Henry 2nd Baron de Percy , KG, MP, Sir 
Henry 2nd Baron de was born in Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England. Henry 2nd Baron de's father was Henry 1st Baron de Percy , of Alnwick, Sir Knt and his mother was Eleanor FitzAlan. His paternal grandparents were Henry de Percy , Lord of Topcliffe, Sir Knight and Eleanor de Warenne; his maternal grandparents were Richard I FitzAlan , 8th Earl of Arundel, MP and Alasia de Saluzzo. He was an only child. He died in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England.General Notes
Henry de Percy, 2nd Lord (Baron) Percy; born 6 Feb 1300/1?; granted custody of Alnwick Castle 1318, custodian of Scarborough Castle 1321-24, knighted 1322, Keeper of the coast: Yorks 1324 and Northumberland 1325, Keeper of the Peace Northumberland 1325, sided with Queen Isabella against her husband Edward II's last favourites the Despensers 1326, Keeper of Skipton Castle, chief commissioner to monitor observance of the truce with the Scots and Warden of the Scottish Marches (the last of these till Whitsun that year only) Feb 1326/7, being one of only four English nobles not to be deprived of their Scottish possessions under the peace terms; granted by Edward III Warkworth Castle 1328, Keeper Bamburgh Castle April 1330, overseer of array (local defence) for northern counties July 1330, envoy to negotiate peace with the French Jan 1330/1, Justiciar of Eastern March Feb 1330/1, Warden of the March 1332, present at Siege of Berwick (of which subsequently Keeper) and Edward III's victory over Scots at Halidon Hill July 1333, chief commissioner to Scots Parliament to ensure Edward Balliol honoured his pledge to do homage to Edward III and cede southwest Scotland Oct 1333, member of council of regency during Edward III's absence overseas 1339 and 1340, commanded 3rd division of English victory of Neville's Cross over the Scots 1346, following which David II of Scotland was imprisoned in Bamburgh Castle, commissioner to negotiate final peace with Scots 1350; married Idoine or Idonea de Clifford (died 24 Aug 1365), daughter of 1st Lord (Baron) Clifford, and died late Feb 1351/2. [Burke's Peerage]
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Henry de Percy, 2nd Lord Percy, of Alnwick, had a grant from the crown in the 2nd Edward III of the reversion of the barony and castle of Warkworth, &c. He had summons to parliament from 1322 tothe time of his death, 26 February, 1351-2, when he was s. by his eldest son (by Idonia, dau. of Robert, Lord Clifford), Henry de Percy, 3rd Lord Percy, of Alnwick. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 423, Percy, Barons Percy, Earls of Northumberland, &c.]
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Henry de Percy, KG, 2nd Lord Percy of Alnwick, MP 1322-1352, knighted 1323, Constable of Scarborough Castle, Warden of the Marches of Scotland. [Ancestral Roots, line 161-29]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1121 in Louvain, Belgium d.<Sep 1180 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1160 in Petworth, Sussex, England d.<Sep 1198
- b.1134 in Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England d.<13 Oct 1204 in Petworth, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1193 in Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England d.28 Jul 1245 in Dalton Piercy, Hartlepool, Durham, England
- b.~ 1134 in Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, England d.11 May 1196 in Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, England
- b.1172 in Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, England d.> 1230
- b.~ 1134 in Scagglethorpe, Yorkshire, England d.1206
- b.~ 1235 in Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England d.29 Aug 1272 in Sallay, Craven, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1135 in Bywell, Hexham, Northumberland, England d.1188
- b.~ 1165 in Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England d.~ 1244 in Tours-en-Vimeu, Picardy, France
- b.~ 1138 in Durham, England
- b.~ 1200 in Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England d.<22 Nov 1281 in Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1150 in Cullen Castle, Auldhaven, Banffshire, Scotland d.1210 in Towie, Banffshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1170 in Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1150 in Galloway, Scotland
- b.25 Mar 1273 in Petworth, Sussex, England d.02 Oct 1314 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
- b.1130 in Normandy, France d.07 May 1202 in Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.1166 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.27 May 1240 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.1137 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.13 Jul 1199 in Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.>Aug 1231 in Warren, Sussex, England d.>Sep 1304 in Kennington, Surrey, England
- b.1146 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.14 May 1219 in Caversham Manor, England
- b.~ 1192 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.27 Mar 1248 in Tintern Abbey, Chapel Hill, Monmouthsire, England
- b.~ 1172 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.1220 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
- b.1251 in Warren, Sussex, England d.> 1282
- b.~ 1163 in Lusignan, Vienne, Poitou, France d.Nov 1219 in Damietta, Egypt
- b.~ 1186 in Lusignan, Vienne, Poitou, France d.~06 Jun 1246 in Surrey, England
- b.~ 1170 in Angouleme, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France d.>29 Aug 1233
- b.~ 1224 in Lusignan, Vienne, Poitou, France d.9 FEB 1255/56
- b.~ 1160 in Angouleme, Aquitaine, France d.1218 in Abbey, La Couroun, France
- b.1188 in Angouleme, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France d.31 May 1246 in Fontevault Abbey, Fonervrault, Maine-et-Loire, France
- b.~ 1161 in Courtenay, Gatinais, Isle-de-France, France d.14 Sep 1205 in France
- b.6 FEB 1299/00 in Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England d.26 FEB 1351/52 in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1172 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England d.MAR 1239/40 in Clun, Shropshire, England
- b.May 1223 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England d.<10 Nov 1267
- b.1190 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.> 1230
- b.14 Sep 1246 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.18 MAR 1271/72 in Clun, Shropshire, England
- b.1200 in Arklow, Wicklow, Leinster, Ireland d.19 Jul 1230 in Poitou, France
- b.1225 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d.27 Nov 1283
- b.~ 1204 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England d.10 FEB 1246/47 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England
- b.3 FEB 1266/67 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.9 MAR 1301/02
- b.1190 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.06 Aug 1246 in Wigmore Abbey, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1231 in Cwmaron Castle, Radnorshire, Wales d.<30 Oct 1282 in Kingsland, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1207 in Caemarvonshire, Wales d.1251 in Windsor, Berkshire, England
- b.1248 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.> 1300
- b.~ 1197 in Brecknock, Breconshire, Wales d.02 May 1230 in Hanged by Llewelyn, Prince of Wales after intrigues w/ his wife
- b.~ 1222 in Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales d.BEF 23 MAR 1300/01
- b.1194 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.< 1246 in England
- b.~ 1285 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.BET JUL AND AUG 1328
- b.~ 1234 in Saluzzo, Italy d.23 Dec 1296
- b.~ 1271 in Saluzzo, Italy d.25 Sep 1292
- b.~ 1240 in Saluzza, Italy d.22 Aug 1291
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Henry 2nd Baron de and Idoine de were married in a religious ceremony in 1314 in Yorkshire, England. They had a son and three daughters, named Henry 3rd Baron de, Isabel de, Alianore de and Maud de.
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Children
Henry 3rd Baron de Percy , Sir Knight
Henry 3rd Baron de was born about 1320 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England. He died on May 18th, 1368 in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England.
Isabel de Percy
Isabel de was born about 1322 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England. She died before May 25th, 1368.
Alianore de Percy
Alianore de was born about 1326 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England. She died before 1361 in Dunmow Priory, Essex, England.
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