Sir Thomas Percy ( c. 1504 – 2 June 1537 ) was a participant in the 1537 Bigod 's Rebellion in the aftermath of the Pilgrimage of Grace , a Roman Catholic uprising against King Henry VIII . He was convicted of treason and hanged , drawn and quartered at Tyburn . The Catholic Encyclopedia ( 1913 ) states that he " is considered a martyr by many " . He was born in about 1504 at Alnwick Castle , Northumberland , the second son of Henry Percy , 5th Earl of Northumberland by his wife Lady Catherine Spencer
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
Thomas Percy (Pilgrimage of Grace)