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William PERCY 1574-1648

Biographical Note

3rd son of Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland (ca.1532-1585). Matriculated from Gloucester Hall, Oxford. While at Oxford, Percy belonged to a Catholic literary coterie. He authored various plays and works of poetry, including a collection of sonnets Sonnets to the Fairest Coelia (1594).

Books

A collection of ca.150 Elizabethan and Jacobean plays, now at Petworth House, was probably assembled by Percy.

Sources

Gair, Reavley. "Percy, William (1574–1648), poet and playwright." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Miller, E. A collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean plays at Petworth, National Trust Yearbook 1975-6, 62-4.

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 ====Biographical Note====
-rd son of [[family::Henry Percy]], 8th [[personal title::Earl of Northumberland]] (ca.[[date of birth::1532]]-[[date of death::1585|85]]). Matriculated from [[education::Gloucester Hall, Oxford]]. While at [[organisations:: University of Oxford|Oxford]], Percy belonged to a Catholic literary coterie. He authored various plays and works of poetry, including a collection of sonnets [[book title::''Sonnets to the Fairest Coelia'']] ([[date of publication::1594]]).
+rd son of [[family::Henry Percy]], 8th Earl of Northumberland (ca.1532-1585). Matriculated from [[education::Gloucester Hall, Oxford]]. While at [[organisations:: University of Oxford|Oxford]], Percy belonged to a Catholic literary coterie. He authored various plays and works of poetry, including a collection of sonnets [[book title::''Sonnets to the Fairest Coelia'']] ([[date of publication::1594]]).
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