Henry Percy Biography and Timeline

Disinherited Interest

Northern nobles resent treaty terms that protect Bruce's settlement

Role range: 1296-1328 – 1328-1328

Halidon Hill Service

Percy fights on the English side at Halidon Hill

Role range: 1332-1357 – 1301-1352

Battle of Towton Moor

Fights for the defeated Lancastrians at the Battle of Towton Moor

Role range: 1455-1485

Northumberland Killed by Rebels

Rebels kill the Earl of Northumberland after he fails to secure relief from the unpopular subsidy imposed by the crown.

Role range: 1489

Northumberland Attempts Tax Collection

Percy attempts to enforce the royal subsidy in Yorkshire, where communities argue that local burdens already make the new demand excessive.

Role range: 1489

Birth of Henry Percy

Birth of Henry Percy, son of the Eighth Earl of Northumberland

Peerage

Created Earl of Northumberland, 9th

Arrest of Henry Percy

Arrested for involvement with the Gunpowder Plot, 1605-1621

Gunpowder Treason Plot

The plotters planned to use Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, as Elizabeth's Protector, but most likely never informed him of this. Queen Elizabeth allowed him to escape with his life after fining him 4,000 marks (equivalent to over 6 million pounds as of 2008), after which he sold his estate in Chastleton. Arrested for involvement with the Gunpowder Plot, 1605-1621

Death of Henry Percy

Death of Henry Percy