A history of the house of Percy : from the earliest times down to the present century . ack across the 1335 and 1342 he missed none of the battlesand skirmishes between Scots and English, save for thebrief period while he was in France, serving at the Battleof Sluys. In 1345 we find the great rival houses of Douglasand Percy pitted against each other. Sir William Douglashad recovered the whole of Teviotdale and the castleof Hermitage from the English; and he now stroveto push his conquests beyond the border. Percy, how-ever, held him manfully in check; and, after a seriesof des
A history of the house of Percy : from the earliest times down to the present century . ack across the 1335 and 1342 he missed none of the battlesand skirmishes between Scots and English, save for thebrief period while he was in France, serving at the Battleof Sluys. In 1345 we find the great rival houses of Douglasand Percy pitted against each other. Sir William Douglashad recovered the whole of Teviotdale and the castleof Hermitage from the English; and he now stroveto push his conquests beyond the border. Percy, how-ever, held him manfully in check; and, after a seriesof desultory conflicts, Douglas retired into Scotland, forthe time being. When, in July 1346, Edward III. sailedfor France, he left Percy to keep the North againstmarauding Scots. In this wise was the baron deprivedof a part in the crowning victory of Cregy ; but it hasbeen truly said that the service which he rendered to hiscountry during the kings absence was fully as useful asboth Cregy and Poictiers together. For it was Percy whocommanded the English in the battle of Nevilles Cross—.
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