1249372.
Baron Adam de Welle & 1249373. Margaret Foljambe
7/22/1304, Adam born in England, 2nd s/o 2498744. Adam de Welle & 2498745. Joan
d’Engayne.
~1305, Margaret born in England. [See Family notes.]
9/1/1311, Adam’s father died; his brother Robert the heir.
6/1/1315, Adam’s mother died.
1320, Adam’s older brother Robert died.
8/29/1320, IPM of Robert son of Adam de Welle. Northampton:
Faxton. Two parts of the manor … Adam de Welle his brother, aged 16 on the
feast of St. Mary Magdalen last, is his next heir. Lincoln: … (S) CIsPM.
10/28/1320, To Richard de Rodeneye, escheator this side
Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Wyberton, co.
Lincoln, … lands of Robert de Well, … that Robert held at his death a third of
the said manor in his demesne as of fee of John de Britannia, earl of Richmond,
by fee-ferm, and that the manor ought to be divided between Adam de Well and
John de Well, brothers of the said Robert. (S) CCRs.
2/12/1326,
Pursuant to a fine levied in the court of Edward I … between Robert son of
Walter, complainant, and John Engayne and Joan his wife, deforciants, of the
manor of Teydene Gemon … Robert acknowledged the said manor to be the right of
the said Joan … remainder to Walter, son of the said Robert, and to Joan his
wife, … Adam de Welle, a minor in the king's ward, is the son and hen of the
said Joan, late the wife of Walter … (S) CFRs.
1326, Adam gave proof of age.
9/12/1326, Adam de Welle, brother and heir of Robert de
Welle ... to have seisin of all the lands of his inheritance ... (S) CCRs.
1/24/1327, Edward III succeeded Edward II as King of
England.
1328, Alina de Furnyvall to settle one third of the manor of
Skendleby on herself for life with remainder to Adam de Welle and his heirs,
retaining rent in Swaledale (York.). Lincoln. York. The same to grant woodland
in Willoughby to Eudo de Billisby and Andrew his son. Lincoln. (S) UKNA.
11/4/1330, “Covenant between Adam de Welle, Knt., and Alice
de Furnyvall, that whereas the former is held to the latter in an annual rent
of £26 due during her lifetime from the manors of Theydengernoun and
....Madeles, in Essex viz. at Easter £13 and at Michaelmas £13, the said Alice
wishes that in any year in which the said Adam or his heirs shall pay to her
his letters of acquittance at Theydon Gernoun in respect of the rent of £12.
within a month of the said term, the said Adam and his heirs shall go quit of
the remaining 20sh. of the said £13 of the same term.” (S) UKNA.
10/13/1331, Geoffrey Ryder of Houden' and Agnes, his wife,
querents, and Adam de Welle, deforciant. 5 acres of land and 2 acres of meadow
in Wytheryn. (S) Feet of Fines, Licncolnshire.
3/21/1332, Adam on a commission of peace for co. Lincoln.
(S) CPRs.
1332-44, Adam summoned to parliament.
3/21/1333 from Pontefract; letter sent to Adam de Welles,
“Proclamation … to summon the Army of England to appear at Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
… against our enemies the Scots.”
7/1333, Edward defeated David II and the Scots at Hallidon
Hill in Scotland; then captured Berwick-upon-Tweed.
3/1/1334, “Adam de Welle, son of Adam de Welle … Welle
requests a writ to the justices to proceed in his suit against Bacon for rent
in Beesby …” (S) UKNA.
6/6/1334, Protection for going to Scotland: Sir Adam de
Welle, and Ralph de Rideford, Walter de Bavent, John Barbour; Robert Sarson,
William Goderede, John de Welle, Robert Darcy junior, Laurence de Mountfort,
John Darcy le fitz, Peter Bavent, Simon Clathorp, William de Stayn, Patrick de
Hagenby, William de Fetheryngheye, and Roger Dalford, all with Adam. (S) Cal.
of Docs. Relating to Scotland.
11/25/1334, King Edward, from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, again
invaded Scotland, advancing as far as Roxburgh, where he repaired the castle
for his use.
6/24/1335, Adam participated in the wars in Scotland with
Edward III in which he was knighted. King Edward, leaving from Carlisle,
ravaged towns throughout Scotland.
1336, Adam called to a council of Lords and Barons and
Pelates concerning passages between the King of France and David Bruce.
1336, Quitclaim by William de Teye to Dom.Adam de Welle,
lord of Welle in Lyndeseye, Knt. of all the lands etc. in Theydene Gernoun and
Theydene Boys which the said Adam had from him by grant and feoffment. (S)
UKNA.
1337, Thomas de Newmarch, … named a Custos portuum et
littorum in conjunction with Sir John de Wylughby, William Deyncourt, and Adam
de Welles. (S) The Newmarch Pedigree, Newmarch, 1868, P19.
8/26/1337, Licence … a chaplain to celebrate devine service
daily in the church of St. Margaret, Wythern, for the good estate of … Adam de
Welles, knight, and Margaret, his wife, in life, … and for the souls of the
fathers, mothers, ancestors, and successors … (S) CPRs.
1338, Adam called to a convention of Prelates and Noblemen
for the maintenance of peace during the absence of the king beyond the seas.
[Adam a signer.]
3/7/1339, “John de Kele son of Ralph de Kele to Adam de
Welle knight …” (S) UKNA.
4/1339, Indenture between Mons. John la Warre and Mons. Adam
de Welle on behalf of Roger la Warre and Elizabeth his wife. John la Warre
grants to Roger and Elizabeth la Warre the castle and manors of Ewyas, ... if
Joh wishes to discharge sustaining ... Roger and Elizabeth ... (S) Cat. Manu.’s
Relating to Wales, V3, Brit. Mus., 1908, P547.
1339, Adam and 3 others supplied 350 men to resist an
invasion from abroad.
9/10/1340, Appointment … array of the men in the county for
defense against the French in the absence of the king beyond the seas, … in the
parts of Kesteven, co. Lincoln, under Thomas Wake of Lidell and Adam de Welles.
(S) CPRs.
12/16/1341, Adam de Welle on a commission of peace for co.
Lincoln. (S) CPRs.
11/12/1342, Adam summoned to Brittany by the King. King
Edward fought an indecisive campaign against the French.
1343, Adam served in France with 10 men-at-arms and 10
archers.
11/9/1343, Acquittance by Alice de Furnyvall to Dom. Adam de
Welle Knt. of £48 being full payment of 2 years' rent next following the present
date of a rent of £26 which the said Adam has granted to her for term of her
life from the manors of Theydon Gernon, Hemynhales and Madeles, Essex. (S)
UKNA.
1/16/1344, Licence for William Deyncourt to grant in tail to
William son of William Deyncourt and Margaret daughter of Adam de Well the
manor of Blaunkeney (80 acres of wood and knight’s fees excepted) held in chief
… Lincoln. (S) CPRs.
1344, Adam de Welles received the reversion of the remaining
third of Faxton on the death of Clemence de Vescy. (S) Hist. of the County of
Northampton, V4, 1937.
7/6/1344, Alan son of Ralph Scortrath given protection to go
to Scotland with Adam de Welle. (S) Cal. of Docs. Relating to Scotland.
Margaret died before Adam.
[––Adam––]
9/21/1344, Adam wrote his will: To be buried at Grenefeld,
in the Chapel of B.V.M., which my father build, near my wife Margaret, on the
East side. To my son and heir John de Welle, all my armour, both for peace and
war. Daughters Johan de Cauntelou’ (and her son Nicholas), Elizabeth Warre,
Margaret Deyncurt. My sisters Margaret & Cecilia, nuns of Grenefeld. My
brother John. (S) Early Lincoln Wills, Gibbons, 1888, P21.
3/4/1345, Adam de Welle, knight, of the diocese of Lincoln,
received an indult to choose his confessor. (S) Cal. in the Papal Reg.’s, V3,
1897, P178.
2/27/1345, Adam died. “Adam de Welle: Northumberland,
Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Essex.” (S) UKNA.
3/23/1345, IPM of Adam de Welle. Northumberland: Ellyngton …
He died on 27 February last, … John his son, aged 10 years, is his next heir.
Northampton: Faxton … Lincoln: Cumberworth … Welle. The manor … to John de
Welle and Maud his wife, by the deed of Adam his father, £24
… Essex: … Theiden Gernoun. The manor … Lincoln: Wyberton … (S) CIsPM.
4/1345, Adam’s will proved at Lincoln.
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P874. (S) A Gen. hist. of the
dormant …, Burke, P572. (S) Hist. of the Welles Family of England, Welles,
1876.
Family notes:
·
9/1386, will of Cecily de Morley, Lady of
Aldeby, names her sister as Dame Margaret Kerdeston. [Hence, this Margaret is
not a d/o Thomas, 2nd Lord Bardolf.] (S) Testamenta Vetusta, 1826,
P121.
·
Margaret likely d/o Alice de Furnyvall of: 1328,
1330, 1343. Alice, d/o Gerard de Furnival, married Sir Thomas Foljambe of
Derbyshire, b:6/24/1265, d:1/1322, Thomas age 67, just before Alice’s
relationship with Adam. His heir, his son Thomas, age 24, younger brother
Godfrey [and possibly another brother John (d.1358).](S) Reliquary, V14, P239.
Children of Adam
and Margaret:
i. Elizabeth de Welle, born ~1324 in England.
1339, Elizabeth married to
Roger la Warre.
i. John de Welle (624686), born 8/23/1334 in England.
[Heir]
ii. Margaret de Welle (7605673), born ~1340 in England.
