Memorial Day thought for Henry Hotspur Percy (May 20, 1364/6 – July 21, 1403)
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Memorial Day thought for Henry Hotspur Percy (May 20, 1364/6 – July 21, 1403)
 danallendc
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Posted: 25 May 2007 9:53PM GMT |
Classification: Biography
Hotspur was a great warrior against the Scots and French. His success paused, when he was captured in The Battle of Otterburn in 1388. This battle took place partly under moonlight, near the border of Scotland. Later, Hotspur was ransomed. He went to Calais in 1391, then was governor of Bordeaux from 1393 to 1395.
Upon returning to England, Hotspur joined with his father and helped depose King Richard II in favour of Henry of Bolingbroke, who later became King Henry IV. Later with his uncle, Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, he led a rebellion against King Henry IV, forming an alliance with the Welsh rebel, Owain Glyndŵr. Before they could join forces, Hotspur was defeated and killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury when he raised his visor to get some air (as he was wearing plate armour which restricted air circulation) and was immediately hit in the mouth with an arrow and killed instantly.
Henry IV, upon being brought the body, was said to have wept and ordered the body buried. He was buried in Whitchurch, Shropshire, but the king then decided to make an example to all those who would rebel; His body was exhumed, cut up into four quarters and sent around all of England. His head was stuck on a pole at York's gates.
Hotspur's son, Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, was killed in the The First Battle of St Albans (May 22, 1455), seen as the first battle of the War of the Roses.
The next Henry Percy in line was Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (age 34 when his father was killed in 1455). He commanded the Lancastrian van (supply depot?) at the Battle of Towton, where he was killed. The Battle of Towton was the largest and bloodiest ever fought on British soil, with casualties believed to have been in excess of 20,000. The battle took place on a snowy 29 March 1461 (Palm Sunday) on a plateau between the villages of Towton and Saxton in Yorkshire.
Hotspur was never an Earl. His father was the 1st Earl of Northumberland, and his son was the 2nd, because Hotspur predeceased his father.
Upon returning to England, Hotspur joined with his father and helped depose King Richard II in favour of Henry of Bolingbroke, who later became King Henry IV. Later with his uncle, Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, he led a rebellion against King Henry IV, forming an alliance with the Welsh rebel, Owain Glyndŵr. Before they could join forces, Hotspur was defeated and killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury when he raised his visor to get some air (as he was wearing plate armour which restricted air circulation) and was immediately hit in the mouth with an arrow and killed instantly.
Henry IV, upon being brought the body, was said to have wept and ordered the body buried. He was buried in Whitchurch, Shropshire, but the king then decided to make an example to all those who would rebel; His body was exhumed, cut up into four quarters and sent around all of England. His head was stuck on a pole at York's gates.
Hotspur's son, Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, was killed in the The First Battle of St Albans (May 22, 1455), seen as the first battle of the War of the Roses.
The next Henry Percy in line was Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (age 34 when his father was killed in 1455). He commanded the Lancastrian van (supply depot?) at the Battle of Towton, where he was killed. The Battle of Towton was the largest and bloodiest ever fought on British soil, with casualties believed to have been in excess of 20,000. The battle took place on a snowy 29 March 1461 (Palm Sunday) on a plateau between the villages of Towton and Saxton in Yorkshire.
Hotspur was never an Earl. His father was the 1st Earl of Northumberland, and his son was the 2nd, because Hotspur predeceased his father.
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