_Alfonso VII CASTILE _____+
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_Sancho III CASTILE _|
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| |_Berengaria DE BARCELONA _
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|--Alfonso VIII Sanchez CASTILE
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| __________________________
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|_Blanche DE NAVARRE _|
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|__________________________
_Louis DE BOURBON _________+
| (1682 - 1712) m 1697
_Louis XV DE BOURBON ________________|
| (1710 - 1774) |
| |_Marie Adelaide DE SAVOIE _+
| (1685 - 1712) m 1697
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|--Thérèse Félictié DE BOURBON
| (1736 - 1744)
| ___________________________
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|_Marie Charlotte Sophie LESZCZYNSKA _|
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|___________________________
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_Geoffroy DE JOINVILLE _|
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| |__
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|--Geoffroy DE JOINVILLE
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| __
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|_Felicite DE BRIENNE ___|
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|
|--Scabert of ESSEX
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| _Ermenric KENT ______+
| | (.... - 0560)
|_Ricola KENT ________|
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|_____________________
_Francis MEADOWS ____+
| (1725 - 1820)
_Israel MEADOWS _____|
| (1755 - 1827) |
| |_Mary Keziah BELL ___
| (1730 - ....)
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|--Sarah "Sally" MEADOWS
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| _____________________
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|_Barbara GREEN ______|
(1755 - 1845) |
|_____________________
_Henry "Hotspur" PERCY _+
| (1364 - 1403) m 1379
_Henry PERCY ________|
| (1392 - 1455) |
| |_Elizabeth DE MORTIMER _+
| (1371 - 1417) m 1379
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|--Henry PERCY
| (1421 - 1461)
| ________________________
| |
|_Eleanor DE NEVILLE _|
|
|________________________
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Earl of Northumberland
Spent his whole life in warfare either against the Scots or the
Yorkists. He took part in a raid, assisted by Earl Douglas, in 1456,
into Berwickshire, which ended disastrously.
In 1460 he fought at the Battle of Northampton, where the Lancastrians
were defeated and the King, Henry VI, was taken prisoner. The forces of
the North rallied round Queen Margaret, and in 1461 she was victorious
at Wakefield and St. Albans, but was defeated at Mortimer's Cross. In
the same year Edward IV proclaimed himself King and both sides made
supreme efforts to obtain a decision.
On March 28th the great Battle of Towton, the bloodiest battle ever
fought on British soil, resulted in the decisive defeat of the
Lancastrians. The Earl of Northumberland commanded the vanguard, which,
harassed by a blinding snowstorm and the enemy's arrows, received
orders from him to charge, whereupon a fierce hand-to-hand conflict
ensued, which ended in the complete rout of the attacking force. The
Earl was among the 38,000 who are said to have fallen on that 'Evil
Palm Sunday'.
After his death he was attainted and his estates were confiscated and
the Earldom bestowed on Lord Montagu, brother of Warwick the Kingmaker.
In July 1461 Alnwick Castle capitulated to Lord Hastings. The extreme
north of England now became the principal seat of war, as Henry had
taken refuge in Scotland and the Lancastrians relied on the help of the
Scots.
Henry married Elizabeth heir of Baron Poynings and Fitz-Payn and they
had 2 sons and 3 daughters.
In 1462 Queen Margaret entered Northumberland from Scotland and laid
siege to Alnwick Castle, which was defended by Sir Ralph Grey of
Wilton. It surrendered, either through treachery or want of provisions,
and she proceeded to garrison it as well as Bamburgh, Dunstanboro' and
Warkworth with Englishmen, Scotsmen and Frenchmen who had been sent to
her aid by the French King.
In December 1462 King Edward’s forces under the Earl of Warwick
besieged these castles. An army of 20,000 Scots marched to the relief
of Alnwick but on nearing one another both armies, equally anxious to
avoid an encounter, withdrew. The garrison at Alnwick decided to
accompany the retiring Scots, and abandoned the Castle to Warwick, who
took possession in January 1463. In May, however, the commander of the
Yorkist garrison treacherously surrendered it to Henry VI.
In 1464 Queen Margaret again invaded Northumberland, and was joined by
many of the northern leaders, including Sir Ralph Percy, brother of the
late Earl. Their forces were, however, defeated at Hedgeley Moor on
April 25th, where Ralph Percy was killed. This was followed in May by
the complete defeat of the Lancastrians at Hexham, and on June 23rd
Alnwick Castle again surrendered to Warwick. A few years of peace now
ensued but the increasing power and treasonable designs of Warwick and
his faction rendered Edward IV uneasy. As a counterpoise to the Warwick
influence in the North, he decided to restore the young son of the 3rd
Earl of Northumberland to his father's honours and estates. He had been
seized and imprisoned in the Tower, where he resided until 1469, when
he was liberated and restored to his estates. His formal restoration to
the Earldom took place in 14
_John WILLCOX ________+
| (1728 - 1793) m 1771
_John WILLCOX _______|
| (1777 - 1852) m 1798|
| |_Rebecca BUTLER ______
| m 1771
|
|--Thomas Lea WILLCOX
| (1812 - 1897)
| _Joseph LEA __________
| | (1744 - 1804)
|_Mary LEA ___________|
(1780 - 1848) m 1798|
|_Mary "Polly" KNIGHT _+
(1749 - 1810)