Percy Ludgate, during his lifetime, was an interesting figure in the world of calculating machines. He started in 1903 by working on his hobby (calculating machines) nightly, until the small hours, ...

The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images Sir Henry Percy was nicknamed “Hotspur” for his quick temper, and was knighted by King Edward III when he was just 13 years old. In the mid-1380s, he ...

The Tottenham Hotspurs type If blowing lukewarm and cold was a man, it would be Spurs. Though they get their name from an English knight, Sir Henry Percy, they go about their business like pawns.

Why was Hotspur chosen in the first place? You might question why the name Tottenham wasn’t included in the first place, and may also wonder where the term Hotspur even came from. Interestingly – as ...

Imagine sitting so close to one of Shakespeare’s most colorful and beloved characters, Sir John Falstaff, that you can hear his labored breathing. That’s the lucky position I found myself in at a ...

Fellow prisoner Sir Henry Percy, known as the Wizard Earl, was interred in the Martin Tower for his part in the Gunpowder Plot in 1605. Together, they recruited Roger Cooke, who had previously trained ...

He also issued his first order for a beheading. From here he joined his father's army in fighting another troublemaker, Sir Henry Percy, who appears in Shakespeare as 'Hotspur'.

If you look at the history of Tottenham, you will find the Percy family - the Earls of Northumberland - as significant local landowners in the area. As explained in the Tottenham Hotspur Opus book in ...

Although the powerful Percy family had supported the Lancastrian King Henry IV when he took the throne from Richard II in 1399, the rebellion of 1403 stemmed from the king’s failure to sufficiently ...

Stephen Hopper, an artist from Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant near Llanfyllin, saw his portrait unveiled to a crowd at an official ceremony in Shrewsbury on Sunday, July 21. Mr Hopper had painted a portrait ...

Ultimately, English King Henry IV and his son Prince Hal, a mere boy at the time, prevailed against rebel forces. The rebels were led by the impetuous Sir Henry Percy, better known as 'Harry Hotspur'.