The title of Baron Welles has been created three times. Its first creation was for Adam de Welles on 6 May 1299 in the

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by writ of summons. This creation was extinguished by attainder in 1469. The title was created a second time in the Peerage of England by writ of summons for Sir Richard Hastings on 15 November 1482 and became extinct on his death. The third creation was on 8 January 1781, in the Peerage of Ireland, for Thomas Knox, later Viscount Northland. It is now a subsidiary title of the Earl of Ranfurly.

Barons Welles (1299)

Adam de Welles, 1st Baron Welles Adam de Welles, 1st Baron Welles (died 1311), Lord of Welles, was an English noble. He fought in the wars in Flanders and Scotland. He was a signatory of the Baron's Letter to Pope Boniface VIII in 1301. Biography Adam was the eldest son of ...

(d. 1311) *

Robert de Welles, 2nd Baron Welles Robert de Welles, 2nd Baron de Welles, Constable of Pendragon Castle was the son of Adam de Welles, 1st Baron Welles (1249–1311) and Joan d'Engayne (1265–1315).Doyle, J. W. E. (1886). ''The Official Baronage of England: Showing the Successi ...

(1297–1320) *

Adam de Welles, 3rd Baron Welles Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ...

(1304–1345) *

John de Welles, 4th Baron Welles John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

(1334–1361) *

John de Welles, 5th Baron Welles John de Welles, 5th Baron Welles (1352–1421) was an English soldier and noble. The son of John de Welles, 4th Baron Welles and Maud de Ros. He married Eleanor de Mowbray, daughter of John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray, and Elizabeth de Segrav ...

(1352–1421) *

Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles, KG (c. 1406 – 29 March 1461) was an English peer who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Joint Deputy of Calais. He was slain fighting on the Lancastrian side at the Battle of Towton, and was attainte ...

(1406–1461) (attainted 1461) * Richard de Welles, 7th Baron Welles (c. 1429–1469/1470) (attainder reversed 1468; attainted 1469/1470) *

Robert de Welles, 8th Baron Welles Robert Welles, 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby and 8th Baron Welles (died 19 March 1470), was the son of Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles, and Joan Willoughby, 7th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. He was the prime mover in an uprising against Edward ...

(ex. 1470)

Barons Welles (1482)

Richard Hastings, Baron Welles Sir Richard Hastings, Baron Welles (died 1503), was the son of Sir Leonard Hastings and a younger brother of William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings. He was a favourite of Edward IV, who granted him the lands of the baronies of Willoughby and Welles ...

(d. 1503), might have been deprived of title in 1486, due to reversal of attainders in 1485/86 parliament.

Viscount Welles (1487)

* John Welles, 1st Viscount Welles (c. 1450–1499)

Barons Welles (1781)

* Thomas Knox, 1st Baron Welles (1729–1818) (created Viscount Northland 1791) For further Barons Welles, see Earl of Ranfurly.

References

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Adam de Welles (1st Baron) in Scotland (Yester Castle) and Alexander de Welles, Master of Torphichen Preceptory, Scottish Headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller of the Order of St John of Jerusalem.
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