 1328 between the Kingdoms of England and Scotland. It brought an end to the First War of Scottish Independence, which had begun with the English invasion of Scotland in 1296. ...

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

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

Skipton Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven) is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the East Division of Staincliffe Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is on the River Aire and the Leeds ...

. Edward III granted him the castle and barony of Warkworth in 1328. He was at the sieges of

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and 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, r ...

, 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 John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville, (c.1337 – 17 October 1388) was an English peer, naval commander, and soldier. His second wife was Elizabeth Latimer (later Elizabeth Willoughby) who was the 5th Baroness Latimer in her own right. Origins ...

* Eleanor Percy, married

John FitzWalter, 2nd Baron FitzWalter John FitzWalter, 2nd Baron FitzWalter (Fitzwalter or Fitz Wauter; 18 October 1361) was an English baron and gang leader in the 14th-century. He was a prominent Essex landowner best known for his criminal activities, particularly around Colchest ...

(c. 1315 – 18 October 1361) * Isabel Percy, married Sir

William Aton Sir William Aton (died before March 1389), sometimes called Baron Aton, of West Ayton, Barlby, South Holme, South Holme and North Holme, Welham, Malton, Welham, Langton, North Yorkshire, Langton, Wintringham, North Yorkshire, Wintringham, Malto ...

and had three daughters: Anastasia, Catherine and Elizabeth. * Margaret married in 1340 Sir Robert d'Umfraville of Pallethorp,

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, Yorkshire; she married, as his second wife, before 1368, William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby (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 ...

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