Sir Richard de Percy (c. 1170–1244), 5th Baron Percy, was a Magnate from the North of

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, and a participant in the

First Barons' War The First Barons' War (1215–1217) was a civil war in the Kingdom of England in which a group of rebellious major landowners (commonly referred to as English feudal barony, barons) led by Robert Fitzwalter waged war against John of England, K ...

. He was the son of Agnes de Perci, ''suo jure'' Baroness Percy, the heiress of the Percy estates, and her husband Joscelin of Louvain (1121–1180), who was styled "brother of the queen" (referring to

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, second wife of Henry I). It is from this marriage descends the

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, following the assumption of the name Percy by Louvain.Brenan, Gerald. Lindsay, W.A.edit.-''A History of the House of Percy, II Vols.'' Freemantle, London 1902, Vol. I, p. 14 & 17 Percy was one of the twenty five barons appointed to enforce the observance of

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. Along with his nephew William (c. 1183–1245), latterly the 6th Baron Percy, he was amongst the lords who rose in arms against King John and his estates declared forfeit. Upon John's death Percy immediately made his peace with Henry III, and had his lands restored to him. Baron Percy died in 1244, and is buried at

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