Welles, Lionel de (1406 - 1461)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 3
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1406
Death Date: 1461-03-29 (killed at the Battle of Towton)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Beauchamp, Margaret ( - 1482)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1447-4
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: license to marry 14 April; settlement 20 April. (CP)

Offspring

From Beauchamp, Margaret ( - 1482)

  1. Male offspring: Welles, John (1447 - 1499) (patron)

Primary Title

6th Baron Welles

Titles

  • 6th Baron Welles
    Assumed 1421-08-26
    Vacated 1461-03-29
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed Before 1457-05-13 (date elected)
    Vacated 1461-03-29

General Offices Note

Summoned to parliament from 1432

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1433/4 n.d.
Privy Councillor, England 1434-11-12 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Lincolnshire 1435/6 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1436/7 1444
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1437 n.d.
Lieut, Ireland 1437/8-2-12 1441/2-02
JP, Lincolnshire 1446 1448
JP, Northamptonshire 1448 1450
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1450 n.d.
Lieut, France 1451 1456-04-20
JP, Northamptonshire 1452 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1452 1460
JP, Northamptonshire 1454 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Lincolnshire 1457 1460
JP, Northamptonshire 1458 1460
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1459/60 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1460-12-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, York 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westmorland 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northumberland 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1460-12-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Newcastle upon Tyne 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: East Riding 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1460 n.d.

General Lands Note

Granted seisen of inheritance 1427

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Maxey Castle, Northamptonshire
    Residence of 2nd wife
    Acquired: 1447
    Divested: 1461

Lands

  • Lincolnshire: Well
  • Northumberland

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1446-1446 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Welles' Minstrel
Performance 1448-1448 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Welles' Taborer?

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Welles' Minstrel Welles, Lionel de (1406 - 1461) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Welles' Taborer? Welles, Lionel de (1406 - 1461) Musicians 1

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)