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1406 - 1461 (55 years)
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Name |
Lionel DE WELLES [1, 2] |
- He was summoned to Parliament from 25 Feb 1431/2 by writs directed 'Leoni de Welles'. A firm Lancastrian, he was taken prisoner by the Yorkists at Blore Heath on 23 Sep 1459, and was with Queen Margaret's army which won St. Albans on 17 Feb1460/1. Lionel De Welles, Lord Welles, was slain testate aged fifty-five at the Battle of Towton on 29 Mar 1461, and was buried with his first wife at Methley. [1]
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Prefix |
Sir |
Suffix |
K.G. |
Birth |
1406 [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Fact |
6th Lord Welles [2] |
Fact |
1438-1442 |
Governor of Ireland [2] |
Fact 1 |
Died by his own hand it is said being unable to brook the disgrace of banishment from court. [1] |
Death |
29 Mar 1461 |
Slain at Towton [1, 2] |
Person ID |
I81766 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
1 May 2018 |
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Sources |
- [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).
- [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.
- [S02789] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2007, Vol. 161 January.
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