Biography of Joan Welles 9th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby -1475

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Joan Welles 9th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby was born to Richard Welles 7th Baron Welles, Baron Willoughby and Joan Willoughby 7th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby.

Before 13th February 1462 [her mother] Joan Willoughby 7th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby (age 37) died. Her son [her brother] Robert succeeded 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.

March 1470 Welles' Rebellion and Battle of Losecoat Field aka Empingham

On 12th March 1470 King Edward IV of England (age 27) commanded at the Battle of Losecoat Field (Empingham).

Thomas Dymoke (age 42) and [her father] Richard Welles 7th Baron Welles, Baron Willoughby (age 42) were beheaded at Queen's Cross, Stamford before the battle¹. His son [her brother] Robert succeeded 8th Baron Welles.

The name 'Losecoat' not contemporary, and its meaning of men "losing their coats" may have been invented in the 19th Century. The name Losecoat appears to be first used in the 16th Century Hall's and Holinshed's Chronicles.

The 1475 attainder of Richard and Robert Welles refers to the battle having taken place "in a field called 'Hornefeld' in Empyngham",

Note 1. Some sources say on battlefield immediately prior to the battle, some after the batte

On 19th March 1470 [her brother] Robert Welles 8th Baron Willoughby 8th Baron Welles was beheaded at Doncaster [Map]. He was buried at Whitefriars Doncaster [Map]. Baron Welles forfeit. His sister Joan succeeded 9th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. [her future husband] Richard Hastings Baron Willoughby (age 37) by marriage Baron Willoughby de Eresby. He, Hastings, a favourite of King Edward IV of England (age 27), younger brother of Edward's great friend [her future brother-in-law] William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings (age 39).

                    Before 16th March 1475 Joan Welles 9th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby died.
                
                    Christopher Willoughby 10th Baron Willoughby (age 22) de jure 10th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. Margaret Jenney Baroness Willoughby of Eresby (age 15) by marriage Baroness Willoughby de Eresby.
                
                    King Edward IV of England (age 32) had father and son [[her father] Richard Welles 7th Baron Welles, Baron Willoughby and [her brother] Robert Welles 8th Baron Willoughby 8th Baron Welles] posthumously attainted some five years after the Welles' Rebellion [see Patent Rolls] to ensure [her husband] Richard Hastings Baron Willoughby (age 42) would continue to enjoy the benefit of the Welles' estates.
                
                    Another example of King Edward IV of England being somewhat disingenuous with the legal system to his own advantage. He, Edward was, in effect, disinheriting Christopher Willoughby 10th Baron Willoughby who should have inherited Baron Willoughby de Eresby and [her uncle] John Welles 1st Viscount Welles (age 25) who should have inherited Baron Welles following Joan's death.

Patent Rolls. 16th March 1475. Exemplification, at the request of William Broune of Staumford, Westminster. 'marchaunt,' of the tenour of an article in an act (English) of attaint in the Parliament summoned at Westminster on 6 October, 12 Edward IV. and continued by divers prorogations to 23 January, 14 Edward IV. ordaining that whereas [her father] Richard Welles late of Hellowe, co. Lincoln, knight, caused [her brother] Robert Welles late of Hellowe, knight, and Thomas Delalaunde late of Horblyng, co. Lincoln, knight, and others to assemble together against the king and they made war against the king on 12 March, 10 Edward IV. in a field called 'Hornefeld' in Empyngham, co. Rutland, the said Richard, Robert and Thomas be convicted of high treason and forfeit all the possessions which they had on the said 12 March except the manors of Lilleford, co. Northampton, and Hokyngton, co. Cambridge, whereof Thomas FitzWilliam the elder and Thomas FltzWilliam the younger were seised to the same time that they made estate thereof to Jahne late the wife of [her husband] Richard Hastynges (age 42), knight, and heirs in fee and after the said Richard and Jahne sold the same manors to the said William and of the same levied a fine to the use of him and his heirs. [Rolls of Parliament, VI. 144.]

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Before 1st June 1470 Richard Hastings Baron Willoughby (age 37) and Joan Welles 9th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby were married.

Patent Rolls. 1st June 1470. Licence for [her husband] Richard Hastynges (age 37), esquire, and Joan his wife, daughter and Westminster, heiress of [her father] Richard Welles, knight, late lord Welles and Wyllughby, tenant in chief, and sister and heiress of [her brother] Robert Welles, knight, son of the latter, tenant in chief, to enter freely in her right into all castles, lordships, lands, rents, reversions, services, fees, fee-farms, views of frank-pledge, courts leet, knights' fees, warrens, parks, fisheries, fairs, marRets, advowsons and other possessions late of [her grandfather] Robert Willoughby, knight, late lord Willoughby, and Joan his daughter, which on the death of the said Richard Welles and Robert Welles should descend to her. By p.s.

In 1503 [her former husband] Richard Hastings Baron Willoughby (age 70) died at Greyfriars Church Farringdon Within [Map]. He was buried at Greyfriars Church Farringdon Within [Map].

Ancestors of Joan Welles 9th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby -1475

Great x 4 Grandfather: Adam Welles 3rd Baron Welles

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Welles 4th Baron Welles

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Bardolf Baroness Welles

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Welles 5th Baron Welles 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ros 2nd Baron Ros Helmsley

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Ros Baroness Welles 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Badlesmere Baroness Ros of Helmsley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Eudo Welles 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Mowbray 3rd Baron Mowbray 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Mowbray 4th Baron Mowbray Baron Segrave 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Plantagenet Baroness Mowbray Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Mowbray Countess Rockingham 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Segrave 4th Baron Segrave 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Segrave 5th Baroness Segrave Baroness Mowbray Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Plantagenet 1st Duchess of Norfolk Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

GrandFather: Lionel Welles 6th Baron Welles 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Greystoke 3rd Baron Greystoke 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Fitzhenry of Ravensworth

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Fitzhenry Baroness Greystoke

Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Greystoke 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Clifford 5th Baron Clifford 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Berkeley Baroness Clifford Baroness Musgrave 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Clifford Baroness Greystoke 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Beauchamp Baroness Clifford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Father: Richard Welles 7th Baron Welles, Baron Willoughby 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Waterton of Waterton in Lincolnshire

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Waterton

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Newmarch of Womersley

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Newmarch

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Waterton

Great x 4 Grandfather: Piers Mauley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Piers Mauley

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Mauley

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Bruce

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Bruce

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Lancaster

GrandMother: Joan or Cecily Waterton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Fleming of Woodhall

Great x 1 Grandmother: Cecily Fleming

Joan Welles 9th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Willoughby 3rd Baron Willoughby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Roscelyn Baroness Willoughby and Latimer

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Willoughby 4th Baron Willoughby 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Ufford 1st Earl Suffolk

Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily Ufford Baroness Willoughby of Eresby

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Norwich Countess Suffolk

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Eudo Zouche 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Zouche 2nd Baron Zouche Harringworth 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Zouche Baroness Willoughby of Eresby 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ros 2nd Baron Ros Helmsley

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ros Baroness Zouche Harringworth 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Badlesmere Baroness Ros of Helmsley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandFather: Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Knockin 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Strange 4th Baron Strange Knockin 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isolde Chaworth Baroness Strange Knockin

Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Strange 5th Baron Strange Knockin 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver Ightham

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Ightham Baroness Strange Knockin 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Zouche 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Lucy Strange Baroness Willoughby Eresby 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Aline Fitzalan Baroness Strange Knockin 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Warenne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Vere

Mother: Joan Willoughby 7th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Montagu 2nd Baron Montagu

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Montfort Baroness Furnivall Baroness Montagu

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Montagu 1st Baron Montagu, Baron Monthermer

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Monthermer 2nd Baron Monthermer Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Monthermer Baroness Montagu 3rd Baroness Monthermer Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Brewes Count Flanders

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Brewes Baroness Monthermer

GrandMother: Elizabeth Montagu Baroness Willoughby Eresby 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Adam Francis

Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury

Biography of Joan Welles 9th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby -1475

Royal Ancestors of Joan Welles 9th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby -1475

Ancestors of Joan Welles 9th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby -1475