1404 March 25, Wm. Esq., Hilderskelfe
(bur. Kyrkham Abbey) fst. St.Cuth. 1403
1426 May 3, Richard, York,
chaundler, Admin
1429 Oct 19, John, Wakefield,
drapour, Admin
1429 May 30, Thomas, Hull,
merchant, May 15,1429
1429 Nov 20, Welles
Anicia/Avilia late w. of Rich. Welles of York,
chaundler, Nov14, 1429
1431 Aprl 19, Peter At,
Hautenemprise, Feb 7, 1430 dated Hull
1433 Oct 6, John (bur. Fenyngley)
Sept 24 1433
1434 Nov 9, Well John
At, Beverley, gentleman, son of John At
Well of Anelby, Oct 3, 1434
1437 Oct 2, Ellen (bur.
St. Mary's Abbey, York) Sept 14, 1437
1445 Nov 20, John,
Kyngeston sup Hull (dated Gravesend)
May 28,1445
1446 Aprl 30, Wels
John, York, walker, Aprl 8, 1446
1460 Sept 25,
Christopher, Hull, gentleman, July 12, 1460
1463 May 14, Thomas, Hull,
Prob.Act.
1464 Apr 25, Sir John,
parson in the Cath. Ch. York, Apr 22,
1464
1470 Oct 2, Dame
Elizabeth Welles, Lady Welles# My body
to be buried in the church of Freres of our Lady
of Dancastre, where the body of Sir Robert
Welles, knyght, late my husband, lieth
buried..............etc Proved 1470 Oct 8
#
She married Sir Robert Welles,
who, with his father, Lord Willoughby and
Welles, was executed by King Edward IV
in 1469, for rebellion. She was buried at the
Carmelites Friars, at Doncaster,
Yorkshire. North Country Wills,
Surtees Society, CXVI, p54, No XXXIV
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1471 Aug 19, Wm,
cordiner,York, Prob.Act.
1487, Wm., Alderman of York,
Adm.
1498 May 6, John bur. Abirford,
Aprl 12, 1498
1499
June 22, The Will* of
John, Lord Welles
In
the name of oure Lorde Jeshu, Amen. I, John,
Viscounte lorde Wellis, uncle to the Kynge, oure
soveraigne lorde, and brodre to the right noble
prynces, Margaret, countes of Richemond, naturall
and dere modre to oure said soveregne lord, beyng
of goode and hole memory, ye viij daie of
February, the yere of oure Lorde God 1498, and in
the xiiij yere of the regne of our saide
soverayne lorde, make this my testament. My bodie
to be buried in suche place as [to] the kynge,
the quene, my lady, his moder, and my lady, my
wife, shalbe thought, most convenyent, and the
costis and charge of the same burying, the
obsequyes, masses, funeralles and all oder
thynges therto convenyent and necessarie. And
also I remyt the makyng of my tumbe to the ordre
and discrecionn of my saide soverayne lady the
quene, my lady his modre, and my wife. And after
these charges and costis aforesaid had and done,
l will that all the dettis nowe by me dewe or to
be dewe be treuly contented and paied. And I will
that to the honour of Almighty God in the aulter
afore which my bodie shall next lie my
executors shall delyver a pair of candelstickes
of silver, a masse booke covered with clothe of
goolde, a chales of silver and gilte, a vestament
of blewe velvet enbrodered with my armes, a pair
of litle cruettes of silver and parcellis gilte,
and a crosse of silver p[arcell] gilt, which 1
will do remayne there to serve Almyghty God with
for ever and in noo oder place. Also I geve and
bequethe to my dere beloved lady and wife
Cecille, for terme of her lif , all my castelles,
manors, landes and tenements, aswell suche as I
have purchased as all odre duryng only her life,
whome I trust above all oder, that if my goodes
and catallis wilnot suffice for the performance
of this my laste will, that she will thenne of
the revenues of the profittes of my inheritance
perform this my laste will. Also I will that a
preste be founde for ever after my said wifes
decease to sey masse daily for my sowle and all
Cristen sowles at the said aulter of the yerely
revenues of my purchased landes, and over which
my saide lady hath promysed me faithfully to
purchase to the same entent if my saide purchased
landes suffice not therto. And I will yt suche
residue as shall fortune to be of my goodes that
my saide dere beloved lady aud wife have theym to
her owne use. And I make executors the saide
Cecill, my dere beloved wife, and Sr
Raynold Bray, knyght, and in my mooste humble
wise beseche my said soverayne lorde the kyng and
the quenes grace, my lady the kynges modre, to be
supervisours
*Probate Copy
(June 22 date is the date of Probate, not the date of the Will)
- pers.comm. J.L. Knapp
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