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Lionel (Lyon) Welles 1405 – 1461 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1405

Birth Location: Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 29 MAR 1461

Death Location: Towton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Eudo Welles

Mother: Maud Greystoke

Spouse(s): Joan Waterton, Joan Waterton

Children(s): Richard Welles, cecilia Welles, Katherine Welles, Margaret Welles, Eleanor Welles

The story of Lionel (Lyon) Welles began in 1405 in Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. Lionel (Lyon) Welles married Joan Cecilia de Waterton, Joan Waterton, and had children including Richard De Welles, cecilia Welles, Katherine de Welles, Margaret De Welles, Eleanor de Welles. Lionel (Lyon) Welles passed away in 1461 in Towton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Lionel (Lyon) Welles began in 1405 in Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.
  • Lionel (Lyon) Welles married Joan Cecilia de Waterton, Joan Waterton, and had children including Richard De Welles, cecilia Welles, Katherine de Welles, Margaret De Welles, Eleanor de Welles.
  • Lionel (Lyon) Welles passed away in 1461 in Towton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Eudo Welles
1387 – 1421
Birth Location: Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
EW
Maud Greystoke
1390 – 1416
Birth Location: Greystoke, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
MG

Spouses(s)

Joan Waterton
1405 –
Birth Location: York, England
JW
Joan Waterton
1380 – 1436
Birth Location: Arundel, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
JW

Children(s)

Richard Welles
1429 – 1470
Birth Location: Welle, Lincolnshire, England
RW
cecilia Welles
1430 – 1480
Birth Location: –
cW
Katherine Welles
1433 – 1505
Birth Location: Welles, Lincolnshire, England
KW
Margaret Welles
1434 – 1480
Birth Location: Well, Lincolnshire, England
MW
Eleanor Welles
1418 – 1490
Birth Location: Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
EW

Lionel Welles's Ancestors

Self
Lionel Welles
1405 – 1461
Birth Place: Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Eudo or Ivo De Welles
1387 – 1421
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Maud (or Matilda de) Greystoke
1390 – 1416
Greystoke, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John (de) Welles
1352 – 1421
Conisholme, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Eleanor ("Alianore" Mowbray) Welles
1341 – 1417
Epworth, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Ralph (de) Greystoke,
1353 – 1418
Ravensworth Castle, Durham, England, United Kingdom
Katherine (de) Clifford
1353 – 1413
Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Adam Welles,
1304 – 1345
Margaret Bardolf
1312 – 1345
William Ros
1329 – 1352
Margery Badlesmere
– 1363
John Mowbray,
1310 – 1361
Joan Plantagenet
1312 – 1349
John Segrave
1315 – 1353
Margaret Plantagenet
1320 –
Robert Clifford
1305 – 1344
Isabella Berkeley,
1300 – 1362
Thomas Beauchamp
1313 – 1369
Katherine Mortimer
1309 – 1369

Lionel Welles's Descendants

1.
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Lionel ((Lyon)) Welles (1405 – 29 MAR 1461) m. Joan (Cecilia de) Waterton (ABT 1405 – ) m. Joan Waterton (1380 – 1436)
  1. 1. Richard (De) Welles (1429 – 12 MAR 1470) m. Joan Willoughby (ABT 1422 – BEF 13 FEB 1462) m. ---n Willoughby
  2. 2. cecilia Welles (ABT 1430 – 1480) m. robert Willoughby
  3. 3. Katherine (de) Welles (1433 – 8 NOV 1505) m. Thomas (de la) Launde (1437 – 15 MAR 1469) m. Robert Tempest (1450 – 23 APR 1509)
  4. 4. Margaret (De) Welles (1434 – 13 JUL 1480) m. Sir (Thomas) Dymoke (1428 – 12 MAR 1470)
    1. 1. Margaret Dymoke (ABT 1458 – 17 JUL 1461)
    2. 2. Anne Dymoke (ABT 1460 – 1462)
    3. 3. Jane Dymoke (ABT 1460 – ) m. John FULNETbY (ABT 1457 – ) m. Dynewell (ABT 1460 – )
    4. 4. Robert (Lincoln) Dymoke (1461 – 13 APR 1544) m. Ann Sparrow (1461 – 1521)
      1. 1. Margaret Dymoke (1482 – 1545) m. Richard (de) Vernon (1477 – 14 AUG 1540)
      2. 2. Elizabeth Dymoke (ABT 1486 – ) m. William (Thomas) Wells (ABT 1480 – ) m. Thomas Wyllys (1450 – 1482)
      3. 3. Margaret Dymoke (1500 – AFT 3 MAR 1611) m. Vincent Fulnetby (1559 – )
      4. 4. Margaret Dymock (ABT 1501 – ) m. Richard Manners (1490 – 16 FEB 1550)
      5. 5. Robert (( Sheriff of Lincoln)) Dymoke (1508 – 16 SEP 1566) m. Anne (de) Tailbois (1509 – 16 SEP 1566)
      6. 6. Edward Dymoke (1508 – 16 SEP 1566) m. Anne (de) Tailbois (1509 – 16 SEP 1566)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Dymoke (1531 – 1608) m. Henry Ajscough (1526 – 1552) m. Henry (Hewes) Richardson (1533 – 12 MAR 1611)
        2. 2. Katherine Dymoke (1532 – 1544) m. Charles ((Boole)) Bolles (1530 – 3 FEB 1590)
        3. 3. Dorothy Dymoke (1533 – ) m. Michael Tempest (<1538> – ) m. Michael Tempest (ABT 1647 – ) m. Robert Wynne (12 MAR 1571 – 6 SEP 1609) m. Francis Brown (<1538> – )
        4. 4. Edward Dymoke (1534 – 1614) m. Troth Dymoke (1545 – )
        5. 5. Margaret Dymoke (ABT 1534 – 1591) m. Robert Wynne (12 MAR 1571 – 6 SEP 1609)
        6. 6. Robert Dymoke (1537 – 12 SEP 1580) m. Bridget Clinton (1534 – ) m. <Living> m. Bridget (Clinton) (Fiennes) (ABT 1546 – unknown) m. Bridget Clinton (ABT 1532 – )
        7. 7. Charles Dymoke (1538 – 5 APR 1611) m. Margaret Wogan (1540 – 3 MAR 1611)
        8. 8. Charles Dymoke (ABT 1538 – )
        9. 9. Edward (Humphrey) Dymoke (1539 – 1625) m. Katherine Harington (1545 – )
        10. 10. Arthur Dymoke (1539 – 1587) m. Mary Poultney (1539 – ) m. Frances Warren (1536 – 1585) m. Dymoke (1541 – )
        11. 11. Margaret Dymoke (1539 – 14 SEP 1591) m. William Eure (27 FEB 1530 – 12 FEB 1593) m. <Living> m. <Living> m. Walter Mericke (<1559> – ) m. Thomas Eure (10 MAY 1529 – 12 SEP 1594)
        12. 12. Bridget Dymoke (1540 – )
        13. 13. Elizabeth Dymoke (1541 – )
        14. 14. Sarah Dymoke (1542 – )
        15. 15. William Dymoke (1542 – ) m. Frances Warren (1536 – 1585) m. Frances Warren (ABT 1567 – 28 MAR 1639) m. Frances Warren (ABT 1536 – )
        16. 16. Katherine Dymoke (1544 – )
        17. 17. Francies Dymoke (1545 – 1607) m. Francis Dymoke (1547 – )
        18. 18. Susan Dymoke (1546 – 5 JUL 1620) m. Arthur Walpole (1545 – AUG 1585) m. Thomas Lambert (1537 – 26 JUL 1613)
        19. 19. Frances Dymoke (1550 – 3 MAR 1611) m. Thomas Windebank (20 JAN 1548 – 24 OCT 1607)
        20. 20. Edward Dymoke (1555 – 1634) m. Troth Dymoke (1545 – )
        21. 21. Frances Dymoke (ABT 1565 – 1634)
        22. 22. Mary Dymoke (1566 – 1628) m. Edward Block (1561 – )
        23. 23. Edward Dymoke m. <Living>
      7. 7. Arthur Dymoke (1510 – ) m. Arthur Dymoke (<1544> – )
      8. 8. Ursula Dymoke (1510 – 1579) m. Edward Wotton (31 OCT 1489 – 5 OCT 1555) m. John Rudston (1480 – 1531)
      9. 9. Ann Dymoke
    5. 5. Margaret Dymoke (ABT 1461 – ) m. Thomas Fitzwilliam (ABT 1460 – )
    6. 6. Lionel (Dymoke of) Scrivelsby (1463 – 17 AUG 1519) m. Jeane (Johanna) Griffith (1463 – ABT 1514) m. Ann Gournay (ABT 1458 – )
    7. 7. Edward Dymoke (ABT 1463 – )
    8. 8. Ann Dymoke (1464 – From 1465 to 1558)
    9. 9. Anne Dymoke (ABT 1465 – 1498) m. Lawrence Starkey (1465 – 24 JUL 1532)
      1. 1. Ethelred Starkey (EST 1498 – ABT 1570) m. Humphrey Newton (1498 – 1567)
        1. 1. Humphrey Newton (ABT 1511 – ) m. Kate Ryley (ABT 1513 – )
        2. 2. Edward Newton (ABT 1517 – 12 MAY 1589) m. Alice Farrington (ABT 1520 – ABT 1589)
        3. 3. Lawrence Newton (1519 – 1593) m. Elizabeth Pelham (ABT 1541 – )
        4. 4. William Newton (EST 1525 – 20 APR 1590) m. Earnley (EST 1532 – EST 1560) m. Alice Pelham (ABT 1543 – )
  5. 5. Eleanor (de) Welles (1418-1428 3rd daugter – 1490) m. Thomas Hoo (1396 – 13 FEB 1455) m. Thomas Hoo (ABT 1423 – 8 OCT 1486) m. Hugh HASTINGs (ABT 1425 – ) m. Edmund Lawrence (1484 – )

Lionel Welles's Timeline

3 Records

1405
1405
Birth of Lionel (Lyon) Welles in Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
1461
29 MAR 1461
Age 56
Death of Lionel (Lyon) Welles in Towton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Towton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1461
1461
Age 56
Burial of Lionel (Lyon) Welles in Methley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Methley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1405
    Event Place: Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 MAR 1461
    Event Place: Towton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1461
    Event Place: Methley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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