Lionel Welles, 6th Baron Welles
Lionel Welles, 6th Baron Welles | |
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 Arms of Sir Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles, KG | |
| Born | c. 1406 |
| Died | 29 March 1461 Towton, Yorkshire |
| Buried | Methley, Yorkshire |
| Spouse(s) | Joan Waterton Margaret Beauchamp |
| Issue | Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles John Welles, 1st Viscount Welles Cecily Welles Margaret Welles Eleanor Welles Katherine Welles |
| Father | Eude Welles |
| Mother | Maud Greystoke |
Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles,
Family
Born about 1406, Lionel Welles was the son of Eudes Welles and Maud Greystoke. On his father's side, he was the grandson of
Career
Lionel Welles' father, Eudes Welles, died sometime before 26 July 1417, predeceasing his own father, the 5th Baron. At the death of the 5th Baron in 1421, Lionel Welles thus inherited the Welles barony and lands, but as he was underage, his wardship was granted to his future father-in-law,
He was knighted at the Parliament at
His dealings, together with his kinsmen
He was installed, together with John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, as a Knight of the Garter on 14 May 1457, and in October of that year was sent with English reinforcements to Calais.[5]
He was taken prisoner by Yorkist forces at the Battle of Blore Heath on 23 September 1459. In 1461 he was with the army of Queen Margaret, which advanced on London, and won the Second Battle of St Albans on 17 February 1461. He was slain a month later at the Battle of Towton on 29 March 1461, though rumours of his survival ran about.[6] After his death he was attained by Act of Parliament on 21 December 1461, whereby all his honours were forfeited. He was buried with his first wife, Joan Waterton, in the Waterton Chapel in St Oswald's parish church at Methley, Yorkshire,[7][2][8] where they have a fine table-tomb monument with recumbent effigies.[9] Welles is shown in full armour with a lion at his feet.
Marriages and issue
Welles married firstly Jane (in some accounts, Cecily) Waterton, daughter of Robert Waterton, esquire, of Waterton, Lincs. and Methley, Yorkshire,[2] and his wife, Cecily Fleming, daughter of Sir Robert Fleming of Woodhall (brother of Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln), by whom he had one son and four daughters:[10]
- Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles.[11]
- Cecily Welles, who married Sir Robert Willoughby of Parham, Suffolk and was the mother of Christopher Willoughby, 10th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.[12]
- Margaret Welles (d. 13 July 1480), who married first, Sir Thomas Dymoke (executed 12 March 1470), and secondly Robert Radcliffe, esquire.[13][12]
- Eleanor Welles (died before 1504), who married first, Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings (d. 13 February 1455);[14] secondly Sir James Laurence (died 1490);[15] and third, Hugh Hastings.[16]
- Katherine Welles, who married first, Sir Thomas de la Launde (executed 19 March 1470), and secondly Robert Tempest (d. 23 April 1509), esquire.[12]
Secondly, by licence dated 14 April 1447, he married Margaret Beauchamp, widow successively of Sir Oliver St John (d.1437) and John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (d. 27 May 1444), and daughter of Sir John Beauchamp of Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, by his second wife, Edith Stourton, daughter of Sir John Stourton, by whom he had one son:[10]
- Edward IV of England.[10]
By his second marriage Welles became the stepfather of
Notes
- ^ Richardson IV 2011, p. 303-4.
- ^ a b c d Hicks 2004.
- ^ Whitehead 2004.
- ^ J. Gairdner (ed.), The Paston Letters 1422-1509 A.D., Library Edition (Chatto & Windus, London 1904), II, No. 100, pp. 118-20.
- ^ a b Cokayne 1959, p. 443.
- ^ Gairdner (ed.), Paston Letters, III, Nos. 450, 451, pp. 266-69.
- ^ Cokayne 1959, p. 444.
- ^ Ellis & Tomlinson 1882, p. 421.
- ^ Detail at leodis.net.
- ^ a b c Richardson IV 2011, p. 305.
- ^ Richardson IV 2011, pp. 305–7.
- ^ a b c Richardson IV 2011, pp. 305, 308.
- ^ Richardson III 2011, p. 428.
- ^ Richardson IV 2011, pp. 305, 308, 310–11.
- ^ The National Archives (UK), Discovery Catalogue, ref. C 1/41/239 (1467-72).
- ^ Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry (2011), IV, p. 310.
References
- Cokayne, George Edward (1959). The Complete Peerage, edited by Geoffrey H. White. Vol. XII, Part II. London: St. Catherine Press.
- Ellis, Alfred Shelley; Tomlinson, George William, eds. (1882). "Dodsworth's Yorkshire Notes: Wapentake of Agbrigg". The Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal. VII. London: Bradbury, Agnew and Co.: 401–428. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- Hicks, Michael (2004). "Welles, Leo, sixth Baron Welles (c.1406–1461)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28998. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) The first edition of this text is available at Wikisource: . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Vol. III (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 978-1449966393.)
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - Whitehead, J.R. (2004). "Waterton, Robert (d. 1425)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/54421. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
External links
- Tomb of Sir Lionel Welles at Methley. Retrieved 12 October 2013
- Methley Archive website
Further reading
Roberts, Gary Boyd (2009). Ancestors of American Presidents. New England Historic Genealogical Society. pp. 428–29.