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— Henry Percy in Henry IV, Part I
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Sir Henry Percy KG (20 May 1364 – 21 July 1403), nicknamed Hotspur, was an English knight who fought in several campaigns against the Scots in the northern border and against the French during the Hundred Years' War. The nickname "Hotspur" was given to him by the Scots as a tribute to his speed in advance and readiness to attack. The heir to a leading noble family in northern England, Hotspur was one of the earliest and prime movers behind the deposition of King Richard II in favour of Henry Bolingbroke in 1399. He later fell out with the new regime due to numerous grievances, including the failure to pay them for efending the Scottish border, and the failure to ransom Percy's brother-in-law, Sir Edmund Mortimer. Hotspur rebelled and was slain at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 at the height of his fame. His character and rebellion was immortalized in the William Shakespeare play Henry IV, Part 1, and he had become a local hero in his hometown, who erected monuments of him and even inspiring the name of the football team Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
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