John Bellers

Not the wife of Eleanor de la Spine, heiress of Coughton

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bellers-2

From his History of Parliament biography:[1]

• Younger son of Sir James Bellers of Ab Kettleby by his 2nd wife Margaret;
• half-brother of James.
• m. bef. 1404, Elizabeth (c.1392-18 Aug. 1427), da. and event. h. of Anthony Howeby alias Sutton (d.1422), of Sutton Cheney,
• 1s. John, 3da.

James Sr in debt, sons accused of kidnapping and abusing debt collector:

"People mentioned: John Talbot of Swannington, knight; Alan le Souche (Zouche); James Belers, knight; John Belers, son of James Belers; William Belers, Dominican friar, son of James Belers; James Belers, man of law, son of James Belers." [2]

Death: Last known living in 1414. Certainly dead by 1421 when his son was a ward of John Mowbray, the Earl Marshal and his wife was remarried to Thomas Segrave.

Comments

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Research Notes

It is unlikely to impossible that Eleanor de la Spine, heiress of Coughton was also the wife of John Bellers. According to History of Parliament, Bellers was last known to be living in 1414 and deceased by 1421, at which time his son John was a ward of John Mowbray and Bellers' wife had remarried to Thomas Seagrave. In comparison, Eleanor is mentioned as her husband John Throckmorton's wife and chief executor in his will in 1445, and according to History of Parliament they married circa 1409. This timeline means that Eleanor could not have been married to both John Throckmorton and John Bellers, and while there is clear evidence that she was certainly married to Throckmorton, there is none currently that links her to Bellers. Eleanor's profile has been disconnected from Bellers' based on this conclusion, and a reliable source should be provided before the two are connected again in the future.