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| Percy House, Cockermouth | ||
| Percy House Gallery | ||
| Percy House | ||
| Street:- | Market Place | |
| locality:- | Cockermouth | |
| civil parish:- | Cockermouth (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY12253074 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1230 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY13 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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 BYP45.jpg (taken 21.6.2013)  CGA52.jpg (taken 5.5.2017) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Percy House |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "PERCY HOUSE / / / COCKERMOUTH / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 71732 / NY1225930745" |
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 CGA53.jpg Plaster ceiling. (taken 5.5.2017) courtesy of Vivien Cottier  CGA54.jpg Coat of arms, Henry Percy, 1598 (taken 5.5.2017) courtesy of Vivien Cottier  CGA55.jpg Fireplace. (taken 5.5.2017) courtesy of Vivien Cottier  CGA56.jpg Plank and muntin walling. (taken 5.5.2017) courtesy of Vivien Cottier  CGA57.jpg Kitchen range etc. (taken 5.5.2017) courtesy of Vivien Cottier  CGA58.jpg Sink etc. (taken 5.5.2017) courtesy of Vivien Cottier  CGA59.jpg (taken 5.5.2017) courtesy of Vivien Cottier  CGA60.jpg (taken 5.5.2017) courtesy of Vivien Cottier |
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| notes:- |
The house was built for his bailiff, by Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, 1598.
A plaster ceiling on the first floor is dated 1598, and with it, above the fireplace,
is the coat of arms of the earl. The estate of Cockermouth came to the Percy Family
by marriage to Maud, descendant of Antony de Luci who received the estate as a reward
for capturing Andrew de Harcla in the 14th century. The estate came on condition that
the arms of Lucy were quartered with her husband's. |
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| Henry Percy, 9th earl, was born 1564. He owned many estates in the north of England, though his major property was Pentworth, Sussex. Although slightly deaf and slow of speech, he was a gifted scientist, known as the Wizard Earl. |
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| As a catholic, and a relative of Thomas Percy, he was suspected of being involved
in the Gunpowder Plot. Nothing was proved, and he was not named by any of the other
plotters. But he was convicted on other charges and imprisoned in the Tower of London
until 1621. he died at Pentworth, 1632/ |
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