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Thomas PERCY

Thomas PERCY[1]

Male 1528 - 1572  (44 years)


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  • Name Thomas PERCY 
    Birth 10 Jun 1528  Newborn Manor Petworth, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    TitleOfNobility 30 Apr 1557  [2
    TitleOfNobility 
    Name Sir Thomas 'Blessed' Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, 1st Baron Percy  [2
    _FSFTID MB44-4C2 
    _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MB44-4C2 
    _UID 768CB10A43DF47F4A490366CD2ADEFA9071D 
    Death 22 Aug 1572  York, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I5077  Carney Wehofer July 2025
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2024 

    Father Thomas PERCY, 6th Earlo Northumberland,   b. 4 Nov 1504, Alnwick, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 1537, Hackney, Greater London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Mother Eleanor HARBOTTLE,   b. Abt 1505, Beamish, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1567 (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Marriage 1520  Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2499  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lady Anne, Countess of Northumberland SOMERSET,   b. 1526, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1591, Namur, Namur, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 12 Jun 1558  Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Lady Lucy PERCY,   b. 1558, Cockermouth, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1630, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     2. Elizabeth PERCY,   b. Abt 1559, Cockermouth, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1601, Picardy, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 42 years)
     3. Thomas PERCY,   b. 1560, Cockermouth, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1560, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     4. Mary PERCY,   b. 1560, Cockermouth, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1565 (Age 5 years)
     5. Joan PERCY,   b. Abt 1562, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1616, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 54 years)
    Family ID F536734086  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Sir Thomas "7th Earl of Northumberland" Percy KG
      Born 1528 in Petworth, Sussex, England,map
      Ancestors ancestors
      Son of Thomas Percy and Eleanor (Harbottle) Percy
      Brother of Guiscard Percy, Richard Percy, Mary (Percy) Slingsby, Henry Percy, Mary (Holland) Pole [half] and Catherine (Percy) Browne     
      Husband of Anne (Somerset) Percy — married 1558 [location unknown]
      Descendants descendants
      Father of Lucy (Percy) Stanley, Elizabeth (Percy) Woodroffe, Jane (Percy) Seymour, Thomas Percy and Mary Percy     
      Died 22 Aug 1572 at about age 44 in York, Yorkshire, Englandmap

      Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland

      Thomas[1] was born in 1528. He is the son of Thomas Percy and Eleanor Harbottle.[2] He passed away in 1572. [3]

      Decapitated on order of Queen Elizabeth I. Beatified by pope Leo XIII on 13 May 1895. His festival was appointed to be observed in the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle on 14 November.[4]
      Links

      Wikipedia: Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland

      Wikipedia: Rising of the North

      Griffiths, George. A History of Tong, Shropshire (Horne & Bennion, 1894) Page 72

      "...was created by Queen Mary, Earl of Northumberland, but conspiring later against Queen Elizabeth, was beheaded at York, 1572. His father, Sir Thomas, a lineal descendant of Hotspur, and other illustrious Percies, was also executed for conspiracy in Henry VIII's reign."

      ? Collins, Arthur, and Egerton Brydges. "Percy, Duke of Northumberland." Collins's Peerage of England Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical. Vol. II. London: Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and Son ... [et Al., 1812. 217-366. Print.
      ? Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity. pp. 82-83. Google Books
      ? Entered by Allen Minix, Jun 21, 2012
      ? Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Bl. Thomas Percy". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.

  • Sources 
    1. [S437] Pedigree Resource File CD 2, ((Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999)).

    2. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 17 Dec 2024), entry for Thomas PERCY, person ID MB44-4C2. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 17 Dec 2024), entry for Lady Anne, Countess of Northumberland Somerset, person ID L63Z-PG9. (Reliability: 3).