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 Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland, 12th Duke of Northumberland, built following the Norman Conquest and renovated an ...

, Northumberland and

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, Sussex, was an English peer.

Origins

Percy was the eldest son of

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(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 England, English nobleman and politician. Career Born at the family estate of Saffron Walden, he was the son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, by his second wife, ...

(1584–1640), KG.

Career

He served as a

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at the

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of King Charles II on 23 April 1661 and on 4 November 1661 entered the

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for legal training.

Marriage and children

On 23 December 1662 he married Lady Elizabeth Wriothesley, 3rd daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, 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 (1667–1722), sole daughter and heiress, wife of

Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, Order of the Garter, KG, Privy Council (United Kingdom), PC, (13 August 16622 December 1748), known by the epithet "The Proud Duke", was an English aristocrat and courtier. He rebuilt Petworth House in Su ...

(1662–1748).

Principal estates

* Topcliffe Castle, Yorkshire, recorded in the

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of 1086 as held by William de Percy (died 1096), whom it served as the '' caput'' of the feudal barony of Topcliffe. The Percy family's most ancient English seat. *

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, Sussex, acquired by Joscelin of Louvain (died 1180), husband of Agnes de Percy, one of the two daughters and co-heiresses of William de Percy (died 1174/5), feudal baron of Topcliffe in Yorkshire (grandson of William de Percy (died 1096)). Jocelin's younger son Richard "de Percy" (died 1244) adopted the surname "de Percy" and inherited his father's estate of Petworth and a moiety of his maternal barony of Topcliffe. Richard died without children when his estates descended to his nephew William "de Percy" (1197–1245), grandson of Jocelin de Louvain, who had inherited the other moiety of Topcliffe from his great-aunt Maud de Percy. *

, Northumberland, purchased in 1309 by

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 ...

(1273–1314) from Anthony Bek, Prince Bishop of Durham. *

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, Northumberland *

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, Cumbria, inherited by

Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, 4th Baron Percy, titular King of Mann, KG, Lord Marshal (10 November 134120 February 1408) was the son of Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy, and a descendant of Henry III of England. His mother was M ...

(1341–1408) and his heirs male, from his 2nd wife Maud de Lucy, sister and heiress of Anthony de Lucy, 3rd Baron Lucy (died 1368), on condition that they should bear the arms of Lucy (''Gules, three lucies hauriant argent'') quarterly with their own. * Egremont Castle, Cumbria, purchased in 1529 by Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland from Robert Radclyffe, 1st Earl of Sussex (1483–1542). * Leconfield Castle, Yorkshire. * Syon House,

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, Middlesex, the former

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, acquired in 1594 by

Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, Order of the Garter, KG (27 April 1564 – 5 November 1632) was an English people, English nobleman. He was a grandee and one of the wealthiest peers of the court of Elizabeth I. Under James VI and I, Ja ...

(1564–1632). Following the death of his grandson Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset in 1750, the former Percy estates were split between the Smithson (later "Percy",

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) and Wyndham (

Earl of Egremont Earl of Egremont was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1749, along with the subsidiary title Baron Cockermouth, in Cumberland, for Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset, with remainder to his nephews Charles Wyndham, 2 ...

) families.

Death and succession

Following his death in 1670, without a male heir, the earl's titles became extinct and his estates reverted to the Crown. King Charles II awarded the estates to his (illegitimate) son, the

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. The Countess of Northumberland successfully sued for the estates to be returned to the late Earl's only daughter and sole heiress, Lady Elizabeth Percy (1667–1722). Lady Elizabeth married

(1662–1748), thus forming one of the most wealthy couples in England. The title

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was re-created in 1748 for his daughter's son Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset (1684–1750), with special remainder to the latter's son-in-law Sir Hugh Smithson, 4th Baronet (1715–1786), later created

, who changed his surname to Percy and inherited the ancient Percy seat of Alnwick Castle. The 7th Duke of Somerset was also created

in 1749, with special remainder to his nephew Sir Charles Wyndham, 4th Baronet (1710–1763), who inherited the other part of the Percy estates, namely Petworth House in Sussex and Egremont Castle in Cumbria.

References

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