Known as Bodeltone in the book. After the Norman Conquest, William (Guillaume) de Malet, High Sheriff of Yorkshire held the village. He was one of William the Conqueror's chief lieutenants in 1066 and fought in the Battle Of Hastings, 1066, thought to have been charged with the body of King Harold following the battle.
After the capture of York, William was appointed as High Sheriff. He was taken prisoner when the garrison was attacked and defeated by a strong force of Danes and English in 1069. After gaining his freedom he lost his sheriffdom and some of his lands and died in 1071 before the Domesday survey was taken.
The Domesday Book shows that the estate at this time is held by Robert de Percy, heir of Henry de Percy, Baron of Topcliffe. The Percy family, originated from the town of Percy, Normandy. William de Percy, 1st Baron Percy, was the founder of the House of Percy. In 1377, Henry Percy was made Earl of Northumberland.
Bolton Percy passed from the Percy family to the Vesci Family, Lords of Rotherham, a powerful south Yorkshire family with links toRoche Abbey near Malton. With no heir to pass the estate on to Bolton Percy next passed to their relatives the Beaumonts.
Henry Lord Beaumont was granted charter of free warren, by Edward 1, to all of his estates, he was killed at the Battle of Northampton, War of the Roses attempting to save the king from the Yorkists.
William, 2nd Viscount Beaumont, fought in many battles of the War of the Roses, fighting on the Lancastrian side. He fought at the Battle of Towton, known to be the most brutal and bloodiest battle fought on English soil. Here he was captured and taken prisoner in 1461. When he was pardoned his lands were taken from him and granted to Lord Hastings. William, knighted during the war, had his lands restored to him when Henry IV was restored to the throne. In 1474 he was taken prisoner again at Hammes but once again had his lands and titles restored by an Act of Parliament in 1485. The Beaumonts have links to Carlton Towers through the marriage (around 1476) of Joan, niece of the second and last Viscount Beaumont to Brian Stapleton ( who's family inherited the Carlton estate in 1301).
The Lordship passed to the Fairfax family who have been identified with the village for several centuries. Ferdinaldo Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron was a member of parliament and served as a soldier for the parliamentarian forces in the 1642 English Civil War. In 1644 he was made Governor of York. He died in 1648 and is buried in Bolton Percy.
The Church of All Saints was consecrated in 1424 and is known to have replaced an earlier church.
The 15 Century gatehouse is a grade II* listed building of timber construction.
Further information:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ARY/Boltonpercy/Boltonpercy90.html
http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/English%20sites/4438.html