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== Biography ==
===Birth and Parents===John was the son of [[Welles-185|John de Welle/Welles]] and [[Ros-38|Maud de Ros]].[G E Cokayne. ''Complete Peerage'', revised edition, Vol. XII, Part II, St Catherine Press, 1959, pp. 441-443, viewable on [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/579047-the-complete-peerage-of-england-scotland-ireland-great-britain-and-the-united-kingdom-extant-extinct-or-dormant-vol-12-part-2?viewer=1&offset=0#page=3&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q= Familysearch]] He was born at Conisholme, Lincolnshire on 20 April 1352,[Douglas Richardson. ''Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families,'' 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. IV, pp. 303-304, WELLES 7][Douglas Richardson. ''Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families,'' 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. V, pp.331-332, WELLES 11] and was baptised there the same day.[A E Stamp, J B W Chapman, M C B Dawes and D B Wardle, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 235', in ''Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 13, Edward III'' (London, 1954), pp. 255-272, entry 294, [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol13/pp255-272 British History Online], accessed 30 October 2021]] After his father's death, he became a ward of Philippa of Hainault, wife of Edward III during his remaining minority; proof of age was made in 1373.
===Marriages and Children===Before 1368 John married [[Mowbray-3|Eleanor de Mowbray]], daughter of John de Mowbray and Elizabeth de Segrave.
Eleanor de Mowbray died before 13 August 1417: a little before that date, John married again, his second wife being someone called Margaret or Margery, whose family origins are not known. They had no children. Margaret is referred to in a 1421 record of a presentation she and John made, by her right, to St Peter's, Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire.
===Life===In 1371/2 John became a retainer of John of Gaunt, serving under him in France in 1373, and fighting again in France in the later 1370s and the 1380s.
John was summoned to Parliament from January 1375-6, the writs referring to him a "Johanni de Welle" or "Johanni de Welles",
In 1378-9 John served with the English garrison at Berwick-on-Tweed. In 1385 he fought in Scotland.
In May 1390 John (representing the "chivalry and valiant deeds of Englishmen") and [[Lindsay-154|Sir David Lindsay]], then a Scottish knight, jousted at London Bridge: John was unhorsed.
In October 1398 John was present when his brother-in-law [[Mowbray-12|Thomas Mowbray]] left Lowestoft, Suffolk after being banished by Richard II.
In May 1400 John was summoned to pay homage to Henry IV.['Close Rolls, Henry IV: May 1400', in ''Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry IV: Volume 1, 1399-1402'', ed. A E Stamp (London, 1927), pp. 83-85, [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/hen4/vol1/pp83-85 British History Online], accessed 30 October 2021]
In May 1402 he was one of those instructed to proclaim in Lincolnshire the intention of Henry IV to govern well and to counter malicious rumours to the contrary.[''Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Henry IV, A.D. 1401-1405'', HMSO 1905, p. 129, [https://archive.org/details/calendarpatentr00britgoog/page/n135/mode/2up Internet Archive]] The next year he was commanded "as he will avoid the king's wrath, to cease from giving or granting liveries to any of the people, and from making unlawful assemblies; as the king is informed that by confederacy and for maintenance the said John contrary to the statute has long been conferring divers liveries on great number of the people, and ceases not daily to gather them in unlawful assemblies."['Close Rolls, Henry IV: September 1403', in ''Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry IV: Volume 2, 1402-1405'', ed. A E Stamp (London, 1929), pp. 108-112, entry for 8 September 1493, [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/hen4/vol2/pp108-112 British History Online], accessed 30 October 2021]
===Death===John died on 26 August 1421.[Inquisitions Post Mortem for John de Welles Knight, [https://inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/21-859/ Mapping the medieval Countryside website], accessed 30 October 2021] His widow, called Margaret in the Close Rolls record, was awarded custody of his lands during Lionel's minority.[''Calendar of the Close Rolls, Henry V, A.D. 1419-1422'', HMSO, 1932, p. 189, entry for 20 February 1422, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000008749644&view=1up&seq=201&skin=2021 Hathi Trust]]
==Research Notes==
===Date of First Marriage===G E Cokayne gives the date of John's first marriage as before 1386, even though he cites a charter said to be of the period 1361-1368.
===Previously-shown Children===The following have in the past been shown as children of John, and have been have been detached:
* [[Welles-493|Jane]] (Welles) Andrews
* [[Welles-491|Thomas]]
* [[Welles-494|Margaret]]
== Sources ==
* Roberts, Gary Boyd. ''Ancestors of American Presidents'' (New England Historic Genealogical Society; Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; 2009)
== Acknowledgements ==
=== Magna Carta Project ===:This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by [[Cayley-55|Michael Cayley]] in October 2021.
:{{Name}} appears in trails from* [[:Category:Gateway Ancestors|Gateway Ancestor]] [[Bolles-5|Joseph Bolles]] to [[:Category:Surety Barons|Magna Carta Surety Barons]] [[Albini-39|William d'Aubigny]] and [[Ros-149|Robert de Ros]] that were project-approved/badged in March 2016. The trails are set out in the [[Bolles-4#Magna Carta Trails|Magna Carta Trails]] section of Thomas Bolles' profile* [[:Category:Gateway Ancestors|Gateway Ancestor]] [[Goddard-177|William Goddard]] and [[:Category:Surety Barons|Magna Carta Surety Baron]] [[Ros-149|Robert de Ros]] that was identified by the [[Project:Magna Carta|Magna Carta Project]]. The trails are set out in the [[Goddard-177#Magna Carta Trails|Magna Carta Trails]] section of William Goddard's profile.
: See [[Space:Magna_Carta_Team_Base_Camp|Base Camp]] for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's [[Space:Magna Carta Project Glossary|glossary]] for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".
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1352 - 1421 (69 years)
