Slain at Towton field and attainted after death.

Occupation: 3rd Earl of Northumberland. Summoned to parliament in right of his wife as Baron Poynings  Fitz Payne and Bryan 1446.


During the Wars of the Roses, Percy followed his father in siding with the Lancastrians against the Yorkists. On December 30, 1460, Percy is known to have fought on the Lancastrian side at the Battle of Wakefield. He commanded the Lancastrian van at the Battle of Towton on March 29, 1461, in which he was slain fighting. He was buried at St. Dionis, Yorkshire. His widow, Eleanor, died February 11, 1483 or 1484.