William (Percy) Peircy (bef. 1684 - abt. 1760)

Born before 27 Jul 1684 in Bedworth, Warwickshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Percey — married 1708 in London, England

Descendants

Died about 1760 after about age 75 in Bedworth, Warwickshire, England

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Biography

William (Percy) Peircy was born in England.

William Percey or De Percy was born before 27 Jul 1684, his christening date, at Bedworth, Warwickshire, England. His parents were Richard and Mary Peircy.^[1]

He died about 1760. The House of Percy (old French Perci) was the most powerful noble family in northern England for much of the Middle Ages, having 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, ^[2]

Death on the First Crusade: Percy accompanied Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, on the First Crusade, where he died within sight of Jerusalem. His body was buried at Antioch, and his heart was returned to England and was buried in Whitby Abbey.

Sir Richard de Percy (c. 1170-1244), 5th Baron Percy, was a Magnate from the North of England, and a participant in the First Barons' War.^[3] He was the son of Agnes de Perci, suo jure Baroness Percy, the heiress of the Percy estates, and her husband Joscelin of Louvain (1121–1180), who was styled "brother of the queen" (referring to Adeliza of Louvain, second wife of Henry I).[1] It is from this marriage descends the House of Percy, following the assumption of the name Percy by Louvain.

Percy was one of the twenty five barons appointed to enforce the observance of Magna Carta. Along with his nephew William (c. 1183-1245), latterly the 6th Baron Percy, he was amongst the lords who rose in arms against King John and his estates declared forfeit.[1] Upon John's death Percy immediately made his peace with Henry III, and had his lands restored to him.

Baron Percy died in 1244, and is buried at Whitby Abbey.^[4]

Research Notes

PERCY FAMILY.

Rollo Thurstan BRICO

Born: ABT 885, Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway

Married: Gerlotte De BLOIS (dau. of Theobald De Tours) ABT 936, Tillieres, Normandy, France

Children:

1. Ansfred ROLLOSON

2. Rollo ROLLOSON (on www.tudorplace.com)

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975." Database.
2. ↑ House of Percy
3. ↑ First Barons' War
4. ↑ "Percy, Richard de". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. Brenan, Gerald. Lindsay, W.A.edit.-A History of the House of Percy, II Vols. Freemantle, London 1902, Vol. I, p. 14 & 17

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975." Database. FamilySearch. (www.FamilySearch.org : 3 March 2017. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.

• House of Percy on wikipedia.org

• First Barons' War on www.1066.co.nz