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YEſterday, being the laſt of September, 1686. I Preſented the following Brief to Sir Thomas, St. George Garter, King at Arms, and prayed Audience thereof; and he moderately directed me as he did once before that was, and is to pray your Grace's Order to them, and then I ſhould have Audience and ſpeedy Juſtice, for which I Pray and Remain,
WHEN Joſceline Percy died, May 21ſt. 1670. James Percy then entered his Claim, to be the next Heir-Male of that Family.
1. The aforeſaid James Percy applied himſelf to Sir Edward Walker, then King at Arms, firſt, by Letters from Ireland; ſecondly, in Perſon.
The King's Moſt Excellent Majeſty, upon his Petition and Claim, was Graciouſly pleaſed to ſay, God forbid we ſhould hinder an Heir-Male, and then did refer the Matter to Sir Edward aforeſaid, and Sir John Berkinhead, then Maſter of Requeſt in Waiting; and they ordered the Claimant to bring his Council to them, who together adviſed him the ſaid James to Claim under Sir Richard Percy, and ſaid, If he was not the right, yet would it be a means to find out the right Great-Grandfather of the Claimant; and further directed him to Travel the Northern Circuit with the Judges, to find out Kindred.
2. At the Claimant's firſt appearance in England, he found that the Heralds Books had been borrowed, and that the Matches of the Percys had been rent out; which Wildernized the Claimant, that he could not then find out his Great-Grandfather, Sir Ingelram Percy, by reaſon the Matches were not only rent out, but Sir Ingelram Percy, (who was the true Father of thoſe Children preſerved in Hampires) his Name was alſo blotted out.
3. But ſince, at ſeveral Tryals, he hath proved himſelf to be the Son of Henry Percy of Horton, who was the Son of Henry Percy of Pavenham, who was the Son of Sir Ingelram Percy, who was the Son of Henry Percy, Fifth Earl of Northumberland; who was the Great-Great-Grandfather of James Percy, Claimant to the Earldom of Northumberland, with all the Honours Mannours, Preheminences, Priviledges, Percy's Fee and Gaunt's Fee, which of right belong, and are annexed to the Title and Name of Percy, as by Records.
4. Now after above ſixteen years Pains, Labour, and vaſt Coſts of Suits at Law; and finding the Law will not Confirm Pedigrees, by reaſon it is the proper work of the Heralds, when the Court of Wards was in-Power; and when an Heir-Male Claimed, he was ſent forthwith to the Heralds Office; and when the Heralds had found out the Pedigree, then the Earl Marſhal of England Confirmed his Pedigree, and ſent the Claimant back to the Court of Wards, who by an Inquiſition, Poſt Mortem, put the Heir-Male immediately into Poſſeſſion.
As King Charles the Second, the very day a month before he dy'd, and ſince King James the Second and Council have ordered the Cauſe to proceed to a ſpeedy Iſſue; to gratifie the Law, Equity and Poſſibi
THe Letter and Brief was returned by Mr. Negus, His Graces Secretary, with this ſhort Anſwer; ſaid he, My Lord ſaith, he muſt have Directions from the Parliament, or from one of the Courts at Weſtminſter-Hall. Therefore I humbly pray your Grace to Command me before a Chapter, where my Council ſhall make it appear as followeth.
Printed Thurſday the Seventh of October. 1686.