William de Welle , of Claxby & Well 
William de was born about 1116 in Well, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England. William de's father was Walter FitzRagemer de Welle , of Claxby & Well. His paternal grandfather was Ragemer de Welle , of Claxby, Withern & Well. He was an only child. He died before 1198 in Claxby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England.General Notes
WILLIAM, son of Walter, witnessed deeds of the Gant family in the middle of the 12th century. In 1166 he was tenant of Simon, Earl of Northampton, for 6 1/5 knights' fees; and he made gifts to the abbey of Louth Park and to the priories of Sempringham and Greenfield, Lincs. He married (----), sister of Gilbert (DE GANT), EARL OF LINCOLN, daughter of Walter DE GANT, by Maud, daughter of Stephen, COUNT OF BRITTANY. He died before 1198. [Complete Peerage XII/2:436-7, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
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William FITZWALTER, of Wells and Claxby, Norfolk, by . . ., sister of Gilbert (DE GANT), EARL OF LINCOLN, and daughter of Walter DE GANT. [Complete Peerage]
Note: I don't find a Claxby, Norfolk; there is a Claxby in Lincolnshire, whose registration district town is Spilsby--the same as Well, which it must be near.
They had a son and a daughter, named Robert de and Isabel (Elizabeth) de.
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Children
Isabel (Elizabeth) de Welle
Isabel (Elizabeth) de was born about 1135 in Well, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England. She died after 1212 in Candlesby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England.
Robert de Welle , of Haughley
Robert de was born about 1150 in Well, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England. He died before October 1206 in Haughley, Stow, Suffolk, England.
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