Sir John DE WELLES

1352 - 1421  (69 years)

• Name	John DE WELLES  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  	John De Welles, Knt., 5th Lord Welles, of Gainsby, son of John de Welles, 3rd Lord Welles, by Maud, daughter, probably, of William de Ros, 2nd Lord Ros of Helmesley. He was born at Conisholme, co. Lincoln, on 20 Apr 1352. He was summoned to Parliament from 20 Jan 1375-6 by writs directed "Johanni de Welle". He was frequently abroard or serving in the French wars. In May 1390 he and Sir David Lindsay, aftrwards 1st Earl of Crawford, performed a notable feat of arms on London Bridge to prove "the chivalry and valiant deeds of Englishmen", in which Welles was unhorsed at the third course. Alianor may have been living in 1399. [1]
  Prefix	Sir
  Birth	20 Apr 1352	Conisholme, Lincolnshire, England   [2, 3, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	5th Lord Welles   [3]
  Death	26 Aug 1421  [1, 2, 3, 5]
  Person ID	I17816	Main Tree
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2016

  
  

  Father	John DE WELLES,   b. 1333, Lincolnshire, England d. 11 Oct 1361 (Age 28 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Maud DE ROS   d. 09 Dec 1388
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F06728	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor DE MOWBRAY,   b. Bef 25 Mar 1364   d. Aft 1399 (Age > 35 years)
  Marriage	May 1368  [5]
  Children	+ 1. Eudes DE WELLES   d. Bef 26 Jul 1417  [Birth]   2. Eleanor DE WELLES,   b. Abt 1386   d. Aft 07 Nov 1458 (Age > 72 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F06741	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Apr 1352 - Conisholme, Lincolnshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.). [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese. [S02777] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2002, Vol. 156 April. [S02434] Albert Wells, History of the Welles Family in England and Normandy, (Name: Name: 1876;;). [S02789] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2007, Vol. 161 January. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.