The execution of Thomas Percy 7th Earl of Northumberland in 1572 completed the destruction of the great Percy affinity that had dominated northern England for three centuries. Sheltered in Scotland after the Northern Rising he was sold to the English government for 2,000 pounds. His beheading at York market ended any realistic prospect of a northern Catholic revival under magnate leadership. The Percys would not recover political dominance for generations.
Earl of Northumberland executed York August 1572
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