Birth date:
1729
Death date:
1811
Birth town:
Country:
England
Thomas Percy was born on the 13th of April 1729 in Bridgnorth, Shropshire. He was educated at Bridgnorth Grammar School, later attending Christ Church, Oxford to receive a B.A. (1746 to 1750), again for an M.A. (1750 to 1753) and Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1770 for a D.D.. He was fluent in English, Latin and Greek. Between 1753 and 1782 he lived in Easton-Maudit, Northamptonshire.
He was Protestant bishop of Dromore, before becoming a Dean. He married Anne Percy in 1759, and went on to become the father to two daughters; Barbara Isted and Elizabeth Meade. He died on the 30th of September in 1811 in Dromore, Ireland, and was subsequently buried at Dromore Cathedral.
Poems by this Poet
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| Barbara Allen's Cruelty | 31 July 2013 |
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| Edward, Edward | 31 July 2013 |
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| King Arthur's Death | 31 July 2013 |
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| King Ryence's Challenge | 31 July 2013 |
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| Sir Lancelot Du Lake | 31 July 2013 |
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| Sweet William's Ghost | 31 July 2013 |
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| The Bonny Earl of Murray | 31 July 2013 |
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| The Boy and the Mantle | 31 July 2013 |
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| The Legend of King Arthur | 31 July 2013 |
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| The Marriage of Sir Gawaine | 31 July 2013 |
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