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William de Percy


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Father: Percy Henry, b. 20 SEP 1156 in Whitby, Yorkshire, England   d. 29 SEP 1198 in Saint Lô, Manche, Duchy of Normandy
Mother: Isabell de Brus, b. 1160 in Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, England   d. AFT 1230 in Whitby, Yorkshire, England

Family 1: Joan Briwere,    b. 3 JUL 1190 in Stoke, Devon, England, United Kingdom    d. 12 JUN 1233 in Esher, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
  1. Anastasia de Percy, b. ABT 1214 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom     d. BEF 28 APR 1272 in Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England
Family 2: Ellen Balliol,    b. ABT 1200 in Durham, England    d. BEF 22 NOV 1281 in Yorkshire, England
  1. Henry de Percy, b. 1228 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England     d. 29 AUG 1272 in Craven, Yorkshire, England
Sources:
  1. Title: Wikipedia - House of Percy
    Author: Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.849 ^ Burke's General Armory, 1884 & Landed Gentry ^ Smith-Ellis, W., Antiquities of Heraldry, Vol. 1, pp.204-5, who suggests that a Roll of Arms c.1308-14 temp. Edward II lists the arms of Redvers as abatue or extinct and states in the same roll that they were borne by Sir Henry de Percy, whose father was heir of his 2nd brother Ingelram, who married Adeline, daughter and heiress of William de Fors by Isabel, daughter and heiress of Baldwin de Rivers, Earl of Devon. The Courtenays were also heirs of Isabel de Fors, and also quarter the Redvers lion ^ Jump up to: a b c Sanders, I.J., English Baronies, Oxford, 1960, p.148 ^ Rose, Alexander (2003). Kings in the North. The House of Percy in British History. London: Phoenix. pp. 26–7. ISBN 1-84212-485-4. Retrieved 21 May 2011. ^ Rose, Alexander (2003). Kings in the North. The House of Percy in British History. London: Phoenix. pp. 86–9. ISBN 1-84212-485-4. Retrieved 21 May 2011. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Northum
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Percy;
    Note: Percy Parent house House of Brabant (since the late 12th century) Country Kingdom of England, United Kingdom Founded 1067 Founder William de Percy (d.1096), 1st feudal baron of Topcliffe Current head Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland Titles Duke of Northumberland Earl of Worcester Earl of Egremont Baron Percy Arms of Percy ancient: Azure, five fusils conjoined in fesse or[1] These arms are still quartered by the Dukes of Northumberland, but were superseded c. 1300 by the adoption by Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy (d.1314) of the arms Or, a lion rampant azure, the source for which is variously given as the "Lion of Brabant",[2] the extinct arms of Redvers, Earls of Devon,[3] or the Lion of Arundel combined with the tinctures of Warenne Arms of Percy modern: Or, a lion rampant azure, as shown on the seal of Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy (d.1314) affixed to the Barons' Letter, 1301 and blazoned with tinctures as his arms in the Caerlaverock Poem Roll of Arms of 1300 The House of Percy (old French Perci) is an English noble family. They were one of the most powerful noble families in Northern England for much of the Middle Ages, known for their long rivalry with another powerful northern English family, the House of Neville. The House of Percy descended from William de Percy (d. 1096), a Norman who crossed over to England after William the Conqueror in early December 1067, was created 1st feudal baron of Topcliffe in Yorkshire,[4] and was rebuilding York Castle in 1070. The name derives from the manor of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy, the home of the family at the time of the Norman Conquest.[5] Members have held the titles of Earl of Northumberland or Duke of Northumberland to this day, in addition to Baron Percy and other titles. The Percy surname twice died out in the male line but was re-adopted by the husband of a Percy heiress and by their descendants. In the 12th century, the original Percy line was represented by Agnes de Percy, whose son by her husband Joscelin of Louvain adopted the surname Percy. Again in the 18th century, the heiress Elizabeth Seymour married Sir Hugh Smithson, who adopted the surname Percy and was created Duke of Northumberland.[6] Earls of Northumberland Part of this section is transcluded from Earl of Northumberland. (edit | history) William de Percy, 1st Baron Percy, who came from the village of Percy in Normandy, was in the train of William I. After arriving in England following the Harrying of the North (1069–70), he was bestowed modest estates in Yorkshire by Hugh d'Avranches. However, by the reign of Henry II the family was represented by only an heiress, Agnes de Percy (died 1203) following the death of the third feudal baron. As her dowry contained the manor of Topcliffe in Yorkshire, Adeliza of Louvain, the widowed and remarried second wife of Henry I, arranged the marriage of Agnes with her own young half-brother, Joscelin of Louvain. After their wedding, the nobleman from the Duchy of Brabant in the Holy Roman Empire settled in England. He adopted the surname Percy and his descendants were later created Earls of Northumberland. The Percys' line would go on to play a large role in the history of both England and Scotland. As nearly every Percy was a Warden of the Marches, Scottish affairs were often of more concern than those in England.[7] 1309: 1st Baron Percy[edit] In 1309, Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy purchased Alnwick Castle from Antony Bek, Bishop of Durham. The castle had been founded in the late 11th century by Ivo de Vesci, a Norman nobleman from Vassy, Calvados in Normandy. A descendant of Ivo de Vesci, John de Vesci, succeeded to his father's titles and estates upon his father's death in Gascony in 1253. These included the barony of Alnwick and a large property in Northumberland and considerable estates in Yorkshire, including Malton. Due to being under age, King Henry III of England conferred the wardship of John's estates to a foreign kinsman, which caused great offence to the de Vesci family. The family's property and estates had been put into the guardianship of Bek, who sold them to the Percys. From this time, the fortunes of the Percys, although they still held their Yorkshire lands and titles, were linked permanently with Alnwick and its castle.[citation needed] 1316: 2nd Baron Percy[edit] Henry de Percy, 2nd Baron Percy, who was granted the lands of Patrick IV, Earl of March, in Northumberland, by Edward II in 1316, began to improve the size and defences of the castle. He was appointed to Edward III's Council in 1327 and was given the manor and castle of Skipton. Was granted, by Edward III, the castle and barony of Warkworth in 1328. He was at the siege of Dunbar and the Battle of Halidon Hill and was subsequently appointed constable of Berwick-upon-Tweed. In 1346, Henry commanded the right wing of the English Army which defeated a larger Scottish force at the Battle of Neville's Cross. His son, Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy married Mary of Lancaster, an aunt of John of Gaunt's wife Blanche of Lancaster.[7] In 1377, the next Henry Percy was created Earl of Northumberland, which title he was given after the coronation of Richard II. Nor was this all, for he was that Northumberland whose doings in the next reign fill so large a part of Shakespeare's Henry IV, and he was the father of the most famous Percy of all, Henry Percy the fifth, better known as "Hotspur". Hotspur never became Earl of Northumberland, having been slain at Shrewsbury in the lifetime of his father, whose estates were forfeited under attainder on account of the rebellion of himself and his son against King Henry IV.[7] Henry V restored Hotspur's son, the second Earl, to his family honours, and the Percys were staunch Lancastrians during the Wars of the Roses which followed, the third Earl and three of his brothers losing their lives in the cause.[7] The fourth Earl was involved in the political manoeuvrings of the last Yorkist kings Edward IV and Richard III. Through either indecision or treachery he did not respond in a timely manner at the Battle of Bosworth Field, and thus helped cause his ally Richard III's defeat at the hands of Henry Tudor (who became Henry VII). In 1489, he was pulled from his horse and murdered by some of his tenants.[citation needed] The fifth Earl displayed magnificence in his tastes, and being one of the richest magnates of his day, kept a very large household establishment.[citation needed] Henry Percy, the sixth Earl of Northumberland, loved Anne Boleyn, and was her accepted suitor before Henry VIII married her. He married later to Mary Talbot, the daughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury, but as he died without a son, his nephew Thomas Percy became the seventh Earl.[7] Thereafter, a succession of plots and counterplots—the Rising of the North, the plots to liberate Mary Queen of Scots, and the Gunpowder Plot – each claimed a Percy among their adherents. On this account the eighth and ninth Earls spent many years in the Tower, but the tenth Earl, Algernon, fought against King Charles in the Civil War, the male line of the Percy-Louvain house ending with Josceline, the eleventh Earl. The heiress to the vast Percy estates married the Duke of Somerset; and her granddaughter married a Yorkshire knight, Sir Hugh Smithson, who in 1766 was created the first Duke of Northumberland and Earl Percy, and it is their descendants who now represent the famous old house.[7] The current duke lives at Alnwick Castle and Syon House, just outside London. Dukes of Northumberland[edit] Part of this section is transcluded from Duke of Northumberland. (edit | history) Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland. The title was created for the third time in 1766 for Hugh Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, the former Sir Hugh Smithson, 4th Baronet (1714–1786), who had assumed by Act of Parliament in 1750 for himself and his descendants the surname Percy, due to his having married in 1740 the daughter of Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset (1684–1750), whose mother Lady Elizabeth Percy (1667–1722), was the last of the senior blood line of the ancient House of Percy, being the only surviving child of Josceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland (1644–1670). In 1749 King George II created Algernon who had inherited the Dukedom of Somerset in 1748 Earl of Northumberland and by courtesy title (for eldest male heir) Baron Warkworth, of Warkworth Castle in the County of Northumberland with special remainder to his son-in-law Sir Hugh Smithson, 4th Baronet.[8][9] The above steps formed a deliberate move to allow ancient names and titles of the Percys to be revived in the male-heir exhausted senior branch of the Dukedom of Somerset which at that time was about to see its largest removal, to another noble but very cadet branch (a fourth cousin) on Algernon's death. Algernon was also created Earl of Egremont at the same time with a different remainder—see this article for further information.[10] In 1784 the 1st Duke was also granted the substantive title Lord Lovaine, Baron of Alnwick in the County of Northumberland, in the Peerage of Great Britain, with remainder to his second son Lord Algernon Percy,[11] who succeeded and who was created Earl of Beverley in 1790 and thus it too became a courtesy title.[12] The Duke was succeeded in the dukedom and associated titles by his eldest son, Hugh, the 2nd Duke, a lieutenant-general in the British Army. The 2nd Duke was in his turn succeeded by his eldest son, Hugh, the 3rd Duke, who in 1812, five years before he succeeded in the dukedom, had been summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father's junior tit
  2. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3P-S.htm#WilliamPercydied1245B;
    Note: WILLIAM de Percy, son of HENRY de Percy & his wife Isabel de Brus ([1196/98]-shortly before 28 Jul 1245, bur Sawley Abbey, his heart bur at Sandown Hospital with his first wife). A manuscript genealogy of the Percy family names “Willielmum” as son of “Henricum”, adding that he was born during the lifetime of his paternal grandmother[234]. The Percy inheritance was split between him and his uncle Richard de Percy. William received those parts in the hands of his great aunt Matilda Ctss of Warwick, but on his uncle’s death the latter’s moiety reverted to William. During his minority he was in the guardianship of William Briwere, one of whose daughters he married. He attained full age between 1212 and 1214. The Red Book of the Exchequer records "Willemus de Percy" holding 15 knights’ fees "de honore de Tadecastre" in Yorkshire in [1210/12][235]. The Testa de Nevill includes a list of fees of William Briwere, dated 1234, records "porcio Willelmi de Percy cum filiabus suis...filiarum et heredum Johanne que fuit uxor Willelmi de Percy"[236]. A manuscript genealogy of the Percy family records that “Willielmum”, son of “Henricum”, was buried “apud Sallay”[237]. m firstly JOAN de Briwere, daughter of WILLIAM Briwere & his wife Beatrice --- (-before 12 Jun 1233, bur Sandown Hospital, Surrey). The Testa de Nevill includes a list of fees of William Briwere, dated 1234, records "porcio Willelmi de Percy cum filiabus suis...filiarum et heredum Johanne que fuit uxor Willelmi de Percy"[238]. m secondly ([1233/35]) ELLEN de Balliol heiress of Dalton (Percy), co. Durham, daughter of INGELRAN de Balliol & his wife --- (-shortly before 22 Nov 1281). She is recorded as the daughter of Ingelran de Balliol[239]. “Willelmus filius Willelmi de Percy” granted “medietatem ville de Daulton in Herternesse”, which he had inherited “post mortem Ingrami de Percy fratris mei racione donacionis...Elena de Percy mater mea”, to “Waltero de Percy fratri meo” by undated charter[240]. William & his first wife had five children (who were co-heiresses of William Briwere the younger, their maternal uncle, who died shortly before Feb 1233): 1. JOAN . m --- de Ferlington, son of ---. 2. AGNES (-after 1276). The primary source which confirms her parentage has not been identified. King Edward I confirmed the grant by "Agnes de Balliol to her son Ingeram de Balliol of her land at Foxton" for five years from 11 Jun 1275, by charter dated 5 May 1276[241]. m EUSTACE de Balliol, son of EUSTACE de Balliol & his wife --- (-after Sep 1262). 3. ALICE . m RALPH Bermingham, son of ---. 4. ANASTASIA . A mid-15th century manuscript records that "Radulfum filium Ranulphi" married "Anastasia filia Wilelmi domini de Percy filii Henrici Percy primi"[242]. m RALPH FitzRandulf, son of RANDULF FitzRobert of Middleham, Yorkshire & his wife Mary Bigod of the Earls of Norfolk (-31 Mar 1258). 5. daughter . William & his second wife had six children: 6. HENRY de Percy ([1235]-29 Aug 1272, bur Sawley). A manuscript genealogy of the Percy family names “Henricum de Percy, Walterum, Willielmum et Ingeramum” as children of “Willielmus”, son of “Henricum”, adding that Henry was buried “juxta patrem suum apud Sallay”[243]. A charter dated 8 Nov 1251 records an agreement between “Johannem de Eyncurt et Agnetem uxorem eius” and “Henricum filium Willelmi de Percy” (authorised by “Henricus filius Ricardi de Percy”) relating to land “in Herghum”[244]. m firstly ---. The name of Henry’s first wife is not known. The fact of this first marriage is dictated by the chronology of the life of Henry’s son William, given the date of Henry’s known marriage to Eleanor de Warenne. m secondly (York 8 Sep 1268) ELEANOR de Warenne, daughter of JOHN de Warenne Earl of Surrey & his wife Alice de Lusignan (1251-before 30 Nov 1282, bur Sallay). A writ dated 30 Nov "10 Edw I", after the death of "Ellen de Percy late the wife of William de Percy", names "John son of Henry de Percy aged 11 is next heir” of the manor of “Donegheton” in Sussex which she held “in dower of the inheritance of the heir of Henry de Percy...which dower king Henry assigned to her after her husband’s death”[245]. Henry & his first wife had one child: a) WILLIAM de Percy (-before 30 Nov 1282). A manuscript genealogy of the Percy family names “Willielmum, Johannem et Henricum” as the children of “Henricus hæres et primogenitus…Willielmi”, adding that William died without heirs[246]. “Willelmus filius et heres Henrici de Percy” granted land “in villa de Levinton” to “Alano filio meo” by undated charter[247]. m ---. The name of William’s wife is not known. William & his wife had one child: i) ALAN de Percy (-before 30 Nov 1282). “Willelmus filius et heres Henrici de Percy” granted land “in villa de Levinton” to “Alano filio meo” by undated charter[248]. Henry & his second wife had two children: b) JOHN de Percy ([1269/70]-[16 Jun 1285/20 Jul 1293]). A manuscript genealogy of the Percy family names “Willielmum, Johannem et Henricum” as the children of “Henricus hæres et primogenitus…Willielmi”, adding that John died without heirs[249]. A writ dated 30 Nov "10 Edw I", after the death of "Ellen de Percy late the wife of William de Percy", names "John son of Henry de Percy aged 11 is next heir” of the manor of “Donegheton” in Sussex which she held “in dower of the inheritance of the heir of Henry de Percy...which dower king Henry assigned to her after her husband’s death”[250]. c) HENRY de Percy (Petworth posthumously [25 Mar] 1273-2/10 Oct 1314, bur Fountains Abbey). A manuscript genealogy of the Percy family names “Willielmum, Johannem et Henricum” as the children of “Henricus hæres et primogenitus…Willielmi”, adding that Henry was buried “apud Fontes”[251]. “Henricus filius et hæres domini Henrici de Perci” donated property to Sawley abbey by charter dated “in festo nativitatis beatæ Mariæ virginis anno regni Regis Edwardi filii Regis Edwardi septimo” (1314)[252]. Summoned to Parliament from 6 Feb 1298/9, whereby he is held to have become Lord Percy. Regent of England during the King’s absence abroad 1297/8. ”Henricus filius Henrici de Percy” confirmed donations of property to Whitby by charter dated 20 Apr 1308, among which a donation by “Alanus de Percy”, for the souls of “Willielmi de Percy patris mei et Emmæ de Porte matris meæ”, witnessed by “Willielmus et Ricardus fratres mei, Pyeot de Percy…”[253]. m ([1294]) ELEANOR, sister of RICHARD de Arundel, daughter of --- (-Jul/Aug 1328, bur Beverley). Henry & his wife had two children: i) HENRY de Percy (1301-Warkworth end Feb 1352, bur Alnwick). A manuscript genealogy of the Percy family names “Henricum et Willielmum” as the children of “Henricus hæres et primogenitus…Willielmi”[254]. He succeeded his father 1314 as Lord Percy. - see below. ii) WILLIAM (-after 13 Sep 1349). A manuscript genealogy of the Percy family names “Henricum et Willielmum” as the children of “Henricus hæres et primogenitus…Willielmi”[255]. The testament of "Dominus Henricus de Percy Senior" is dated 13 Sep 1349 names "Dominum Henricum de Percy filium meum, Dominum Willielmum de Percy fratrem meum, abbatem de Alnewyk…" among the executors[256]. 7. WALTER (-[1274]). A manuscript genealogy of the Percy family names “Henricum de Percy, Walterum, Willielmum et Ingeramum” as children of “Willielmus”, son of “Henricum”[257]. “Willelmus filius Willelmi de Percy” granted “medietatem ville de Daulton in Herternesse”, which he had inherited “post mortem Ingrami de Percy fratris mei racione donacionis...Elena de Percy mater mea”, to “Waltero de Percy fratri meo” by undated charter[258]. "Walter de Percy of Kyldale" paid a fine of 80 marks for marrying "Cristiana widow of Walter de Lindeseye" without King Edward’s permission by charter dated 14 Jun 1275[259]. m (before 23 Sep 1274) as her second husband, CHRISTIANA , widow of WALTER de Lindsay, daughter of ---. Alexander III King of Scotland informed Edward I King of England that "with his assent Cristiana widow of Walter de Lyndesay had married Walter de Percy" by letter dated 23 Sep 1274[260]. 8. WILLIAM of Dalton Percy . A manuscript genealogy of the Percy family names “Henricum de Percy, Walterum, Willielmum et Ingeramum” as children of “Willielmus”, son of “Henricum”[261]. “Willelmus filius Willelmi de Percy” granted “medietatem ville de Daulton in Herternesse”, which he had inherited “post mortem Ingrami de Percy fratris mei racione donacionis...Elena de Percy mater mea”, to “Waltero de Percy fratri meo” by undated charter[262]. m EVA, daughter of ---. 9. INGRAM of Dalton Percy (-before 24 Oct 1262). A manuscript genealogy of the Percy family names “Henricum de Percy, Walterum, Willielmum et Ingeramum” as children of “Willielmus”, son of “Henricum”[263]. The Annals of Dunstable record that “Ingelramus de Perci” died in 1262[264]. m (1262) as her first husband, JEANNE de Vivonne, daughter of GUILLAUME de Vivonne "de Fortibus" & his wife Matilda de Ferrers ([1250/52]-1 Jun 1314[265]). Henry III King of England granted, 2 Aug 1259, "the wardship of the lands late of William de Fortibus" to "Ingram de Percy, Peter de Chauuvent and Imbert de Muntferaunt" and the marriages of the deceased’s four daughters, the eldest to Ingram[266]. The fact of her first marriage is confirmed by the grant, 10 Oct 1262, of the marriage of "the eldest daughter and one of the heirs of William de Fortibus, late the wife of Ingram de Percy" to Queen Eleanor[267]. She married secondly (before 15 Jul 1269) Aimery [XII] de Rochechouart, who later succeeded his father as Vicomte de Rochechouart, and thirdly Reynold FitzPiers. Her second marriage is confirmed by the Somersetshire Pleas for 15 Jul 1269 which include a record that "Aunsell de Gurnay and his wife Sibyl" warrant
  3. Title: William De Percy, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-B79G : 11 June 2020), William De Percy, 1245; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-B79G;
  4. Title: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
    Author: Book Title: Pearce genealogy, being the record of the posterity of Richard Pearce, an early inhabitant of Ports
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/61157/records/3330598;
  5. Title: Wikitree
    Author: Sources ↑ Sanders, English Baronies, p.148 ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Percy-38;
    Note: William (William III) de Percy formerly Percy Born about 1193 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England Ancestors Son of Henry (Percy) de Percy and Isabel (Bruce) Mauduit Brother of Henry (Percy) de Percy and Robert (Mauduit) Brus [half] Husband of Joan (Briwere) de Percy — married about 1226 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England Husband of Ellen (Balliol) de Percy — married about 1233 in Red Castle, Angusshire, Scotland Descendants Father of Anastasia (Percy) FitzRanulph, Joan (Percy) Ferlington, Ada (Percy) Darell, Agnes (Percy) Balliol, Alice (Percy) de Haringwood, Ingram (Percy) de Percy, Walter (Percy) de Percy, Henry (Percy) de Percy, William (Percy) de Percy, Josceline (Percy) de Percy, Geoffrey (Percy) de Percy, Galfrid (Percy) de Percy, Richard (Percy) de Percy, Alan (Percy) de Percy and Elena (Percy) de Percy Died before 28 Jul 1245 in Dalton Percy, Durham, England Biography He was heir to both parts of the feudal barony of Topcliffe.[1] Name Name: William Lord Percy Birth about 1193 [2] Death shortly before 28 July 1245, Dalton Percy, Durham, England[2] Burial of William de Percy He is probably buried at Sawly Abbey, Yorkshire, England [2]. "His heart was buried before the Lady alter in the church or chapel of the Hospital of Sandon, Surrey. [2] (Royal Ancestry) William de Percy died shortly before 28 July 1245, and was probably buried at Sallay Abbey, Yorkshire. His heart was buried before the Lady altar in the church or chapel of the Hospital of Sandown, Surrey. Note: Sawly Abbey, in medieval times, was located in Yorkshire. But later the abbey carried the name of Sawley, and is now in Lancashire due to boundary changes. In March 1537 the abbey was dissolved by Henry VIII, was stripped of all valuable materials and left to ruin, quickly falling into a state of disrepair. The ruins of Sawly Abbey are now in the care of English Heritage and are managed by the Heritage Trust for the North West. On June 26, 2006 Alton Rogers received a very informative e-mail about Sawley Abbey from Ella Hatfield, Clerical Officer of Craven (Dist.) Museum & Gallery in Skipton, North Yorkshire. Sawley Abbey is quite close to Skipton Castle. Sandon Hospital, Sandon, Surrey, in the parish of Esher, was dedicated to the honor of the Holy Spirit and is said to have been founded early in the reign of Henry II and was augmented by William de Percy. William de Percy's heart was buried here as was the body of his wife Joan. In 1436 the hospital was united with the hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr in Southwark, London. Marriage Husband: William Lord Percy Wife: Joan Briwere [2] Child: Anastasia Percy Marriage: about 1226 [2]
  6. Title: Wikipedia -William de Percy, 6th Baron Percy
    Author: Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960.
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Percy,_6th_Baron_Percy;
    Note: William de Percy (died 1245), sixth feudal baron of Topcliffe, was an English noble. He was a son of Henry de Percy (son of Joscelin of Louvain) and Isabel de Brus (great-granddaughter of Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale). He died in 1245 and was buried at Sawley Abbey. Marriages and issue He married firstly married Joan, daughter of William de Briwere and Beatrice de Vaux. They are known to have had the following known issue. Anastasia de Percy, married Ralph FitzRandolph, had issue. Joan de Percy, married the lord of Farlington. Agnes de Percy, married Eustace de Balliol, had issue. Alice de Percy, married Ralph Bermingham, had issue. William married secondly Ellen, daughter of Ingram de Balliol and Agnes de Berkeley, they are known to have had the following known issue. Henry de Percy, Master of Topcliffe (father of Henry Percy, 1st Baron Percy) Ingram de Percy, married Joan de Fortibus, without issue. William de Percy, Canon of St. Peter's, York Walter de Percy Galfrid de Percy Alan de Percy Josceline de Percy Ellen de Percy
  7. Title: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/60526/records/672627;
  8. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
    Author: Ancestry Family Tree
  9. Title: Wikisource - Dictionary of National Biography
    Author: [Authorities cited; De Fonblanque's Annals of the House of Percy, 1887, vol. i.; Dugdale's Baronage of England, i. 271; Foss's Lives of the Judges of England, ii. 103.]
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Percy,_William_(1183%3F-1245);
    Note: PERCY, WILLIAM, sixth Baron Percy (1183?–1245), was son of Henry de Percy, eldest son of Agnes de Percy and Josceline de Louvain. He was in his fifteenth year on his father's death in 1196. His uncle Richard [q. v.], who thereupon assumed the administration of his lands and his baronial rights, refused to relinquish them when William attained his majority. His lawful guardian was William Brewer [q. v.] (Abbreviatio Placitorum, p. 86). In 1200 William was appointed one of the two custodes of the county of York under William de Stuteville (Rot. de Obl. et Finibus, p. 109). In the same year he appears as sheriff of Northumberland (Rot. Curiæ Regis, ii. 178). In 1204 he was one of the justices before whom fines were acknowledged (Hunter, Fines sive Pedes Finium, Record Comm., Introd. p. lv). In 1213 he was one of the two commissioners appointed to inquire into the losses inflicted on the church in the bishopric of Carlisle (Rot. de Obl. et Finibus, Record Comm., p. 526). In 1214 he was sent in the king's service to Poitou, with horses and arms (Close Rolls, Record Comm., i. 207). But he was among the followers of the twenty-five barons who opposed King John in 1215 (Matt. Paris, Hist. Maj. ii. 605; Stubbs, i. 583). There are indications of his having left the baronial party before John's death (Close Rolls, i. 250). On 11 May 1217 he had certainly joined the royalists, for on that date Henry III granted to him the whole of the lands of his uncle Richard, who was still in rebellion; but these were restored to the latter on his submission on 2 Nov. 1217 (ib. pp. 308, 339). William was with the king at the siege of Biham in the early part of 1221 (ib. p. 475 b). In 1234 he gained possession of a great part of the family estates by judgment of the king's court [see Percy, Richard de]. In 1242 he paid 100 marks to be exempted from service with the king in Gascony. On the death of his uncle Richard in 1244, he succeeded to the whole of the barony (Excerpta e Rot. Finium, p. 423). He died before 28 July 1245 (ib. p. 440), and was buried at Sawley Abbey. He gave his manor of Gisburn, with the forests, to that abbey, reserving the services of the freeholders and his liberty of hunting. To the master and brethren of the hospital at Sandon in Surrey he gave all his lands in Foston and the twenty marks paid annually by the abbey of Sawley for the manor of Gisburn. He married, first, Elena, daughter of Ingelram de Balliol, by whom he had seven sons—Henry (1228?–1272), seventh Baron Percy, who was succeeded by his third son, Henry Percy, first Baron Percy of Alnwick [q. v.]; Ingelram, William, Walter, Geoffrey, Alan, and Josceline—and one daughter, Elena. His second wife was Joan, daughter and coheiress of William Brewer, the wardship and marriage of whom, along with that of her four sisters, he obtained from Henry III on 12 June 1233 (ib. i. 243). By her he had four daughters: Anastasia, Joan, Alice, and Agnes. His third wife was Nicholaa de Stuteville (1244?) (ib. i. 417). He had to pay 100 marks for marrying her without royal consent, her hand being in the king's gift.
  10. Title: Wikipedia - Sawley Abbey
    Author: Altazin, Keith. "THE NORTHERN CLERGY AND THE PILGRIMAGE OF GRACE" (PDF). ^ Knowles, David; Knowles, Dom David (27 September 1979). The Religious Orders in England. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521295680. ^ "Houses of Cistercian monks: Sawley | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2016. ^ Historic England (2007). "Sawley Abbey (1072099)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawley_Abbey;
    Note: Sawley Abbey was an abbey of Cistercian monks in the village of Sawley, Lancashire, in England (and historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire). Created as a daughter-house of Newminster Abbey, it existed from 1149 until its dissolution in 1536, during the reign of King Henry VIII. A monk here, William de Remmyngton went on to become Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1372–3. The last two abbots of Sawley were both put to death. Thomas Bolton was executed as a consequence of his resistance to the dissolution[1][2] and William Trafford, the last Abbot, was executed in Lancaster on 10 March 1537 alongside John Paslew, the last Abbot of Whalley Abbey, for alleged involvement in the Pilgrimage of Grace.[3] The ruins of Sawley Abbey, which are now controlled by English Heritage, are open to the public. Although not an extensive ruin, there are boards on the site that give information regarding the history of the abbey and its former inhabitants. Today, parts of the church and refectory can still be seen. The abbey is a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument.[4] In March 2009, Sawley Abbey was featured in the first episode of series 3 of the TV series The Tudors. Burials William de Percy, 6th Baron Percy and wife Ellen de Balliol (daughter of Ingram de Balliol) Henry de Percy, 7th Baron Percy (1228–1272) and wife Eleanor de Warenne Percy (daughter of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey)
  11. Title: Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors
    Author: Citations [S3056] Unknown author, Europaische Stammtafeln by Isenburg, chart 711, Vol. 3; Burke's Peerage, 1938, p. 1875. [S11568] The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. X, p. 452-455. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 250-251. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 240. [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 1. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 553. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 225-226. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 345. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 344. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 574.
    Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p378.htm#i11327;
    Note: Sir William de Percy, 6th Baron Percy1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 Last Edited 4 Apr 2020 M, #11327, b. circa 1193, d. circa 28 July 1245 Father Sir Henry Percy9 b. 1160, d. 1198 Mother Isabel de Brus9 b. c 1170, d. a 29 Mar 1246 Sir William de Percy, 6th Baron Percy was born circa 1193 at of Topcliffe, Catton, Gisburn, Leconfield, Nafferton, Seamer, Settle, Spofforth, Tadcaster, & Wansford, Yorkshire, England; A minor in 1212, of age before Trinity term 1214.8 He married Joan de Briwere, daughter of Sir William de Briwere, Lord Horsley, Sheriff of Devon, Dorset, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Cornwall, Sussex, Wiltshire, & Gloucestershire and Beatrice de Vaux, circa 1226; They had 5 daughters (including Joan, wife of Henry de Ferlington; Agnes, wife of Eustace de Balliol; Alice, wife of Randolph Heringod; & Anastasia, wife of Ralph FitzRanulph).4,6,7,8 Sir William de Percy, 6th Baron Percy married Ellen de Baliol, daughter of Ingram de Baliol, Lord Harcourt, Sheriff of Berwick and Agnes de Berkeley, circa 1233; They had 6 sons (Sir Henry; Sir Ingram; William, Canon of St. Peter's, York; Walter; Alan; & Jocelin.)3,5,8 Sir William de Percy, 6th Baron Percy died circa 28 July 1245 at of Dalton Percy, Durham, England; Buried at Sallay Abbey, Yorkshire. His heart was buried before the Lady altar in the church or chapel of the Hospital of Sandon, Surrey.5,8 Family 1 Joan de Briwere b. c 1190, d. b 12 Jun 1233 Children Agnes de Percy+ d. b 1190 Joan de Percy Alice de Percy Anastasia de Percy+4,7,8 b. c 1227, d. b 28 Apr 1272 Family 2 Ellen de Baliol b. c 1200, d. c 22 Nov 1281 Children Sir Ingram de Percy3 d. b 10 Oct 1262 Sir Henry Percy, 7th Baron Percy, Baron Topcliffe+10,5,8 b. c 1235, d. 29 Aug 1272 William, Canon of St Peter's, York Walter Alan Jocelin
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