Sir Ralph Percy (11 August 1425 – 25 April 1464) was an English nobleman of the House of Percy, a knight, a Governor of Bamburgh Castle and a supporter of the Lancastrian faction in the Wars of the Roses. Percy was the son of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland and Lady Eleanor Neville, and the grandson of Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy.
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Family
Percy married, firstly, Eleanor Acton and they had six children:
Sir Ralph Percy
Peter Percy
Sir Henry Percy
George Percy
John Percy
Margaret Percy
Sir Ralph married, secondly Jane Teye. They had a child, Catherine Percy.
Career
Ralph was born on 11 August 1425 to Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland and Eleanor Neville, Countess of Northumberland. He had three brothers, Henry, Thomas and Richard.
Ralph, Thomas and Richard participated in the Percy-Neville feud, fighting at Stamford Bridge, where he and Thomas were taken prisoner in 1454. He was freed after Henry VI regained his sanity and the Duke of York dismissed as protector.