John De Welles 
John was born on April 20th, 1352 in Conisholme, Lincoln, England. John's father was John de Welles and his mother was Maud de Ros. His paternal grandfather was Adam De Welles and his paternal grandmother is Margaret Bardolf; his maternal grandparents were William de Ros and Margery De Badlesmere. He had a sister named Margery. He was the younger of the two children. He died at the age of 69 on August 24th, 1421. He was buried in 1421.General Notes
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(540) 723-8974John de Welles, 5th baron, was summoned to parliament from 20 January, 1376, to 26 February, 1421. This nobleman served in the expedition made into Flanders in the retinue of John, Duke of Lancaster, in the 27th Edward III [1354], and in the 1st Richard II [1377] was in the wars of France. The next year he was in the garrison of Berwick, under Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, its governor. His lordship subsequently obtained license to travel beyond sea, and returning in the 8th Richard II [1385], had leave to go abroad again for the vindication of his honour, having received some affront from a knight in France. He seems to have come home solely to procure letters testimonial vouching for his credit and reputation. After this we find him in the Scottish wars, and in the 19th of the same reign, he was ambassador to Scotland, where, during his sojourn, being at a banquet where deeds of arms becoming the subject of conversation, his lordship exclaimed, "Let words have no place; if ye know not the chivalry and valiant deeds of Englishmen, appoint me a day and place when ye list, and ye shall have experience." This challenge was immediately accepted by David, Earl of Crawford, and London Bridge appointed as the place of combat. The battle was fought on St. George's Day, and the Scottish earl was declared victor. Indeed, he displayed such an extraordinary degree of prowess, that notwithstanding the spear was broken upon his helmet and visage, he remained so immovably fixed in his saddle that the spectators cried out that in defiance of the laws of arms, he was bound thereto. Whereupon he dismounted and got up again and ran a second course, but in the third, Lord Welles was unhorsed and flung to the ground, on which Crawford dismounting, embraced him that the people might understand that he had no animosity, and the earl subsequently visited his lordship with great courtesy until his recovery. Of this Lord Welles nothing further in known than the period of his decease, anno 1421; although for eight years afterwards summonses appear to have been regularly issued to his lordship. But there are other instances upon record of summonses having been directed to barons after their deaths, probably from ignorance that the decease occurred. Lord Welles m. Margaret, or Eleanor, dau. of John, Lord Mowbray, and had two daus., Margaret, and Anne. He was s. by (the son of his deceased eldest son, Eudo, by his wife, Maude, dau. of Ralph, Lord Greystock) his grandson, Sir Leo, or Lionel de Welles. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 572, Welles, Barons Welles]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.WFT Est 1272-1311 d.1345
- b.~ 1324 in North Elmsall, Yorkshire, England d.1361
- b.04 Oct 1282 in Watton at Stone, Hertfordshire, England d.13 Dec 1328 in Watton at Stone, Hertfordshire, England
- b.12 Jan 1312 d.< 1363
- b.1289 in Harpendon, Hertfordshire, England d.11 Dec 1357
- b.WFT Est 1286-1334
- b.1294 in Bucknell, Oxfordshire, England d.Mar 1322
- b.May 1318 in Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England d.> 1360
- b.02 Sep 1243 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England d.07 Dec 1295 in Mammouth Castle, Wales
- b.16 Sep 1295 in Tewksbury, Gloucester, England d.04 Nov 1360 in St Mary's Ware, Hertfordshire, England
- b.~ 1272 in (Acre), Akko, Hazafon, Israel d.23 Apr 1307 in Clare, Suffolk, England
- b.20 Apr 1352 in Conisholme, Lincoln, England d.24 Aug 1421
- b.~ 1196 in Helmsley, Yorkshire, England d.1264 in Poitou, France
- b.~ 1225 in Belvior, Lancestershire, England d.17 May 1285
- b.~ 1202 in Dorest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England d.1266
- b.~ 1255 in Helmsley Castle, North Riding Yorkshire, England d.<16 Aug 1316 in Wark Castle, Wark-On-Tweed, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1210 in Belvoir, Leicestershire, England d.~Aug 1224
- b.~ 1225 in Belvoir, Leicestershire, England d.15 Jun 1301
- b.< 1285 in Helmsley Castle, North Riding Yorkshire, England d.03 Feb 1343 in Helmsley Castle, North Riding Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1235
- b.~ 1260 in Freiston, Boston, Lincolnshire, England d.< 1316 in Pentney Priory, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1328 in Helmsley, Yorkshire, England d.1399
- b.~ 1205 in Castle Tong, Kent, England
- b.~ 1244 in Castle Badlesmere, Kent, England d.1301 in Castle Badlesmere, Kent, England
- b.~ 1210 in Leeds, Kent, England
- b.~ 1275 in Chilham Castle, Badlesmere, Kent, England d.14 Apr 1322 in Hanged, Drawn & Quartered At Canterbury, Kent, England
- b.~ 1208 in Kingdown, Kent, England
- b.< 1238 in Kingsdown, Kent, England d.1310
- b.~ 1210 in Kingdown, Kent, England
- b.1306 in Castle, Badlesmere, Kent, England d.<22 Oct 1363 in Helmsley, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1248 in Tunbridge, Kent, England d.BET 1287 AND 1288 in Bunratty Castle, Thormond, Clare, Ireland
- b.1281 in Thormond, Connaught, Clare, Ireland d.1333 in Castle, Badlesmere, Kent, England
- b.~ 1265 in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland d.1300 in Ireland
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John and Eleanor were married in a religious ceremony on August 13th, 1417. They had a daughter named Anne.
He had a biological daughter named Anne.
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