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Lionel "Leo" De Welles 1400–1461 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1400

Birth Location: Welle, Lincolnshire Or Stourton, Whichford, Warwickshire, England

Death Date: 29 Mar 1461

Death Location: Methley, Yorkshire, England

Father: Eudo Welles

Mother: Maud Greystoke

Spouse(s): Joan\Cecily Waterton

Children(s): John Welles, Margaret Welles

Lionel "Leo" De Welles was born in 1400 in Welle, Lincolnshire Or Stourton, Whichford, Warwickshire, England, the child of Eudo De Welles And Maud De Greystoke. Lionel "Leo" De Welles married Joan Cecily Waterton, and had children including John Welles, Margaret De Welles. Lionel "Leo" De Welles passed away in 1461 in Methley, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Lionel "Leo" De Welles was born in 1400 in Welle, Lincolnshire Or Stourton, Whichford, Warwickshire, England, the child of Eudo De Welles And Maud De Greystoke.
  • Lionel "Leo" De Welles married Joan Cecily Waterton, and had children including John Welles, Margaret De Welles.
  • Lionel "Leo" De Welles passed away in 1461 in Methley, Yorkshire, England.

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Lionel Welles's Ancestors

Self
Lionel Welles
1400–1461
Birth Place: Welle, Lincolnshire Or Stourton, Whichford, Warwickshire, England
Parents
Eudo De Welles
1380–1421
Wells, Lincolnshire, England
Maud (De) Greystoke
1380–1416
Greystoke, Cumberland, England
Grandparents
John (De) Welles
1352–1421
Welles, Lincolnshire, England
Margaret ((Eleanor) De) Mowbray
1356–1387
Epworth, Isle Of Axholme, Lincolnshire, England
Ralph (De) Greystoke
1353–1418
Kirkby, Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England
Catherine (De) Clifford
1357–1413
Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Welles
1334–1365
Maud Ros
1334–1388
John Mowbray
1340–1368
Elizabeth Seagrave
1338–1353
William Greystoke
1320–1359
Joan Fitzhenry
1331–1403
Roger Clifford
1333–1389
Maud Beauchamp
1282–1402
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Adam Welles
1304–1345
Margaret Bardolf
1306–1354
William Ros
1285–1342
Margery Badlesmere
1304–1363
John Mowbray
1310–1361
Joan Plantagenet
1312–1349
John Segrave
1314–1353
Margaret Plantagenet
1320–1398
Ralph Greystoke
1298–1323
Alice Audley
1300–1372
Robert Clifford
1305–1344
Isabel Berkeley
1307–1362
Thomas Beauchamp
1313–1369
Catherine Mortimer
1309–1369

Lionel Welles's Descendants

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Lionel ("Leo" De) Welles (1400–29 Mar 1461) m. Joan\Cecily Waterton (1405–Aft 18 Oct 1434)
  1. 1. John Welles 1450–1498 m. Cecily Plantagenet 1469–1507
    1. 1. Anne Welles 1491–1499
    2. 2. Elizabeth Welles 1489–1498
  2. 2. Margaret (De) Welles 1425–1480 m. Thomas Dymoke 1428–1470
    1. 1. Lionel Dymoke 1463–1519 m. Johanna Griffith 1467–1512
      1. 1. Alice Dymoke 1492– m. William Skipwith 1488–1547
        1. 1. Henry Skipwith 1539–1588 m. Jane Hall 1544–1596

Lionel Welles's Timeline

2 Records

1400
1400
Birth of Lionel "Leo" De Welles in Welle, Lincolnshire Or Stourton, Whichford, Warwickshire, England
Welle, Lincolnshire Or Stourton, Whichford, Warwickshire, England
1461
29 Mar 1461
Age 61
Death of Lionel "Leo" De Welles in Battle Of Towton, Yorkshire, England
Battle Of Towton, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1400
    Event Place: Welle, Lincolnshire Or Stourton, Whichford, Warwickshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Mar 1461
    Event Place: Battle Of Towton, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Methley, Yorkshire, England

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