Percy
Percy names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Percy the name of a noble family went who to England with William the Conqueror
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
the name of a noble family went who to England with William the Conqueror , and whose head, WILLIAM DE PERCY, obtained 30 knights' fees in the N. of England. A descendant, also named WILLIAM, who lived in the early part of the 12th century, left behind him two daughters, the elder of whom died childless, and the younger, Agnes, married Josceline of Lorain, brother-in-law of Henry I., who assumed the surname of bride one. of His the son, RICHARD DE PERCY, 25 barons who extorted Magna Charta from King John. His great-grandson, HENRY, LORD PERCY, was created Earl of 1337. He was marshal of England at Northumberland in the coronation of Richard II., against whom, however, he took up arms, and succeeded in placing the crown on the . of He the Lancastrian aspirant, Henry , took up arms against this king but his forces were beaten at Shrewsbury ( 1403), where his son, Henry Percy (Hotspur), fell; and again at Bramham Moor ( Feb., 1408), where he himself fell. His titles were forfeited, but were revived in favor of his grandson HENRY, who was appointed lord high constable of England, and who fell fighting in the Lancastrian cause at St. Albans (1453). For the same cause his son and successor shared the same fate at Towton (1461). The 4th earl was murdered during a popular rising, caused by his enforcing a subsidy ordered by the avaricious Henry VII. The 6th and 7th earls fell by the hands of the executioner in the reigns of Edward VI. and Elizabeth respectively. The 8th died a violent death in the Tower, where he was confined on a charge of taking part in a plot in favor of Mary of Scotlan Scotland . ALGER- NON, the 10th earl, took part in the civil war against Charles I., and afterward used all his influence to bring about the Restoration. JOSCELINE, the 11th earl, died without male issue; his only daughter married Charles, Duke of Somerset, and became the mother of ALGERNON, DUKE OF SOMERSET, who was created Earl of Northumberland, with remainder to his son-in-law, SIR HUGH SMITHSON, a Yorkshire baronet of good family. The latter succeeded to the earldom in 1750, assuming the name of Percy, and in 1766 received the ducal title. The present uke thus represents the female line line of the ancient historical house.
Percy THOMAS, an born in Bridgenorth
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
THOMAS, an born in Bridgenorth, Shropshire, April English poet; 13, 1728 or 1729; was a minister of the English Church; was made dean of Carlisle in 1778 , and bishop of Dromore in 1782. He made a collection of old popular ballads the title "Reliques of Ancient English and songs, published under Poetry" (1765 ), which ultimately transformed English poetic style and matter. He wrote the ballad "The Hermit of Warkworth," and the song "O Nanny, Wilt Thou Gang wi' Me?" He died in Dromore, Ireland, Sept. 30, 1811.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's ended in 1921 by noting that "the present duke" of Northumberland represented only the female line of the ancient house; that remains true, and the family is still there. Ralph Percy became the 12th Duke in 1995, with Alnwick Castle and Syon House still in the family's hands — Alnwick now drawing crowds partly because its outer bailey stood in for Hogwarts in the first two Harry Potter films (2001–02). Bishop Thomas Percy's dates and career need no correction, but his reputation has shifted: the manuscript behind the "Reliques" survives in the British Library, and it shows how freely he smoothed, completed and improved the ballads he printed, so scholars now use Francis James Child's late-Victorian collection as the standard text. The 1765 claim that the book "transformed English poetic style" has if anything hardened, since its influence on Scott, Wordsworth and Coleridge is now a fixture of literary history.
Written for this edition, 2026.