Ancestors of John William Brearton *
Twenty-second Generation
4128848. 1st Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy was born on 3 Feb 1392/1393 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England . He died on 22 May 1455 in Battle of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England (against Yorkists) . He married Eleanor Neville.
Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, so created 16 March 1415/6, with the same remainder as his grandfather; born 3 Feb 1392/3, had his grandfather's estates restored to him and was knighted; on military service in Normandy 1416 and 1417, Warden of the East March 1417, Member of Council of Regency on death of Henry V, commissioner to negotiate peace with the Scots Fewb 1423/4 and 1452, Jt commissioner to monitor violations of truce with Scots 1433, Constable of England May-Sep 1450; married a short while after Oct 1414, as her 2nd husband, Lady Alianore/Eleanor Nevill(e), daughter of Ralph, 1st Earl of Westmorland of the 1397 creation, and was killed fighting on Henry VI's side at the Battle of St Albans against the Yorkists 22 May 1455. [Burke's Peerage] ------------------------------------------ Sir Henry de Percy KG, b. 3 Feb 1392/3, slain at St Albans 22 May 1455; 2nd Earl of Northumberland; 1408 KB; 1400 Warden of the Marches of Scotland; m. shortly after Oct 1414 Eleanor de Neville. [Magna Charta Sureties] ------------------------------------------ Henry de Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, who m. Lady Eleanor Nevil, dau. of Ralph, 1st Earl of Westmoreland, and Joan de Beaufort, dau. of John of Gaunt, and aunt of King Henry V. Of this nobleman and his countess, and their issue, the following account is given in a very curious MS preserved in the British Museum, and there said to be extracted Ex Registro Monasterij de Whitbye; -- "Henry Percy, the son of Sir Henry Percy that was slayne at Shrewsbury, and of Elizabeth, the dau. of the Erle of Marche, after the death of his father and graunsyre, was exiled into Scotland, in the time of King Henry V; by the labour of Johanne, the Countess of Westmerland (whose dau., Alianor, he had wedded in coming into England), he recovered the king's grace and the county of Northumberland, so was the 2nd Earl of Northumberland. And of this Alianor, his wife, he begat IX sonnes and III daughters, whose names be Johanne, that is buried at Whitbye; Thomas (created) Lord Egremont; Katheyne Grey, of Ruthyn (wife of Edmund, Lord Grey, afterwards Earl of Kent); Sir Raffe Percy; William Percy, a byshopp; Richard Percy; John, that dyed without issue; another John (called by Vincent, in his MS Baronage in the Heralds' office, John Percy, senior, of Warkworth); George Percy, clerk; Henry, that dyed without issue; besides the eldest sonne and successor, Henry, 3rd Erle of Northumberland." His lordship, who was at the battle of Agincourt, was made lord high constable by King Henry VI, and fell at St. Alban's, 23 May, 1455, fighting under the banner of that monarch, and was s. by his eldest surviving son, Henry Percy, 3rd earl. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 424, Percy, Barons Percy, Earls of Northumberland, &c.]
4128849. Eleanor Neville was born in 1399 in Raby Castle, Durham, England .
4128850. Lord Richard Poynings was born in 1406 in Poynings, Sussex, England . He died on 10 Jun 1429 in Orleans, France . The cause of death was killed 1429-30. He was buried in Vp,Orleans,France . He married Alianore Berkeley * after Apr 1421 in Beverstone,Glouchester,England. [Parents]
4128851. Alianore Berkeley * was born about 1382 in Beverston, Gloucestershire, England . She died in Aug 1455. She was buried in Arundel, Sussex, England . [Parents]
4155394. Richard Neville * was born about 1400 in Raby, Durham, England .
4155432. 2rd Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy II was born on 25 Jul 1421 in Leckonfield,Yrks,England . He died on 29 Mar 1461 in Battle Of,Towtown,Yrks,England . He was buried in St Denys Church,York,Yrks,England . He married Countess of Northumberland, 5th Baroness Poynings Eleanor Poynings in England . [Parents]
Children
Anne Percy b: ABT 1436 in Of,YRKS,England
Ralph Percy b: ABT 1440 in Of,YRKS,England
Margaret Percy b: ABT 1447 in Of,YRKS,England
Henry Percy b: 1449 in Of,Leconfield,YRKS,England
Eleanor Percy b: ABT 1455 in Of,YRKS,England
Elizabeth Percy b: ABT 1460 in Of,Leckonfield,YRKS,EnglandBIR-MAR-DEA-BUR: Bk Medieval Knight by Stephen Turnbull.
NOT: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland was Towton.
4155433. Countess of Northumberland, 5th Baroness Poynings Eleanor Poynings was born about 1422 in England . She died in Feb 1483/1484. [Parents]
BIR-MAR-DEA: Bk Medieval Knight by Stephen Turnbull.
Children
Anne Percy b: ABT 1436 in Of,YRKS,England
Ralph Percy b: ABT 1440 in Of,YRKS,England
Margaret Percy b: ABT 1447 in Of,YRKS,England
Henry Percy b: 1449 in Of,Leconfield,YRKS,England
Eleanor Percy b: ABT 1455 in Of,YRKS,England
Elizabeth Percy b: ABT 1460 in Of,Leckonfield,YRKS,England
4155434. 1st Earl of Pembroke William Herbert died on 27 Jul 1469 in Battle of Edgcot, near Banbury, Oxfordshire, England . He married Anne Devereux.
beheaded following his capture by a pro-Earl of Warwick faction among EDWARD IV's nominal supporters at Battle of Edgcot, nr Banbury, Oxon
WILLIAM, took surname HERBERT, 1st EARL OF PEMBROKE, so cr 8 Sept 1468, as also earlier 26 July 1461 BARON HERBERT/HERBERD (both E) by writ, KG (1461/2); b c 1423; ktd 1449, served Hundred Years War (captured by French 1450 at Formigny), Yorkist Wars of Roses, Sheriff Glamorgan and Morgannoc and Constable Usk Castle 1459, MP Herefs 1460-61, Ch Justice and Chamberlain S Wales 1461, granted 3 Feb 1461/2 castle, town and lordship of Pembroke, with other castles, following surrender of Pembroke Castle to him by Lancastrians five months previously, Ch Justice N Wales 1467; m c 1455 Anne (living 1486), dau of Sir Walter Devereux (see HEREFORD, V), and was beheaded 27 July 1469 following his capture by a pro-Earl of Warwick faction among EDWARD IV's nominal supporters at Battle of Edgcot, nr Banbury, Oxon, one or three days earlier, having had, with eight daus (including Catherine, m by 1 Oct 1490, as his 2nd w, 3rd Lord (Baron) Grey (of Ruthin); see GREY, B): WILLIAM HERBERT, 2nd EARL OF PEMBROKE. The 1st EARL OF PEMBROKE of the 1468 cr also had two or more illegitimate sons; one of them, by Mawd, dau of Adam (Turberville) ap William ap Howell Graunt, was: Richard, of Ewias, Herefs.William (Sir), KG, of Raglan Castle and Talgarth, cr. EARL OF PEMBROKE 8 Sept 1468 (see BURKE'S Dormant and Extinct Peerages, and BURKE'S Peerage, POWIS, E, and PEMBROKE, E).
