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English Family Name

Percy

“Norman toponymic, from Percy-en-Auge in Normandy”
“Esperance en Dieu” · Hope in God
House colours from the family arms — this name has no clan tartan tradition
Historic titleDuke of Northumberland
HeartlandNorthumberland, with medieval holdings in Yorkshire
RegionNorth East England

The great border house of the north, whose Earls and later Dukes of Northumberland held the frontier against Scotland. Harry Hotspur, immortalised by Shakespeare, was a Percy heir killed at Shrewsbury in 1403.

Ancestral seats

  • Alnwick Castle, Northumberland
  • Syon House, London
  • Warkworth Castle, Northumberland

Where to walk in their footsteps

Access, opening hours and admission change. We confirm every site before it goes into an itinerary.

Alnwick Castle, Northumberland

Still the Duke's residence and open through the summer season; Hogwarts in the early Harry Potter films.

Warkworth Castle, Northumberland

English Heritage ruin above the Coquet, a favourite Percy stronghold.

Also recorded as

de PercyPercie

Travelling to Percy country

Cashel Travel has arranged clan gatherings and heritage tours across Scotland and Ireland since the 1990s, including full gatherings for Clan Gordon, Hay, Keith, Lindsay, Hunter, Dunbar, Graham, Sutherland and MacLaren. We research the family history, build the itinerary around it, and arrange access to places that are not normally open to the public.

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