# Ralph Percy > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ralph_Percy > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ralph_Percy.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Percy > Source revision: 1356398169 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|English noble (1425–1464)}} {{about|the historical figure, Ralph Percy|the current Duke of Northumberland|Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Sir Ralph Percy''' (11 August 1425 – 25 April 1464) was an English nobleman of the [House of Percy](/source/House_of_Percy), a [knight](/source/knight), a Governor of [Bamburgh Castle](/source/Bamburgh_Castle) and a supporter of the [Lancastrian](/source/House_of_Lancaster) faction in the [Wars of the Roses](/source/Wars_of_the_Roses). Percy was the son of [Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland](/source/Henry_Percy%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Northumberland) and [Lady Eleanor Neville](/source/Eleanor_Neville%2C_Countess_of_Northumberland), and the grandson of Sir [Henry "Hotspur" Percy](/source/Henry_Hotspur_Percy). ==Family== Percy married, firstly, Eleanor Acton and they had six children: # Sir Ralph PercyClay, John William; The Extinct and Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England; 1913 # Peter Percy{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} # Sir Henry Percy # George Percy # John Percy{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} # 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](/source/Henry_Percy%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Northumberland) and [Eleanor Neville, Countess of Northumberland](/source/Eleanor_Neville%2C_Countess_of_Northumberland). He had three brothers, [Henry](/source/Henry_Percy%2C_3rd_Earl_of_Northumberland), [Thomas](/source/Thomas_Percy%2C_1st_Baron_Egremont) and Richard. Ralph, Thomas and Richard participated in the [Percy-Neville feud](/source/Percy-Neville_feud), fighting at Stamford Bridge, where he and Thomas were taken prisoner in 1454. He was freed after Henry VI regained his sanity and [the Duke of York](/source/Richard_of_York%2C_3rd_Duke_of_York) dismissed as protector. His father Henry was killed at the [First Battle of St Albans](/source/First_Battle_of_St_Albans) in 1455. Four years later the Yorkists were charged with treason, and they fled, following the [Rout of Ludford Bridge](/source/Rout_of_Ludford_Bridge). However, when the Yorkists returned, Thomas was killed at the [Battle of Northampton](/source/Battle_of_Northampton_(1460)). [Queen Margaret](/source/Margaret_of_Anjou) raised an army for the Lancastrian cause in the north, and the Percies joined her. Following victories at the [Battle of Worksop](/source/Battle_of_Worksop) and the [Battle of Wakefield](/source/Battle_of_Wakefield), where the enemy leader [Richard of York](/source/Richard_of_York) was killed, and a victory at the [Second Battle of St Albans](/source/Second_Battle_of_St_Albans), the Lancastrian cause was on the rise, but, at the disastrous [Battle of Towton](/source/Battle_of_Towton), his brothers were killed and he went into exile. During 1462 and 1463, the Lancastrians attempted to destabilise the kingdom, which was ruled by their [Yorkist](/source/House_of_York) enemy, [Edward IV](/source/Edward_IV_of_England). These attempts were concentrated in the north of England and directed by the Lancastrian Queen, [Margaret of Anjou](/source/Margaret_of_Anjou) ([Henry VI](/source/Henry_VI_of_England)'s wife). The [Earl of Warwick](/source/Richard_Neville%2C_16th_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 who, in a policy of conciliation, returned Percy's lands, and control of both Bamburgh and [Dunstanburgh Castle](/source/Dunstanburgh_Castle)s, to him. Fighting in the north continued, exacerbated by a Scottish invasion led by [James III](/source/James_III_of_Scotland), [Margaret of Anjou](/source/Margaret_of_Anjou) and [Henry VI](/source/Henry_VI_of_England) in 1463. When the Scots sued for peace, [Lord Montague](/source/John_Neville%2C_1st_Marquess_of_Montagu) was sent to arrange terms. On 25 April 1464, Montague was on his way to [Norham](/source/Norham). Percy and the [Duke of Somerset](/source/Henry_Beaufort%2C_3rd_Duke_of_Somerset) (who had surrendered and sworn allegiance with Percy), forswearing their oaths, attacked Montague with 5,000 men. The site of that battle was [Hedgeley Moor](/source/Battle_of_Hedgeley_Moor), seven miles south of [Wooler](/source/Wooler). Percy led Somerset's vanguard and was killed. ==Ancestry== {{ahnentafel |collapsed=yes |align=center |boxstyle_1=background-color: #fcc; |boxstyle_2=background-color: #fb9; |boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc; |boxstyle_4=background-color: #bfc; |boxstyle_5=background-color: #9fe; |1= 1. '''Sir Ralph Percy''' |2= 2. [Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland](/source/Henry_Percy%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Northumberland) |3= 3. [Lady Eleanor Neville](/source/Eleanor_Neville%2C_Countess_of_Northumberland) |4= 4. [Henry Hotspur Percy](/source/Henry_Hotspur_Percy) |5= 5. Lady Elizabeth Mortimer |6= 6. [Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland](/source/Ralph_de_Neville%2C_1st_Earl_of_Westmorland) |7= 7. [Lady Joan Beaufort](/source/Joan_Beaufort%2C_Countess_of_Westmorland) |8= 8. [Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland](/source/Henry_Percy%2C_1st_Earl_of_Northumberland) |9= 9. Lady Margaret Neville |10= 10. [Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March](/source/Edmund_Mortimer%2C_3rd_Earl_of_March) |11= 11. [Philippa Plantagenet, 5th Countess of Ulster](/source/Philippa_Plantagenet%2C_5th_Countess_of_Ulster) |12= 12. [John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby](/source/John_Neville%2C_3rd_Baron_Neville_de_Raby) |13= 13. Lady Maud Percy |14= 14. [John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster](/source/John_of_Gaunt%2C_1st_Duke_of_Lancaster) |15= 15. [Katherine Swynford](/source/Katherine_Swynford) |16= 16. Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy son of 26 and 27 |17= 17. [Mary of Lancaster](/source/Mary_of_Lancaster) |18= 18. [Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby](/source/Ralph_Neville%2C_2nd_Baron_Neville_de_Raby) |19= 19. Alice Audley |20= 20. [Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March](/source/Roger_Mortimer%2C_2nd_Earl_of_March) |21= 21. Lady Philippa Montagu |22= 22. [Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence](/source/Lionel_of_Antwerp%2C_1st_Duke_of_Clarence) son of 28 and 29 |23= 23. [Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster](/source/Elizabeth_de_Burgh%2C_4th_Countess_of_Ulster) |24= 24. [Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby](/source/Ralph_Neville%2C_2nd_Baron_Neville_de_Raby) = 18 |25= 25. Alice Audley = 19 |26= 26. Henry de Percy, 2nd Baron Percy |27= 27. Idoine de Clifford |28= 28. [Edward III of England](/source/Edward_III_of_England) |29= 29. [Philippa of Hainault](/source/Philippa_of_Hainault) |30= 30. Payne de Roet }} ==References== {{Reflist}} * {{cite book |last=Collins |year=1812 |first=Arthur |title=Collins's Peerage of England |volume=2 |editor=Egerton Brydges |place=London |url={{googlebooks|rhIwAAAAYAAJ|plainurl=y}} |editor-link=Egerton Brydges |authorlink=Arthur Collins (antiquarian) }} * {{cite ODNB |last=Hammond |year=2004 |first=P.W. |title=Percy, Sir Ralph (1425–1464), soldier |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-21951%23odnb-9780198614128-e-21951 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190209162657/http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-21951%23odnb-9780198614128-e-21951 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2019-02-09 |type=online |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/21951 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Percy, Ralph}} Category:1425 births Category:1464 deaths Category:English military personnel killed in action Category:People of the Wars of the Roses Ralph Percy Category:Younger sons of earls --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ralph Percy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Percy) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Percy?action=history)). 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