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Adam de Welles 1271 – 1311 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1271

Birth Location: Wells, Mendip District, Somerset, England

Death Date: 1 Sep 1311

Death Location: Greenfield, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England

Father: William Welles

Mother: Isabel Vesci

Spouse(s): Joane Welles

Children(s): Sir Welles

Adam de Welles was born in 1271 in Wells, Mendip District, Somerset, England, the child of William de Welles and Isabel de Vesci. Adam de Welles married Joane de Welles, and had children including Sir Adam de Welles. Adam de Welles passed away in 1311 in Greenfield, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England.

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Biography

  • Adam de Welles was born in 1271 in Wells, Mendip District, Somerset, England, the child of William de Welles and Isabel de Vesci.
  • Adam de Welles married Joane de Welles, and had children including Sir Adam de Welles.
  • Adam de Welles passed away in 1311 in Greenfield, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Welles
Birth Location: England
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Isabel Vesci
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Joane Welles
1279 – 1315
Birth Location: Cockington, Torbay Unitary Authority, Devon, England
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Children(s)

Sir Welles
1304 – 1345
Birth Location: Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England
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Adam Welles's Ancestors

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Adam Welles
1271 – 1311
Birth Place: Wells, Mendip District, Somerset, England
Parents
William de Welles
England
Isabel (de) Vesci
Grandparents
Sir (William de) Vesci,
1205 – 1253
Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
Lady (Agnes de) Ferrers,
1224 – 1290
Derbyshire, Surrey, England
Great-Grandparents
Eustace (Vescy),
1169 – 1216
Margaret Hythus
1170 – 1218
William Ferrers,
1193 – 1254
Sibyl Marshal
1201 – 1245
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Vesci,
1125 – 1183
Burga Stuteville
1146 – 1185
William Dunkeld,
1143 – 1214
unknown Hythus
William Ferrers,
1168 – 1247
Agnès Meschines
1174 – 1247
Sir Marshall,
1146 – 1219
Isabel Clare
1172 – 1220

Adam Welles's Descendants

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Adam (de) Welles (1271 – 1 Sep 1311) m. Joane (de) Welles (1279 – 1 Jun 1315)
  1. 1. Sir (Adam de) Welles (Abt. 22 Jul 1304 – 24 FEB 1345) m. Margaret (Eleanor) Bardolf (13 JAN 1312 – 28 FEB 1345)
    1. 1. Sir (John) Welles (23 Aug 1334 – 11 Oct 1361) m. Margaret (Maud de) Ros (9 DEC 1330 – 9 Dec 1388)
      1. 1. Margaret Welles (1350 – 29 MAY 1422)
      2. 2. Margery (de) Welles (Abt. 1350 – 7 Jun 1422) m. Stephen (le) Scrope, (1345 – 25 Jan 1404)
        1. 1. Henry (le) Scrope (1370 – 5 Aug 1415) m. Joan (De) Holand (1380 – 12 Apr 1434)
        2. 2. John (Le) Scrope, (8 Jul 1378 – 14 Nov 1455) m. Lady (Elizabeth de) Chaworth, (1391 – 12 Mar 1466) m. Lady (Margaret de Neville \ Scrope, Baroness of Scrope of Bolton, Abbess of) Barkin (June 1396 – 4 March 1463)
      3. 3. Sir (John de) Welles (20 Apr 1352 – 26 AUG 1421) m. Eleanor ((Alianore) De) Mowbray (25 Mar 1364 – 8 Apr 1426) m. Maud Greystock
        1. 1. Joan ((Joan Welles)) Welles (1 JUN 1382 – 1409)
        2. 2. Elizabeth Clifford (1375 – 5 MAR 1414)
        3. 3. Thomas Wells (1380 – 1411) m. Cecelia Aston (1383 – 1411)
        4. 4. Margaret (De) Welles (1386 – 29 MAY 1422)
        5. 5. Eudo (de) Welles, (1387 – 26 Aug 1421) m. Maud ((Matilda) de) Greystoke (1390 – ABT 1416)
        6. 6. Eleanor Welles (1389 – 7 NOV 1458)
      4. 4. Roger Welles (1358 – 1421)
      5. 5. Richard Welles (1357 – 26 AUG 1371) m. Marian Vycaryes (1359 – 1375)
        1. 1. Richard Willes (1375 – 1453) m. Mary Medows (1380 – 1395) m. Joane Jeames (1398 – 1476)
      6. 6. Lady (Anne) Wells, (1359 – 13 Nov 1397) m. Sir (James) Butler, (22 Jun 1362 – 07 Sep 1405)
        1. 1. James ('The White Earl') Butler, (23 May 1393 – 22 Aug 1452) m. Joan (de) Beauchamp (1396 – 05 Aug 1430)
        2. 2. Richard Butler, m. Catherine O'Reilly
        3. 3. Edmund Butler, m. Catherine Forestall
    2. 2. Margaret (de) Welle (1338 – 29 May 1402)

Adam Welles's Timeline

2 Records

1271
1271
Birth of Adam de Welles in Wells, Mendip District, Somerset, England
Wells, Mendip District, Somerset, England
1311
1 Sep 1311
Age 40
Death of Adam de Welles in Greenfield, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England
Greenfield, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1271
    Event Place: Wells, Mendip District, Somerset, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Sep 1311
    Event Place: Greenfield, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 20; Page: 1078
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Greenfield, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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