Henry Percy – 6th Earl of Northumberland

Henry Algernon Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland (1478–1527), inherited the estate of his cousin, Sir Edward Poynings in 1521. His eldest son, Henry Percy, loved Anne Boleyn, but his father considered her ‘a mere knight’s daughter, and not an appropriate fit for his son and heir’. He married Lady Mary Talbot, daughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury, but quickly became estranged from her, and since they had no children and his brothers had been implicated in the Pilgrimage of Grace (1535), he bequeathed his entire inheritance to the King. The 6th Earl died in 1537, and a nephew inherited the title, but the Hockwold properties came to the Crown, to be purchased by Sir Thomas Tindale.