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WELSCHE (WALSHE), Hugh (by 1503-64), of Hereford.

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b. by 1503. m. by 1524, Sybil (?Rees), at least 3s. 5da.Date of birth estimated from marriage. PCC 31 Morrison.
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Mayor, Hereford 1531 – 32, 1537 – 38, 1544 – 45, 1554 – 55, alderman by 1559; commr. gaol delivery 1540.R. J. Johnson, Anct. Customs, Hereford, 233; CPR, 1558–60, p. 173; LP Hen. VIII, xv.

Main residence: Hereford.
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WELSCHE (WALSHE), Hugh (by 1503-64)

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WELSBORNE, John (by 1498-1548), of Fulwell, Oxon. and London.

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b. by 1498, s. of Thomas Welsborne (?of Chipping Wycombe, Bucks.) by Margery, da. of Thomas Poure of Bletchingdon, Oxon. educ. ?Eton c.1494; ?King’s, Camb. 1498. m. lic. 1 Feb. 1546 Elizabeth, da. of one Lawrence of Fulwell, 2s. 1s. illegit. Kntd. 30 Sept. 1544.Date of birth estimated from first certain reference. Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 209; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvii), 224; Marr. Lics. Fac. Off. (Harl. Soc. xxiv), 6; LP Hen. VIII, xix.
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Groom, the privy chamber June 1519, page in May 1520, gent. June 1530 – d.; esquire of the body July 1528; receiver, duchy of Lancaster, honor of Pontefract, surveyor and collector, Knaresborough May 1520 – July 1526; comptroller of customs, port of Bristol 1523; ambassador to King of France 1529 – 30; keeper of writs and rolls, ct. c.p. June 1532 – d.; ranger, Groveley forest, Wilts. Oct. 1527; steward, former lands of Abingdon abbey Dec. 1539; various stewardships, Berks., Northants. and Oxon. 1538 – d.; j.p. Northants. 1539 – d., Berks. and Oxon. 1541 – d.; commr. musters, Oxon. 1539, Berks. 1546, benevolence, Berks. 1544/45, chantries, Berks. and Hants 1546.LP Hen. VIII, iii-v, xiii-xxi; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 81, 87, 88; 1553–4, p. 62; Somerville, Duchy, i. 517, 526.

Main residences: Fulwell, Oxon; London.
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WELSBORNE, John (by 1498-1548)

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WELPLEY, Thomas (c.1483-1534 or later), of Bath, Som.

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b. c. 1483.Aged 51 ‘or thereabouts’ in 1534, Som. Rec. Soc. xxvii. 147.
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Alderman, Bath by 1530, mayor c.1530.Som. Rec. Soc. xxvii. 147.

Main residence: Bath, Som.
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WELPLEY, Thomas (c.1483-at least 1534)

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WELLES, John (by 1485-1515/18), of New Windsor, Berks.

Family and Education
b. by 1485, prob. d.s.p.Date of birth estimated from first reference. C1/413/57.
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Commr. gaol delivery, Windsor 1506, subsidy 1515; warden, guild of the Holy Trinity bef. 1511.CPR, 1494–1509, p. 487; Windsor Wi/FA c. 1, f. 7; LP Hen. VIII, i.

Main residence: New Windsor, Berks.
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WELLES, John (by 1485-1515/18)

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WELLES, Humphrey (by 1502-65), of Hoar Cross, Staffs.

Family and Education
b. by 1502, 1st s. of John Welles of Hoar Cross by Anne, da. (?illegit.) of John Fitzherbert of Norbury, Derbys. educ. I. Temple, adm. 1 Mar. 1522. m. by 1533, Mary, da. of William Chetwynd of Ingestre, Staffs., s.p. suc. fa. 4 May 1528.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m. Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. ii(2) 131; (ser. 3), 1912, p. 170; J. C. Wedgwood, Staffs. Parl. Hist. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.), i. 287 and n, 294n, 318-19; Staffs. Rec. Soc. (ser. 4), viii, 172; Erdeswick, Staffs. 271n.
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J.p. Staffs. 1538 – d.; commr. musters 1539, relief 1550; other commissions 1539 – 51; escheator 1543 – 44, 1551 – 52, 1556 – 57; custos rot. in 1553; sheriff 1559 – 60; ?clerk of the summons, Exchequer by 1546; ?clerk, Tower I mint 1557–d.LP Hen. VIII , xiii, xiv, xviii, xx; Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. (ser. 3), 1912, p. 320; 1917, pp. 318–19; Staffs. Rec. Soc. 1938, p. 45; EHR, lxxviii. 228; CPR, 1547–8, p. 89; 1550–3, p. 142; 1553, p. 357; 1553–4, p. 24; 1555–7, p. 468; 1560–3, p. 442; 1563–6, pp. 41–42; 1566–9, p. 405; E405/115, m. 7; Stowe 571, f. 6; Brit. Numismatic Jnl. xlv. 70.

Main residence: Hoar Cross, Staffs.
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WELLES, Humphrey (by 1502-65)

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