[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Theresa Longo Fans [@BarkJack_](/creator/twitter/BarkJack_) on x 29.6K followers Created: 2025-07-21 00:46:37 UTC XX July Hotspur Dies In Battle (in 1403) “Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere, Nor can one England brook a double reign, Of Harry Percy and the Prince of Wales.” So did Shakespeare comment on the bitter conflict between two of England's most celebrated medieval heroes, Henry Percy, called Harry by his friends and known to us by the picturesque name of Hotspur, and Prince Henry of Lancaster, the future Henry V, son of the usurper king Henry IV. Hotspur came from the powerful and aristocratic Percy family that had come to England with William the Conqueror. By the 14th century the Percys were rulers of Northumberland, which formed a buffer against armed raids from Scotland. It was the Scots who gave Hotspur his nickname for his indefatigable patrolling of the Scottish/English border. Hotspur and his father (also called Henry) initially backed Henry IV and battered the Scots while the King was trying to subdue the Welsh. The problem was, the Welsh resisted successfully and Henry IV refused to give the Percys his promised rewards. It was only then that the Percys, capable and honourable knights, rebelled against their king. But once the rebellion had started, the Percys determined to go all the way and take the throne of England for themselves. It was on this day that the conflict reached its denouement, when Henry IV and his son decisively defeated the Percys at Shrewsbury. According to Shakespeare, Hotspur was struck down by the sixteen-year-old Prince of Wales, but historians believe he died from a blow from an unknown hand when he lifted his visor to wipe sweat from his face. II-weaved ambition, how much art thou shrunk! When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound, But now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough. Hotspur's head was set on the gate of York to discourage further rebellion, while his brother Thomas Percy was decapitated after the battle so that his could decorate London Bridge. The Percys of the time seemed to have a knack for dying in battle. Hotspur's father Henry, who escaped from the field of battle at Shrewsbury, was eventually slain at Bramham Moor in 1408. His son died on the field at the first Battle of St Allans (1455), and his grandson was killed six years later at Towton. The Battle of Shrewsbury greatly strengthened the Lancastrian hold on the throne of England and also proved an invaluable training ground for young Prince Henry, who only ever fought in one more full-scale pitched battle, against the French at Agincourt. XXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [reign](/topic/reign) [sphere](/topic/sphere) [Post Link](https://x.com/BarkJack_/status/1947095838691377502)
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Created: 2025-07-21 00:46:37 UTC
XX July Hotspur Dies In Battle (in 1403)
“Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere, Nor can one England brook a double reign, Of Harry Percy and the Prince of Wales.”
So did Shakespeare comment on the bitter conflict between two of England's most celebrated medieval heroes, Henry Percy, called Harry by his friends and known to us by the picturesque name of Hotspur, and Prince Henry of Lancaster, the future Henry V, son of the usurper king Henry IV.
Hotspur came from the powerful and aristocratic Percy family that had come to England with William the Conqueror. By the 14th century the Percys were rulers of Northumberland, which formed a buffer against armed raids from Scotland.
It was the Scots who gave Hotspur his nickname for his indefatigable patrolling of the Scottish/English border.
Hotspur and his father (also called Henry) initially backed Henry IV and battered the Scots while the King was trying to subdue the Welsh. The problem was, the Welsh resisted successfully and Henry IV refused to give the Percys his promised rewards. It was only then that the Percys, capable and honourable knights, rebelled against their king. But once the rebellion had started, the Percys determined to go all the way and take the throne of England for themselves.
It was on this day that the conflict reached its denouement, when Henry IV and his son decisively defeated the Percys at Shrewsbury.
According to Shakespeare, Hotspur was struck down by the sixteen-year-old Prince of Wales, but historians believe he died from a blow from an unknown hand when he lifted his visor to wipe sweat from his face.
II-weaved ambition, how much art thou shrunk! When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound, But now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough.
Hotspur's head was set on the gate of York to discourage further rebellion, while his brother Thomas Percy was decapitated after the battle so that his could decorate London Bridge. The Percys of the time seemed to have a knack for dying in battle. Hotspur's father Henry, who escaped from the field of battle at Shrewsbury, was eventually slain at Bramham Moor in 1408. His son died on the field at the first Battle of St Allans (1455), and his grandson was killed six years later at Towton.
The Battle of Shrewsbury greatly strengthened the Lancastrian hold on the throne of England and also proved an invaluable training ground for young Prince Henry, who only ever fought in one more full-scale pitched battle, against the French at Agincourt.
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