Henry Percy 11th and 3rd Baron Percy 1321-1368

In or before 1321 [his father] Henry Percy 10th and 2nd Baron Percy [aged 19] and [his mother] Idonia Clifford Baroness Percy [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Baroness Percy of Alnwick, Baroness Percy of Topcliffe. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1321 Henry Percy 11th and 3rd Baron Percy was born to Henry Percy 10th and 2nd Baron Percy [aged 19] and Idonia Clifford Baroness Percy [aged 18].

After 20th January 1340 [his brother-in-law] Robert Umfraville and [his sister] Margaret Percy Baroness Ferrers Groby [aged 10] were married. He the son of Gilbert Umfraville 9th Earl Angus [aged 30] and Joan Willoughby Countess Angus. They were half fourth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Before 10th November 1341 Henry Percy 11th and 3rd Baron Percy [aged 20] and Mary Plantagenet Baroness Percy [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Baroness Percy of Alnwick. She the daughter of Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster [aged 60] and Maud Chaworth. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 10th November 1341 [his son] Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland was born to Henry Percy 11th and 3rd Baron Percy [aged 20] and [his wife] Mary Plantagenet Baroness Percy [aged 21] at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland [Map]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. He married (1) 1358 his third cousin twice removed Margaret Neville, daughter of Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby and Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville, and had issue (2) 1381 his fourth cousin Maud Lucy Countess Northumberland, daughter of Thomas Lucy 2nd Baron Lucy and Margaret Multon.

In 1343 [his son] Thomas Percy 1st Earl of Worcester was born to Henry Percy 11th and 3rd Baron Percy [aged 22] and [his wife] Mary Plantagenet Baroness Percy [aged 23]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England.

14th December 1344 Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey [aged 38] and Isabel Despencer Countess Arundel [aged 32] marriage annulled by Pope Clement VI on the grounds that he had never freely consented to marry Isabel. He, at this time, is believed to be having an affair with her first cousin [his sister-in-law] Eleanor [aged 26] who he married four months later.

In or before 1345 Ralph Ufford [aged 42] and [his sister-in-law] Maud Plantagenet Countess Ulster [aged 34] were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster [aged 63] and Maud Chaworth.

In or before 1345 [his brother-in-law] John Fitzwalter 3rd Baron Fitzwalter [aged 29] and [his sister] Eleanor Percy Baroness Fitzwalter [aged 8] were married. She by marriage Baroness Fitzwalter. The difference in their ages was 21 years. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 5th April 1345 Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey [aged 39] and [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 26] were married at Ditton Church, Stoke Poges. She by marriage Countess Arundel. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster [aged 64] and Maud Chaworth. He the son of Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel and Alice Warenne Countess Arundel. They were half third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 22nd September 1345 [his father-in-law] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster [aged 64] died at Leicester Castle [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] Henry [aged 35] succeeded 4th Earl of Leicester, 4th Earl Lancaster.

In June 1347 John Warenne 7th Earl of Surrey [aged 60] died. His nephew Richard [aged 41] succeeded 8th Earl Surrey. [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 28] by marriage Countess Surrey. Conisbrough Castle [Map] reverted to the Crown.

Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. In the same year, the Earl of Lancaster,¹ the Barons of Stafford [aged 48] and Greystoke [aged 28], along with the heirs of the Lords Percy [aged 28] and Neville [aged 12], as well as Lord Furnival and Bartholomew de Burghersh [aged 62], together with many others, crossed over to Gascony around the Feast of All Saints [1st November 1349], to oppose the ravaging campaigns of John of Valois, son of the tyrant of the French, who was heavily harassing that duchy.

Eodem anno comes Lancastrie et barones Staffordie et de Greistoke, item heredes dominorum de Percy et de Neville atque dominus de Fornival et Bartholomeus de Burghasshe, cum multis aliis, circa festum Omnium Sanctorum transfretaverant in Vasconiam, posituri resistenciam debacacioni Iohannis de Valesio, filii tiranni Francorum, qui ducatum illum nimis infestavit.

Note 1. The earl of Lancaster was appointed lieutenant of Poitou on the 18th October 1349. Rymer's Fœdera 3.190. Knighton. William, lord Greystock, succeeded in 1323 and died in 1358. The heirs of Percy and Nevill were Henry, afterwards 3rd lord Percy, 1352-1368, who had fought at Crécy, and was brother-in-law of Lancaster; and John Nevill, who had been present with his father at Nevile's Cross, married Percy's sister, and became 3rd lord Nevill, 1367-1388. Thomas, lord Furnival, had also fought at Crécy, and died about 1364. Both Bartholomew, lord Burghersh, and his son [aged 21], of the same name, served in this campaign.

On 26th February 1352 [his father] Henry Percy 10th and 2nd Baron Percy [aged 51] died. His son Henry [aged 31] succeeded 3rd Baron Percy of Alnwick, 11th Baron Percy of Topcliffe.

In 1358 [his son] Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland [aged 16] and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Neville [aged 28] were married. They were third cousin twice removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 18th October 1361 [his sister] Eleanor Percy Baroness Fitzwalter [aged 25] died.

In 1362 [his wife] Mary Plantagenet Baroness Percy [aged 42] died at Alnwick, Northumberland [Map].

After 1362 Henry Percy 11th and 3rd Baron Percy [aged 41] and Joan Orreby Baroness Percy [aged 13] were married. She by marriage Baroness Percy of Alnwick. The difference in their ages was 28 years.

On 24th August 1365 [his mother] Idonia Clifford Baroness Percy [aged 62] died at Alnwick, Northumberland [Map].

On 12th March 1367 [his daughter] Mary Percy Baroness Ros of Helmsley was born to Henry Percy 11th and 3rd Baron Percy [aged 46] and [his wife] Joan Orreby Baroness Percy [aged 18]. She married 22nd June 1382 her third cousin John Ros 5th Baron Ros Helmsley, son of Thomas Ros 4th Baron Ros Helmsley and Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond.

On 18th May 1368 Henry Percy 11th and 3rd Baron Percy [aged 47] died at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland [Map]. He was buried at Alnwick Abbey, Northumberland [Map]. His son Henry [aged 26] succeeded 4th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 12th Baron Percy of Topcliffe. Margaret Neville [aged 39] by marriage Baroness Percy of Alnwick.

On 29th July 1369 [his former wife] Joan Orreby Baroness Percy [aged 20] died.