William de Percy (died 1245), sixth
feudal baron of Topcliffe, was an English noble.
His father Henry de Percy was a son of
Joscelin of Louvain and Agnes de Percy, while his mother Isabel de Brus was the daughter of Adam II de Brus, 3rd Lord of Skelton and great-granddaughter of
Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale
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, belonging to an English branch of the same family that yielded
Clan Bruce
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of Scotland. 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
Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Alnwick (25 March 1273 – October 1314) was a medieval English magnate.
He fought under Edward I of England, King Edward I of England in Wales and Scotland and was granted extensive estates in Scotland, wh ...
of Alnwick)
*
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
References
*Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960.
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Year of birth unknown
1245 deaths
William
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13th-century English nobility