William de Percy

Other Events and Attributes:

• Knighted: 1257
• Military: 1257

Notes:

Birth: Weis (1982) gives his birth date as 1228.

Name:
Sir Henry was the 7th Baron Percy.

Military:
He was summoned to fight in Wales in 1257, and the next year, 1258, he was among the nobles sent to help the King of Scotland. In 1264, during the Barons' War, he accompanied the King to the siege of Northampton. He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Lewes in 1264, and freed after the battle of Eversham in 1265.

Henry married Eleanor de Warenne on 8 Sep 1268 in York, Yorkshire, England. Eleanor (daughter of Sir John de Warrenne, Earl of Surrey and Alice de Lusignan) was born in 1251; was buried in Sawley Abbey, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Living: 1282

Notes:

Name:
He was the 6th Baron Percy.

William married Eleanor de Baliol. Eleanor (daughter of Ingelram de Baliol and Agnes de Berkeley) died before 22 Nov 1281. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
She was also known as Ellen.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 1254, Gascony, France; In 1254, he accompanied Edward, prince of Wales to Gascony.
• Title(s): 1254, Spain; He was knighted by Edward, Prince of Wales.
• Military: Sep 1255, Gascony, France; He accompanied Edward, prince of Wales to Gascony.
• Military: 1257; He went to Almain in 1257 with Richard, Earl of Cornwall, King elect of the Romans. In 1263, he joined with Simon de Montfort and Prince Edward and fought in the Battle of Lewes on 14 May. Upon losing the battle, he and the Kings's brothers fled to pevensey. In 1265, he fought in the Battle of Evesham under Prince Edward. The next year he commanded the royalist forces at Chesterfield. He received pardon for his actions in 1267, and the next year on 24 June he took up the cross. It appears however that he never went on Crusade. Two years later, in 1269, he violently quarreled with Sir Alan la Zouche in Westminster Hall, the result being that Sir Alan died of his wounds. Sir Alan's son barely escaped with his life. Earl John fled to Reigate being perused by Prince Edward. He begged for mercy, and on 4 August 1270, was pardoned, having agreed to pay a large sum to the King. Four days after the King's death, Sir John swore allegiance to Prince Edward. As Prince Edward was at that time returning home from Crusade, Earl John was appointed one of the Guardians of the Realm. In 1277 and 1294, he was summoned to serve against the Welsh, and was summoned to serve against the Scots in 1291, 1297, and 1300.
• Military: 27 Apr 1296; On 27 April 1296, Earl John defeated the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar. The next year in August his advance guard under Henry de Percy was attacked, though the attack was repelled. He continued on the Battle of Sterling, where he was defeated on 10 September 1269. He fled to Berwick, but he soon abandoned it. Later he commanded the rear guard at the Battle of Falkirk on 22 July 1298. He commanded the second division at the siege of Caerlaverock Castle in 1300.
• Offices Held: 3 Sep 1296; He became the Keeper of the Realm of Scotland.

Notes:

Name:
His other titles were Baron of Lewes and Constable of Bamborough Castle.

Buried:
He was buried before the high altar.

John married Alice de Lusignan in Aug 1247 in England. Alice (daughter of Hugh X "le Brun" de Lusignan, Count de la Marche and Angoulême and Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England) died on 9 Feb 1255 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Weis (1982) gives her death as 1291.

Name:
Her name was also spelt "Alfais de Lusignan".

Henry married Isabel de Brus. Isabel (daughter of Adam de Brus and Joanna de Meschines) was buried in Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Living: 1230

Ingelram married Agnes de Berkeley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: 1197; In 1197 at Rouen, he witnessed a charter for Richard I. He had seisin of his father's lands in 1202, and two years later in 1204, he was granted a yearly fair at Wakefield. Having lost his lands in Normandy, the King, in 1205, granted him Grantham and Stamford in Lincolnshire in compensation. Earl William owed 100 marks in 1206 for an advance he received at Poitou, and another 100 marks for robes provided him at Poitou. He was directed to escort the King of Scots to York in 1206.
• History: 1213; He was a witness to King John's submission to the Pope in 1213, and took part in the seizure of London on 24 May 1215. Earl William was one of the Barons at the signing of the Magna Carta at Runnymede on 15 June 1215.
• History: 1217; He took part in the naval battle, which defeated Eustace the Monk in 1217. He was appointed to meet the King of Scotland at Berwick in 1220. Three years later, in 1223, he went on pilgrimage to St. James Santiago in Spain and St. John.
• History: 1236; He took the part of the Butler at the Coronation of Queen Eleanor of Provence.

William married Maud Marshall, Countess of Norfolk in 1225 in Surrey, England. Maud (daughter of Sir William the Marshal, Earl of Pembroke and Isabel de Clare, Countess Strigoil) died on 27 Mar 1248. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Offices Held: 1245; In 1245, her brother, Anselm, died, and as his heir, she became Marshal of England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: birth to death

Notes:

History:
His full title was Count de Lusignan, Count la Marche and Angoulême, and Lord of Lusignan.

Hugh married Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England in 1217. Isabella (daughter of Aymer de Valence, Count of Angoulême and Alice de Courtenay) was born in 1188; died on 31 May 1246; was buried in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: She was the heiress of Angoulême.