Ralph Percy
Sir Ralph Percy (11 August 1425 – 25 April 1464) was an English nobleman of the
Family
Percy married, firstly, Eleanor Acton and they had six children:
- Sir Ralph Percy[1]
- Peter Percy[citation needed]
- Sir Henry Percy
- George Percy
- John Percy[citation needed]
- Margaret Percy
Sir Ralph married, secondly Jane Teye. They had a child, Catherine Percy.
Career
Ralph was born on 11 August 1425 to Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland and Eleanor Neville, Countess of Northumberland. He had three brothers, Henry, Thomas and Richard. Ralph, Thomas and Richard participated in the
The Earl of Warwick led campaigns to neutralise the Lancastrians in the north in the early 1460s. As a result, Sir Ralph Percy surrendered Bamburgh Castle to Edward IV, on Christmas Eve 1462 in return for a free pardon. Sir Ralph swore allegiance to Edward IV and, as part of Edward IV's policy of conciliation, Percy's lands were then returned to him. Sir Ralph took control of both Bamburgh and Dunstanburgh Castles, under his surrender agreement with Edward.
Fighting in the north continued, exacerbated by a Scottish invasion led by James III, Margaret of Anjou and Henry VI in 1463. When the Scots sued for peace, Lord Montague was sent to arrange terms. On 25 April 1464, Montague was on his way to Norham. The Duke of Somerset (who had surrendered and sworn allegiance with Percy) and Percy, forswearing their oaths, attacked Montague with 5,000 men. The site of that battle was Hedgeley Moor, seven miles south of Wooler. Percy led Somerset's vanguard and was killed.
Ancestry
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References
- ^ Clay, John William; The Extinct and Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England; 1913
- Collins, Arthur (1812). Egerton Brydges (ed.). Collins's Peerage of England. Vol. 2. London.
- Hammond, P.W. (2004). "Percy, Sir Ralph (1425–1464), soldier". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21951. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)