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  • Story: Biography Of Sir Walter Perceval And Alice De Acton

    <p><span>(Information from The Historic Genealogy of the Lowells of America from 1639 to 1899 by Delmar R. Lowell, 1899)</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span>Sir Walter Perceval was born in 1325 to Sir John Perceval and Millicent de Santo Mauro.<span>&nbsp; </span>He married Alice Acton and after his father&#39;s death in 1339 he inherited Eastbury.<span>&nbsp; </span>Later Weston-in-Gordano came into his possession.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span>In 1346 at age 21 he was knighted on the field of battle by King Edward II (1327 - 1377).<span>&nbsp; </span>The battle was Cressy at </span><span>Agincourt</span><span> where outnumbered English bowmen wiped out the attacking French mounted knights.<span>&nbsp; </span>It was one of a series of battles collectively known as the Hundred Years War.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span>Walter and Alice had at least one son named Ralph who was born in 1347.<span>&nbsp; </span>Walter died in 1349 at age 24 most likely from the Black Death which struck </span><span>England</span><span> in that year.<span>&nbsp; </span>The Black Death was the first appearance of the bubonic plague which killed off a quarter of the population of </span><span>Europe</span><span>.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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