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William de Percy Domesday
d. 1096
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1096
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William de Percy, called Als-gernons for his whiskers, came from Normandy with the Conqueror and held over a hundred manors in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire at Domesday. Above him the family's Norman origins give out.
Research notes
WILLIAM de PERCY (d. c.1096), DOMESDAY tenant-in-chief of ~118 manors, founder of the English Percys, from Percy in Normandy; father of Alan de Percy (our line). *** DOCUMENTED HEAD of the Percy line; Norman origins above note-only. Direct ancestor.