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Sir Adam de Welles 1304 – 1345 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 22 Jul 1304

Birth Location: Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England

Death Date: 24 FEB 1345

Death Location: buried Greenfield Priory, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England

Father: Adam Welles

Mother: Joane Welles

Spouse(s): Margaret Bardolf

Children(s): Sir Welles, Margaret Welle

The story of Sir Adam de Welles began in 1304 in Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England. Sir Adam de Welles married Margaret Eleanor Bardolf, and had children including Sir John Welles, Margaret de Welle. Sir Adam de Welles passed away in 1345 in buried Greenfield Priory, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Adam de Welles began in 1304 in Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England.
  • Sir Adam de Welles married Margaret Eleanor Bardolf, and had children including Sir John Welles, Margaret de Welle.
  • Sir Adam de Welles passed away in 1345 in buried Greenfield Priory, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Adam Welles
1271 – 1311
Birth Location: Wells, Mendip District, Somerset, England
AW
Joane Welles
1279 – 1315
Birth Location: Cockington, Torbay Unitary Authority, Devon, England
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Bardolf
1312 – 1345
Birth Location: Wormegay, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England
MB

Children(s)

Sir Welles
1334 – 1361
Birth Location: Bonthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
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Margaret Welle
1338 – 1402
Birth Location: Willoughby, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England
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Sir Welles's Ancestors

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Sir Welles
1304 – 1345
Birth Place: Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England
Parents
Adam de Welles
1271 – 1311
Wells, Mendip District, Somerset, England
Joane (de) Welles
1279 – 1315
Cockington, Torbay Unitary Authority, Devon, England
Grandparents
William (de) Welles
England
Isabel (de) Vesci
Great-Grandparents
Sir Vesci,
1205 – 1253
Lady Ferrers,
1224 – 1290
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Eustace (Vescy),
1169 – 1216
Margaret Hythus
1170 – 1218
William Ferrers,
1193 – 1254
Sibyl Marshal
1201 – 1245

Sir Welles's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Adam de) Welles (Abt. 22 Jul 1304 – 24 FEB 1345) m. Margaret (Eleanor) Bardolf (13 JAN 1312 – 28 FEB 1345)
  1. 1. Sir (John) Welles (23 Aug 1334 – 11 Oct 1361) m. Margaret (Maud de) Ros (9 DEC 1330 – 9 Dec 1388)
    1. 1. Margaret Welles (1350 – 29 MAY 1422)
    2. 2. Margery (de) Welles (Abt. 1350 – 7 Jun 1422) m. Stephen (le) Scrope, (1345 – 25 Jan 1404)
      1. 1. Henry (le) Scrope (1370 – 5 Aug 1415) m. Joan (De) Holand (1380 – 12 Apr 1434)
      2. 2. John (Le) Scrope, (8 Jul 1378 – 14 Nov 1455) m. Lady (Elizabeth de) Chaworth, (1391 – 12 Mar 1466) m. Lady (Margaret de Neville \ Scrope, Baroness of Scrope of Bolton, Abbess of) Barkin (June 1396 – 4 March 1463)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (de Le) Scrope, (04 Jan 1419 – 20 Oct 1498) m. Richard Scrope, (1419 – 22 May 1468)
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Scrope of) Masham, (1 Apr 1419 – 10 May 1504) m. Sir (Henry Le) Scrope, (4 Jun 1418 – 14 JAN 1459)
        3. 3. Sir (Thomas Le) Scrope, (1420 – 23 Apr 1493) m. Elizabeth (Anne de) Greystoke, (1436 – 20 Dec 1490)
        4. 4. Magistrix (le) Scrope (1420 – 17 Sep 1452)
    3. 3. Sir (John de) Welles (20 Apr 1352 – 26 AUG 1421) m. Eleanor ((Alianore) De) Mowbray (25 Mar 1364 – 8 Apr 1426) m. Maud Greystock
      1. 1. Joan ((Joan Welles)) Welles (1 JUN 1382 – 1409)
      2. 2. Elizabeth Clifford (1375 – 5 MAR 1414)
      3. 3. Thomas Wells (1380 – 1411) m. Cecelia Aston (1383 – 1411)
        1. 1. Sir (John de) Welles (1407 – 6 Jun 1466) m. Alice Aston (1410 – 1455)
        2. 2. Lady (Joan) Wells (1413 – aft 1440)
      4. 4. Margaret (De) Welles (1386 – 29 MAY 1422)
      5. 5. Eudo (de) Welles, (1387 – 26 Aug 1421) m. Maud ((Matilda) de) Greystoke (1390 – ABT 1416)
        1. 1. Lionel (de) Welles, (ABT 1406 – 29 Mar 1461) m. Margaret Beauchamp, (01 Jan 1405 – 8 Aug 1482)
        2. 2. Anne Welles (1407 – 1407)
        3. 3. William (de) Welles (1410 – 29 MAR 1461) m. Anne Barnewall (1425 – 1501)
        4. 4. Mary Welles (1410 – )
      6. 6. Eleanor Welles (1389 – 7 NOV 1458)
    4. 4. Roger Welles (1358 – 1421)
    5. 5. Richard Welles (1357 – 26 AUG 1371) m. Marian Vycaryes (1359 – 1375)
      1. 1. Richard Willes (1375 – 1453) m. Mary Medows (1380 – 1395) m. Joane Jeames (1398 – 1476)
        1. 1. Richard Willes (1395 – 1453)
        2. 2. Thomas (Isaac) Willes (1415 – 1482)
        3. 3. Richard Willes (1395 – 1453)
        4. 4. Thomas Willes (1415 – 1482) m. Joane Grant (1580 – )
    6. 6. Lady (Anne) Wells, (1359 – 13 Nov 1397) m. Sir (James) Butler, (22 Jun 1362 – 07 Sep 1405)
      1. 1. James ('The White Earl') Butler, (23 May 1393 – 22 Aug 1452) m. Joan (de) Beauchamp (1396 – 05 Aug 1430)
        1. 1. Sir (James) Butler, (24 Nov 1420 – 1 May 1461) m. Lady (Eleanor) Beaufort, (1434 – 16 Aug 1501) m. Avice Stafford (4 Dec 1423 – 3 Jun 1457)
        2. 2. Eizabeth (Butler () Talbot), (1424 – 08 Sep 1473)
        3. 3. Sir (Lord Thomas) Butler, (1426 – 3 August 1515) m. Lady (Anne Hankeford) Butler, (1431 – 13 November 1485 or 3 August 1515) m. Lora Berkeley
      2. 2. Richard Butler, m. Catherine O'Reilly
      3. 3. Edmund Butler, m. Catherine Forestall
  2. 2. Margaret (de) Welle (1338 – 29 May 1402)

Sir Welles's Timeline

2 Records

1304
Abt. 22 Jul 1304
Birth of Sir Adam de Welles in Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England
Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England
1345
24 FEB 1345
Age 41
Death of Sir Adam de Welles in buried Greenfield Priory, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
buried Greenfield Priory, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 22 Jul 1304
    Event Place: Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 FEB 1345
    Event Place: buried Greenfield Priory, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Age:
    ABOUT 40

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Greenfield, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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