Robert DE WELLES

Male Abt 1145 -


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  • Name Robert DE WELLES  [1
    Birth Abt 1145  [1
    Gender Male 
    Notes 
    • Excerpt from "Welles Families": He held the Manor of Little Rayne of his father, which Manor was also styled Uggerly, or Cowlea.......He was the founder of the "Welles" family in that county. Having a grant he settled at "Rayne Hall," ......"Rayne Hall," in Essex, Hundred of Hinckford, after the family of De Montfort, became vested in the family of Welles, of which it appears that Robert de Welles lived in the reigns of Henry II (1154-1189), Richard I (1189-1199), and King John (1199-1214), during which reigns he is named in the Records as "Lord of Raynes." "The family De Welles was of much consideration in the reign of Richard I (1189-1199), and attained the Baronial Rank in 1299".
    Person ID I17825  Main Tree
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2016 

    Father William DE VALLIBUS,   b. Abt 1120, Gillesland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother ? UNKNOWN 
    Family ID F00703  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family ? UNKNOWN 
    Children 
     1. Thomas DE WELLES,   b. Abt 1175, Essex County, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
    Family ID F00704  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Nov 2020 

  • Sources 
    1. [S02434] Albert Wells, History of the Welles Family in England and Normandy, (Name: Name: 1876;;).