Thomas Percy (Pilgrimage of Grace)

Arms of Sir Thomas Percy (c.1504-1537) (2nd son of Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland) impaling Harbottle (his wife's family). Their sons were successively 7th & 8th Earls of Northumberland. Detail from 16th century Percy Window, Petworth House, Sussex

Sir Thomas Percy (c. 1504–2 June 1537) was a participant in the 1537 Bigod's Rebellion in the aftermath of the Pilgrimage of Grace, a Roman Catholic uprising against King Henry VIII. He was convicted of treason and hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. [1] The Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) states that he "is considered a martyr by many".[2]

Origins

He was born in about 1504 at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, the second son of Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland by his wife Lady Catherine Spencer.

Inheritance in his issue

His elder brother Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, who had long been failing in health, died after having been persuaded to leave all his estates to King Henry VIII. However the earldom was restored to Thomas's eldest son, who was succeeded in the title by his younger brother, from whom all later Earl and Dukes of Northumberland are descended.

Marriage & progeny

He married Eleanor Harbottle, daughter of Guiscard Harbottle by his wife Jane Willoughby, by whom he had 7 children together:[3]

References

  1. ↑ Adams, Arthur and Howard Horace Angerville. Living Descendants of Blood Royal London: World Nobility and Peerage, 1959. Vol. 4 page 417; (2) Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition)
  2. ↑  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Bl. Thomas Percy". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company. (Author Burton, Edwin)
  3. ↑ Adams, Arthur and Howard Horace Angerville. Living Descendants of Blood Royal London: World Nobility and Peerage, 1959. Vol. 4 page 417; (2) Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition)