Mary, and Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland

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Thomas Percy, seventh Earl of Northumberland,

is Henry Percy (the ninth earl)'s uncle

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Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland


Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland

(1528 - 22 August 1572)

led the Rising of the North and was martyred and eventually Beatified by the Catholic Church.

Contents

* 1 Early life
* 2 Life under Elizabeth's Reign
* 3 Beatification
* 4 Children
* 5 External links

Early life

Blessed Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (1528 - 22 August 1572)
was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Percy
and Eleanor, daughter of Sir Guiscard Harbottal.

He was the nephew of Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, Anne Boleyn's lover before King Henry VIII.

When Thomas was eight years old his father was executed at Tyburn (2 June 1537) for having taken a leading part in the Pilgrimage of Grace, and he also is considered a martyr by many. Thomas and his brother Henry were then removed from their mother's keeping and entrusted to Sir Thomas Tempest.

In 1549, when Thomas Percy came of age, an Act was passed "for the restitution in blood of Mr. Thomas Percy". Shortly afterwards he was knighted, and, three years later, in Queen Mary's reign, he regained his ancestral honours and lands. Declared governor of Prudhoe Castle he besieged and took Scarborough Castle, which was seized by rebels in 1557.

In reward the he was granted the title of Earl of Northumberland and the Baronies of Percy, Poynings, Lucy, Bryan, and Fitzpane were restored to him. He was installed at Whitehall with great pomp, and soon after was named Warden General of the Marches, in which capacity he fought and defeated the Scots. In 1558 he married Anne Somerset, daughter of Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester.


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