Henry "Hotspur" Percy

1364 - 1403  (39 years)

• Name	Henry "Hotspur" Percy
  Birth	20 May 1364  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	30 May 1364  [2]
  Death	21 Jul 1403	Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I18016	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LMW
  Last Modified	7 May 2020

  
  

  Father	Henry Percy,   b. 10 Nov 1341, of Warkworth, Northumberland, England d. 19 Feb 1408, Bramham Moor, near Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Margaret de Neville   d. 11 May 1372
  Marriage	12 Jul 1358	Brancepeth, Durham, England   [1]
  Family ID	F11212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Mortimer,   b. 12 Feb 1371, Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales d. 20 Apr 1417 (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	Bef 10 Dec 1379  [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Percy   d. 26 Oct 1436 + 2. Henry Percy,   b. 3 Feb 1393   d. 22 May 1455, St. Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire, England (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F11196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 May 2020

  
  

• Notes

  The holder of many offices and titles, he was knighted by Edward III in April 1377 along with the future kings Richard II and Henry IV, who were almost exactly his age. Not long after the latter ascended the throne, Henry Percy went into open rebellion, and was slain at the battle of Shrewsbury. His body was buried at Whitchurch, Shropshire, but was disinterred two days later to be exhibited in Shrewsbury. The head was cut off and fixed onto one of the gates of York.

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013. [S4124] James L. Hansen, "The Ancestry of Joan Legard, Grandmother of the Rev. William1 Skepper/Skipper of Boston, Massachusetts." The American Genealogist 69:129, Jul 1994.