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John Welles 1450 – 1499 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1450

Birth Location: Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 9 FEB 1499

Death Location: Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Father: Lionel Welles

Mother: Margaret Beauchamp

Spouse(s): Cecily Plantagenet

Children(s): Joyce Wells, Robert Welles

In 1450, John Welles entered the world in Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Lionel de Welles and Margaret De Beauchamp. John Welles married Cecily Plantagenet, and had children including Joyce Wells, Robert de Welles. John Welles passed away in 1499 in Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1450, John Welles entered the world in Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Lionel de Welles and Margaret De Beauchamp.
  • John Welles married Cecily Plantagenet, and had children including Joyce Wells, Robert de Welles.
  • John Welles passed away in 1499 in Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lionel Welles
1406 – 1461
Birth Location: Conisholme, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
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Margaret Beauchamp
1410 – 1482
Birth Location: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Cecily Plantagenet
1469 – 1507
Birth Location: Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
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Children(s)

Joyce Wells
1472 – 1514
Birth Location: Tipton St Martin, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Robert Welles
1484 – 1559
Birth Location: Whichford, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
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John Welles's Ancestors

Self
John Welles
1450 – 1499
Birth Place: Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Lionel de Welles
1406 – 1461
Conisholme, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret (De) Beauchamp
1410 – 1482
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Eudo (or Ivo De) Welles
1387 – 1421
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Maud (or Matilda de) Greystoke
1390 – 1416
Greystoke, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
John Beauchamp
1385 – 1412
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Stourton
1384 – 1441
Plucknett, Preston, Yeovil, Somerset, England
Great-Grandparents
John Welles
1352 – 1421
Eleanor Welles
1341 – 1417
Ralph Greystoke,
1353 – 1418
Katherine Clifford
1353 – 1413
Roger Beauchamp
1363 – 1406
Joane Clopton
1342 – 1402
John Stourton
1340 – 1394
Jane Basset
1362 – 1407
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Welles
1334 – 1381
Maud Ros
1338 – 1380
John Mowbray
1340 – 1368
Elizabeth Segrave
1338 – 1368
Roger Clifford,
1333 – 1389
Maud Beauchamp
1335 – 1403
Roger Beauchamp
1337 – 1364
Sibyl Patshull
1338 – 1351
Robert Clapton
1340 –
Mabel
1340 –
John Stourton
1313 –
Joan Bassett
1323 – 1372
Joan Beauchamp
1338 – 1392

John Welles's Descendants

1.
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John Welles (ABT 1450 – 9 FEB 1499) m. Cecily Plantagenet (20 MAR 1469 – 24 AUG 1507)
  1. 1. Joyce Wells (ABT 1472 – ABT 1514) m. Humphrey Grosvenor (1487 – 1501) m. Charles Mainwaring (ABT 1487 – 1558) m. Charles Mainwaring (ABT 1492 – 20 DEC 1577)
  2. 2. Robert (de) Welles (1484 – 30 AUG 1559) m. Elizabeth Bourchier (1498 – 1570) m. Elizabeth (Alice) Goodrich (1488 – 1598)
    1. 1. Thomas Wells (1511 – 1560) m. Johan Newell (1512 – 1558)
    2. 2. Thomas Welles (1598 – 14 JAN 1660) m. Elizabeth Bryan (1501 – 11 JAN 1553)
      1. 1. Robert Welles (6 NOV 1540 – 24 SEP 1617) m. Alice Hunt (1543 – 1617) m. Alice Hunt (1543 – 15 JUL 1615)
        1. 1. Ann (Lumpkin) Welles (1564 – 29 MAR 1611) m. Edward Howe (31 AUG 1561 – 22 FEB 1591)
        2. 2. Robert Welles (1576 – 10 JUN 1627) m. Joan Tymms (ABT 1571 – 1627) m. Jean Tymms (ABT 1596 – 23 MAY 1627)
        3. 3. Hugh (Thomas) Welles (1590 – 12 JUN 1672) m. Frances Belcher (JAN 1598 – 1 MAR 1678)
        4. 4. Daughter Welles (1600 – ) m. Hunt (1600 – ) m. Hunt
        5. 5. Jane Wells (1571 – 10 NOV 1669) m. Sylvester Baldwin (ABT 1564 – )
        6. 6. Alice Welles (1575 – 1592) m. George Yardley (ABT 1568 – )
        7. 7. Thomas Welles (1590 – 14 JAN 1659) m. Alice Tomes (1595 – ABT 1640)
        8. 8. Welles (ABT 1592 – )
        9. 9. Robert Welles (1594 – )
        10. 10. Mary Welles (8 JAN 1601 – 21 APR 1689)
    3. 3. Walter Welles (1510 – 1 DEC 1577)
    4. 4. Thomas Welles (21 JUN 1512 – 30 AUG 1558) m. Elizabeth Bryan (1501 – 11 JAN 1553)
      1. 1. William Welles (1538 – 1624) m. Joan Sargant (1540 – 1583)
      2. 2. John Welles (1539 – MAR 1572) m. Wells
      3. 3. Ann Welles (1542 – 1628) m. Thomas Fitton (BEF 9 APR 1564 – APR 1599)
      4. 4. Walter Welles (1543 – )
      5. 5. Rev. (William) Wells (1543 – )
    5. 5. William (De) Welles (ABT 1527 – )
    6. 6. John Wells (ABT 1582 – )
    7. 7. Welles (1592 – )
    8. 8. Robert Wells (ABT 1592 – ) m. <Living>
    9. 9. Francis Wells (ABT 1622 – )

John Welles's Timeline

2 Records

1450
ABT 1450
Birth of John Welles in Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
1499
9 FEB 1499
Age 49
Death of John Welles in Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1450
    Event Place: Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 FEB 1499
    Event Place: Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
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