Name origin: Percy, Peerce, Precey, Percie the ancestry of this family is traced to Manfield, a Danish chieftain; one who assisted in the subjugation of Normandy 912. RICHARD, was standard bearer of Richard III at Battle of Bosworth 1485 and founded Pearce Hall in Yorkshire, England. The renowned family of Percy of Northumberland, Eng., derived their name from Percy Forest in the Province of Maen, Normandy, whence they came with William the Conqueror to England; one bearing the name was commander of his fleet. The name signifies a stony place from pierre. It may signify a hunting place, from pirren, Teutonic, to hunt; percer, French, to penetrate, to force one's way.
b.abt.0950 of Norway, parents ukn
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b.abt.0980 of Norway s/o Rollo
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b.abt.1005 of Perci-en-Auge, Normandy, France s/o Mainfred de Percy
m.Margaret _______
b.abt.1012 of Alnwick, Northumberland, England
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b.abt.1034 Perci-en-Auge, Normandy, France s/o Geoffrey and Margaret de Percy
d.1096 Mr. Joy, Near Jerusalem, Isreal
m.abt.1066 of Semar, Yorkshire, England Emma de Port
b.abt.1038 of Alnwick, Northumberland, England d/o Gospatric de Port
d.aft.1096 bur.Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire, England
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b.abt.1038 of Kildale, Yorkshire, England; parents ukn
m.abt.1064, ukn
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b.abt.1065 of Kildale, Yorkshire, England s/o Errnald de Percy
m.abt.1099 ukn
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b.abt.1067 of Alnwick, Northumberland, England s/o William and Emma (de Port) de Percy
d.bef.Dec. 1135 bur.Whitby, Yorkshire, England
m.abt.1087 of Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England Emma de Gaunt [Gant]
b.abt.1071 d/o Gilbert de Gand [Gaunt] and Alice de Montifort [Morfort]
d.bef.1135
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b.abt.1088 of Alnwick, Northumberland, England s/o Allan and Emma (de Gaunt) de Percy
d.1174/1175
m.1136 of Turnbridge, Kent, England Alice [Adeliza] (Clare) de Tunbridge
b.abt.1102 of Tunbridge, Kent, England d/o Richard de Clare and Alice (Adeliza) de Meschines
d.aft.1148 England
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b.abt.1105 of Kildale, Yorkshire, England s/o Ernaldo de Percy
bur.bef.1169/70
m.abt.1137 Agnes______
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b.1134 of Whitby, Yorkshire, England d/o William and Alice (de Tunbridge) de Percy
d.abt.1205
m.abt.1154 of Egmanton, Nottinghamshire, England Joscelin de Louvain Barbatus
b.abt.1123 of Louvain, Belgium s/o Godfrey "a la Barbe" Duke of Lorraine and Clemntia Countess of Namur
bur.bef.1180 Egmanton, Nottinghamshire, England
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b.abt.1138 of Kildale, Yorkshire, England s/o Robert and Agnes de Percy
d.aft.1202
m.abt.1178 Agnes Flamville
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b.abt.1156 of Whitby, Yorkshire, England s/o Joscelin de Louvain Baratus and Agnes de Percy
Josceling was s/o Godfrey "a la Barbe" Duke of Lorraine and Clementia Countess of Namur
d.bef.Sept. 29, 1198
bur.St. Lo, Rouen, France
m.abt.1182 Cleveland, Yorkshire, England; Isabel Brus
b.abt.1160 Skelton, Yorkshire, England; d/o Adam and Joanna (de Meschines) Brus [Bruce]
bur.Whitby Abbey, N.Riding, Yorkshire, England
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b.abt.1185 of Kildale, Yorkshire, England s/o William and Agnes (Flamville) Percy
bur.bef.1243
m.abt.1204; Joan ______
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b.abt.1193 of Alnwick, Northumberland, England s/o Henry and Isabel (Brus) de Percy
d.bef.July 28, 1245 Salley Abbey, Craven, Yorkshire, England
m.(1)abt.1223 of Warwick, Warwickshire, England; Joan de Briwere
b.abt.1197 of Stoke, Devonshire, England d/o William and Beatrice (de Vaux) de Briwere
m.(2)abt.1230; Eleanor (Elene)(Ellen)(Ellena)(de Baliol)(Balliol)
b.abt.1206 of Red Castle, Augushire, Scotland; d/o Ingelram (Ingram) de Baliol (Balliol) and Agnes de Berkeley
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b.abt.1205 of Kildale, Yorkshire, England s/o Walter and Joan de Percy
bur.bef.July 1295
m.(1)May 3, 1244 Kildale, Yorkshire, England Nichola ______
m.(2)abt.1265 Margery ______
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b.abt.1235 of Whitby, Yorkshire, England; s/o William de Percy and Eleanor de Baliol
d.Aug. 29, 1272 Sallay, Craven, Yorkshire, England
m.Sept. 8, 1268 York, Yorkshire, England; Eleanor Plantagenet (de Warenne)
b.abt.1244 of Surrey, England; d/o John Plantagenet (de Warenne) and Alice Lusignan (de Brien)
d.aft.1282
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b.abt.1260 of Kildale, Yorkshire, England s/o William and Nichola de Percy
d.April 22, 1295
m.abt.1279 Johanna de Neville
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b.March 25, 1273 Petworth, Sussex, England; s/o Henry de Percy and Eleanor Plantagenet (de Warenne)
d.Oct. 2, 1314 Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, England
m.abt.1299; Eleanor FitzAlan (Arundel)
b.abt.1277 of Arundel, Sussex, England; d/o John FitzAlan and Isabella de Mortimer
d.July 1328
bur.Beverley, Yorkshire, England
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b.abt.1280 of Kildale, Yorkshire, England s/o William and Johanna (de Neville) de Percy
d.aft.1354
m.abt. 1298, ukn
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b.abt.1300 of Kildale, Yorkshire, England; s/o Alexander de Percy
m.abt.1319 of Amcliffe, Yorkshire, England; Elizabeth Colville
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b.Feb. 6, 1300/1301 Leconfield, Yorkshire, England; s/o Henry de Percy and Eleanor FitzAlan (Arundel)
d.Feb. 26, 1351/1352 Warkworth, Northumberland, England
m.1314 Idonea de Clifford
b.abt.1300 of Appleby, Westmoreland, England; d/o Robert de Clifford and Maud de Clare
d.Aug. 24, 1365
bur.Beverley Minster, Beverley, Yorkshire, England
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b.1320 of Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England; s/o Henry de Percy and Idonea de Clifford
d.May 18, 1368
m.Sept. 1334 Tutbury Castle, Tutbury, Staffordshire, England; Mary Plantagenet
b.1320 Tutbury Castle; d/o Henry Plantagenet and Maud de Chaworth
d.Sept. 1, 1362
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b.Nov. 10, 1341 of Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England; s/o Henry de Percy and Mary Plantagenet
d.Feb. 19. 1407 Bramham Moor, Bramham, Yorkshire, England
m.July 12, 1358 Brancepeth, Durham, England; Margaret Neville
b.Feb. 12, 1341 of Raby, Durham, England; d/o Ralph Neville and Alice Audley
d.May 12, 1372
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b.May 20, 1364 Alnwick, Northumberland, England; s/o Henry de Percy and Margaret Neville
d.July 21, 1403 Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
m.Dec. 10, 1379 Usk, Monmouthshire, England; Elizabeth Mortimer
b.Feb. 12, 1370/1371 Usk, Monmoughshire, England; d/o Edmund "The Good" de Mortimer and Philippa Plantagenet
d.April 20, 1317
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b.Feb. 3, 1392 Alnwick, Norhumberland, England; s/o Henry "Hotspur" de Percy and Elizabeth Mortimer
d.May 22, 1455 Battle of St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England
bur.St. Albans Abbey Church, Herfordshire, England
m.abt.Oct. 1414 Alwick, Northumberland, England; Eleanor Neville
b.abt.1407 of Raby, Durham, England; d/o Ralph de Neville and Joan de Beaufort
d.1472 England
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b.July 25, 1421 Leconfield, Yorkshire, England; s/o Henry de Percy and Eleanor Neville
d.March 29, 1461 of Towtown, Yorkshire, England
m.abt.1446; Eleanor Poynings
b.abt.1421/1422 England; d/o Richard Poynings and Alianore (Ellanora) Berkeley
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