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Lionel de Welles 1406–1461 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Mar 1406

Birth Location: Welles Manor, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England

Death Date: 29 Mar 1461

Death Location: St. Oswald Church, Methley, Yorkshire, England

Father: John Welles

Mother: Eleanor Mowbray

Spouse(s): Margaret Beauchamp, Joan Waterton, Beatrix Waterton

Children(s): Katherine WELLS, Eleanor Welles, Margaret DeWelles, Catherine Welles

Lionel de Welles was born in 1406 in Welles Manor, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, the child of John Welles And Eleanor De Mowbray. Lionel de Welles married Beatrix Waterton, Joan Cecily Waterton, Margaret Beauchamp, and had children including Catherine Welles, Eleanor Welles, Katherine Wells, Margaret Dewelles. Lionel de Welles passed away in 1461 in St. Oswald Church, Methley, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Lionel de Welles was born in 1406 in Welles Manor, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, the child of John Welles And Eleanor De Mowbray.
  • Lionel de Welles married Beatrix Waterton, Joan Cecily Waterton, Margaret Beauchamp, and had children including Catherine Welles, Eleanor Welles, Katherine Wells, Margaret Dewelles.
  • Lionel de Welles passed away in 1461 in St. Oswald Church, Methley, Yorkshire, England.

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Lionel Welles's Ancestors

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Lionel Welles
1406–1461
Birth Place: Welles Manor, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Parents
John Welles
1352–1421
Llan-Wern, Monmouthshire, Wales
Eleanor (de) Mowbray
1364–1417
Epworth, Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire, England
Grandparents
John (de) Mowbray
1340–1368
Epworth, Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire, England
Elizabeth (De) Segrave
1338–1368
Blaby, Leicestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Mowbray
1310–1361
Joan Lancaster
1312–1345
John Segrave
1315–1353
Margaret Plantagenet
1320–1399
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Mowbray
1286–1322
Alice Braose
1290–1331
Henry Lancaster
1281–1345
Maud Chaworth
1282–1322
Stephen Segrave
1262–1325
Alice FitzAlan
1285–1340
Thomas Brotherton
1300–1338
Alice Hales
1302–1326

Lionel Welles's Descendants

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Lionel (de) Welles (25 Mar 1406–29 Mar 1461) m. Margaret Beauchamp (24 Jan 1410–Aug 1482) m. Joan (Cecily) Waterton (1407–Oct 1434) m. Beatrix Waterton (1400–1446)
  1. 1. Katherine WELLS 1433–1505 m. Thomas (de la) LAUNDE –1470
    1. 1. Johanna (De La) LAUNDE 1345– m. John DENTON 1345–
      1. 1. Thomas Denton 1401–1427 m. Agnes BALDINGTON 1403–1487 m. Agnes Baldington 1420–1487 m. Agnes Baldington 1403– m. Agnes Gates 1403–
        1. 1. Thomas (II) DENTON –1427 m. Alison Dauncy 1429–
  2. 2. Eleanor Welles 1428–1453
  3. 3. Margaret DeWelles 1432–1457
  4. 4. Catherine Welles 1442–1505 m. Robert Tempest 1450–1509

Lionel Welles's Timeline

2 Records

1406
25 Mar 1406
Birth of Lionel de Welles in Welles Manor, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Welles Manor, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
1461
29 Mar 1461
Age 55
Death of Lionel de Welles in Battle of Towton Field, Yorkshire, England
Battle of Towton Field, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Mar 1406
    Event Place: Welles Manor, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, \i FamilySearch\i0, accessed 16 Sep 2020), entry for Lionel de Welles, person ID LYF7-XB8.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Mar 1461
    Event Place: Battle of Towton Field, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, \i FamilySearch\i0, accessed 16 Sep 2020), entry for Lionel de Welles, person ID LYF7-XB8.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: St. Oswald Church, Methley, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, \i FamilySearch\i0, accessed 16 Sep 2020), entry for Lionel de Welles, person ID LYF7-XB8.

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