I'EKEIKA 



IVtry. mm of the attainted Sir Thomas Percy. A 

 devoted Cmholir. he took irt in the Kiin: of the 

 Noith. anil KM U-headed lit York in I ::-'. Hi- 

 l.mlli.-i Ili-nrx .iirt-n-.li->! a- eighth earl. He In-calm- 

 involved in Thn>morton'i. i-onspiracy in favour of 

 Mat) Stuart, anil wan OMHMttMd to the Tower. 



him lie was fminl dead in bed. with A |.i-i..l 

 id* liini. whether through suicide or inunli-r. 



Hi- -on. tli- nintli carl, wax 

 inipii-inrd for fifteen yearn in the Tower, and 

 fined t.'tn.ium on a ham-lew Mispicion of Mug privy 

 lo tin- <;mi|dei I'liil lli> was followed liy hi- 

 'if tenth earl, who fought on tin- pallia 

 nwnlary aide in tin- Civil \Vr, ami wa- -in -ci-cded 

 l.\ In- -.n Jiiw-clinc. the i-li-\-nth carl, with whose 

 death in 167(1 the male line of the family Im-ann- 

 Charle- II created in l74 his thinl 

 IwMard by the |liicl-s of Cleveland, Earl, and 

 .ifurward" Duke, nt NortliumlM-rland. hut the title* 

 expired on his dying childless in 1710. The eleventh 

 mil'* onK inrvivinx child and hein-v-. in lier own 

 n.-lii lUrunea* Percy, man led Charles Seymour. 

 Duke of Somerset, anil became the mother of 

 Algernon. Dnke of Somerset, who was created in 



..run Wark worth ami Karl of Northuinln-i 

 land, with rrinainiler to his son-in law. Sir Hugh 

 *>n.ii h-on. fouitli Itaronet. of Stanw irk in Yorkshire. 

 Sir Hugh "in-reeded to the earhlom in I7SO, a inn 

 ing the -urmuneand arms of I'en-y, ami was created 

 in I7IW Karl Perry ami Duke of Northumberland. 



-i vth iluke succeeded in 1 867. 



SM boolu cited un.lrr NOKTMI MHKMLAM), ami K. 

 Kurinftoa d* FaabUoque'i Am.alt of Ou Ho<ac of 

 I'rrrf ( |.nrtrlr pnnUil, 2 vuli. 1 - 



Prrr). TllnMAS, lilor of th<* fanioun Rtli<i<ies 

 if Axrunt Kniflith I'urtry. was (Mini a (,'nx 

 at ltii>l)>north in Shropshire, April 13, I7'29. He 

 wax '-lurate.! at the ^raiiunar M-)IIH>| there : in I74ti 

 entcrel Cliri-t Clnm-h, (Kfonl : ami in I7.V< was 

 (immteil liy lii rolletre to the Mi|ni it-nil \ ii-aia^e 

 of Kat<>n Mnmlil. Nortlmmpton-liiie. ln-n- lie 

 lue.| for twenty Ine \i-an>. In IT.Vi lie mariieil 

 happily, ami three ven after rti-eivtil also the 

 ailjatt-til ie.-t,, r \ uf Wilby. His leinn- SIKIII yielilitl 

 frnil ill HUH Kuni I 'hi,,. in ( ols. 1761 ), a Chinese 

 novel InumUtnl from the I'tirtiiciiptte, anil .!// 

 laitto** Pirttirtliit,,,,! I-, t> 2 yob I7i.j. 



II an anon> ily in l-'irr I'n-mi ,,f Hn,,,,- 



ImHM/ntn) /rum Irrlnniln- (I7t>.'ti, pnimpteil 

 l>y the niirmn of Mw|ihepMin. iul .1 \,n- 'I'ninx/ii- 

 /MM of /A* Sung of ',,.111 Ilir llrlirrtr 



(I7M). In the -iiMinier of I7(>4 lr .l..lni.<ni paitl 

 him a loni: u-il at KaMon Mamlit. In later ilnyx 

 ne i|iiarrelhil. hut itintinnetl to leiain 



high rennl (or each other. A imin out of whose 

 nini|*iiy I never |tn without |I:IMH- learniil MIIIII-. 

 thing' -i .lolin-ui di-~-rili.il him lo Koswell. 'I 



r<- that In- .-M- me -imeiiiiieK, hut I am 

 lri.l it i. l.\ innkinj: me feel my own JKiioiam-e.' 

 In tin- r-'cliriian o( the follow iny jear ( I7H-'' 

 |.iil.li'ln-l in :i ol. the I;,!,,/,,, , ,,'f . | , 



Po*r|f 1 4ih -.! I7 r 'i in xeellvnt edition hy H. U. 

 Wbmllr% . 3 vol.. IH*| |. ||e ha<l lon K l-,-n enKaccd 

 ! mllvetiag old hallaiU from .-\.-i\ <|iiaiter. ami n 

 Unc (olio MS. of l*lla.U hail fallen ,-, -iilenully 

 into hi hamU, lmviri|> l-'ii fonml 'lyinu ilirty on 

 th floor npder a lltirmu in the Parlour ' of hi, frien>l 



Iliiinplir. \ Pill of Shitriml. in Shroiwhirf, ' U-ing 

 oiwd by Uw maid* to light il,.-nn- ' Thi- hcrlaimed 

 a* Uw original of hi work, but of the I7<l piece* in 

 tiw 6rt edition actually oulv 4.'i were taken from 

 UH- ful' iile almiwl all Ihim- artimll\ fiom 



ll wen- MI touched up ami tricked out in false, 

 nt and r.,in,.,ili.inal Ixth i-<-nlury |M-tic 

 a* nften lo hrar but little UlMMM to their 

 rigjhMk. For eianiple, tl,,. 3!| linn ,rf the 'Child 

 of Ell * Have been pfTe.1 out to 200 in Percy'* rersion, 

 Mr * * all the MM oriirinal. themelve appear. 



Again, the 'Heir of Liu' ha* swollen from li"> 

 linen to 216, and these, moreover, polished to death. 

 The antiquary Hitson, in hi- ' ( Ilisei valions on the 

 Am-ii-iit KnglWI Minstrels ' prelixiil to \nAnriml 

 >'.,/.> fri'in II, in i/ III. In I/if HcrulutioH, (\~\**). 

 attacked I'erry \\ itli rhurai-teriHtie acrinionx . denied 

 the very i-xisii-m-i- of the folio MS., and deiiounciil 

 the work a.- tin impudent forgery, and that the 

 worse Ui-anse liy a i-ler^yman. Percy exhibited 

 the MS. in Pull Mall, and had his portrait painted 

 liy Sir Joshua Iteymilds holding it in his hand. 

 For over u hundred years ii lay hid in IVton Hull. 

 jealously guarded from almost all eyes, until at 

 hngtfa Mr Kuniivall. instigated by I'mft - or Child, 

 sin-ri-eded in i;fltin^' it printed (,'t Mils. ]S(i7 lis : 

 those dexervetlly marked by the bishop hni-e and 

 liiiiniiroiis' In-ill^ printed separately), \vith Intro 

 diirtions by I'rofe or Hales and himself. Tin- MS. 

 w a- 1/H iiu-hes lonx by ">i wide and alnnit 2 inches 

 thiek, and wax written in a Caroline hand. 



The publication of Percy'- /.V//y<.< \\.i- I'nst 

 sn^'esU-d to him by Shenstone. The work wa 

 dedicated to the Coniites- oi Noi tliiimlierland, and 

 the author wan Boon rewarded by beiiiK made chap- 

 lain to her husband, the first duke of the present 

 creation, while he also succeeded in persuading 

 himself that he wa-a scion of the noble bouse of 

 I'erry. In 1769 he became chaplain toCeorxe III., 

 and next year he took his decree of D.D. at Cam 

 bridge, and published his translation of the \nrtli- 

 ernAiiliiinilir.i of the Swiss historian Paul llenii 

 Mullet |17M807). Abimt 1771 his wife wa- 

 ap|Miinted nurse to the Prince Kdward, afterwards 

 fat her of t^ticen Victoria ; it wiu- to hei . I it-fore their 

 marriage, that Percy addrex-sed the fanion- hallad. 

 O NHIICV wilt thon j.'o with me, V first prinU-d in 

 1738, and happily set to music by an Irishman, 

 Thomas Carter (r." 1735-1804). In 1771 Percy wrote 

 also his iilea-in^ ballad the ' Hermit of Wark- 

 worth.' In 1778 lie was appointed lo the deanery 

 of Carlisle, in I7S2 to l>e Itishop of Dromore, with 

 f.IKH) a year. Hi- only son died in 17S3: his wile 

 in 1806; he himself, after a lew year- of blindne . 



3<)th Sept IK-I INI1 the only survivor of the 



original BNUDBnof I >i Johnson's famous Literary 

 Club. He left two daughters, and was buried 

 in the transept which he himself had added to 

 Dromore. Cathedral. 



Knr the literary influence tif the Ktlit/utt, nee tin 



ItAI.t.AII. A liixxl I, iff liy the lleV. .1. Pickfonl is pivtixed 



to vol. i. of Haifa and Funiivall'i reprint Many of liin 

 Icttora are Kivt-a m vi.l. viii. tif J. B. Nichol's Iltuftrativiu 

 uf Ilir Literary Hintnry uf Ihr ISIh Century. }li name 

 ww Mkuiued by the Percy .Society (M iiwues, 1840-52). 



Pcrr.V \ll-c<lol<->. a collection of i-Ntraordi- 

 nary [Kipularily, published in monthly parts (1820- 

 j;t) by -Sholloand Itenlien Percy, linithers of the 

 Itt-nedirtine MoiiiLHtery of Moinil Iten^er.' Their 

 leal names were Thomas Hxeilcy | <lied 1S2(1|, lii-l 

 editor of the Mirriir, and .lii-eph < 'linton Kobei t-on 

 (died IK.V2), lirojeetor and editor of the M.r/m,,,,*' 



Mii'/nziiir ; the work owed its name to the IVicy 

 Ci.llre hoii-e in llalhlioiii- Place, (heir usual phire 

 of tni-etini; during it* progress. An edition was 

 piepaied by John Timlw ( 1868). 



Peregrine Falcon. See FALCON. 



PerHra. JONATHAN, pharmacologist, was Imni 

 at Shorriljtrh, London. 22d May 1804, and was 

 aively lecturer on chemistry and physician 

 to the LoMOO HiwpiUl 1(1841). Electeil a l-'tdlow 

 of the College of PliyBiciatis in 1845, he acted as 

 examine! in Mateiia Medica and Pharmacy from 

 the establishment of the London I'niversity till hi 

 death, 2fHh .laiinary IH.Vf. His iKH.ks were El, 

 ,,,,,,t* ,,f M,,/,,,,, .I/,,/,,,, (1S3! 40), and treati-e- 

 on ttitt and on I'oturinal Light ( 1 843 ). See Memoir 

 (1863). 



