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Sir John Welles 1334 – 1361 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Aug 1334

Birth Location: Bonthorpe, Lincolnshire, England

Death Date: 11 Oct 1361

Death Location: Welles, Lincolnshire, England

Father: Sir Welles

Mother: Margaret Bardolf

Spouse(s): Margaret Ros

Children(s): Margaret Welles, Margery Welles, Sir Welles, Roger Welles, Richard Welles, Lady Wells,

In 1334, Sir John Welles entered the world in Bonthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, born to Sir Adam de Welles and Margaret Eleanor Bardolf. Sir John Welles married Margaret Maud de Ros, and had children including Margaret Welles, Margery de Welles, Sir John de Welles, Roger Welles, Richard Welles, Lady Anne Wells,. Sir John Welles passed away in 1361 in Welles, Lincolnshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1334, Sir John Welles entered the world in Bonthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, born to Sir Adam de Welles and Margaret Eleanor Bardolf.
  • Sir John Welles married Margaret Maud de Ros, and had children including Margaret Welles, Margery de Welles, Sir John de Welles, Roger Welles, Richard Welles, Lady Anne Wells,.
  • Sir John Welles passed away in 1361 in Welles, Lincolnshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Welles
1304 – 1345
Birth Location: Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England
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Margaret Bardolf
1312 – 1345
Birth Location: Wormegay, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Ros
1330 – 1388
Birth Location: Helmsley Castle, North Riding, Yorkshire, England
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Children(s)

Margaret Welles
1350 – 1422
Birth Location: North Elmsall, Yorkshire, England
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Margery Welles
1350 – 1422
Birth Location: North Elmsall, Yorkshire, England
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Sir Welles
1352 – 1421
Birth Location: Welles, Lincolnshire, England
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Roger Welles
1358 – 1421
Birth Location: Welles, Lincolnshire, England
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Richard Welles
1357 – 1371
Birth Location: Welles, Lincolnshire, England
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Lady Wells,
1359 – 1397
Birth Location: Welles Castle, Gainsby, Lincolnshire, England
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Sir Welles's Ancestors

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Sir Welles
1334 – 1361
Birth Place: Bonthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Parents
Sir Adam de Welles
1304 – 1345
Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England
Margaret (Eleanor) Bardolf
1312 – 1345
Wormegay, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
Adam (de) Welles
1271 – 1311
Wells, Mendip District, Somerset, England
Joane (de) Welles
1279 – 1315
Cockington, Torbay Unitary Authority, Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
William Welles
Isabel Vesci
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Vesci,
1205 – 1253
Lady Ferrers,
1224 – 1290

Sir Welles's Descendants

1.
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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)
        1. 1. Ralph (de la) Scrope (1445 – 2 Mar 1516)
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Scrope of) Masham, (1 Apr 1419 – 10 May 1504) m. Sir (Henry Le) Scrope, (4 Jun 1418 – 14 JAN 1459)
        1. 1. Sir (John) Scrope, (22 Jul 1435 – 17 Aug 1498) m. Lady (Joan) FitzHugh, (Abt. 1434 – 1488) m. Anne (Harling) (Wingfield) (1439 – 18 Sep 1498) m. Elizabeth (Saint) John (1432 – 3 July 1494) m. Joan Fitzhugh (1434 – 1488)
        2. 2. Elizabeth (le) Scrope, (1439 – 12 JUN 1503) m. Sir (Oliver II St) John, (1428/1432 – 10 April 1497) m. Sir (John) Bigod (1433 – 29 MAR 1461)
        3. 3. Margaret (le) Scrope, (01 Apr 1440 – 01 Oct 1500) m. Sir (John I) Bernard, (1437 – before 20 Nov 1485)
        4. 4. Agnes (Le) Scrope, (1442 – 1498) m. Sir (Christopher) Boynton (1438 – 7 Sep 1485) m. Sir (Richard) Radcliffe, (1450 – 21 Aug 1485)
        5. 5. Sir (Richard Le) Scrope, (July 1442 – 14 Apr 1485) m. Lady (Alianor ( Eleanor)) Washbourne (1445 – 1505)
        6. 6. Ralph Scrope (1444 – 20 Mar 1517)
        7. 7. Isabel Scrope (1444 – 1498)
        8. 8. Sir (Robert le) Scrope, (1447 – 25 Aug 1500) m. Katherine (La) Zouche (1446 – 1488) m. Katherine Scrope
        9. 9. Eleanor Scrope (1448 – 12 Jun 1503)
      3. 3. Sir (Thomas Le) Scrope, (1420 – 23 Apr 1493) m. Elizabeth (Anne de) Greystoke, (1436 – 20 Dec 1490)
        1. 1. Thomas LeScrope (1459 – 23 Apr 1493)
        2. 2. Alice (Le) Scrope (c. 1459 – 4 Nov 1521)
        3. 3. Sir (Ralphe) Scrope, (Abt. 1461 – 17 Sep 1515) m. Cecily (Plantagenet House of) York, (20 Mar 1469 – 24 August 1507)
        4. 4. Elizabeth LeScrope (1464 – 1524)
      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)
        1. 1. Agnes WELLS (1435 – 1503)
        2. 2. Sir (Thomas) Wells (1455 – AFT 1503)
      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)
        1. 1. John Welles, (1450 – 09 Feb 1498) m. Cecily (Plantagenet House of) York, (20 Mar 1469 – 24 August 1507)
      2. 2. Anne Welles (1407 – 1407)
      3. 3. William (de) Welles (1410 – 29 MAR 1461) m. Anne Barnewall (1425 – 1501)
        1. 1. Ismay Welles (1440 – )
        2. 2. Ellen ((Eleanor)) DeWelles (1448 – )
        3. 3. Thomas Welles (1460 – 1575)
        4. 4. Elizabeth (de) Welles (1460 – 1506)
      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 – )
        1. 1. Richard Wyllys (1468 – 8 MAY 1532)
  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)
        1. 1. Sir (James 'Black James') Butler, (abt. 1450 – 16 April 1497)
      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
        1. 1. Anne Butler (1447 – 1520)
        2. 2. Margaret Butler, (1454 – 3 April 1537) m. Sir (William) Boleyn, (1449 – 10 Oct 1505)
    2. 2. Richard Butler, m. Catherine O'Reilly
    3. 3. Edmund Butler, m. Catherine Forestall

Sir Welles's Timeline

2 Records

1334
23 Aug 1334
Birth of Sir John Welles in Bonthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Bonthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
1361
11 Oct 1361
Age 27
Death of Sir John Welles in Welles, Lincolnshire, England
Welles, Lincolnshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Aug 1334
    Event Place: Bonthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Oct 1361
    Event Place: Welles, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Age:
    27

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Lincoln, City of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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