Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland [3180] ²⁵

   Cause of his death was Murdered by a rabble at his manor house.

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http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/PERCY.htm#Henry PERCY (4º E. Northumberland)
The Complete Peerage V.ix,p717.

Biography <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/HenryPercy(4ENorthumberland).htm>.

(4th E. Northumberland)
Born: ABT 1449, Leconfield, Yorkshire, England
Died: 28 Apr 1489, Cock Lodge, near Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England
Buried: Beverley Minster, Beverley, Yorkshire, England
Notes: Knight of the Garter <../Documents/Knights%20of%20the%20Garter.htm>.
Father: Henry PERCY (3º E. Northumberland) <../PERCY.htm>
Mother: Eleanor <../POYNINGS.htm> POYNINGS (B. Poynings) <../POYNINGS.htm>
Married: Maud HERBERT (C. Northumberland) <../HERBERT1.htm> ABT 1473/1476
Children:
1. Eleanor <../PERCY.htm> PERCY (D. Buckingham) <../PERCY.htm>
2. Henry Algernon PERCY (5º E. Northumberland) <../PERCY.htm>
3. William PERCY (Sir Knight) <../PERCY.htm>
4. Allan PERCY (b. 1479)
5. Josceline PERCY <../PERCY.htm>
6. Arundel PERCY (b. 1483 - d. 1544)
7. Anne PERCY (C. Arundel) <../PERCY.htm>
8. Elizabeth PERCY

Son of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, by his wife, Eleanor Poynings; was the only one of the family to appear to take the Yorkist side. His father's earldom was forfeited at the Battle of Towton by the victorious Yorkists, and Percy was imprisoned in the Fleet Prison and then the Tower from 1464 when John Neville was created Earl of Northumberland. After swearing fealty to Edward IV he was released in 1469 and petitioned for the reversal of his father's attainder though this was not granted by Parliament until 1473. Percy held many of the important government posts in the north of England which were traditional in his family.
Fought in the Battle of Bosworth <../Documents/the_battle_of_bosworth.htm>, where he commanded the right wing of Richard III's army. Some historians says that he betrayed the King by holding his forces back from action.
Henry VII <../aboutHenryVIII.htm>'s treatment of the Earl of Northumberland after the battle certainly does not suggest any special favors or gratitude: Northumberland, along with the earls of Westmoreland and Surrey <../Bios/ThomasHoward(2DNorfolk).htm>, was taken into custody and kept in prison for several months, being released only under strict conditions of good behavior. Although he was soon released and confirmed in all his titles and lands by the new King <../aboutHenryVIII.htm>.
On 28 Apr 1489 he was killed at one of his Yorkshire residences by a mob protesting over high taxes for the defence of Brittany against France, part of a rioting led by Sir John Egremont. Another reason for the mob's actions was his part in the downfall and death of Richard III who remained popular in Yorkshire. The rebellion was surpressed by the Earl of Surrey
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/HenryPercy(4ENorthumberland).htm

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Henry married Maud Herbert Countess of Northumberland [3181] [KNW6-1BN] [MRIN: 878], daughter of William Herbert 1st Earl of Pembroke [7292] and Anne Devereux Countess Pembroke [14122], about 1476. (Maud Herbert Countess of Northumberland [3181] [KNW6-1BN] was born in 1448 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, died before 27 Jul 1485 and was buried in Beverley Minster, Beverley, Yorkshire, England.)