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interceflbr with the parliament for the fupport of the royal 

 orphans. 



His lordfhip's brother, Henry Percy, was a reprefentativc in par- 

 liament for Northumberland, but was expelled, 9th December^ 17 

 K. Charles I, 1641, for endeavouring to engage the Nirthzm army 

 to free his majefty from the parliament-fetters, pour mcttre 1: 1 

 hors de feme, as he called it ; to keep up his majelly's revenue. . . 

 maintain bifhops in their rights and functions. He was betrayed. 

 after a folemn oath taken, by colonel Goring, afterwards a gciiC'-.i. 1 

 of horfe under the Earl of Neivcajlle. With fome difficulty an 

 peril he efcaped their vengeance. Iliflory has drawn his 

 character in moil amiable colours. His counteni' ce was 

 awful, and commanded refpcct His mind liberal, a:>d ftorci 

 with knowledge, civil and military. This made him a n , abk: 

 general in the field, as he was a prudent and wife counfellor in 

 the cabinet. In the former, he awed the parliament by his ma- 

 nagement and addrefs, and in the latter cmbanv&d rheir mcp.- 

 fures ; in both firm and intrepid; more formidable by his wif- 

 dom, than his power, though that was great; which lie cm- 

 ployed with the ardour and zeal of a patriot in the fervicc of a 

 good mailer, \vh >, tD reward him, created lihii a pcc'\ by the 

 ilile and title of Baron P/rc-. 1 , of ' ^i^i-jjick, 28th June, 1643. He 

 alfo made him lord chamberlain, and gave him in charge a trea- 

 fure he loved well, the conduct of his Queen to Oxford. When 

 the power of the parliament was too enormous to oppofe, he 

 retreated beyond fea, leaving behind him a great cftatc, and all 

 its fplendid apparatus, preferring before them a fpotlcfs loyalty, 

 and an unwoundcd honour. 



Algernon, Earl of Northumberland, died, Oftober I3th, i66S. He 



firft married Ann, the daughter of William Earl of Salisbury. He 



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