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Welles, John (1447 - 1498/9)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1447-04
Death Date: 1499-02-09

Notes

Took part in the Duke of Buckingham's rebellion against Richard III; property seized 13 Aug. 1483; fled to Brittany Oct. 1483; attainted Jan.--Feb. 1483/4; restored to Welles lands by Feb. 1485/6

Parents

Primary Title

  • 10th Baron Welles
  • 1st Viscount Welles

Titles

  • 10th Baron Welles
    Assumed: 1485-11 (attainder reversed between this month and Dec. 1485)
    Vacated: 1498/9-02-04
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1486-04 (date nominated; installed 19 July 1489)
    Vacated: 1498/9-02-09
  • 1st Viscount Welles
    Assumed: 1485-11 (created to title between this date and 8 Feb. 1485/6)
    Vacated: 1498/9-02-09

General Lands Note

Granted lands forfeited by Lord Lovel and others 12 May 1488

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable, Lincolnshire 1485 -10 -10
Constable and Steward, Northamptonshire 1485 -10 -15 1498/9 -02 -9 For life
JP, Essex 1485 1498
JP, Lincolnshire 1485 1498
JP, Northamptonshire 1485 1496
Master of the Game, Northamptonshire 1485 -10 -15 1498/9 -02 -9 For life
Steward, Yorkshire 1485 -10 -15 Granted office during the minority of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (b 1477/8)
Steward of Lands, Lincolnshire 1485 -10 -10
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1486
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1486
JP, Rutland 1486 1497
Commissioner of Musters, Rutland 1489
Commissioner of Musters, Lincolnshire 1489
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, York 1489
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1489
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1491
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1491
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1491
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Rutland 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1495
Commissioner of Array, Lincolnshire 1496
Commissioner of Musters, Lincolnshire 1496
Master of Game, King's Parks, Lincolnshire 1585 -10 -15 1498/9 -02 -9 For life
Steward, Lincolnshire 1585 -10 -15 1498/9 -02 -9 For life

Lands

  • Lincolnshire
  • England-Wales border
  • Monmouthshire: Caerleon and Usk Castles
    Acquired: 1490-08-11
    Divested: 1498/9-02-09
    Granted for life
  • Northamptonshire
  • Shropshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Welles' Minstrel

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Welles' Minstrel Welles, John (1447 - 1499) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III [1476--85]. London: HMSO, 1901
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914--16
  • 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.