Early Life
He was eldest son of Henry Algernon Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland, by Catherine, daughter of Sir Robert Spencer. He was born about 1502, and sent, when quite young, to be a page in Thomas Wolsey's household. The principal source for the early passages of Percy's life is the biography of Wolsey by George Cavendish. He was knighted in 1519.
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