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- He was the eldest son of Henry Percy, 1st earl of Northumberland, and was nicknamed Hotspur by his Scottish enemies in recognition of the diligence with which he patrolled the border between England and Scotland.
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In 1376 he witnessed the bloody fights between the Scots and the English. At 11 years he was knighted at the Coronation of Richard the II to become Sir Harry Percy Knight by the Kings hand. Below is an effigy of Hotspur, but the commissioned painting below that is far more like him – a real Percy.
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SIR HENRY PERCY, called Hotspur, eldest son of Henry, 1st Earl of Northumberland, was born on the 10th of March 1364. He saw active service when he was fourteen at the siege of Berwick.
Below, a family member has been chosen to represent each century, in order to give a flavour of the dramatic history of the Percy family which has shaped the castle you see today. Harry Hotspur, son of the 1st Earl of Northumberland, was born at Alnwick Castle in 1364 or 1366.
Henry Percy, later made famous as 'Harry Hotspur' was born on 20 May 1364 at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland. He was the eldest son of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, and Margaret Neville, daughter of Ralph de Neville, 2nd Lord Neville of Raby, and Alice de Audley.
- June 22, 1377 – King Richard II
- July 16 1377 – Percy Becomes An Earl
- 1378 – Neville Builds Raby Castle
- 1378 – Newcastle Coal shipments
- 1378 – Crook
- 1381 – Gaunt Owns Dunstanburgh
- 1384 – Scots Smash Northumberland Castles
- 1386 – Whitton Tower
- Aug 19, 1388 – Battle of Otterburn
- 1389 – Lumley Castle
Richard II, the son of Edward the Black Prince, and grandson of Edward III, becomes the King of England.
At Richard II’s coronation, the Yorkshire based-baron Henry Percy, becomes ‘first’ Earl of Northumberland, a title revived from Anglo-Saxon times.
John Neville is granted a licence to build a castle at Rabyby Bishop Thomas Hatfield. A market and an annual fair are granted to nearby Staindrop.
Newcastleis shipping some 15,000 tons of coal per year with an export market including parts of Europe.
Crook in the Wear valley is recorded as ‘le Croke next Brauncepeth’ in 1378. Crookis named from a secluded nook of land that was probably formed by the Beechburn Beck.
Last year John of Gaunt, Earl of Lancaster and Lieutenant of the Marches inherited DunstanburghCastle. This year the Percys inherited Prudhoe Castle.
Ford Castle is taken by the Scots; Warkand Cornhill Tower are destroyed and the Scots raid Durham and Cumberland.
Whitton Tower, a pele tower near Rothburyis built by the Umfravilles, Lords of Harbottle. Aug 6, 1388 – Scots raid to Brancepeth Scots under William Douglas raid Durham as far south as Brancepeth. On return, the Scots engage in a skirmish at Newcastle. English forces under Harry ‘Hotspur’ Percy (the son of the Earl of Northumberland) are safe behin...
While the Scots under Douglas encamp at Otterburn on return to Scotland, Harry Hotspur heads north from Newcastleto attack them. Hot-headed Hotspur does not wait for the Bishop of Durham’s troops to join him. In the darkness, his troops attack Scottish servants and camp followers by mistake. This group fights back and alert the main force of Scots....
Tynemouth priory is plundered by the Scots under the Earl of Murray. Meanwhile Lumley castle is being built by Ralph, Lord of Lumley near Chester-le-Street.
Henry Percy (1364/1366–1403), also called Harry Hotspur, helped Henry IV seize the throne but later rebelled against him, killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury. Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (see below) Lady Elizabeth Percy (c. 1390 – 1437)
Jul 17, 2024 · Sir Henry Percy, English rebel who led the most serious of the uprisings against King Henry IV (reigned 1399–1413). His fame rests to a large extent on his inclusion as a major character in William Shakespeare’s Henry IV. Learn more about Percy in this article.
