A history of the house of Percy : from the earliest times down to the present century . SEAL OK HENRY, FIRbT l;ARON PERCY THE HOUSE OF PERCY 19 Louvain Percies, while they retained their own arms, hadgladly taken the fine motto of the former line,— Esperanceen Dieu ! The ninth baron fought in France, in Normandy,and in Wales ; but it was along the Scottish borders thathis deeds of greatest prowess were wrought. In 1296, hiscousin Edward I. knighted him before the gates of Berwick ;and, for his share in the victory of Dunbar, he was madeGovernor of Ayr and Galloway, and a Custodian of theBorder
A history of the house of Percy : from the earliest times down to the present century . SEAL OK HENRY, FIRbT l;ARON PERCY THE HOUSE OF PERCY 19 Louvain Percies, while they retained their own arms, hadgladly taken the fine motto of the former line,— Esperanceen Dieu ! The ninth baron fought in France, in Normandy,and in Wales ; but it was along the Scottish borders thathis deeds of greatest prowess were wrought. In 1296, hiscousin Edward I. knighted him before the gates of Berwick ;and, for his share in the victory of Dunbar, he was madeGovernor of Ayr and Galloway, and a Custodian of theBorders. In 1300 he was at the siege of Caerlaverock ; hispennon being described in the curious heraldic poemwritten upon that occasion :— ^^/aitne 0 nn bleu lyon rampantFu sa baner bieii vuable. ^ And in the next year, we find him once more at odds withMother Church ; signing, with 103 other barons, the famousletter of remonstrance addressed to Boniface XII. againstpapal encroachments. Those were the days of William Wallace in Scotland ;and, while Aymer de Valence was the nominal com
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