A history of the house of Percy : from the earliest times down to the present century . red position in re-gard to worldly wealth caused Shrewsbury, the ladysfather, to look less favourably upon a Percy certainly blocked the way; and, while en-deavouring to remove them, the fifth Earl of Northumber-land was suddenly overtaken by death, on May 19, 1527. His life cannot be described as either useful or his career with great riches, high rank, andintelligence far above most of the nobles of his day, hewasted all these endowments in striving to sustain at Cour
A history of the house of Percy : from the earliest times down to the present century . red position in re-gard to worldly wealth caused Shrewsbury, the ladysfather, to look less favourably upon a Percy certainly blocked the way; and, while en-deavouring to remove them, the fifth Earl of Northumber-land was suddenly overtaken by death, on May 19, 1527. His life cannot be described as either useful or his career with great riches, high rank, andintelligence far above most of the nobles of his day, hewasted all these endowments in striving to sustain at Courtthat prodigal magnificence which eventually shattered hisresources, and forced him to spend his latter years inpoverty and retirement. The courtiers whom he haddazzled soon forgot his evanescent splendours ; and thesoldier barons of the North Country found in their heartsbut little kindness for the morose and broken man thathad flouted them in the days of his pride. On his death-bed all the ready money at his disposal amounted to less See later, under the account of the sixth s^5 s n gS s- £ wo °4^ Is.
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