In Scarlet towne, where I was borne,
There was a faire maid dwellin,
Made every youth crye, wel-awaye!
Her name was Barbara Allen.
        (Barbara Allen's Cruelty, 1-4)

1. Barbara Allen's Cruelty
2. The Bonny Earl of Murray
3. Edward, Edward
4. Sweet William's Ghost

Biographical information

Given name: Thomas
Family name: Percy
Birth date: 13 April 1729
Death date: 30 September 1811
Nationality: English
Family relations
          wife: Anne Percy (from 1759)
          daughter: Barbara Isted
          daughter: Elizabeth Meade
Languages
          English
          Latin
          Greek
Education
          Bridgnorth grammar school
          Christ Church, Oxford (B.A.): 1746 to 1750
          Christ Church, Oxford (M.A.): 1750 to 1753
          Emmanuel College, Cambridge (D.D.) to 1770
Literary period: Romantic
Occupations
          Bishop to 1782
          Dean
Residences
          Cartway Street, Bridgnorth, Shropshire: 13 April 1729
          Easton-Maudit, Northamptonshire: 1753 to 1782
          Dromore, Ireland: 1782 to 1811
Illness: Blindness: 1804
Buried at: Dromore Cathedral
First RPO edition: 1997