How to Pronounce William Percy (bishop)
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Apr 01, 1428 Died on 26 Apr 1462 (aged 34)
Bishop of Carlisle
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About William Percy Bishop
- William Percy (7 April 1428 at Alnwick Castle – 26 April 1462) was a late medieval Bishop of Carlisle.
- He was the fifth son of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, and his wife Lady Eleanor Neville.
- Percy was in 1451 appointed to be 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 Bishopric of Coventry and Lichfield.
- Percy was consecrated between 16 November and 18 December 1452.
- He died on 26 April 1462.
