John Welles

1352 - 1421  (69 years)

• Name	John Welles  [1]
  Birth	20 Apr 1352	Conisholme, Lincolnshire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Aug 1421  [2]
  Siblings	2 siblings
  + 1. Anne Welles   d. Bef 3 Dec 1399 ▻ James le Boteler ,  m. Bef 17 Jun 1386 + 2. Margery Welles ,   b. Abt 1350, of Bonthorpe, Lincolnshire, England d. 29 May 1422  (Age ~ 72 years) ▻ Stephen le Scrope ,  m. Bef 15 Dec 1376 + 3. John Welles ,   b. 20 Apr 1352, Conisholme, Lincolnshire, England d. 26 Aug 1421  (Age 69 years) ▻ Eleanor Mowbray ,  m. Bef 1368
  Person ID	I20887	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TSW
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	John de Welle,   b. 23 Aug 1334, Bonthorpe, Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England d. 11 Oct 1361 (Age 27 years)
  Mother	Maud de Ros,   b. Abt 1331, of Helmsley, Yorkshire, England d. 9 Dec 1388 (Age ~ 57 years)
  Family ID	F3733	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor Mowbray,   b. Bef 1361
  Marriage	Bef 1368  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Eleanor Welles   d. Aft 7 Nov 1458 + 2. Eudes Welles   d. Aft 1 Feb 1408
  Family ID	F12920	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Or Welle. 5th Lord Welles. He was a lifelong retainer of John of Gaunt, whom he accompanied on the march from Calais to Bordeaux in 1373. He also took part in Richard II's 1385 expedition to Scotland. He was summoned to Parliament by writs from 20 Jan 1376 to 26 Feb 1421.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6758] Terry J. Booth, "The Sothill, Fauconberge, and Greystoke Ancestry of William1 Wentworth of New Hampshire." The American Genealogist 92:81, Jul/Oct 2021, published December 2022; 92:217, Jan/Apr 2022, published June 2023. [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013.