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Definition of Sir Henry Percy
1. Noun. English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sir Henry Percy
Literary usage of Sir Henry Percy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anne Boleyn: A Chapter of English History. 1527-1536 by Paul Friedmann (1884)
"... violent young man, Sir Henry Percy, Percy, eldest son and heir of the Earl of
Northumberland. He had been sent to Wolsey to learn under his roof the ..."
2. A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct by Bernard Burke (1866)
"Of these two eminent persons, Sir Henry Percy, the renowned Hotspur, fell, ...
anti Sir Henry Percy was summoned to parliament, while his father, ..."
3. Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries: From the by Jean Froissart (1901)
"... England During Its Internal Troubles—Sir Alexander Ramsay and Others—Earl
Douglas Takes the Pennon of Sir Henry Percy—The Famous Battle of Otterbourne. ..."
4. Lancaster and York: A Century of English History (A.D. 1399-1485) by James Henry Ramsay (1892)
"IV. I403- The Earl of Northumberland. Sir Henry Percy, " Hotspur." The King in
debt to the Percies. ..."
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