Robert de Welles, Baron de Welles

1296 - 1320  (24 years)

• Name	Robert de Welles
  Born	1 Jan 1296	Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Christened	Holy Trinity Church, Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire, England   [3]
  Land/House	1318  [2, 3]
  In the 12th year of the reign of Edward II (1318), he made proof of his age and had livery of his lands and inheritance.
  Military	Sep 1319  [3]
  He served at the siege of Burwick from August to September 1319.
  Died	by 29 Aug 1320  [1, 2, 3]
  He died without issue. [4]
  Siblings	4 siblings
  1. Robert de Welles, Baron de Welles ,   b. 1 Jan 1296, Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. by 29 Aug 1320  (Age 24 years) ▻ Maud de Clare ,  m. 11 Nov 1315 + 2. Sir Adam de Welles, Baron de Welles ,   b. 22 Jul 1304, England ,   d. 1345, England  (Age 40 years) ▻ Margaret ,  m. Before 1334   3. Sir William de Wellesley ,   b. Abt 1308   4. Sir John de Wellesley ,   b. Abt 1310, England   5. Johies de Welles ,   b. Abt 1315, England
  Person ID	I21844
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Adam de Welles, Baron de Welles,   b. Abt 1245, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 1 Sep 1311, England  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Mother	Joan Engaine,   d. 1 Jun 1315
  Married	Abt 1296
  Family ID	F6097	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maud de Clare,   d. 1 Feb 1324/25  [4]
  Married	11 Nov 1315  [1, 5]
  Robert de Welle abducted her and forcibly remarried her without the King's permission. They had no children together. [4]
  Age at Marriage	He was 19 years - She was ??
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2019
  Family ID	F2939	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Burke (1866) gives his birth as about 1299.

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1 Jan 1296 - Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire, England Christened - - Holy Trinity Church, Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire , (London: Harrision, 1866), Secondary Source. [S1450] Welles, Albert. History of the Welles Family in England; with Their Derivation in this Country from Governor Welles of Connecticut, (Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1874), Secondary Source. [S1455] Cokayne, George E. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the UK, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, volume XII , (London: The St. Catherine Press, 1953), Secondary Source. [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982), Secondary Source. [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html), Tertiary Source.