Percy's father famously scolded him, saying "thou hast always been a proud, presumptuous, and unthrift waster" and he was quickly and unhappily married to Lady Mary Talbot, daughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury, by early 1524[REF] or in 1525 with earlier legal stages [REF].
By 1528, only four years into their marriage, the couple's relationship had broken down irretrievably.