Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles
Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles | |
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Born | c.1428 |
Died | 12 March 1470 Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles |
Mother | Joan Waterton |
Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles (c.1428–1470), was an English nobleman and soldier. From a
Family
Richard Welles was the only son of
- Cecily Welles, who married Sir Robert Willoughby of Parham, Suffolk and was the mother of Christopher Willoughby, 10th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.[2]
- Margaret Welles (d. 13 July 1480), who first married Sir Thomas Dymoke (executed 12 March 1470), and then Robert Radcliffe, esquire.[3][2]
- Eleanor Welles, who married Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings (d. 13 February 1455).[4]
- Katherine Welles, who first married Sir Thomas de la Launde (executed 15 March 1469), and then Robert Tempest (d. 23 April 1509), esquire.[2]
Career
He married, by 9 January 1449, Joan Willoughby, in her own right Lady Willoughby, the only daughter and heiress of Robert Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. He was knighted shortly before 31 January 1453, on which date he had seisin of his wife’s lands, and was on various commissions in Lincolnshire in that year. On or before 15 March 1454 he was a privy councillor. He was summoned to Parliament from 26 May 1455 to 10 August 1469 by writs directed Ricardo Welles de Willughby, thus becoming Lord Willoughby. According to Hicks, having the expectation of the Welles and Waterton inheritances, 'he was destined to be the principal magnate in the Lincolnshire area'.[5][6][7]
In his early years he was a supporter of the
He had family connections to the Nevilles through both his first and second wives, and having changed sides in the conflict, assisted the Nevilles in the destruction of the Lancastrian forces in the north of England in 1464. He was with Edward IV at Dover, on 21 August 1463, and was among the Yorkist leaders under the command of John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu, who defeated the Lancastrians at the Battle of Hexham on 15 May 1464. He was amply rewarded by Edward IV, being granted his father's forfeited goods on 9 October 1464. On 11 July 1465 he had seisin of his father's forfeited estates. In June 1467 he was fully restored in blood by an Act of Parliament which reversed his father's attainder, by which he acquired 'the additional title of Lord Welles'. In 1468, by order of the King, he was confirmed in his rights against competing claims to his father's lands by his stepmother, Margaret Beaufort, Duchess of Somerset, and his half-brother, John Welles.[7][6]
Although he had recovered his inheritance, Lord Welles had not achieved dominance in Lincolnshire, where he shared power with
The attainders of Lord Welles and Sir Robert Welles were both later reversed in the first Parliament of Henry VII.[6][12][5]
Marriages and issue
Welles married firstly, by 9 January 1449, Joan Willoughby, in her own right Lady Willoughby, the only daughter and heiress of Robert Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, by his first wife, Elizabeth Montagu, daughter of John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, by whom he had a son and daughter:[13]
- Robert Welles, 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, who married Elizabeth Bourchier (d.1470), the daughter of John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners, and Margery Berners, daughter and heiress of Richard Berners, esquire.[14] She survived him by only a few months, and was buried by his side in the church of the Whitefriars in Doncaster. She left a will dated 2 October 1470.[15][14]
- Thomas de Camoys, 1st Baron Camoys, by his first wife, Elizabeth Louches, the daughter and heiress of William Louches. He was the brother of William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings and Sir Ralph Hastings. They had a son, Anthony Hastings, who predeceased his father.[16][17][5]
Welles' first wife was living 11 May 1461, but died shortly before 13 February 1462.[14]
He married secondly Margery Strangways, widow of the Neville retainer, John Ingleby, and daughter of Sir James Strangways of Harlsey in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, by his first wife, Elizabeth Darcy, daughter and heiress of Philip Darcy, 6th Baron Darcy. They had no issue. On 8 May 1474 she was said to have been about to take the veil.[12][14]
See also
- The White Queen (miniseries)
Notes
- ^ Richardson IV 2011, p. 305.
- ^ a b c Richardson IV 2011, pp. 305, 308.
- ^ Richardson III 2011, p. 428.
- ^ Richardson IV 2011, pp. 305, 308, 310–11.
- ^ a b c d e Richardson IV 2011, p. 306.
- ^ a b c d e f Hicks 2004.
- ^ a b c Cokayne 1959, p. 445.
- ^ a b c Musson 2004.
- ^ John A. Wagner, "Welles Uprising (1470)", Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses, ABC-CLIO, 2001, p.296.
- ^ ‘Parishes: Faxton', A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 4 (1937), pp. 167-172 Retrieved 9 October 2013.
- ^ Cokayne 1959, pp. 445–6.
- ^ a b Cokayne 1959, p. 446.
- ^ Richardson IV 2011, pp. 306–7.
- ^ a b c d Richardson IV 2011, p. 307.
- ^ Nicolas 1826, p. 310.
- ^ Richardson I 2011, pp. 398–9.
- ^ Richardson II 2011, pp. 369–71.
References
- Cokayne, George Edward (1959). The Complete Peerage, edited by Geoffrey H. White. Vol. XII, Part II. London: St. Catherine Press.
- 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.
- Musson, A.J. (2004). "Dymoke family (per. c.1340–c.1580)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/42007. (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.
- Nicolas, Nicholas Harris (1826). Testamenta Vetusta. Vol. I. London: Nicholas and Son. p. 310. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Vol. I (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 978-1449966379.)
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- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Archbold, William Arthur Jobson (1899). "Welles, Lionel de". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 60. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 168–169.