Henry II De Percy 
Henry II was born on March 25th, 1273 in Petworth, Sussex, England. Henry II's father was Henry I De Percy and his mother was Alianore Plantagenet De Warrenne. His paternal grandfather was William De Percy and his paternal grandmother is Eleanor De Baliol; his maternal grandparents were John De Warrenne and Alice le Brun De Lusignan. He had a brother named John. He was the younger of the two children. He died at the age of 41 in October 1314 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England. He was buried on October 10th, 1314 in Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, England.General Notes
REFN: 6849AN
Lord of Topcliffe, Yorkshire; 1st Baron Percy
2nd son; heir to his brother
The Bishop of Durham conveyed Alnwick, Northumberlandshire, England to Hen
ry in 1309.
Cokayne's Complete Peerage in Dave's Database.
Dave's Database. Utzinger, Dave, Rootsweb's WorldConnect, World Wide We
b: Available: [Online]: (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?
db=utzing) [30 August 2002].
BARONY OF PERCY
I. 1. HENRY DE PERCY, brother and heir, born posthumously at Petworth, abo
ut 25 March 1273, succeeded his brother before 20 July 1293. In June 12
94 he was summoned for military service in Gascony, but actually accompani
ed the King on his expedition into Wales. In October 1295 he went to Scotl
and with his grandfather, the Earl of Surrey; he was knighted by the Ki
ng at the capture of Berwick, 30 March, and fought at Dunbar, 27 April 129
6. Warden of Galloway and Ayrshire, September 1296; Justiciar in Dumfrie
s, and joint Justiciar in Lancs, Cumberland and Westmorland, June 129
7. In May 1297 he was summoned for service in person overseas, but in Ju
ly he was in Scotland, receiving submissions of Scottish prelates and nobl
es, including Robert de BRUS. In 1297-98 he was a member of the Counc
il of the King's son, Regent during the King's absence abroad, and in Janu
ary 1297/8 was among the English magnates summoned to a convention at Yor
k, which the Scottish magnates were ordered to attend. He was summoned amo
ng the Barons, September 1298, and May, July and September 1299, for servi
ce in Scotland. Finally he was summoned to Parliament from 6 February 1298
/9 to 29 July 1314, by writs directed Henrico de Percy, whereby he is he
ld to have become LORD PERCY. The remainder of his life was spent, with f
ew breaks, either in fighting in Scotland or in preparing for fresh campai
gns there. He attended the Lent Parliament, 1305, at Westminster, and w
as summoned to the Coronation of Edward II, February 1307/8; and in Mar
ch was appointed constable of Scarborough Castle. He joined in the protes
t, nominally from Stamford, of the Earls and Barons to the Pope, against t
he abuse of papal provisions, August 1309; and in November bought Alnwi
ck from the Bishop of Durham. The next year he joined the baronial opposit
ion to Edward II, which appointed the "Lords Ordainers." Under their ascen
dancy, he was appointed in March 1311 Keeper of the bishopric of Durham du
ring the vacancy, and in December Justice of the Forest beyond Trent and K
eeper of Bamburgh Castle. He was joint Keeper of the Marches, under the Or
dainers, and was with the Earl of Lancaster, May 1312, when he nearly capt
ured the King at Newcastle, and with the Earls of Pembroke and Surrey wh
en Gavaston surrendered to them. He was summoned 24 March 1313/4 against t
he Scots. He married Eleanor, sister of Sir Richard DE ARUNDEL. He died be
tween 2 and 10 October 1314, and was buried at Fountains Abbey. Dower w
as assigned to his widow 6 November 1314. She died in July or August 132
8, and was buried at Beverley, where her obituary was celebrated.
[CP 10:456-9],
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1060 in Lorraine Infeerie, Flanders d.25 Jan 1140 in Jerusalem, Palestine
- b.1110 in North Riding, Yorkshire, England d.1168 in Egmanton, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.~ 1083 in Namur, Flanders d.~ 1131
- b.~ 1161 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England d.<29 Sep 1198 in Petworth, England
- b.1112 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England d.1168 in Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1135 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England d.1204
- b.1115 in Tunbridge Castle, Tunbridge, Kent, England
- b.1185 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England d.1245
- b.~ 1099 in Skelton, Yorkshire, England d.1143 in Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, England
- b.1143 in Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, England d.11 May 1196 in Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, England
- b.1116 in Thorp Arch, Yorkshire, England d.1206
- b.1160 in Skelton, Yorkshire, England d.1230
- b.1099 in Castle of Gernon, Normandy, France d.16 Dec 1153 in St Werberg, Chester, England
- b.1142 in Chester, Chestershire, England
- b.~ 1112 in Bristol Castle, Gloucestershire, England d.29 Jul 1189 in Chester, England
- b.1235 in Whitby, Yorkshire, England d.29 Aug 1272 in Sallay, Craven, Yorkshire, England
- b.< 1180
- b.1200 in Red Castle, Angus-shire, Scotland
- b.1115 in Gartley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.1140 in Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland d.~ 1190 in Gartley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.1170 in Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland
- b.1127 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland d.22 Sep 1174
- b.1150 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.1130 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.25 Mar 1273 in Petworth, Sussex, England d.Oct 1314 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England
- b.24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, France d.07 Sep 1151 in Chateau-du-Luoir, Eure-et-Loire, France
- b.1129 in Anjou, France d.Apr 1202 in Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.05 Aug 1102 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.10 Sep 1169 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy
- b.~ 1166 in England d.27 May 1240 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1110 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.1148 in Laodicea
- b.~ 1137 in Surrey, England d.13 Jul 1203 in Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1120 in England d.10 Oct 1174 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.>Aug 1231 in Warren, Sussex. England d.1304 in Kennington, Middlesex, England
- b.1105 in Tunbridge, Kent, England d.~ 1165
- b.12 May 1146 in Caversham, Berkshire, England d.14 May 1219 in Caversham, Berkshire, England
- b.1120 in Pembroke, Wales
- b.1193 in Norfolk, England d.27 Mar 1248
- b.~ 1130 in Tunbridge, Kent, England d.09 Apr 1176 in Dublin, Ireland
- b.1173 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.1220 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
- b.~ 1140 in Leinster, Ireland d.1177 in Waterford, Ireland
- b.1244 in Warren, Surrey, England d.> 1282
- b.~ 1150 in Lusignan, Vienne, France
- b.1169 in Lusignan, Vienne, France d.1249 in Lusignan, Vienne, France
- b.~ 1155
- b.~ 1225 in Lusignan, France d.09 Feb 1255 in Austria-Hungary
- b.06 Apr 1118 in Angouleme, Charente-Maritime, France d.07 Aug 1187 in Messina, Sicily, Italy
- b.~ 1160 in Angouleme, Charente-Maritime, France d.1218 in L'Abbey La Couro, France
- b.~ 1135
- b.1188 in Angouleme, Aquitaine, France d.31 May 1246 in Fontevrault, Anjou, France
- b.~ 1140
- b.~ 1163 in Courtenay, Calinois, France d.~14 Sep 1211 in France
- b.~ 1141
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Children
Henry III De Percy
Henry III was born on February 6th, 1301 in Leconfield, Yorkshire, England. He died at the age of 51 on February 26th, 1352 in Warkworth, Alnwick, Northumberland, England.
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