Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland
| Henry Percy | |
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| Earl of Northumberland | |
 Seal of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, in 1435 |
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| Spouse(s) | Eleanor Poynings |
| Issue Ralph Percy Anne Percy Margaret Percy Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland Elizabeth Percy Mary Percy Eleanor Percy |
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Titles and styles The Earl of Northumberland |
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| Noble family | House of Percy |
| Father | Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland |
| Mother | Lady Eleanor Neville |
| Born | 25 July 1421 Leconfield, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 29 March 1461 (aged 39) Towton, Yorkshire, England |
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (25 July 1421 – 29 March 1461) was the son of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland and Lady Eleanor Neville, daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and his second wife Joan Beaufort.
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[edit] Family
His maternal uncles included Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury. His maternal aunts included Cecily Neville, through whom he was closely related to the House of York: Edward IV of England, Margaret of York, George, Duke of Clarence and Richard III of England were all first cousins.
[edit] Marriage
In consequence of his marriage to Eleanor, Lady Poynings, Henry Percy was summoned to Parliament from 14 December 1446 to 26 May 1455, by writs directed Henrico de Percy, chivaler, domino de Ponynges. His wife was a legatee in the 1455 will of her mother, Eleanor, Countess of Arundel (widow of the thirteenth Earl of Arundel).
[edit] Life
In 1448, Percy was captured following his father's defeat at the Battle of Sark. During the Wars of the Roses, Percy followed his father in siding with the Lancastrians against the Yorkists. On December 30, 1460, Percy is known to have fought on the Lancastrian side at the Battle of Wakefield. He commanded the Lancastrian van at the Battle of Towton on March 29, 1461, in which he was slain fighting. He was buried at St. Dionis, Yorkshire. His widow, Eleanor, died February 11, 1483 or 1484.
[edit] Marriage and children
He married on or before 25 June 1435 Eleanor Poynings or Ponynges (1422–1480), de jure suo jure Lady Poynings, daughter and heiress of Richard Poynings, Knt., of Poynings, Sussex, by his second wife, Eleanor, daughter of John Berkeley, Knt., of Beverstone, Gloucestershire. Lady Poynings was born about 1422, and was heir general in 1446 to her grandfather, Robert Poynings, Knt., 4th Lord Poynings.
Their children were:
- Ralph (b. 1440), died young.
- Anne (1444–1522), married (1) Sir Thomas Hungerford, (2) Sir Laurence Rainsford, and (3) Sir Thomas Vaughn.
- Margaret (b. c. 1447), married Sir William Gascoigne, "the Younger", son of Sir William Gascoigne and wife.
- Henry (1449–1489), 4th Earl of Northumberland; married Lady Maud Herbert, daughter of the first Earl of Pembroke.
- Eleanor (b. 1455), married Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr.
- Elizabeth (1460–1512), married Henry Scrope, 6th Baron Scrope of Bolton.
- Mary, died young.
[edit] Ancestry
[edit] Further reading
- Rose, Alexander Kings in the North – The House of Percy in British History. Phoenix/Orion Books Ltd, 2002, ISBN 1-84212-485-4 (722 pages paperback)
| Preceded by Henry Percy |
Earl of Northumberland 1455–1461 |
Succeeded by John Neville |
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