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Lionel de Welles 1406 – 1461 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Mar 1406

Birth Location: Well, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 29 Mar 1461

Death Location: Towton, Yorkshire, England

Father: Eudo Welles

Mother: Maude Greystoke

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

Children(s): William Welles, Cecilia DeWelles, Cecily Welles, Eleanor Welles, Margaret DeWelles, Margaret Welles, Richard Welles, Eleanor Hastings, Eleanor Welles, Eleanor Welles, Cecily Welles, Cecily Welles, Richard Willoughby, Margaret Welles, Katherine Welles

The story of Lionel de Welles began in 1406 in Well, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. Lionel de Welles married Beatrix Waterton, Joan Cecily Waterton, Margaret Beauchamp, and had children including William De Welles, Cecilia DeWelles, Cecily Margaret De Welles, Eleanor de Welles, Margaret DeWelles, Margaret de Welles, Richard Welles, Eleanor Hastings, Eleanor Welles, Eleanor Welles, Cecily de Welles, Cecily Welles, Richard Sir Willoughby, Margaret Welles, Katherine Welles. Lionel de Welles passed away in 1461 in Towton, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Lionel de Welles began in 1406 in Well, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.
  • Lionel de Welles married Beatrix Waterton, Joan Cecily Waterton, Margaret Beauchamp, and had children including William De Welles, Cecilia DeWelles, Cecily Margaret De Welles, Eleanor de Welles, Margaret DeWelles, Margaret de Welles, Richard Welles, Eleanor Hastings, Eleanor Welles, Eleanor Welles, Cecily de Welles, Cecily Welles, Richard Sir Willoughby, Margaret Welles, Katherine Welles.
  • Lionel de Welles passed away in 1461 in Towton, Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Eudo Welles
1387 – 1421
Birth Location: Welles, Lincolnshire, England
EW
Maude Greystoke
1387 – 1416
Birth Location: Ravensworth Castle, North Riding, Yorkshire, England
MG

Spouses(s)

Beatrix Waterton
1400 – 1446
Birth Location: Methley, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
BW
Joan Waterton
1407 – 1434
Birth Location: Methley, Yorkshire, England
JW
Margaret Beauchamp
1410 – 1482
Birth Location: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
MB

Children(s)

William Welles
1420 – 1461
Birth Location: Meath, Leinster, Ireland
WW
Cecilia DeWelles
1424 – 1466
Birth Location: –
CD
Cecily Welles
1425 – 1491
Birth Location: Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England
CW
Eleanor Welles
1425 – 1480
Birth Location: Welles, Lincolnshire, England
EW
Margaret DeWelles
1427 – 1504
Birth Location: Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
MD
Margaret Welles
1427 – 1504
Birth Location: Lincolnshire, England
MW
Richard Welles
1428 – 1470
Birth Location: Belleau, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
RW
Eleanor Hastings
1428 – 1480
Birth Location: Welle, Lincolnshire, England
EH
Eleanor Welles
1428 – 1490
Birth Location: Belleau, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
EW
Eleanor Welles
1428 – 1490
Birth Location: Welle, Lincolnshire, England
EW
Cecily Welles
1429 – 1461
Birth Location: Welles, Lincolnshire, England
CW
Cecily Welles
1430 – 1465
Birth Location: Belleau, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
CW
Richard Willoughby
1431 – 1470
Birth Location: Welle, Lincolnshire, England
RW
Margaret Welles
1434 – 1480
Birth Location: Well, Lincolnshire, England
MW
Katherine Welles
1434 – 1505
Birth Location: Belleau, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
KW

Lionel Welles's Ancestors

Self
Lionel Welles
1406 – 1461
Birth Place: Well, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Eudo de Welles
1387 – 1421
Welles, Lincolnshire, England
Maude (de) Greystoke
1387 – 1416
Ravensworth Castle, North Riding, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
John (de) Welles
1352 – 1421
Conisholme, Lincolnshire, England
Eleanor (de) Mowbray
1364 – 1417
Epworth, Isle Of Axholme, Lincolnshire, England
Ralph (de) Greystoke
1353 – 1418
Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England
Catherine (De) Clifford
1353 – 1418
Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Welles
1334 – 1361
Maud Ros
1338 – 1388
John Mowbray
1340 – 1368
Elizabeth Segrave
1338 – 1368
William Greystoke
1321 – 1359
Joan FitzHugh
1338 – 1403
Roger Clifford
1333 – 1389
Lady Beauchamp
1335 – 1402
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Adam Welles
1304 – 1345
Margaret Bardolf
1308 – 1345
William Ros
1288 – 1343
Margery Badlesmere
1306 – 1363
John Mowbray
1310 – 1361
Joan
1312 – 1345
John Segrave
1315 – 1353
Margaret Brotherton
1322 – 1399
Ralph Greystoke
1299 – 1323
Alice Audley
1304 – 1374
Henry FitzHugh
1292 – 1352
Joan Fourneux
1301 – 1349
Robert Clifford
1305 – 1344
Isabella Berkeley
1307 – 1362
Thomas Beauchamp
1313 – 1369
Catherine Mortimer
1314 – 1369

Lionel Welles's Descendants

1.
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Lionel (de) Welles (25 Mar 1406 – 29 Mar 1461) m. Beatrix Waterton (1400 – 1446) m. Joan (Cecily) Waterton (1407 – 18 Oct 1434) m. Margaret Beauchamp (24 Jan 1410 – 8 Aug 1482)
  1. 1. William (De) Welles (1420 – 29 Mar 1461)
  2. 2. Cecilia DeWelles (1424 – 1466)
  3. 3. Cecily (Margaret De) Welles (1425 – 28 Jan 1491) m. Sir (Robert of Parham Knight) Eresby (1427 – 30 May 1465) m. Robert Willoughby (1427 – 30 May 1465)
  4. 4. Eleanor (de) Welles (Abt 1425 – 3 Jul 1480) m. Thomas Hoo (Abt 1396 – 13 Feb 1455) m. Thomas (Hoo Lord Hoo and) Hastings m. james lawrence (1428 – 1490) m. James Lawrence (Abt 1428 – 31 May 1490)
    1. 1. Lady (Jane De) Hoo (1448 – 1510) m. Roger Copley (Abt 1429 – Bef 1488) m. William Greystroke (1447 – 1493)
      1. 1. Dorothy COPLEY (Abt 1470 – ) m. John Guilford (Abt 1466 – ) m. John Guildford
      2. 2. Roger Copley (1473 – 1560) m. Jane Lode (Abt 1480 – 25 Dec 1560)
      3. 3. Roger Copley (Abt 1473 – 1560) m. Elizabeth Shelley m. Jane Lode
      4. 4. Richard Copley (Abt 1475 – 1526)
      5. 5. William Copley (Abt 1476 – )
      6. 6. Eleanor Copley (1477 – 14 Nov 1536) m. Thomas West (Apr 1457 – 11 Oct 1525)
        1. 1. Elizabeth West (1487 – Apr 1526) m. Charles Beaufort (1 Jan 1460 – 15 Apr 1526)
        2. 2. George West (1504 – 30 Dec 1538) m. Elizabeth Morton (Abt 1503 – 15 May 1592) m. Elizabeth Morton (Abt 1503 – Abt 1570)
        3. 3. Owen West (Abt 1505 – Oct 1551) m. Mary Guildford (Abt 1505 – 1565)
        4. 4. Barbara West (1507 – 1570) m. John Guildford (1512 – 5 Jul 1564)
        5. 5. Anne West (1508 – ) m. Anthony (St) Amand m. Anthony (St.) Amond (Abt 1500 – )
        6. 6. Leonard (De) West (1510 – 17 Jun 1578) m. Barbara Gascoigne (1517 – 15 May 1573)
        7. 7. Mary West (1510 – )
        8. 8. Barbara West (Abt 1510 – Abt 1554)
      7. 7. John Copley (Abt 1478 – )
      8. 8. Ada Copley (1479 – ) m. Henry Barbe (Abt 1475 – )
      9. 9. Anne Copley (Abt 1479 – 7 Aug 1535) m. William Sambourne m. William (M.) Lusher m. Thomas Lusher
      10. 10. Henry Copley (Abt 1480 – )
      11. 11. Elizabeth COPLEY (Abt 1483 – Abt 1535)
      12. 12. Thomas Copley (Abt 1485 – )
      13. 13. Thomas Copley (Abt 1487 – )
      14. 14. Robert Copley
    2. 2. Eleanor Hoo (1449 – 1535) m. James Carew (1442 – 22 Dec 1492)
    3. 3. Elizabeth Hoo (Jan 1451 – Jan 1500) m. Thomas Masingbeard (1446 – ) m. John Devenish (Abt 1450 – Aft 1498) m. John Devenish
  5. 5. Margaret DeWelles (1427 – 1504)
  6. 6. Margaret (de) Welles (1427 – Bef 1504)
  7. 7. Richard Welles (1428 – 12 Mar 1470) m. Joan Willoughby (Abt 1422 – 22 Feb 1462)
  8. 8. Eleanor Hastings (1428 – 3 Jul 1480)
  9. 9. Eleanor Welles (1428 – Abt 1490)
  10. 10. Eleanor Welles (1428 – 1490)
  11. 11. Cecily (de) Welles (1429 – 29 Mar 1461)
  12. 12. Cecily Welles (1430 – 30 May 1465) m. Sir (Robert of Parham Knight) Eresby (1427 – 30 May 1465)
    1. 1. Christopher Willoughby (1453 – 13 Jul 1499) m. Margaret (Jenney) Willoughby (1457 – 16 May 1515)
      1. 1. Thomas (Willoughby Chief Justice of the Common Bench) Kent (1486 – 29 Sep 1545) m. Bridget Read (1487 – 1558) m. Bridgit Rede (Abt 1487 – 11 Aug 1558)
        1. 1. Christopher Willoughby (1513 – 11 Jan 1586) m. Margery Tottishurst (Abt 1516 – 1635)
        2. 2. JOHN WILLOUGHBY (1507 – )
        3. 3. HENRY WILLOUGHBY (1508 – 1528)
        4. 4. William Willoughby (1509 – )
        5. 5. Bridget Willoughby (1510 – Aug 1558)
        6. 6. Thomas Willoughby (1511 – 19 Aug 1585)
        7. 7. Robert Willoughby (1511 – 3 Feb 1594)
        8. 8. Robert Willoughby (Abt 1511 – 1590) m. Lady (Dorothy) Willoughby (1 Aug 1490 – 4 Apr 1552)
        9. 9. Elizabeth Willoughby (1514 – 10 Apr 1580) m. Tristram Thomas (1522 – 26 Jan 1560)
        10. 10. Mary Willoughby (Abt 1515 – Abt 30 Nov 1556) m. Humffrey Waldron (Abt 1500 – 7 Apr 1586)
        11. 11. LANGLEY WILLOUGHBY (1517 – )
        12. 12. NORMAN WILLOUGHBY (1520 – )
        13. 13. KATE WILLOUGHBY (1521 – )
        14. 14. ELEANORA WILLOUGHBY (1529 – )
  13. 13. Richard (Sir) Willoughby (1431 – 12 Mar 1470)
  14. 14. Margaret Welles (1434 – 13 Jul 1480) m. Thomas Dymoke (1428 – 12 Mar 1470) m. Robert Radcliffe ( – 1493) m. Thomas Dymoke (1428 – 30 Mar 1470)
  15. 15. Katherine Welles (1434 – 8 Nov 1505) m. Thomas (de la) Launde (Bet 10 Jan 1437 and 9 Jan 1438 – 24 Mar 1469) m. Robert Tempest (Abt 1432 – 23 Apr 1509)

Lionel Welles's Timeline

3 Records

1406
25 Mar 1406
Birth of Lionel de Welles in Well, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Well, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
1461
29 Mar 1461
Age 55
Death of Lionel de Welles in Towton, Yorkshire, England
Towton, Yorkshire, England
1461
Mar 1461
Age 55
Burial of Lionel de Welles in Methley, Yorkshire, England
Methley, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Mar 1406
    Event Place: Well, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

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

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: Mar 1461
    Event Place: Methley, Yorkshire, England
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