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Robert Welles 1494–1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1494

Birth Location: Warwick, Warwickshire, England

Death Date: 30 August 1558

Death Location: Whichford, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England

Father: John, deWelles

Mother: Cicely Plantagenet

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Welles

Children(s): Viscount Stourton

The story of Robert Welles began in 1494 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England. Robert Welles married Elizabeth De Welles, and had children including Viscount Thomas De Elmham Of Welles Of Stourton. Robert Welles passed away in 1558 in Whichford, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Robert Welles began in 1494 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England.
  • Robert Welles married Elizabeth De Welles, and had children including Viscount Thomas De Elmham Of Welles Of Stourton.
  • Robert Welles passed away in 1558 in Whichford, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England.

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Robert Welles's Ancestors

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Robert Welles
1494–1558
Birth Place: Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Parents
John, 1st Viscount Welles, Lancastrian Nobleman, KG deWelles
1450–1499
Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, England
Cicely (of York) Plantagenet
1469–1507
Westminster Palace, London, London, England
Grandparents
Lionel, (Sir de Welles, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 6th Baron of Hellowe and) Gainsby
1406–1461
Methley, Lincolnshire, England
Margaretha Beauchamp
1410–1482
Bletsoe Castle, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Edward (Plantagenet IV,) King
1442–1483
Rouen, France
Elizabeth (Woodville, Queen consort) England
1437–1492
Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Eudo Welles
1387–1421
Maud Greystoke
1387–
Sir Waterton
1375–1424
Joan Everingham
1385–1434
Richard Cambridge
1411–1415
Cecily Raby
1415–1495
Earl Rivers
1408–1469
Jacobajacquette Luxemburg
1416–1472
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Welles)
1352–1421
Eleanor Welles)
1364–1426
Katherine Greystoke
1369–1413
MMR Plantagenet
1375–1415
Anne Cambridge
1388–1411
Ralph Westmoreland
1363–1425
Joan Westmoreland
1375–1440
Richard I
1385–1441
Joan Wydeville
1390–1448
CHARLES 18
1364–1431
Marguerite Baviere
1376–1424

Robert Welles's Descendants

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Robert Welles (1494–30 August 1558) m. Elizabeth (de) Welles (1488–11 January 1553)
  1. 1. Viscount (Thomas De Elmham of Welles of) Stourton 1512–1558 m. Elizabeth Bryan 1516–1558
    1. 1. Viscount (John) Welles 1540–1617 m. Jane Antrobus 1541–1570 m. Alice Bryan 1544–1615 m. Jennet Lawtie 1545–1571
      1. 1. Rev. (William Wells to the Queen of) Denmark 1566–1620 m. Elizabeth Manfield 1580–1619
        1. 1. William ((Honorable)) Wells 1604–1671 m. Mary Youngs 1619–1709 m. Bridget (Elizabeth) BURTON 1614–1650

Robert Welles's Timeline

2 Records

1494
1494
Birth of Robert Welles in Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Warwick, Warwickshire, England
1558
30 August 1558
Age 64
Death of Robert Welles in Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1494
    Event Place: Warwick, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 August 1558
    Event Place: Stourton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Whichford, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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