Excerpt from Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County, Vol. 14 At the death of Henry Perci, father of the renowned Hot spur, and first Earl of Northumberland, the family estates were forfeited, and granted to John Duke of Bedford; but again restored by Henry V. To Hotspur's son, who was ten years old only at the time of his father's death, and who sub sequently became the second Earl. The sword used by Hotspur at the battle of Shrewsbury, where he was slain, 18 still preserved at Petworth House. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.