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     Henry Algernon Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland was born between 13 January 1477 and 1478. He was the son of Sir Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland and Lady Maud Herbert. He married Catherine Spencer, daughter of Sir Robert Spencer and Eleanor Beaufort, before 1502. He died on 19 May 1527.
     Henry Algernon Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland gained the title of 4th Earl of Northumberland in 1489.

     Catherine Spencer was born circa 1480. She was the daughter of Sir Robert Spencer and Eleanor Beaufort. She married Henry Algernon Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, son of Sir Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland and Lady Maud Herbert, before 1502. She died circa October 1542.
     Her married name became Percy.

     Sir Robert Spencer married Eleanor Beaufort, daughter of Sir Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset and Lady Eleanor Beauchamp, circa 1470.¹ He died after 13 March 1492.
     Sir Robert Spencer lived at Spencercombe, Devon, England.¹

     Eleanor Beaufort was the daughter of Sir Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset and Lady Eleanor Beauchamp.¹ She married, firstly, James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormonde, son of James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormonde and Elizabeth Beauchamp, circa April 1458 at Woodsford, Dorset, England.² She married, secondly, Sir Robert Spencer circa 1470.² She died on 16 August 1501.²
     From circa April 1458, her married name became Butler.² From circa 1470, her married name became Spencer.²

     Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland was born circa 1502. He was the son of Henry Algernon Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland and Catherine Spencer. He died on 30 January 1537.
     Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland gained the title of 5th Earl of Northumberland in 1527.

     Sir Thomas Percy was the son of Henry Algernon Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland and Catherine Spencer. He married Eleanor Harbottle.¹ He died in 1537, executed.
     In 1537 he was attainted.

     Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland was born circa 1528. He was the son of Sir Thomas Percy and Eleanor Harbottle.¹ He married Anne Somerset, daughter of Sir Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth Browne, in 1558. He died on 22 August 1572 at York, Yorkshire, England, beheaded.
     Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland was created 1st Earl of Northumberland in 1537.
     When beheaded for conspiring against Queen Elizabeth (avowing the Pope's supremacy, and affirming the realm to be in a state of schism, and those obedient to Elizabeth no better than heretics), his honours would have fallen under his attainder, but for the revisionary clause in favour of his brother.

     Anne Somerset was the daughter of Sir Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth Browne. She married Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, son of Sir Thomas Percy and Eleanor Harbottle, in 1558. She died in 1591.
     Her married name became Percy.

     Sir Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester was born circa 1496. He was the son of Sir Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth Herbert, Baroness Herbert.¹ He married, firstly, Margaret Courtenay, daughter of Sir William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon and Catherine Plantagenet, circa 15 June 1514, with a Papal dispensation.² He married, secondly, Elizabeth Browne, daughter of Sir Anthony Browne and Lucy Neville, before 1527.² He died on 26 November 1549.² He was buried at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales.²
     In 1513 at Calais, France, he organised the Field of the Colth of Gold.³ He succeeded to the title of 4th Lord Herbert [E., 1461] before 21 March 1512/13.¹ He was styled as Lord Herbert between 1514 and 1526.¹ He held the office of Constable of Usk Castle on 6 May 1514.⁴ He held the office of Constable of Dynas Castle on 20 September 1514.⁴ He held the office of Steward and Constable of Brecknock Castle on 26 May 1523.⁴ He fought in the Duke of Suffolk's campaign in France between August 1523 and December 1523.¹ He was invested as a Knight on 1 November 1523 at Roye, France, by the Duke of Suffolk.¹ He held the office of Constable of Caerleon Castle on 30 March 1525.⁴ He succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Worcester [E., 1514] on 15 April 1526.¹
     He had five other children by second wife.⁵

     Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland was the son of Sir Thomas Percy. He married Katherine Neville, daughter of John Neville, 4th Lord Latymer and Lucy Somerset, before 25 January 1562. He died on 21 June 1585.
     Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland gained the title of 2nd Earl of Northumberland. The Earl having been committed to the Tower for participating in a supposed plot in favour of Mary, Queen of Scots, was found dead in his bed there, slain by three bullets from a pistol.