John De Welles 
John was born about 1360 in Conisholme, Lincolnshire, England. John's father was John de Welle and his mother was Maud de Ros. His paternal grandparents were Adam De Welles and Margaret Eleanor Bardolf; his maternal grandparents were William de Ros and Margery De Badlesmere. He had two sisters named Margery and Anne. He was the second oldest of the three children. He died on August 24th, 1421 in North Elmsall, Yorkshire, England.General Notes
John 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 ofLancaster, in the 27th Edward III [1354], and in the 1st RichardII [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.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1177 in Welle, Lincoln, England d.1242
- b.~ 1244 in North Elmsall, Yorkshire, England d.24 Sep 1265 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1179 in Gainsby, Lincoln, England
- b.~ 1274 in North Elmsall, Yorkshire, England d.01 Sep 1311
- b.~ 1210 in Ellington, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1250 in Ellington, Northumberland, England d.5 JAN 1313/14 in Malton Priory, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1224
- b.22 Jul 1304 in North Elmsall, Yorkshire, England d.24 FEB 1344/45
- b.~ 1214 in Laxton, Northamptonshire, England d.1248
- b.~ 1234 in Colne Engaine & Laxton, Northamptonshire, England d.5 JAN 1296/97
- b.~ 1219
- b.~ 1274 in Laxton, Northamptonshire, England d.Jun 1315
- b.~ 1220 in Hallaton, Leicester, England
- b.~ 1240 in Hallaton, Leicestershire, England d.02 Nov 1305
- b.~ 1225
- b.~ 1330 in North Elmsall, Yorkshire, England d.1361
- b.~ 1229 in Wormegay, Norfolk, England d.Dec 1289
- b.29 Sep 1259 in Lincoln, England d.Sep 1304
- b.~ 1231 in Mapledurham, Oxon., England d.1295 in Mapledurham, Oxford, England
- b.04 Oct 1282 in Watton At Stone, Hertfordshire, England d.15 Dec 1328 in Watton On Stone, Hertfordshire, England
- b.~ 1226 in Watton At Stone, Hertfordshire, England d.15 FEB 1284/85
- b.~ 1254 in Addington, Surrey, England d.1292 in Addington, Surrey, England
- b.1238 in Ferrers, Derby, England d.Oct 1267 in Berkeley, Gloucester, England
- b.13 JAN 1312/13 in Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England d.28 FEB 1344/45
- b.1229 in Neuchatel, Switzerland d.1330
- b.~ 1263 in Cassington, Oxfordshire, England d.27 Jun 1335 in Lombourn Eaton, Hereford, England
- b.~ 1231
- b.~ 1289 in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England d.11 Dec 1357 in Ruskington, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1235 in Geneva, Switzerland d.~ 1302
- b.1267 in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England d.1323
- b.~ 1250
- b.~ 1360 in Conisholme, Lincolnshire, England d.24 Aug 1421 in North Elmsall, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1192 in Helmsley, York, England d.1265 in Kirkham, York, England
- b.~ 1232 in Helmsley, York, England
- b.~ 1205 in Brecknockshire, Wales d.> 1265
- b.1255 in Helmsley, York, England d.1316
- b.~ 1196 in Belvoir Castle, England d.1242
- b.~ 1235 in Belvoir Castle, England d.15 Jun 1301
- b.1213
- b.~ 1295 in Helmsley, York, England d.1342
- b.1194 in Catterlen, Cumberland, England d.1275 in Yelvertoft, England
- b.1230 in Freiston, Lincolnshire, England d.1287 in Walton, Norfolk, England
- b.1208 in Catterlen, Cumberland, England
- b.~ 1263 in Freiston, Boston, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1176 in Wilton, Hereford, England
- b.~ 1222 in Lincolnshire, England d.< 1261
- b.~ 1330 in Helmsley, Yorkshire, England d.1399
- b.~ 1205 in Castle Tong, Kent, England d.1248
- b.~ 1232 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England d.1301
- b.~ 1210
- b.1274 in Chilham Castle Kent, England d.14 Apr 1322 in Hanged in Canterbury, Kent, England
- b.~ 1208 in Kingsdown, England d.1306
- b.~ 1266 in Kingsdown, England d.1310
- b.~ 1210 in Kingsdown, England
- b.1306 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England d.18 Oct 1363 in Helmsley, Yorkshire, England
- b.04 Aug 1222 in Gloucestershire, England d.15 Jul 1262 in poisoned near Ashenfield Manor, Waltham, Kent, England
- b.1245 in Tonbridge, Kent, England d.29 Aug 1287 in battle in Ireland
- b.~ 1223 in Lincolnshire, England d.10 MAR 1287/88
- b.~ 1286 in Tonebridge, Suffolk, England d.1333
- b.~ 1238 in Offaly, Ireland
- b.~ 1249 in Dublin, Ireland d.> 1291
- b.~ 1250 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d.1291
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They had a son named Eudo.
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