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William de Welles 1406 – 1461 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1406

Birth Location: Welles Manor, Methley, Lincolnshire, England

Death Date: 29 Mar 1461

Death Location: Towton, North Riding, Yorkshire, England

Father: Eudo Welles

Mother: Maude Greystoke

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William de Welles was born in 1406 in Welles Manor, Methley, Lincolnshire, England, the child of Eudo de Welles and Maude de Greystoke. William de Welles passed away in 1461 in Towton, North Riding, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • William de Welles was born in 1406 in Welles Manor, Methley, Lincolnshire, England, the child of Eudo de Welles and Maude de Greystoke.
  • William de Welles passed away in 1461 in Towton, North Riding, Yorkshire, England.

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William Welles's Ancestors

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William Welles
1406 – 1461
Birth Place: Welles Manor, Methley, Lincolnshire, England
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

William Welles's Timeline

2 Records

1406
1406
Birth of William de Welles in Welles Manor, Methley, Lincolnshire, England
Welles Manor, Methley, Lincolnshire, England
1461
29 Mar 1461
Age 55
Death of William de Welles in Towton, North Riding, Yorkshire, England
Towton, North Riding, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1406
    Event Place: Welles Manor, Methley, Lincolnshire, England

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

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