William Percy (bishop): Difference between revisions

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'''William Percy''' was a late medieval [[Bishop of Carlisle]]. Born at [[Alnwick Castle]] on the 7th April 1428, he was the fifth son of [[Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland]], and his wife [[Eleanor Percy, 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. 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>