Descendants of HENRY III PLANTAGENET King of England
 Eighth Generation 
25. Humphrey BOURCHIER (Sir John BOURCHIER7, Anne PLANTAGENET of Gloucester6, Thomas of WOODSTOCK Duke of Gloucester5, Edward III King of England4, Edward II King of England3, Edward I "Longshanks" King of England2, Henry III King of England1) was born about 1444 in Halstead, , Essex, England10 and died on April 14, 1471 in , , Hertfordshire, England10 aged about 27.
Humphrey married Elizabeth TILNEY, daughter of Frederick TILNEY and Elizabeth CHENEY, in 1647 in , , Devonshire, England.9 Elizabeth was born in 1445 in Ashwellthorpe, , Norfolk, England10 and died on April 4, 1497 in , , , England10 aged 52.
The child from this marriage was:
27 F i. Margaret BOURCHIER was born about 1468 in Benningbrough, , Yorkshire, England12 and died about 1552 in , , , England10 aged about 84.
Margaret married Sir Thomas BRYAN, son of Thomas BRYAN and Margaret BOWSEY. Thomas was born about 1464 in Cheddington, , Buckinghamshire, England12 and died about 1517 in , , , England10 aged about 53.
26. * Lionel DE WELLES 6th Baron of Welles (* Eudes WELLES7, * Eleanor DE MOWBRAY Baroness de La Warre6, Baroness Elizabeth DE SEGRAVE5, Margaret De BROTHERTON PLANTAGENET4, Thomas De BROTHERTON 1st Earl of Norfolk3, Edward I "Longshanks" King of England2, Henry III King of England1) was born in 1406 in Stourton, Whichford, Warwickshire, England7,11 and died on March 29, 1461 in Towton, , Yorkshire, England7 aged 55. Another name for Lionel was Leo.
6th Baron Welles
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1438 to 1445 appointed by Henry VI
Killed at the Battle of Towton. His body was taken by his family and buried in the family crypt.
Sir Leo, or Lionel de Welles, as 6th baron, summoned to parliament from 25 February, 1432, to 30 July, 1460. This nobleman received the honour of knighthood in the 4th Henry VI [1426] from the Duke of Bedford at Leicester, with the young king himself and divers other persons of rank. His lordship for several years after served with great honour in France and was made lieutenant of Ireland for seven years in the 16th of the same reign. When the fatal feud between the houses of York and Lancaster broke out, Lord Welles arrayed himself under the banner of the latter, and adhering to his colours with unbending fidelity, fell at the battle of Towton field on Palm Sunday, 1461. His remains were deposited in Waterton Chapel, at Methley, co. York. His lordship m. 1st, Joan, or by some accounts, Cecilia, only dau. of Sir Robert Waterton, of Waterton and Methley, co. York, and sister and heir of Sir Robert Waterton, also of Waterton, Knt., and had issue, Richard, Alianore, Cecily, Margaret, and Catherine. Lord Welles m. 2ndly, Margaret, sister and heir of Sir John Beauchamp, of Bletshoe, and widow of John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset (by whom she was mother of Margaret, Countess of Richmond, mother of King Henry VII) and had another son, John, created Viscount Welles. An attainder followed his lordship's decease, under which the Barony of Welles became forfeited. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 572, Welles, Barons Welles]
The rolls of parliament show that, in the first year of Henry VII [1485[, a statute passed finally reversing all acts of attainder or forfeiture which had ever been enacted aginst the Barony of Welles. [Sir Bernard Burke, History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, Vol. II, p. 558, Walrond, of Dulford House]
Lionel married Margaret DE BEAUCHAMP, daughter of John DE BEAUCHAMP and Edith STOURTON. Margaret was born in 1416 in Bletsoe, , Bedfordshire, England,13 died on August 8, 148213 aged 66, and was buried in Wimborne, Minster, Dorset, England.13
The child from this marriage was:
+ 28 M i. * John DE WELLES 1st Viscount Welles was born in 1450 in , , Lincolnshire, England11,14,15 and died on February 9, 1498 in Westminster Abby, London, Middlesex, England11 aged 48.
Lionel next married Joan Cicely WATERTON, daughter of Robert WATERTON and Joan DE EVERINGHAM, on August 15, 1417 in Methley, , Yorkshire, England.16 Joan was born in 1407 in Methley, , Yorkshire, England16 and died on November 2, 146216 aged 55.
Children from this marriage were:
29 F i. Eleanor DE WELLES was born in 1428 in Welles, , Lincolnshire, England.12
+ 30 M ii. Richard DE WELLES 7th Baron Welles was born about 1428 in Welles, , Lincolnshire, England16 and died on March 12, 1470 in Stamford, , Lincolnshire, England16 aged about 42.
31 F iii. Cicely DE WELLES was born in 1430 in Welles, , Lincolnshire, England.12
32 F iv. Katherine DE WELLES was born about 1434 in Welles, , Lincolnshire, England.12
33 F v. Margaret DE WELLES was born about 1445 in Welles, , Lincolnshire, England.12
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