NAME: ELEANOR WELLES

SURNAME: Welles.... GIVEN NAMES: Eleanor.... *SEX: F

BIRTH: circa 1390, Wells, lincolnshire, England

DEATH: 7 NOV 1458 Age: (68)

• FATHER: John De WELLES 5th Baron Welles (1352 -1390 ).. Age:(38)
• MOTHER: Eleanor de MOWBRAY

MARRIAGE: Sir Hugh de POYNINGS (knight)= (1370-)

Married: unkown

CHILDREN

1...F... Lady Constance de Poynings b:1408 , Monney, Somersetshire, Engl. (d: 1442)

2...F...Alice

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NOTES

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• Eleanor WELLES was born about 1390 in Wells, Lincolnshire, Eng.
• Parents: John De Welles 5th Baron Welles and Eleanor De Mowbray (Baroness WELLES).
• Spouse: Hugh De Poynings ... Lord Of ST JOHN.
• one known child born , Lady Constance de Poynings (recorded as 1408, but that must be incorrect if her father died in 1390)
• Her father died April 23, 1390 aged(38) at London Bridge, England
• John challenged Lindsay to a duel by joust on horseback on London Bridge, where he was killed on the 3rd joust

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THE TIMES

Monarchs Richard II 1377-1399

Henry IV 1399-1413

Henry V 1413-1422

Henry VI1422-1461

EVENTS

The battle of Poitiers. English defeat the French 1356

Chaucer begins to write The Canterbury Tales. 1380

The Peasants Revolt. Peasants in Essex and Kent rise up and march on London. The king manages to persuade them to disperse by making promises, none of which he intends to keep. 1381

The Bible is translated into English by John Wycliffe.1381

Winchester College founded by William of Wickham 1382

Scots defeat the English at the battle of Otterburn 1388

The Battle of Nicopolis the last great crusade fails.1396

Battle of Agincourt. Henry V and his army defeat a numerically superior French army, partially because of the newly-introduced English longbow. 1415