Page "Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland" Paragraph 6

In July 1522 he was made a member of the Council of the North ; in October he was made deputy warden of the east marches, and William Dacre, 3rd Baron Dacre, suggested that, young as he was, he should be made warden the same year.

On 19 May 1527 he succeeded his father as sixth Earl of Northumberland ; he was made steward of the honour of Holderness on 18 June ; on 2 December he became lord warden of the east and west marches.