William Percy (bishop): Difference between revisions

{{otherpeopleOther people|William Percy}}

| See name =[[Diocese ofWilliam Carlisle]]Percy

| Title title = [[Bishop of Carlisle]]

| Period image = 1452–1462

| predecessoralt = [[Nicholas Close]] =

| successor caption =[[John Kingscote]]

| ordinationreligion = Catholic

| bishops archdiocese =

| postdiocese = =

'''William Percy''' was(7 aApril late1428 medievalat [[BishopAlnwick of CarlisleCastle]].&nbsp;– Born26 atApril [[Alnwick1462) Castle]]was ona thelate 7thmedieval April[[Bishop 1428,of heCarlisle]]. He was the fifth son of [[Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland]], and his wife [[Eleanor PercyNeville, Countess of Northumberland|Lady Eleanor Neville]]. Percy was in 1451 appointed to be [[List of Chancellors of the University of Cambridge|Chancellor of the University of Cambridge]], a post he held until 1456.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} He was selected 30 August 1452 to be Bishop of Carlisle following the appointment of his predecessor [[Nicholas Close]] to the [[Bishop of Lichfield|Bishopric of Coventry and Lichfield]]. Percy was consecrated between 16 November and 18 December 1452. He died on 26 April 1462.<ref name=Handbook236>Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 236</ref>

==NotesCitations==

* {{cite book |authorauthor1=Fryde, E. B. |coauthorsauthor2=Greenway, D. E.; |author3=Porter, S.; |author4=Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology|edition=Third revised |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge, UK |year=1996 |isbn=0-521-56350-X }}

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