* Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester – Northumberland's brother

The garrison was first led by Sir Andrew Dudley, the Duke of Northumberland's brother, who hoped to distribute Tyndale's Bible in Dundee.

Newcastle was held by Northumberland's sons, Sir Henry Percy, known as " Hotspur ", and his brother Sir Ralph Percy.

The playwright William Shakespeare had already used the family history of Northumberland's family in his Henry IV series of plays, and the events of the Gunpowder Plot seem to have featured alongside the earlier Gowrie conspiracy in Macbeth, written some time between 1603 and 1607.

* Henry ' Hotspur ' Percy – Northumberland's son

* Henry VIII of England's reign ( 1491 – 1547 ): The west part of the Duke of Northumberland's River was made past Heathrow.

On 21 May 1553 Guildford Dudley, Northumberland's second youngest son, married Lady Jane Grey, the fervently Protestant daughter of the Duke of Suffolk and, through her mother Frances Brandon, a grandniece of Henry VIII.

* Henry Percy – Northumberland's son, surnamed Hotspur

He is not to be confused with the youngest of Northumberland's sons, also named Henry Dudley, who married Margaret, the daughter of Lord Chancellor Thomas Audley.

The third couple married that day was the Duke of Northumberland's youngest daughter, Katherine, to Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon.

Northumberland's patron saint, Saint Cuthbert, was a monk and later Abbot of the monastery, and his miracles and life are recorded by the Venerable Bede.

However, the popular support for the proper Tudor dynasty – even a Catholic member – overruled Northumberland's plans, and Jane, who had never wanted to accept the crown, was deposed after just nine days.

There is no doubt that Cecil saw which way the wind was blowing, and disliked Northumberland's scheme ; but he had not the courage to resist the duke to his face.

He married Eliza Anne " Annarella " Warington in Messina on 7 October 1815, when they were 27 ; she was ten weeks the younger ; a portrait of them can be seen at http :// www. pinetreeweb. com / bp-admiral. htm ; this was painted while they were cataloguing the Duke of Northumberland's collection, see bibliography below.

* 1638 or 1647: Inhabitants of Heathrow and around unauthorizedly blocked the Duke of Northumberland's River to stop flood damage that it was causing.

The traditional view is that it was Northumberland's plot to maintain his power by placing his family on the throne.

While this was technically lawful, these events contributed much to Northumberland's growing unpopularity.

Cranmer's canon law was finally wrecked by Northumberland's furious intervention during the spring parliament of 1553.

The Duke of Northumberland's oration, held before Jane the previous day, did not move her to accept the Crown — her parents ' assistance was required for that.

It began in 1987 as a part of the town's sesquicentennial celebrations, and was conceived by the Art Gallery of Northumberland's former Director / Curator Peter Tulumello and former Concert Hall Manager Mark Finnan.

He was opposed to Northumberland's plot for the exclusion of Mary Tudor from the throne, but this did not save him from speedy imprisonment when she became queen.

Northumberland's first expedition as admiral in 1636 was to force Dutch ships fishing in waters claimed by England to purchase English fishing licenses, in exchange for which the English fleet would offer protection from the Dunkirkers.

Northumberland's political faction was strongly pro-French and anti-Spanish, so he rankled at the thought of aiding the Spaniards.

During the subsequent fighting between royalist and parliamentary forces, Northumberland's control of the navy was a crucial factor in securing parliamentary victory As a result, Charles I removed Northumberland from the post of Lord High Admiral in late June 1642 and Northumberland relinquished the position.

Returning to London, Northumberland's peace party was increasingly attacked by the party favouring continued war: for example, in June, Northumberland was accused of complicity in Waller's Plot, though he was never prosecuted.

During the period of Restoration politics, Northumberland's closest ally at court was Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, while Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon remained a constant enemy, a rivalry which climaxed with Northumberland voting in favour of Clarendon's impeachment in 1667.

After Northumberland's execution, Dudley Castle was forfeited to the crown, and in 1555 was restored to Lord Quondam's eldest son, Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley.

Edward VI was dying and his appointed heir was his cousin Lady Jane Grey, Northumberland's daughter-in-law.

Soon, Northumberland would prove to be one of the greatest supporters of the New Model Army, with Northumberland's servant Robert Scawen chairing parliament's army committee.

In an attempt to increase trade and rescue the English economy, Mary's counsellors continued Northumberland's policy of seeking out new commercial opportunities.

As a reward for the support given to Mary I by the bailiffs and citizens during the Duke of Northumberland's attempt to prevent her accession, the Queen issued a new charter in 1553, confirming the 1548 charter and in addition granting the city its own Sheriff.

* 1530: An old record lists an increase, probably temporary, of 42 labourers who were working on a new river cut from Longford, London ( probably the Duke of Northumberland's River ).

* 1653: Petitions were lodged to try to stop the Duke of Northumberland's River from being reopened.

The ball is fetched from Alnwick Castle in procession, preceded by the Duke of Northumberland's piper.

At the heart of Northumberland's problems with the episcopate lay the issue of the Church's wealth, from the confiscation of which the government and its officials had profited ever since the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

Borrowing from other traditions and instruments has continued-in the early-to-mid 20th century, Billy Pigg, and Jack Armstrong ( The Duke of Northumberland's Piper ) for instance, adapted many tunes from the Scottish and Irish pipe and fiddle repertoires to smallpipes, as well as composing tunes in various styles for the instrument.

Aside from, for instance, conkers and marbles, fishing occupied families for tadpoles, newts, sticklebacks and other small fish or tiddlers using jam jars suspended from loops of string in the streams: the Crane and the stretch of the Duke of Northumberland's River from Meadway to the Chertsey Road.

Northumberland's aim, he said, was not only to secure Queen Mary's liberty, but to extort from Elizabeth full toleration for the Roman Catholics.

Nowadays the ball is fetched from the castle in procession, preceded by the Duke of Northumberland's piper.

The London Butterfly House was based in the grounds of Syon Park from 1981 until its closure on 28 October 2007 due to the Duke of Northumberland's plans to build a hotel complex on the land.

* Duke of Northumberland's River 8. 5 miles ( 13. 6 km ): this is in two sections, from the River Colne, Hertfordshire to Hounslow ; and Whitton to Isleworth adjacent to Syon Park.