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Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families Douglas Richardson (2013):
ALAN DE PERCY, of Topcliffe, Yorkshire, son and heir.
He married EMMA DE GANT (or GAUNT), daughter of Gilbert de Gant, of Folkingham, Lincolnshire, by Alice, daughter of Hugues, seigneur of Montfort-sur-Risle. Her maritagium included land in Wold Newton, Ganton, and Staxton, and presumably also in Horkstow, Lincolnshire.
They had six sons,
1. William,
2. Walter,
3. Geoffrey,
4. Henry,
5. Alan, and
6. Robert,
and
7. one daughter.
By an unknown mistress (or mistresses),
he also had two illegitimate sons,
1. Alan, Knt., and
2. Geoffrey. (Godfrey?)*
(Note: the ancestral name Galfrid translates to Geoffrey (English) and also Godfrey -this may be one person with name variations.
see Wikipedia : the Name Galfrid, in sources)
His dispute with the bishop of Durham for lands in the soke of Welton was settled in 1100 by their restoration by King William II to the bishop. He confirmed his father's gifts to Whitby Abbey and made several additions, and was a benefactor of St. Peter's Hospital, York. In 1121 he was present at Durham with other magnates when the monks of Durham asserted their claim to the patronage of Tynemouth Priory. He witnessed notifications issued by King Henry I at Portsmouth, 1109-14, Winchester, 1115-16, and Rockingham, 1126-29. He and his son, William, gave land in Holme on the Wolds to Haslat de Leconfield.
ALAN DE PERCY was living in 1130, and died not later than Dec. 1135.
In Feb. 1135/6 King Stephen confirmed the benefactions made to Whitby Abbey by Alan de Percy and by his father, William de Percy. He was buried at Whitby Abbey.
In 1140 his widow, Emma, quitclaimed to John, Abbot of Fountains, two bovates of land in Merston, Yorkshire. At an unknown date, she gave a carucate of land to Bridlington Priory, with the assent of her son, William.
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Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
ALAN de Percy, son of WILLIAM de Percy & his wife Emma de Port (-[1130/Jul 1138], bur [Reading/Whitby]). A charter listing the property of Whitby Monastery names ”Alaneo de Perci” as son of “Willielmus de Perci cognomento Algernuus” & his wife[830]. “Willelmus de Perci” donated property to the monks of Whitby “et Serloni priori fratri meo”, for the souls of “…Emma de Port uxore mea et Alano de Perci filio meo”, by charter dated to [1090/96], witnessed by “Emma de Port uxor mea, Alanus, Walterus et Willielmus filii mei, Ernaldus de Perci…”[831]. ”Henricus filius Henrici de Percy” confirmed donations of property to Whitby by charter dated 20 Apr 1308, among which two donations by “Alanus de Percy”, for the souls of “Willielmi de Percy patris mei et Emmæ de Porte matris meæ”, the first witnessed by “Willielmus et Ricardus fratres mei, Pyeot de Percy…” and the second by “Willielmus, Walterus et Ricardus de Percy fratres mei, Robertus de Bruse…Pycot de Percy…”[832]. "…Alano de Perceio…" witnessed the charter dated 1126 under which Henry I King of England confirmed a donation to Worksop priory[833]. “Alanus de Perci et…Willelmus de Perci filius eius” granted property to “Haslat de Lecingfeld” by charter dated to [1130/38][834].
"Walter de Gaunt" founded Bridlington priory, with the assent of Henry I King of England, by undated charter, witnessed by "Alan de Percy…Walter de Percy…"[835]. The History of the foundation of Whitby Monastery names ”Alanum de Percy et Richardum fratrum eius” as the children of “Willielmus de Percy”, adding that Alan died without heirs and was buried at Whitby[836], but the fact that he died childless is contradicted by other charters quoted here. The 1130 Pipe Roll records "Alan de Pci" in Yorkshire, Northumberland[837]. A manuscript genealogy of the Percy family records that “Alanum de Percy”, son of “Willielmus de Percy”, was buried “apud Radinges”[838].
m EMMA de Gant, daughter of [GILBERT van Gent & his wife Alice de Montfort-sur-Risle]. A charter dated to [1190/95] confirmed a donation of property to the canons of Bridlington by “Emma de Gant…et Willelmus de Percy filius eius”[839]. The primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified. However, it is chronologically consistent for her to have been the daughter of Gilbert van Gent. It should be noted that "Alan de Percy…" was the first witness in a charter under which his supposed brother-in-law "Walter de Gaunt" founded Bridlington priory, with the assent of Henry I King of England[840].
Alan & his wife had [four] children:
1. WILLIAM de Percy of Topcliffe, Yorkshire (-[1174/75], bur Whitby). ..
2. WALTER de Percy (-after 1153). ..
3. HENRY de Percy . ..
4. GEOFFREY de Percy. … It is not known whether Geoffrey was his father´s legitimate or illegitimate son.
Alan de Percy had one illegitimate son by an unknown mistress:
5. ALAN de Percy .
From Findagrave;
Allan was the son of William de Percy and Emma de Port. Allan's father died in 1096 at Mt. Joy near Jerusalem, in the Holy Land, his body was buried there and his heart was brought back and buried in Whitby Abbey.
Allan married Emma de Gaunt about 1087 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire County, England. She was the daughter of Gilbert de Gaunt and Alice de Montfort.
They were the parents of at least six children
*William
*Walter
*Geoffrey
*Henry
*Robert
*Gamel Pennington aka Penintone
General Notes: Alan de Percy, "The Great Alan" seems to have been of age in 1100, when he was party to a dispute with the Bishop of Durham which was resolved in the Bishop's favor by William II (Rufus); a benefactor to St Peter's Hosp, York |