John de Welles, 4th Baron Welles

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John de Welles, 4th Lord Welles1

M, #189143, b. 23 August 1334, d. 11 October 1361

John de Welles, 4th Lord Welles was born on 23 August 1334 at Bonthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. He was the son of Adam de Welle, 3rd Lord Welles and Margaret (?). He married Maud de Ros, daughter of William de Ros, 2nd Lord de Ros of Helmsley and Margery de Badlesmere, circa 1344/45. He died on 11 October 1361 at age 27.2 John de Welles, 4th Lord Welles gained the title of 4th Lord Welles.

Children of John de Welles, 4th Lord Welles and Maud de Ros

1. Margery. Married Stephen le Scrope
2. Sir John de Welles Knight, 5th Baron de Wells. Married Alianore de MowbrayJohn de Welles, 5th Baron Welles

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Welles striking Lindsay in their famous joust (1886 painting) John de Welles, 5th Baron Welles (1352–1421) was an English soldier and noble. The son of John de Welles, 4th Baron Welles & Maud de Roos. He married Eleanor de Mowbray, daughter of John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray, and Elizabeth de Segrave, 5th Baroness Segrave.[1]

He was summoned to parliament between 20 January 1376 and 26 February 1421.[2]

At a banquet in Edinburgh and presumably after too much alcohol he issued, as Champion of England, the following challenge to David Lindsay (later 1st Earl of Crawford): “Let words have no place; if ye know not the Chivalry and Valiant deeds of Englishmen; appoint me a day and a place where ye list, and ye shall have experience.”[1] As a result of the challenge, on St George’s Day, 23 April 1390,[3] he fought David Lindsay in mock combat on horseback on London Bridge, losing the match by falling from his horse in their third charge against each other.

He was the father of:[4] Thomas de Welles (1380-1411) who predeceased his father. He married Cecilia Aston and had a son: John de Wells (1407-) Joan de Welles (1382-1409) Eudo de Welles (1387-1417), who predeceased his father. He married Maud Greystoke, daughter of Ralph de Greystoke, 3rd Baron Greystoke and Katherine Clifford.[2] by whom he had a son and daughter: Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles.[2] Sir William Welles, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, married to Anne Barnewall, daughter of Sir Christopher Barnewall, and had issue including Elizabeth, Lady Slane and Ismay, Lady Navan; Eleanor de Welles (1390-1458) who married Hugh de Poynings, son of Thomas Poynings, 3rd Baron Poynings and Joan ..., and had issue

1. Anne. d. a 1396. Married James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond

Citations

1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume X, page 122. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
2. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume XII/2, page 441.

Links

• http://thepeerage.com/p18915.htm#i189143
• http://cybergata.com/roots/2731.htm

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Fourth Baron

Wed about 1344, Postnuptial settlement...poor soul was only 10 years old!

Parents: son and heir of Adam de Welle (or Welles), Knt., 3rd Lord Welles, by his wife Margaret,[1] daughter of John, Lord Bardolf.[2] born August 23, 1334 at Bonthorpe (in Willoughby), Lincolnshire, England[1] Wife: Maud de Roos (or Ros), daughter of Sir William de Roos, 2nd Lord Roos of Helmsley, by Margery de Badlesmere[1] marriage 1350 in Helmsley, Yorkshire, England[citation needed] Children: Sir John Welles, 5th Lord Welles, married Eleanor Mowbray[1] Margery Welles married (1) John de Huntingfield, (2) Stephen le Scrope[1] Anne Welles married James le Boteler (or Butler)[1] Sir John de Welle, 4th Lord Welles, died on October 11, 1361. His widow Maud died December 9, 1388.[1]

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Birth: Aug. 23, 1334 Willoughby East Lindsey District Lincolnshire, England Death: Oct. 11, 1361

Son and heir of Adam Welles, Lord Welles.

His wife Maud was a daughter of Sir William de Ros, Lord Ros of Hamlake, by his wife Margery de Badlesmere.

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Parents:

 Adam De Welles (1304 - 1345)

 Margaret Eleanor Bardolf Welles (1308 - 1345)

Children:

 Margery Welles Scrope (____ - 1422)*

 John Welles (1350 - 1426)*

 Anne Welles Butler (1360 - 1397)*

Sibling:

 John de Welles (1334 - 1361)

 Margaret de Welle (1338 - 1402)*

Burial: Lincoln Cathedral Lincoln City of Lincoln Lincolnshire, England Plot: North side of the Lady Chapel

Created by: Todd Whitesides Record added: Dec 21, 2014 Find A Grave Memorial# 140291925 John was the 4th Lord Welles.