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Sir Lionel Welles, KG, Lord Wells

Male - 1461


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  1. 1.  Sir Lionel Welles, KG, Lord Wells (son of Eudo de Welles and Maud de Greystoke); died on 29 Mar 1461 in Towton, Yorkshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Offices Held: From 1438 to 1442

    Notes:

    Offices Held:
    He was the Governor of Ireland.

    Died:
    He was killed in the Battle of Towton.

    Family/Spouse: Joan de Waterton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Margaret de Welles died on 13 Jul 1480 in England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Eudo de Welles (son of Sir John de Welles, Baron de Welles and Eleanor de Mowbray); died before 1421 in England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Legal: 1405; In 1405 he took part in the rebellion for which he was fined 100 marks and pardoned. He received license to travel abroad on 20 December 1407.

    Eudo married Maud de Greystoke. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Maud de Greystoke (daughter of Ralph de Greystoke, Lord Greystoke and Katherine Clifford).
    Children:
    1. 1. Sir Lionel Welles, KG, Lord Wells died on 29 Mar 1461 in Towton, Yorkshire, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Sir John de Welles, Baron de Welles was born on 20 Apr 1352 in Conisholme, Lincolnshire, England; was christened on 20 Apr 1352 in St. Peter's Church, Conisholme, Lincolnshire, England (son of John de Welles, Baron de Welles and Maud de Ros); died on 26 Aug 1421 in England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 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.

    Notes:

    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]


  2. 5.  Eleanor de Mowbray was born about 25 Mar 1364 in England (daughter of John de Mowbray, Lord Mowbray and Elizabeth de Segrave, Baroness Segrave).
    Children:
    1. Margret de Welles
    2. 2. Eudo de Welles died before 1421 in England.
    3. Anne de Welles
    4. Eleanor de Welle died on after7 Nov 1458 in England.

  3. 6.  Ralph de Greystoke, Lord Greystoke was born on 18 Oct 1353; died in Apr 1418.

    Ralph married Katherine Clifford. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Katherine Clifford (daughter of Roger de Clifford, Lord Clifford and Maud Beauchamp).
    Children:
    1. 3. Maud de Greystoke


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John de Welles, Baron de Welles was born on 23 Aug 1333 in Bonthorpe, Lincolnshire, England; was christened on 23 Aug 1333 in St Helena's Church, Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England (son of Sir Adam de Welles, Baron de Welles and Margaret); died on 11 Oct 1361 in England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 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]


  2. 9.  Maud de Ros (daughter of William de Ros, Lord Ros of Helmsley and Margery de Badlesmere); died on 9 Dec 1388 in England.
    Children:
    1. 4. Sir John de Welles, Baron de Welles was born on 20 Apr 1352 in Conisholme, Lincolnshire, England; was christened on 20 Apr 1352 in St. Peter's Church, Conisholme, Lincolnshire, England; died on 26 Aug 1421 in England.

  3. 10.  John de Mowbray, Lord Mowbray was born on 25 Jun 1340 in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England (son of John de Mowbray, Baron Mowbray and Joan Plantagenet, of Lancaster); died on 9 Oct 1368 in Thrace.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Offices Held: From 14 Aug 1362 to 20 Jan 136
    • Will: 17 May 1368

    Notes:

    Name:
    He was the 4th Baron Mowbray.

    Offices Held:
    He was a Member of Parliament.

    John married Elizabeth de Segrave, Baroness Segrave in 1353 in England. Elizabeth (daughter of John de Segrave, Lord Segrave and Margaret de Botherton, Duchess of Norfolk) was born on 25 Oct 1338 in Croxton Abbey, Leicestershire, England; died before 1368 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth de Segrave, Baroness Segrave was born on 25 Oct 1338 in Croxton Abbey, Leicestershire, England (daughter of John de Segrave, Lord Segrave and Margaret de Botherton, Duchess of Norfolk); died before 1368 in England.
    Children:
    1. John de Mowbray, Baron Mowbray, Earl of Northampton died in 1379 in England.
    2. daughter de Mowbray
    3. 5. Eleanor de Mowbray was born about 25 Mar 1364 in England.
    4. Sir Thomas de Mowbray, KG, Duke of Norfolk was born on 22 Mar 1365; died on 22 Sep 1399 in Venice, Veneto, Italy.
    5. Anne de Mowbray, Abbess of Barking
    6. Jane de Mowbray

  5. 14.  Roger de Clifford, Lord Clifford was born on 10 Jul 1333 (son of Robert de Clifford and Isabel Berkeley); died on 13 Jul 1389.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Offices Held: 1377

    Notes:

    Offices Held:
    He was the Sheriff of Cumberland and the Governor of Carlisle Castle.

    Roger married Maud Beauchamp. Maud (daughter of Sir Thomas de Beauchamp, KG, Earl of Warwick and Katherine de Mortimer) died in 1402/03. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Maud Beauchamp (daughter of Sir Thomas de Beauchamp, KG, Earl of Warwick and Katherine de Mortimer); died in 1402/03.
    Children:
    1. 7. Katherine Clifford
    2. Thomas de Clifford, Lord Clifford died on 18 Aug 1391.
    3. Philippa de Clifford


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