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Cecily Plantagenet House of York, Viscountess Welles 1469–1507 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Mar 1469

Birth Location: Westminster Palace, London

Death Date: 24 August 1507

Death Location: Quarr Abbey, Binstead, Isle of Wight, England

Father: Edward France

Mother: Elizabeth Woodville

Spouse(s): John Welles, Ralph Masham

Children(s): Anne Welles, Lady Welles

In 1469, Cecily Plantagenet House of York, Viscountess Welles entered the world in Westminster Palace, London, born to Edward Iv Yorkist Of Plantagenet Dynasty 7Th Earl Of March Lord Of Ireland King Of England And France And Elizabeth Woodville. Cecily Plantagenet House of York, Viscountess Welles married John Welles K G 1St Viscount Welles, Ralph Le Scrope Baron Scrope Of Masham, and had children including Anne Of Welles, Lady Elizabeth Welles. Cecily Plantagenet House of York, Viscountess Welles passed away in 1507 in Quarr Abbey, Binstead, Isle of Wight, England.

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Biography

  • In 1469, Cecily Plantagenet House of York, Viscountess Welles entered the world in Westminster Palace, London, born to Edward Iv Yorkist Of Plantagenet Dynasty 7Th Earl Of March Lord Of Ireland King Of England And France And Elizabeth Woodville.
  • Cecily Plantagenet House of York, Viscountess Welles married John Welles K G 1St Viscount Welles, Ralph Le Scrope Baron Scrope Of Masham, and had children including Anne Of Welles, Lady Elizabeth Welles.
  • Cecily Plantagenet House of York, Viscountess Welles passed away in 1507 in Quarr Abbey, Binstead, Isle of Wight, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edward France
1442–1483
Birth Location: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
EF
Elizabeth Woodville
1437–1492
Birth Location: Grafton Regis, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
EW

Spouses(s)

John Welles
1450–1498
Birth Location: Grimsby Manor, Well, Lincolnshire, England
JW
Ralph Masham
1461–1515
Birth Location: Masham, Yorkshire, England
RM

Children(s)

Anne Welles
1494–1499
Birth Location: Welles, Lincolnshire, England
AW
Lady Welles
1487–1498
Birth Location: Welles, Lincolnshire, England
LW

Cecily Welles's Ancestors

Self
Cecily Welles
1469–1507
Birth Place: Westminster Palace, London
Parents
Edward IV, Yorkist of Plantagenet dynasty, 7th Earl of March, Lord of Ireland, King of England and France
1442–1483
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Elizabeth Woodville
1437–1492
Grafton Regis, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard II Plantagenet, K.G., 3rd Duke of York, Prince of Wales, Lord Protector during the madness of King Henry VI, War of the Roses-House of) York
1411–1460
Conisborough Castle, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
Cecily ("Proud Cis" de Neville, Duchess of York &) Cornwall,
1415–1495
Raby Castle, Raby-With-Keverstone, Durham, England
Sir (Richard Wydeville Woodville K.G., Constable and Treasurer of England, 1st Earl Rivers, Battle of Agincourt, initially a Lancastrian, but became) Yorkist
1405–1469
Maidstone, Maidstone Borough, Kent, England
Jacquetta (of Luxembourg, Duchess of Bedford, Princess) of
1416–1472
St Pol, Artois, France
Great-Grandparents
Richard Cambridge
1375–1415
Anne Cambridge
1390–1411
Sir Westmoreland
1363–1425
Joan Garter
1375–1440
Sir Kent
1385–1441
Joan Bedlisgate
1383–1448
Pierre Luxembourg
1390–1433
Margherita Saint-Pol
1394–1469
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund York
1341–1402
Joan Masham
1380–1434
Roger March
1374–1398
Alianor March
1373–1405
John Fleet
1328–1388
Maud Neville
1335–1379
Sir Lancaster
1340–1398
Catherine Lancaster
1350–1403
Sir Wydeville
1341–1403
Isabel Goddard
1345–1401
John Bedlisgate
1360–1396
Mary Beauchamp
1365–1394
Jean Luxembourg-Ligny
1370–1397
Marguerite d'Enghien
1372–1393
Francois Andria
1344–1404
Justine Orsini
1370–1422

Cecily Welles's Descendants

1.
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Cecily (Plantagenet House of York, Viscountess) Welles (20 Mar 1469–24 August 1507) m. John (Welles, K.G., 1st Viscount) Welles (1450–09 Feb 1498) m. Ralph (Le Scrope, Baron Scrope of) Masham (Abt. 1461–17 Sep 1515)
  1. 1. Anne (of) Welles 1494–1499
  2. 2. Lady (Elizabeth) Welles 1487–1498

Cecily Welles's Timeline

2 Records

1469
20 Mar 1469
Birth of Cecily Plantagenet House of York, Viscountess Welles in Westminster Palace, London
Westminster Palace, London
1507
24 August 1507
Age 38
Death of Cecily Plantagenet House of York, Viscountess Welles in Quarr Abbey, Binstead, Isle of Wight, England
Quarr Abbey, Binstead, Isle of Wight, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Mar 1469
    Event Place: Westminster Palace, London
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 03; Page: 1321

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 August 1507
    Event Place: Quarr Abbey, Binstead, Isle of Wight, England
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 03; Page: 1321
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