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1455 First Battle of St Albans
29th March 1461 Battle of Towton
In 1080 Robert de Mowbray 1st Earl Northumbria was created 1st Earl of Northumberland Feudal Creation.
In 1125 Robert de Mowbray 1st Earl Northumbria died. Earl of Northumberland Feudal Creation extinct.
In 1377 Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland was created 1st Earl of Northumberland.
In 1381 Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland and Maud Lucy Countess Northumberland were married. She by marriage Countess of Northumberland. She, the last of the Lucy family, brought their estates including Cockermouth Castle to the marriage on the condition that the Percy family quarter their arms with those of the Lucy family.
On 19th February 1408 Thomas Rokeby's force of Yorkshire levies defeated the Percy army during the Battle of Bramham Moor bringing to an end the Percy rebellion.
Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland was killed. His body was afterwards hanged, drawn and quartered, his head being sent to London bridge and his quarters to diverse places. Possibly captured hanged, drawn and quartered after the battle. Earl of Northumberland, Baron Percy of Alnwick and Baron Percy of Topcliffe forfeit.
Thomas Bardolf 5th Baron Bardolf was killed. Baron Bardolf of Wormegay in Norfolk had been forfeited in 1406 when Thomas Bardolf 5th Baron Bardolf was declared a traitor. It was restored on the 19th of July 1408 to his two daughters Anne Bardolf Baroness Cobham Sternborough and Joan Bardolf and their husbands William Clifford and William Phelip respectively.
The Abbot of Hailes Abbey was executed following the battle since he was wearing armour. Bishop Griffin Yonge, Bishop of Bangor, was captured, but wearing his vestments, he avoided execution.
In 1416 Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland was restored 2nd Earl of Northumberland, 5th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 13th Baron Percy of Topcliffe.
Before 8th July 1418 Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland and Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland were married. She by marriage Countess of Northumberland. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland.
On 22nd May 1455 the Wars of the Roses commenced with the First Battle of St Albans. Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York commanded with Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury, Richard Neville Earl Salisbury, Edward Brooke 6th Baron Cobham and Walter Strickland.
The Lancastrians...
Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset was killed. Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset succeeded 2nd Duke Somerset, 2nd Marquess Dorset, 5th Earl Somerset, 2nd Earl Dorset. Note his father is frequently incorrectly referred to as the second Duke and Henry as the third Duke. His father's Dukedom, however, was a new creation.
Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland was killed. Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland succeeded 3rd Earl of Northumberland, 6th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 14th Baron Percy of Topcliffe. Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland by marriage Countess of Northumberland.
Thomas Clifford 8th Baron Clifford was killed. John "Butcher" Clifford 9th Baron Clifford succeeded 9th Baron de Clifford, 9th Lord Skipton. Margaret Bromflete Baroness Clifford by marriage Baroness de Clifford.
William Cotton and Richard Fortescue were killed.
Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham was wounded and captured.
King Henry VI of England and II of France, John Sutton 1st Baron Dudley and Edmund Sutton were captured.
Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset was wounded. James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde and John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock fought.
Richard Cotton of Hampstall Ridware and his son William Cotton of Connington in Huntingdonshire were killed.
On 29th March 1461 the Battle of Towton was a decisive victory for King Edward IV of England bringing to an end the first war of the Wars of the Roses. Said to be the bloodiest battle on English soil 28000 were killed mainly during the rout that followed the battle.
The Yorkist army was commanded by King Edward IV of England with John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk, William Neville 1st Earl Kent, William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings (knighted), Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy, Henry Bourchier 2nd Count of Eu 1st Earl Essex, John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton and John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock.
The Lancastrian army suffered significant casualties including Richard Percy, Ralph Bigod Lord Morley, John Bigod, Robert Cromwell, Ralph Eure, John Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby, John Beaumont, Thomas Dethick, Everard Simon Digby, William Plumpton and William Welles who were killed.
Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland was killed. Earl of Northumberland, Baron Percy of Alnwick, Baron Percy of Topcliffe forfeit.
Ralph Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland was killed. He was buried at the nearby Saxton church where his chest tomb is extant. Baron Dacre Gilsland extinct.
Lionel Welles 6th Baron Welles was killed. Richard Welles 7th Baron Welles, Baron Willoughby succeeded 7th Baron Welles.
The Lancastrian army was commanded by Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset, Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter, Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland and Andrew Trollope.
Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter was attainted after the battle; Duke Exeter, Earl Huntingdon forfeit.
Those who fought for the Lancaster included William Tailboys 7th Baron Kyme, William Plumpton, John Sutton 1st Baron Dudley, William Norreys, Thomas Grey 1st Baron Grey of Richemont, Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns, John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, Richard Welles 7th Baron Welles, Baron Willoughby, Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers, James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde, John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde, William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont, Henry Roos and Thomas Tresham. Cardinal John Morton were captured.
John Heron of Ford Castle Northumberland, Robert Dethick, Andrew Trollope and his son David Trollope were killed.
On 26th March 1470 John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu revoked his title of Earl of Northumberland so that the Earldom could be given to of the Percy family who were its traditional holders.
Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland was restored 4th Earl of Northumberland, 7th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 15th Baron Percy of Topcliffe. Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland by marriage Countess of Northumberland.
A deeply unpopular move with the Neville family who had been longstanding enemies of the Percies in the North. He was created 1st Marquess Montagu instead. Possibly a consequence of the defection of Warwick the Kingmaker to the Lancastrian cause as evidenced by the Welles Rebellion earlier in the year.
On 28th April 1489 Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland was hanged at Cockledge or Blackmoor near York by the rebels when attempting to collect the tax. He was buried at Beverley Minster.
Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland succeeded 5th Earl of Northumberland, 8th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 16th Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 7th Baron Poynings. He, Henry, 5th Earl, appears to have become a ward of King Henry VII since he was later married to King Henry's first cousin Katherine Spencer, daughter of Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde, probably as a means of ensuring Percy allegiance to the successors of the House of Lancaster i.e. Beaufort and Tudor.
The King then sent an army of 8000 north led by Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey. The rebels dispersed; their leader John à Chambre was hanged for treason. The rebels then chose John Percy as their leader. His leadership proved less than reliable; he eventually fled to the court of Margaret of York Duchess of Burgundy (sister of Edward IV and Richard III) who remained sympathetic to the Yorkist cause.
Before 1502 Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland and Katherine Spencer Countess Northumberland were married. She by marriage Countess of Northumberland. She the daughter of Robert Spencer of Spencer Combe and Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde. He the son of Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland and Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland.
On 19th May 1527 Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland died. Henry Percy 6th Earl of Northumberland succeeded 6th Earl of Northumberland, 9th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 17th Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 8th Baron Poynings. Mary Talbot Countess Northumberland by marriage Countess of Northumberland.
On 2nd June 1537 Henry Percy 6th Earl of Northumberland died. Richard Layton visited him on 29 June 1537 and says that he found him "languens in extremis, sight and speech failed, his stomach swollen so great as I never see none, and his whole body as yellow as saffron." Earl of Northumberland, Baron Percy of Alnwick, Baron Percy of Topcliffe, Baron Poynings forfeit. His brother Thomas Percy should have succeeded but he had been attainted.
On 1st May 1557 Thomas Percy 7th Earl of Northumberland was restored 7th Earl of Northumberland, 10th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 18th Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 9th Baron Poynings.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 1st May 1557. The furst day of May was creatyd at Whytt-halle master Perse the yerle of Northumberland, with viij haroldes and a dosen of trumpeters thrugh the quen('s) chambur, and thrugh the hall, and a-for hym my lord of Penbroke and my lord Montyguw and then my lord of Arundell and my lord of Rutland, and hym-self whent in the myddes, alle in cremesun welvett in ther parlement robes, and whyt a hatt of velvett and cronet of gold on ys hed.
On 22nd June 1558 Thomas Percy 7th Earl of Northumberland and Anne Somerset Countess Northumberland were married. She by marriage Countess of Northumberland. She the daughter of Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester.
In January 1562 Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland and Katherine Neville Countess Northumberland were married. She by marriage Countess of Northumberland.
On 22nd August 1572 Thomas Percy 7th Earl of Northumberland was beheaded at The Pavement in York. He was buried at St Crux Church, York. Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland succeeded 8th Earl of Northumberland, 11th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 19th Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 2nd Baron Percy of Alnwick, 10th Baron Poynings.
On 21st June 1585 Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland committed suicide at Tower of London. He was found dead in his bed in his cell, having been shot through the heart. A jury was at once summoned, and returned a verdict of suicide. He was buried in St Peter ad Vincula Church, Tower of London. Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland succeeded 9th Earl of Northumberland, 12th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 20th Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 3rd Baron Percy of Alnwick, 11th Baron Poynings. Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland by marriage Countess of Northumberland.
On 5th November 1632 Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland died. Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland succeeded 10th Earl of Northumberland, 13th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 21st Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 4th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 12th Baron Poynings.
On 1st October 1642 Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland and Elizabeth Howard Countess Northumberland were married. She by marriage Countess of Northumberland. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk and Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk. He the son of Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland and Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland.
On 23rd December 1662 Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland and Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Northumberland were married. She by marriage Countess of Northumberland. She the daughter of Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester and Elizabeth Leigh Countess Southampton. He the son of Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland and Elizabeth Howard Countess Northumberland.
On 13th October 1668 Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland died at Petworth. He was buried at Petworth. Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland succeeded 11th Earl of Northumberland, 14th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 22nd Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 5th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 13th Baron Poynings.
On 31st May 1670 Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland died in Turin without male issue. Earl of Northumberland, Baron Percy of Alnwick and Baron Percy of Topcliffe, Baron Percy of Alnwick and Baron Poynings extinct. His daughter Elizabeth was his sole heiress.
The second creation of the Earl of Northumberland occurred on 16th March 1416 although it was, in effect a restoration of the first creation with Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland being restored rather than created. Unclear as to why some sources refer to this as a creation?
On 27th May 1464 John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu was created 1st Earl of Northumberland as a reward for successfully suppressing the Lancastrian resistance in the North. The Earldom of Northumberland traditionally held by the Percy family with whom the Neville family had been feuding for generations.
On 26th March 1470 John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu revoked his title of Earl of Northumberland so that the Earldom could be given to of the Percy family who were its traditional holders.
Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland was restored 4th Earl of Northumberland, 7th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 15th Baron Percy of Topcliffe. Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland by marriage Countess of Northumberland.
A deeply unpopular move with the Neville family who had been longstanding enemies of the Percies in the North. He was created 1st Marquess Montagu instead. Possibly a consequence of the defection of Warwick the Kingmaker to the Lancastrian cause as evidenced by the Welles Rebellion earlier in the year.
On 1st October 1674 George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland was created 1st Earl of Northumberland, 1st Viscount Falmouth, 1st Baron Pontefract by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 28th June 1716 George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland died at Epsom, Surrey without legitimate issue. Duke Northumberland, Earl of Northumberland, Viscount Falmouth, Baron Pontefract extinct.