_Lady Percy, Wife of Hotspur (Daughter of Edmund Mortimer, Earl of
March)._--Upon what authority does Miss Strickland say (_Lives of the
Queens of England_, vol. iv. p. 300.) that it is stated "by all ancient
heralds" that this lady died without issue? What herald can say this
without bastardising the second Earl of Northumberland? This assertion is a
very sweeping one, and I have sought in vain for the statement said to be
made by all heralds.