To the King's most excellent Majesty the humble petition of James Percy, Esq., right heir-male unto, and lawfully claiming the earldom of Northumberland. Percy, James, 1619-1690? 1689 Approx. 7 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A54314 Wing P1462C ESTC R6822 12193171 ocm 12193171 55926

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A54314) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 55926) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 872:45) To the King's most excellent Majesty the humble petition of James Percy, Esq., right heir-male unto, and lawfully claiming the earldom of Northumberland. Percy, James, 1619-1690? Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n.], [London : 23d. of March, 1688/9. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. Broadside.

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eng Percy, James, 1619-1690? Broadsides 2008-04 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-07 Sampled and proofread 2008-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
To the King's moſt Excellent Majeſty. The humble Petition of James Percy, Eſq Right Heir-Male unto, and lawfully claiming the Earldom of Northumberland. SHEWETH,

THAT your Majeſty's Petitioner is Lawfully, and Lineally deſcended of, and from the Body of Henry Percy, fifth Earl of Northumberland, and hath very fully and clearly proved the ſame, and by ſuch his Diſcent and Pedigree, He your ſaid Petitioner is really the next Couſin, and immediate right Heir-Male of, and to Joſceline Percy, the late, and eleventh Earl of Northumberland Deceaſed; And thereby lawfully, and rightfully intituled unto, and as ſuch Heir ought to have and enjoy the ſaid Earldom of Northumberland, and the Honours, Mannors, and Dignities thereunto belonging; And alſo to have, and take the Place and Seat of his Anceſtors, former Earls of Northumberland, in the Honourable Houſe of Lords, or Peers in Parliament.

And therefore He your ſaid Petitoner humbly Pray's, that Your Majeſty will be Graciouſly Pleaſed by Your Royal Writ of Summons, to call Him, Your Petitioner, and Loyal Subject, to come, and have, and take the aforeſaid Place, and Seat of his ſaid Anceſtors, former Earls of Northumberland, in the ſaid Honourable Houſe of Lords or Peers in Parliament.

And your Majeſty's ſaid Petitioner, and Loyal Subject, as in duty bound, ſhall ever Pray, &c. James Percy.

This Petition was Preſented the eighth Inſtant, another of the ſame was preſented upon the ſixteenth Inſtant. And the Anſwer to both, was, That the Petitioner muſt make his further Application ; for the King referred all to the Parliament.

To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons Aſſembled in Parliament. The humble Petition of James Percy, Eſq Right Heir unto, and lawfully claiming the Earldom of Northumberland. SHEWETH,

THAT Your Honours Petitioner is Lawfully and Lineally deſcended of, and from the Body of Henry Percy, fifth Earl of Northumberland, and hath Lawfully, and very fully and clearly proved the ſame; And by ſuch his Deſcent and Pedigree, he Your ſaid Petitioner is really the next Couſin, and immediate right Heir-Male of, and to Joſceline Percy, the late and eleventh Earl of Northumberland, Deceaſed; And thereby lawfully and rightfully intituled unto, and as ſuch Heir-Male ought to have and enjoy the ſaid Earldom of Northumberland, and the Honours, Mannors, and Dignities thereunto belonging; And alſo to have and take the Place and Seat of his Anceſtors, former Earls of Northumberland in this Honourable Houſe of Lords or Peers in Parliament.

Your Petitioner therefore (having ſo proved his ſaid Deſcent and Pedigree as aforeſaid) Moſt humbly Prays Your Honours to admit him Your ſaid Petitioner to have and take the aforeſaid Place and Seat of his ſaid Anceſtors, former Earls of Northumberland, in this Honourable Houſe of Lords or Peers, or elſe to appoint a Hearing of your Petitioner's Cauſe concerning his ſaid Deſcent and Pedigree before your Honours, and to allow his ſaid Pedigree, And thereupon to admit him Your ſaid Petitioner to have and take the ſaid Place and Seat of his ſaid Anceſtors, in this Honourable Houſe of Lords or Peers, as aforeſaid.

And he Your Honours ſaid Petioner, as in Duty bound, ſhall ever Pray, &c. James Percy.

Henry Percy fifth Earl of Northumberland had Iſſue, three Sons, (viz.) Henry, Thomas, and Ingelram.

the ſecond Son was attainted in King Henry the Eighth's Days, who had Iſſue-Male, Thomas and Henry. the firſt Son ſurviving his Father became, and was the ſixth Earl of Northumberland, but died without Iſſue. third Son, had Iſſue, two Sons, viz. Henry, and Robert. Reſtitution by King Edward the ſixth to Thomas, and reſtored by Queen Mary, and confirmed by Queen Elizabeth to Sir Henry, which Brothers were both Earls of Northumberland, But Thomas the ſeventh Earl died, and left no Iſſue-Male. Henry the eighth Earl had Iſſue-Male, viz. eight Sons.
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eldeſt Son, had Iſſue, three Sons, viz. James, Wiliam, and Henry, but the two Elder Brothers died without Iſſue-Male.
Eldeſt Son was the ninth Earl of Northumberland, who had Iſſue-Males, viz. Four Sons, and three of them were Henrys. third Son, had iſſue three Sons, viz. Henry, James, and Henry, but the two Henrys died young. the eldeſt Son, was the tenth Earl of Northumberland, who had Iſſue-Male, one Son, viz. Joſceline Percy. ſecond Son, the now Claimant, hath Iſſue three Sons, viz. Anthony, Henry, and John. was the eleventh Earl of Northumberland who had Iſſue Henry, and he died in the Life-time of his Father, who died beyond Sea, in May 1670. Heirs Males extinct. eldeſt Son, hath Iſſue, viz. Henry Percy, who is Grandſon to the Claimant.

James Percy.

This ſhort Pedigree hath been often proved at the law, as his printed Caſe makes appear; therefore he humbly preſents twelve Books to the Right Honourable Houſe of Peers, and twelve to the Honourable Houſe of Commons, praying for ſpeedy Juſtice, and the Petitioner ſhall ever Pray.

Printed the the 23d. of March, 1688/9. James Percy.