Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland
English noble · Historical Figures · Lived 1502 to 1537 · aged 35
Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, KG was an English nobleman, active as a military officer in the north. He is now primarily remembered as the betrothed of Anne Boleyn, whom he was forced to give up before she became involved with and later married King Henry VIII.
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17th century stained glass escutcheon showing arms of Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland (c.1502-1537), KG, (with 16 quarters) impaling Talbot (with 9 quarters), paternal arms of his wife, all circumscribed by the Garter. Detail from Percy Window, Petworth House, Sussex
Wressle Castle, Yorkshire, where Robert Aske requested Percy to join the Pilgrimage of Grace.
Presumed Victorian plaque commemorating the interring of the remains of Henry Percy at St Augustin's Church Hackney, in situ at St John at Hackney parish church.
