• General Notes

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  TITL Borthwick, Richard
  contributor to soc.genealogy.medieval rgbor@@CYLLENE.UWA.EDU.AU   MEDI Electronic
  TEXT no parents
  TITL History of the House of Percy      PUBL London, 1902      MEDI Book
  TEXT d 1096, no place
  TITL Complete Peerage       AUTH G.E. Cockayne
  PUBL St. Catherine Press, 29 Great Queen St, Kingsway, W.C. 1959          excellent
  Mid-Continent Library Genealogy Reference section, Independence, MO     MEDI Book
  TEXT d. 1096, no place
  TITL Borthwick, Richard
  contributor to soc.genealogy.medieval rgbor@@CYLLENE.UWA.EDU.AU       MEDI Electronic
  _FA1  PLAC Companion to William the Conqueror.
  _FA2  PLAC Died on First Crusade.
  _FA3  PLAC 1st Baron.
  MEDI BookOn the Percies: The founder of the family was a Danish chieftain, Manfred, who die d in 880. His son, Galfred, was a general of Rollo's in Normandy. The next of importance woul d be William,  who came with the Conqueror , and who was the first Lord Percy. He died in 109 7. The descendants of his son, Alan, founded the Percies of Heyshott and William's son, Richa rd, founded the Percies of  Dunsley. Of the Children of William II, only daughters survived a nd of these only one had children.  She married Josceline de Lovain, brother of Adeliza, seco nd wife of Henry II. Josceline  changed his name to Henry de Percy and the line continued.  G .E.Cokayne--Complete Peerage is a good source if you read the  footnotes.
  "Ancestral Roots" 7th Edition
  "Magna Charta Sureties 1215" 4th Edition
  "Americans of Royal Descent" 7th Edition
  "Historical Southern Families" Vol. II
  "Complete Peerage"
  Schwennicke (ed.) Europaische Stammtafeln, iii, 710-712, lists from William de Percy, m. Emm a de Port down to Henry de Percy m. Eleanor de Poynings.

Details of William de's family with Emma de Port