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         Percy, James, 1619-1690?
      
       
         
           1686
        
      
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             To His Grace, Henry, Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England Humbly presented.
             Percy, James, 1619-1690?
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             s.n.],
             [London :
             1686.
          
           
             Signed: James Percy.
             Caption title.
             Place of publication from Wing.
             Dated at end: 1686.
             Copy torn at foot, affecting text.
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           Percy, James, 1619-1690? -- Early works to 1800.
           Inheritance and succession -- England -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
     
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           To
           His
           Grace
           ,
           HENRY
           ,
           Duke
           of
           Norfolk
           ,
           Earl
           Marshal
           of
           England
           Humbly
           Presented
           .
        
         
           
             
               Great
               Sir
               ,
            
          
           
             YEsterday
             ,
             being
             the
             last
             of
             September
             ,
             1686.
             
             I
             Presented
             the
             following
             Brief
             to
             Sir
             Thomas
             ,
             St.
             George
             Garter
             ,
             King
             at
             Arms
             ,
             and
             prayed
             Audience
             thereof
             ;
             and
             he
             moderately
             directed
             me
             as
             he
             did
             once
             before
             that
             was
             ,
             and
             is
             to
             pray
             your
             Grace's
             Order
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             then
             I
             should
             have
             Audience
             and
             speedy
             Justice
             ,
             for
             which
             I
             Pray
             and
             Remain
             ,
          
           
             
               
                 Your
                 Grace's
                 most
                 Humble
                 Servant
              
               ,
               James
               Percy
               .
            
             
               
                 October
                 the
                 1st
                 .
                 1686.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             A
             short
             Account
             or
             Breviate
             of
             
               James
               Percy
               's
            
             Proceedings
             ;
             Who
             immediately
             after
             the
             Death
             of
             
               Josceline
               Percy
            
             ,
             Eleventh
             Earl
             of
             Northumberland
             ,
             put
             in
             his
             Claim
             :
             Now
             this
             is
             prepared
             for
             Council
             ,
             to
             Argue
             at
             a
             Chapter
             to
             the
             obtaining
             a
             Confirmation
             of
             this
             following
             Descent
             and
             Pedigree
             .
          
           
             WHEN
             
               Josceline
               Percy
            
             died
             ,
             
               May
               21st
            
             .
             1670.
             
             
               James
               Percy
            
             then
             entered
             his
             Claim
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             next
             Heir-Male
             of
             that
             Family
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             aforesaid
             
               James
               Percy
            
             applied
             himself
             to
             Sir
             
               Edward
               Walker
            
             ,
             then
             King
             at
             Arms
             ,
             first
             ,
             by
             Letters
             from
             Ireland
             ;
             secondly
             ,
             in
             Person
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             's
             Most
             Excellent
             Majesty
             ,
             upon
             his
             Petition
             and
             Claim
             ,
             was
             Graciously
             pleased
             to
             say
             ,
             
               God
               forbid
               we
               should
               hinder
               an
               Heir-Male
               ,
            
             and
             then
             did
             refer
             the
             Matter
             to
             Sir
             Edward
             aforesaid
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               John
               Berkinhead
            
             ,
             then
             Master
             of
             Request
             in
             Waiting
             ;
             and
             they
             ordered
             the
             Claimant
             to
             bring
             his
             Council
             to
             them
             ,
             who
             together
             advised
             him
             the
             said
             James
             to
             Claim
             under
             Sir
             
               Richard
               Percy
            
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             If
             he
             was
             not
             the
             right
             ,
             yet
             would
             it
             be
             a
             means
             to
             find
             out
             the
             right
             Great-Grandfather
             of
             the
             Claimant
             ;
             and
             further
             directed
             him
             to
             Travel
             the
             Northern
             Circuit
             with
             the
             Judges
             ,
             to
             find
             out
             Kindred
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             At
             the
             Claimant's
             first
             appearance
             in
             England
             ,
             he
             found
             that
             the
             Heralds
             Books
             had
             been
             borrowed
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Matches
             of
             the
             Percys
             had
             been
             rent
             out
             ;
             which
             Wildernized
             the
             Claimant
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             not
             then
             find
             out
             his
             Great-Grandfather
             ,
             Sir
             
               Ingelram
               Percy
            
             ,
             by
             reason
             the
             Matches
             were
             not
             only
             rent
             out
             ,
             but
             Sir
             
               Ingelram
               Percy
            
             ,
             (
             who
             was
             the
             true
             Father
             of
             those
             Children
             preserved
             in
             Hampires
             )
             his
             Name
             was
             also
             blotted
             out
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             But
             since
             ,
             at
             several
             Tryals
             ,
             he
             hath
             proved
             himself
             to
             be
             the
             Son
             of
             
               Henry
               Percy
            
             of
             Horton
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             Son
             of
             
               Henry
               Percy
            
             of
             Pavenham
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             Son
             of
             Sir
             
               Ingelram
               Percy
            
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             Son
             of
             
               Henry
               Percy
            
             ,
             Fifth
             Earl
             of
             Northumberland
             ;
             who
             was
             the
             Great-Great-Grandfather
             of
             
               James
               Percy
            
             ,
             Claimant
             to
             the
             Earldom
             of
             Northumberland
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             Honours
             Mannours
             ,
             Preheminences
             ,
             Priviledges
             ,
             Percy
             's
             Fee
             and
             Gaunt's
             Fee
             ,
             which
             of
             right
             belong
             ,
             and
             are
             annexed
             to
             the
             Title
             and
             Name
             of
             Percy
             ,
             as
             by
             Records
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Now
             after
             above
             sixteen
             years
             Pains
             ,
             Labour
             ,
             and
             vast
             Costs
             of
             Suits
             at
             Law
             ;
             and
             finding
             the
             Law
             will
             not
             Confirm
             Pedigrees
             ,
             by
             reason
             it
             is
             the
             proper
             work
             of
             the
             Heralds
             ,
             when
             the
             Court
             of
             Wards
             was
             in-Power
             ;
             and
             when
             an
             Heir-Male
             Claimed
             ,
             he
             was
             sent
             forthwith
             to
             the
             Heralds
             Office
             ;
             and
             when
             the
             Heralds
             had
             found
             out
             the
             Pedigree
             ,
             then
             the
             Earl
             Marshal
             of
             England
             Confirmed
             his
             Pedigree
             ,
             and
             sent
             the
             Claimant
             back
             to
             the
             Court
             of
             Wards
             ,
             who
             by
             an
             Inquisition
             ,
             
               Post
               Mortem
            
             ,
             put
             the
             Heir-Male
             immediately
             into
             Possession
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               The
               King
               left
               the
               Claimant
               to
               the
               Parliament
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               Parliament
               left
               the
               Cause
               to
               the
               Law.
               
            
             
               3.
               
               The
               Law
               left
               the
               Confirmation
               of
               the
               Pedigree
               to
               the
               Heralds
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               When
               the
               Heralds
               call
               a
               Chapter
               ,
               and
               Confirm
               the
               Pedigree
               ,
               they
               will
               then
               put
               a
               stop
               to
               the
               Claimant's
               further
               Complaint
               .
            
          
           
             As
             King
             Charles
             the
             Second
             ,
             the
             very
             day
             a
             month
             before
             he
             dy'd
             ,
             and
             since
             King
             James
             the
             Second
             and
             Council
             have
             ordered
             the
             Cause
             to
             proceed
             to
             a
             speedy
             Issue
             ;
             to
             gratifie
             the
             Law
             ,
             Equity
             and
             Possibilities
             ,
             it
             is
             necessary
             the
             Pedigree
             should
             be
             Confirmed
             first
             by
             a
             speedy
             Chapter
             ,
             for
             which
             the
             Claimant
             earnestly
             Prays
             .
          
           
             
               
                 James
                 Percy
              
               .
               
                 blazon of Percy family
              
            
          
           
             
               THe
               Letter
               and
               Brief
               was
               returned
               by
               Mr.
               Negus
               ,
               His
               Graces
               Secretary
               ,
               with
               this
               short
               Answer
               ;
               said
               he
               ,
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 saith
                 ,
                 he
                 must
                 have
                 Directions
                 from
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 or
                 from
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Courts
                 at
              
               Westminster-Hall
               .
               Therefore
               I
               humbly
               pray
               your
               Grace
               to
               Command
               me
               before
               a
               Chapter
               ,
               where
               my
               Council
               shall
               make
               it
               appear
               as
               followeth
               .
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 By
                 King
                 Charles
                 the
                 Second
                 in
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 By
                 King
                 James
                 the
                 Second
                 in
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 The
                 four
                 Courts
                 have
                 Directed
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 not
                 presume
                 to
                 take
                 upon
                 them
                 to
                 Confirm
                 Pedigrees
                 ,
                 because
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 Heralds
                 Property
                 :
                 Notwithstanding
                 Books
                 of
                 Heraldry
                 are
                 no
                 Records
                 ,
                 yet
                 Law
                 and
                 Equity
                 requires
                 the
                 assistance
                 of
                 Pedigrees
                 before
                 they
                 will
                 Inquire
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 Cause
                 is
                 now
                 before
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 therefore
                 the
                 Pedigree
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 Confirmed
                 first
                 ,
                 to
                 fit
                 them
                 for
                 an
                 Inquiry
                 or
                 Inquisition
                 
                   Post
                   Mortem
                
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Printed
           〈…〉
           Chapter-Board
           on
           Thursday
           the
           Seventh
           of
           October
           .
           1686.
           
        
      
    
  

