Family and Education
s. and h. of Simon Weltden*. m. bef. 24 June 1424, Margaret, da. of William Gernet*, 1s. 1da. Hist. Northumb. x. 329.
Offices Held
Attestor, parlty. elections, Northumb. 1449 (Feb.), 1449 (Nov.), 1453, 1467.
Escheator, Northumb. 4 Nov. 1443 – 6 Nov. 1444, 7 Dec. 1450 – 13 Nov. 1452.
Sheriff, Northumb. 4 Nov. 1446 – 9 Nov. 1447.
Controller of customs and subsidies, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 19 Nov. 1450 – 11 Mar. 1455, 27 May 1461–d.
Commr. of inquiry, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Apr. 1451 (smuggling); Northumb. Oct. 1455 (lands of Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland).
Main residences: Welton; Thornbrough, Northumb.
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Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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