Involvement With Anne Boleyn
Though his father had destined him by 1516 for the daughter of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, he fell in love with Anne Boleyn, then a young lady about the court. The intrigue was soon discovered, and the Earl of Northumberland sent for young Lord Percy. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey himself scolded the young man and Lord Percy gave way. This story in outline is not disputed, but details are still contentious.
Percy became betrothed to Anne probably in the spring of 1523, when he was still page to Wolsey. On hearing the news, Wolsey scolded Lord Percy before his household, since permission for the marriage had not been sought from his father nor from the King, who had an interest due to the importance of the Northumberland earldom. While Cavendish claimed that the King already had a personal interest in Anne at this point, driving Wolsey's angry reaction, this has been debated. A current suggestion as to a serious obstacle, as well as the proposed Talbot match, is that Anne was at this point intended (by Wolsey) to wed James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond, son of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, to manage and resolve a dispute over the Earldom of Ormond involving Sir Thomas Boleyn, her father. In fact Percy's father, once summoned, refused permission for the match.
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