Henry Percy 
Henry was born on February 3rd, 1393.1 Henry's father was Henry (Hotspur) Percy and his mother was Lady Elizabeth Mortimer. His paternal grandparents were 1st Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy and Margaret Neville; his maternal grandparents were 3rd Earl of March, Earl of Ulster Edmund Mortimer and Philippa of Clarence. He had a sister named Elizabeth. He had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named Richard, Alice and Maud. He died due to battle of St. Albans at the age of 62 on May 22nd, 1455 in St. Albans.1 General Notes
Henry Percy (1392/3 - 1455), 1st Earl of Northumberland, was the son of Henry 'Hotspur' Percy. He was restored to favor by Henry V, receiving his grandfather's estates and re-creation of the earldom. Percy was on the regency council in the early years of the reign of Henry VI. He was killed fighting on the Lancastrian side at the Battle of St Albans. Percy married Eleanor Neville, daughter of Ralph, 1st Earl of Westmorland, and was succeeded as earl by his eldest son.
There were two battles during the English Wars of the Roses fought in or near the town of St Albans.
The first Battle of St Albans was the first battle of the war and was fought on May 22, 1455.
Richard, Duke of York and his ally, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick defeated the Lancastrians under Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, who was killed. York captured King Henry VI of England and had himself appointed Constable of England.
The second Battle of St Albans was fought February 22, 1461. With the defeat and death of the Duke of York the previous December (at the Battle of Wakefield, and York's son and heir busy in the west (where the Battle of Mortimer's Cross was fought a few days before the engagement at St Albans), the way was clear for the Lancastrians (lead by Queen Margaret ) to march south towards London, pillaging and sacking as they went.
They were intercepted near St Albans by forces commanded by the Earl of Warwick. Warwick had his men set up an array of defenses, including ditches and spikes, but they were surprised and defeated before these were complete.
The Lancastrians captured King Henry, who supposedly spent the battle sitting under a tree, singing. But they did not press their advantage by marching south to London. The reasons are not clear; it may be that their reputation for pillaging had preceeded them as the Londoners would not open their gates.
The Battle of Hexham (May 15, 1464) marked the end of significant Lancastrian resistance in the north of England during the early part of the reign of Edward IV.
John Neville, later to be 1st Marquess of Montagu, led a modest force of 3,000-4,000 men, routed the rebel Lancastrians. Most of the rebel leaders were captured and executed, including Henry Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. Henry VI, however, was kept safely away (having been captured in battle 3 times earlier in his life), and escaped to the north.
With their leadership gone, only a few castles remained in rebel hands. After these fell later in the year, Edward IV was not seriously challenged until the Earl of Warwick switched sides in 1469.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.25 Mar 1273 in Petworth, England d.02 Oct 1314 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland Shire, England
- b.26 Feb 1301 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England d.26 Feb 1352 in Warkworth, England
- b.1287 in Arundel, Essex Co., England d.Jul 1328
- b.1321 d.17 Jun 1368
- b.01 Apr 1274 d.24 Jun 1314
- b.1303 in Clifford, Hereford, England d.24 Aug 1365
- b.1276 d.01 Feb 1327
- b.10 Nov 1341 in Castle Raby, England d.29 Feb 1408 in Bramham Moor
- b.16 Jan 1244 in London, England d.05 Jun 1296 in Bayonne, Pyrennes-Atlantiques, France
- b.1281 in Grosmont Castle, Monmouth, Wales d.22 Sep 1345 in Newark Abbey, Leicester, England
- b.1248 in Paris, Seine, France d.02 May 1302 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.1320 in Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England d.01 Sep 1362
- b.1250 in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.07 Jul 1283 in England
- b.02 Feb 1282 in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.03 Dec 1322 in England
- b.1252 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England d.30 May 1306 in Elmley Castle, Herefordshire, England
- b.20 May 1364 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England d.21 Jul 1403 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
- b.1240 in Raby, Durham, England d.06 Jun 1271 in Coverham Abbey, North Ride, Yorkshire, England
- b.18 Oct 1262 in Raby, Durham, England d.18 Apr 1331
- b.1244 in Middleham, England d.11 Apr 1320 in Coverham, Coverdale, Yorkshire, England
- b.1291 in Raby, Durham, England d.05 Aug 1367 in Durham, England
- b.1247 in http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=hollye&id=I14724 d.29 Apr 1310
- b.1267 in Warkworth, England d.1329 in Warkworth, England
- b.1251
- b.12 Feb 1341 d.12 May 1372
- b.1304 in Hadley, England d.12 Jan 1373 in Hadley, England
- b.1261 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.17 Jul 1304 in Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire, England
- b.1270 in Wigmore, England d.04 Aug 1338
- b.1262 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.07 Feb 1334
- b.03 Feb 1393 d.22 May 1455 in St. Albans
- b.25 Apr 1287 in Thornbury, Herefordshire, England d.29 Nov 1330 in Tyburn, Warwickshire, England
- b.1306 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.16 Dec 1351 in Stanton Lacy, England
- b.02 Feb 1285 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England d.19 Oct 1356
- b.11 Nov 1328 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England d.26 Feb 1360 in Rouvray, Cote d'Orleans, France
- b.1275 in Chilham, Kent, England d.14 Apr 1322 in Canterbury, Kent, England
- b.1313 in Castle Badlesmere, Kent, England d.08 Jun 1356 in Richmond Palace, Surrey Co., England
- b.1280 in Thomond, Connaught, County Clare, Ireland d.1333 in Castle Badlesmere, Kent, England
- b.01 Feb 1352 in Langoed, Breconshire, Wales d.27 Dec 1381 in Dominican Priory, Cork
- b.1275 in Cassington, Oxfordshire, England d.18 Oct 1319 in Gascony, France
- b.1301 in Cassington, Oxfordshire, England d.30 Jan 1343 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
- b.1275 in Beaudesert, Warwickshire, England d.1345
- b.1332 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d.05 Jan 1381
- b.~ 1255 in Ashperton, Ledbury, Herefordshire, England d.27 Jun 1335 in Lambourn, Hungerford, Berkshire, England
- b.1304 in Ashford, Hertfordshire, England d.23 Apr 1349 in Bisham, Berkshire, England
- b.1272 in Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire, England d.21 Oct 1334 in Dore Abbey, Sussex, England
- b.12 Feb 1370 in Usk, Monmouthshire, England d.20 Apr 1417 in England
- b.25 Apr 1284 in Carnavon Castle, Carnavon, Caernarvonshire, Wales d.21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle, London, England d.21 Jun 1377 in Sheen Palace, Richmond, England
- b.1292 d.1358
- b.29 Nov 1338 in Antwerp, Belgium d.17 Oct 1368 in Dublin, Ireland
- b.1286 in Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, France d.07 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.24 Jun 1310 in Valenciennes, France d.15 Aug 1369 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
- b.1294 in Longpont, Aisen, France d.07 Mar 1342 in Fontenelle, Yonne, France
- b.16 Aug 1355 in Eltham Palace d.19 Jul 1415
- b.1286 in Ulster, Ireland d.18 Jun 1313
- b.1312
- b.16 Sep 1295 in Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England d.04 Nov 1360
- b.06 Jul 1332 d.10 Dec 1363 in Dublin, Ireland
- b.1281 in Grosmont Castle, Monmouth, Wales d.22 Sep 1345 in Newark Abbey, Leicester, England
- b.1310
- b.02 Feb 1282 in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales d.03 Dec 1322 in England
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Details of Henry's family with Eleanor Neville
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