Sir John DE WELLES

Male 1352 - 1421  (69 years)


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  • 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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5
    Gender Male 
    Fact 5th Lord Welles Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 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 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

    2. [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese.

    3. [S02777] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2002, Vol. 156 April.

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

    5. [S02789] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2007, Vol. 161 January.

    6. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.