Person:Peter Percy (1)

Disputed Lineages

Some sources claim that Sir Ralph Percy had a son Peter (the Peter of this page.) This claim appears to have originated in a 19th century book by Frederick Clifton Pierce^[1]. Pierce claims (in a footnote on page 18) that Brydges/Collins^[2] supports this, but this is not true. Given the low reputation of Pierce's work, this claim is considered to be without merit. See page Person:Richard Pearce (6) for more information.

No Evidence for Existence

There is no evidence that this person existed - see the standard bearer story^[3].

This lineage is being kept on WeRelate to forestall future incorrect linking of Richard Pierce to Sir Ralph Percy. No changes should be made to this lineage without new evidence published in a peer-reviewed journal or post-2000 edited book showing primary sources.

1. ↑ Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Pearce genealogy: being the record of the posterity of Richard Pearce, an early inhabitant of Portsmouth, in Rhode Island, who came from England, and whose genealogy is traced back to 972. (Rockford, Illinois: unknown, 1888)
   p. 18, p. 36.

   p. 36: "... Peter Percy was son of Ralph Percy; he (Peter) was born in 1447 ..." "Peter Percy had a son Richard. The father was standard bearer to Richard the Third at the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485."

2. ↑ Brydges, Egerton. Collins's peerage of England, genealogical, biographical, and historical, greatly augmented, and continued to the present time. (London: [T. Bensley], 1812)
   2:283-285.

   Sir Ralph Percy married Eleanor Acton and had 3 sons: Sir Henry Percy, Knt.; Sir Ralph Percy, Knt.; and George Percy, Esq.
   Sir Ralph Percy and Eleanor Acton also appear to have had a daughter: Margaret, wife of Sir Ralph Harbottle, Knt.

3. ↑ Https://www.richardiii.org.uk/topic/33674/standard-bearer-story.

   In this thread, where someone asks about Peter Percy, supposedly standard bearer to Richard the Third where (according to Find A Grave) he "lost a leg", the response is "I only know the story about Sir Percy Thirlwell who allegedly had his legs cut from under him but hung onto the standard before dying."