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William Welles 1420–1461 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1420

Birth Location: Meath, Ireland

Death Date: 29 MAR 1461

Death Location: Towton, Yorkshire, England

Father: Lionel Welles

Mother: Margaret Welles

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

William Welles was born in 1420 in Meath, Ireland, the child of Lionel De Welles And Margaret De Welles. William Welles passed away in 1461 in Towton, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • William Welles was born in 1420 in Meath, Ireland, the child of Lionel De Welles And Margaret De Welles.
  • William Welles passed away in 1461 in Towton, Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lionel Welles
1406–1461
Birth Location: Welle, Lincolnshire, England
LW
Margaret Welles
1407–1434
Birth Location: Methley, Yorkshire, England
MW

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Welles's Ancestors

Self
William Welles
1420–1461
Birth Place: Meath, Ireland
Parents
Lionel de Welles
1406–1461
Welle, Lincolnshire, England
Margaret (De) Welles
1407–1434
Methley, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Robert Waterton
1375–1425
Yorkshire, England
Joan (De) Everingham
1362–1434
Laxton, Notts, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Waterton
–1425
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Waterton
1375–1424
Joan Waterton
1407–1434

William Welles's Timeline

2 Records

1420
1420
Birth of William Welles in Meath, Ireland
Meath, Ireland
1461
29 MAR 1461
Age 41
Death of William Welles in Towton, Yorkshire, England
Towton, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1420
    Event Place: Meath, Ireland

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