Henry was thirteen when his father died, so the barony was placed in the custody of John de Felton.
[1] In 1316 he was granted the lands of Patrick IV, Earl of March, in Northumberland, by King Edward II of England.
[3] Henry joined with other barons to remove the Despensers, who were favourites of Edward II.
Following a disastrous war with the Scots, Henry was empowered along with William Zouche to negotiate the Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton.
He was at the sieges of Dunbar and Berwick and the Battle of Halidon Hill, and was subsequently appointed constable of Berwick-upon-Tweed.