Sir John de Welles, Baron de Welles

1352 - 1421  (69 years)

• Name	John de Welles
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	20 Apr 1352	Conisholme, Lincolnshire, England   [3, 4, 5]
  Christening	20 Apr 1352	St. Peter's Church, Conisholme, Lincolnshire, England   [5]
  Military	1374 (Age 22)  [4, 5, 6]
  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 (Age 24)  [4, 5, 6]
  He was summoned to parliament from 20 January 1376 to 26 February 1421.
  History	say 1380  [4, 5, 6]
  	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.
  Death	26 Aug 1421	England   [3, 5, 6]
  Person ID	I2794	| Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	John de Welles, Baron de Welles,   b. 23 Aug 1333, Bonthorpe, Lincolnshire, England d. 11 Oct 1361, England (Age 28 years)
  Mother	Maud de Ros   d. 9 Dec 1388, England
  Family ID	F2178	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Eleanor de Mowbray,   b. Abt 25 Mar 1364, England   [1]
  Marriage	Before May 1368	England   [3, 5, 6]
  Age at Marriage	He : 16 years - She : 4 years and 1 month.
  Children	1. Margret de Welles   2. Eudo de Welles   d. Before 1421, England   3. Anne de Welles   4. Eleanor de Welle   d. after7 Nov 1458, England
  Family ID	F2174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Margery   d. 8 Apr 1426, England
  Marriage	Before 13 Aug 1417	England   [5]
  Age at Marriage	He : 65 years and 4 months - She : ??.
  Family ID	F2177	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Welles (1874) gives his birth year as 1350. [4]

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 20 Apr 1352 - Conisholme, Lincolnshire, England Christening - 20 Apr 1352 - St. Peter's Church, Conisholme, Lincolnshire, England Marriage - Before May 1368 - England Marriage - Before 13 Aug 1417 - England Death - 26 Aug 1421 - England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------. [S517] Reed, Paul C. and Dorothy E. Hopkins. "The Identity of Anne Gifford, Wife of Thomas Goddard: Correcting the Royal Ancestry of the Immigrant William Goddard" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 156, April 2002). [S1450] Welles, Albert. History of the Welles Family in England; with Their Derivation in this Country from Governor Welles of Connecticut, (Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1874). [S1455] Cokayne, George E. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the UK, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, volume XII , (London: The St. Catherine Press, 1953). [S11] Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire , (London: Harrision, 1866).