Sir John de Welles, Baron de Welles

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• Military: 1374; In the 47th year of the reign of Edward III, Lord de Welles served in the expedition to Flanders in the retinue of John, the Duke of Lancaster. In the first year of the reign of Richard II, he served in the war in France. A year later, he was in the garrison of Berwick under Henry Percy, the Earl of Northumberland.
• Offices Held: 20 Jan 1376; He was summoned to parliament from 20 January 1376 to 26 February 1421.
• History: say 1380; John de Welles obtained license to travel abroad, and he returned in the eighth year of the reign of Richard II. He quickly obtained leave to return to defend his honor, having received an affront from a knight in France. Later he went to Scotland, and in the 18th year of the reign of Richard II, he was the ambassador to Scotland. During this time at a banquet where the talk was of feats of arms, he exclaimed, "Let words have no place; if ye know not the chivalry and valiant deeds of Englishmen, appoint me a day and place when ye list, and ye shall have experience." David, Earl of Crawford, accepted the challenge, and London Bridge appointed as the place of combat. They fought on St. George’s Day, with Earl David the victor. John had a spear broken on his helm in the first run. He was unhorsed in the third run. Earl David, immediately dismounted, and embraced Lord Welles, that all might know that there was no animosity between them.

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Birth: Welles (1874) gives his birth year as 1350.

John married Eleanor de Mowbray before May 1368 in England. Eleanor (daughter of John de Mowbray, Lord Mowbray and Elizabeth de Segrave, Baroness Segrave) was born about 25 Mar 1364 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Margret de Welles
2. Eudo de Welles died before 1421 in England.
3. Anne de Welles
4. Eleanor de Welle died on after7 Nov 1458 in England.

John married Margery before 13 Aug 1417 in England. Margery died on 8 Apr 1426 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Legal: 1345; He was a minor at the time of his father's death. He was made a ward o fMargaret, the widow of William, Lord Ros of Hamlake.
• Land/House: 1356; In the 29th year of the reign of Edward III, John came of age, and did homage for and had livery of his lands.
• Offices Held: 15 Dec 1357; He was summoned to parliament from 15 December 1357 to 20 November 1360.
• Military: 1359; In the 33rd year of the reign of Edward III, he was part of the expedition to Gascony.

John married Maud de Ros. Maud (daughter of William de Ros, Lord Ros of Helmsley and Margery de Badlesmere) died on 9 Dec 1388 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Land/House: 20 Aug 1326; In the 20th year of the reign of Edward II (1326), Adam came of age, and did homage for and had livery of his lands.
• Offices Held: 20 Jul 1332; He was summoned to parliament from 20 July 1332 to 20 April 1343.
• Military: 1333; In the seventh year of the reign of Edward III, Baron de Welles was in the wars of Scotland. Two years later he again went to Scotland. In the 16th year and 17th years of the reign of Edward III, he was in charge of ten men-at-arms and ten archers in France.
• History: 1336; In 1336, a council was called of the Lords, Barons, and Prelates to study passages between the King of France and David Bruce. Baron Adam de Welles was part of this council.
• Will: 24 Feb 1344
• Probate/Proved: 4 Apr 1345, Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England

Adam married Margaret before 1334. Margaret (daughter of John, Lord Bardolf) was born in 1308 in Wormegay, Norfolk, England; died in Feb 1345 in Aby with Greenfield, Lincolnshire, England; was buried in Lady Chapel at Greenfield Priory, Greenfield, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Last Full Review: 12 Aug 2020

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History:
In 1313, he was one of the noblemen appointed a commissioner to negotiate peace with Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland.

In 1316, he became the the third Baron de Ros of Helmsley upon the death of his father.

From 1316 to 1335, he served in Scotland.

From 20 November 1317 to 12 September 1342, he was a Member of Parliament.

In 1326, he was the Sheriff of Yorkshire.

William married Margery de Badlesmere in 1325. Margery (daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, Lord Baddlesmere and Margaret de Clare) was born in 1306 in Badlesmere, Kent, England; died on 18 Oct 1363. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military: 1294; In the 22ed year of the reign of Edward I, Adam was in the retinue of William de Vasci fighting in Gascony, France.
• Military: 22 Jul 1298; At the Battle of Falkirk, 22 July 1298, he fought in the King's division.
• Title(s): 1299; He was created the Baron de Welles.
• Offices Held: 6 Feb 1299; 1299- Constable of Rockingham Castle and Warden of the Forest.
• Military: 1300; He was in the wars of Scotland and again in 1301 and 1302.
• History: 12 Feb 1300; He joined in the Baron's letter to the Pope, 12 February 1300. Lord Welles attended the coronation of King Edward II.
• Offices Held: 1298-1311; 17 Jan 1298-16 Jun 1311 - Member of Parliament

Adam married Joan Engaine about 1296. Joan (daughter of Sir John Engaine and Joan de Greinville) died on 1 Jun 1315; was buried in Greenfield Priory, Greenfield, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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On 17 June 1285, he became Baron Ros upon the death of his father.

From 1295 to 1316, he was a Member of Parliament.

In 1296, he was one of the competitors for the Scottish crown through his Grandmother, Isabel, the natural daughter of William the Lion. For his battles in Scotland, Edward I granted him Hamlake Castle.

William married Matilda de Vaux in 1278. Matilda (daughter of John de Vaux and Sybil) was born about 1257. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was also known as Maud de Vaux.

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Died:
He was hanged.

Bartholomew married Margaret de Clare in by 1308. Margaret (daughter of Sir Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond and Juliane FitzMaurice) was born on 1280 - 1286 in Ireland; died in 1365. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was heress to her nephew, Thomas de Clare, so of Richard de Clare, second son of Thomas and Juliane. She was therefore sister to Richard, second son and to Thomas, first son.