Person:William Percy (22)
William Percy
b.7 Apr 1428 Leckonfield, Yorkshire, England
d.26 Apr 1462
Parents and Siblings
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m. Aft Oct 1414
  1. Joan PercyAbt 1415 -
  2. Henry Percy
  3. John Percy1418 -
  4. Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland1421 - 1461
  5. Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont1422 - 1460
  6. Lady Katherine Percy1423 - Aft 1475
  7. George Percy1423 -
  8. Sir Ralph Percy, Knight1425 - 1464
  9. Sir Richard Percy, Knight1427 - 1461
  10. William Percy1428 - 1462
  11. Anne PercyAft 1428 - 1522
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Facts and Events
Name[1] William Percy
Gender Male
Birth[1] 7 Apr 1428 Leckonfield, Yorkshire, England
Other[1] 1451 Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
Other[1] 1452 Bishop of Carlisle
Death[1][2] 26 Apr 1462
Reference Number? Q8016777?


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William Percy (7 April 1428 at Alnwick Castle – 26 April 1462) was a late medieval Bishop of Carlisle. He was the fifth son of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, and his wife Lady Eleanor Neville. Percy was in 1451 appointed to be Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, a post he held until 1456. He was selected 30 August 1452 to be Bishop of Carlisle following the appointment of his predecessor Nicholas Close to the Bishopric of Coventry and Lichfield. Percy was consecrated between 16 November and 18 December 1452. He died on 26 April 1462.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Brydges, Egerton. Collins's peerage of England, genealogical, biographical, and historical, greatly augmented, and continued to the present time. (London: [T. Bensley], 1812)
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  2. ↑ William Percy (bishop), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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