Henry Percy (Hotspur)
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Sir Henry Percy, nicknamed Hotspur or Harry Hotspur, was an English knight who fought in several campaigns against the Scots in the northern border and against the French during the Hundred Years' War
Statue of Harry Hotspur in Alnwick, Northumberland, erected in 2010
The pennon of Percy captured by James Douglas, Earl of Douglas
Shortly after Henry died in battle, his uncle was executed. An attainder was issued and the family's property, including Wressle Castle in the East Riding of Yorkshire (above), was confiscated by the Crown.
Warkworth Castle in Northumberland, the home of Henry Percy
Battle of Shrewsbury
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The Battle of Shrewsbury was fought on 21 July 1403, waged between an army led by the Lancastrian King Henry IV and a rebel army led by Henry "Harry Hotspur" Percy from Northumberland. The battle, the
Henry Percy (Hotspur)
…the deposition of King Richard II in favour of Henry Bolingbroke in 1399. He later fell out with the new regime and rebelled, and was slain at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 at the height of his fame. Henry Percy was born 20 May 1364 at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, the eldest son of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of…
Death of Henry "Harry Hotspur" Percy, from a 1910 illustration by Richard Caton Woodville Jr.
Battle of Shrewsbury, an illustration from Thomas Pennant's 'A tour in Wales', 1781