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.

Offices Held

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.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residence: Hoar Cross, Staffs.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

WELLES, Humphrey (by 1502-65)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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