Robert de Welle , of Haughley 
Robert de was born about 1150 in Well, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England. Robert de's father was William de Welle , of Claxby & Well and his mother was Miss de Gand. He had a sister named Isabel (Elizabeth) de. He was the younger of the two children. He died before October 1206 in Haughley, Stow, Suffolk, England.General Notes
ROBERT DE WELLE, son and heir, farmed the Honor of Haughley, Suffolk, alias the Honor of the Constable, 1184-88. He is mentioned often in the Pipe Rolls at the end of the 12th century as surety for the debts of Simon, Earl of Northampton; and he was also himself in debt to the Jews and assumed the burden of his father's debts to the Crown. He made grants to Greenfield Priory, to Bardney Abbey and to William Ruffus called his kinsman; and he is mentioned in lawsuits, 1203. He married Maud. He died before Michaelmas 1206. His widow survived him. [Complete Peerage XII/2:437, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
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