Lionel Welles

Abt 1406 - 1461  (~ 55 years)

• Name	Lionel Welles  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1406	of Belleau, Lincolnshire, England   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Mar 1461	Towton, Yorkshire, England   [3, 5]
  Burial	Methley, Yorkshire, England   [3, 5]
  Person ID	I19259	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Eudes Welles   d. Aft 1 Feb 1408
  Mother	Maud Greystoke,   b. Abt 1380   d. Aft 1437 (Age ~ 58 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1395  [2]
  Family ID	F11621	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Joan Waterton   d. Aft 18 Oct 1434
  Marriage	15 Aug 1417	St. Oswald's, Methley, Yorkshire, England   [3, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Cecily Welles + 2. Eleanor Welles   d. Bef 1504 + 3. Margaret Welles   d. 13 Jul 1480
  Family ID	F11613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Beauchamp,   b. Abt 1410   d. Bef 3 Jun 1482 (Age ~ 72 years)
  Marriage	Apr 1447  [5]
  Family ID	F17963	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Privy councillor, 1434. Lieutenant of Ireland, 1438-42. Summoned to Parliament 25 Feb 1432 to 30 Jul 1460. Taken prisoner by Yorkists at the battle of Blore Heath. Fought at the second battle of St. Albans. Killed at the battle of Towton.

  
  

• Sources

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