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28. * John DE WELLES 1st Viscount Welles (* Lionel DE WELLES 6th Baron of Welles8, * 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 1450 in , , Lincolnshire, England11,14,15 and died on February 9, 1498 in Westminster Abby, London, Middlesex, England11 aged 48.

John de Welles, 1st Viscount Welles was the son of Sir Lionel de Welles and Margaret Beauchamp. He was born after 1448. He married Cecilia Plantagenet, daughter of Edward IV Plantagenet, King of England and Elizabeth Wydevill, between 25 November 1487 and 1 January 1488. He died on 9 February 1499 in London, England.
John de Welles, 1st Viscount Welles was also known as John Welles. He gained the title of 1st Viscount Welles.1 He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.).

John married * Cicely PLANTAGENET, daughter of Edward IV PLANTAGENET King of England and Elizabeth WOODVILLE, before December 1487. Cicely was born on March 20, 1468 in London, , Greater London, England11,14,15 and died on August 24, 1507 in Quarr Abbey, , Isle of Wight, England11 aged 39.

Cecilia Plantagenet was born on 20 March 1469 in Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, England. She was the daughter of Edward IV Plantagenet, King of England and Elizabeth Wydevill. She married John de Welles, 1st Viscount Welles, son of Sir Lionel de Welles and Margaret Beauchamp, between 25 November 1487 and 1 January 1488. She married Thomas Kyme between 13 May 1502 and January 1504. She died on 24 August 1507 at age 38 in Quarr Abbey, Isle of Wight, England. She was buried in Quarr Abbey, Isle of Wight.
Cecilia Plantagenet was invested as a Lady Companion, Order of the Garter (L.G.) in 1480. From before December 1487, her married name became Welles. From before January 1504, her married name became Kymbe.


Children from this marriage were:

+ 34 M    i. * Robert DE WELLES was born in 1484 in Stourton, Whichford, Warwickshire, England11,14,15 and died on August 30, 1558 in Stourton, Whichford, Warwickshire, England aged 74.

   35 F    ii. Elizabeth DE WELLES was born in 1498 and died young.

   36 F    iii. Ann DE WELLES was born in 1499 and died in 1499.

30. Richard DE WELLES 7th Baron Welles (* Lionel DE WELLES 6th Baron of Welles8, * 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 about 1428 in Welles, , Lincolnshire, England16 and died on March 12, 1470 in Stamford, , Lincolnshire, England16 aged about 42. The cause of his death was execution by beheading.

Richard married Joan WILLOUGHBY 7th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, daughter of Robert WILLOUGHBY and Elizabeth DE MONTAGUE, about 1427.16 Joan was born about 1430 in Welles, , Lincolnshire, England16 and died before February 13, 1462.16

Children from this marriage were:

   37 F    i. Joan DE WELLES 9th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby died before 1475.

   38 M    ii. Robert WELLES 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby was born in 1446 in Gainesby, , Lincolnshire, England16 and died on March 19, 1470 in Doncaster, , Yorkshire, England16 aged 24. The cause of his death was execution by beheading.

Robert married Elizabeth BOURCHIER in Halstead, , Essex, England.16 Elizabeth was born about 1446 in Halstead, , Essex, England,16 died after October 2, 1470,16 and was buried in Canterbury, White Friars Church, Kent, England.

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