Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles | |
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Born | c.1428 |
Died | 12 March 1470 Stamford, Lincolnshire, Kingdom of England |
Spouse(s) | Joan Willoughby, 7th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby |
Issue | Robert Welles, 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby Joan Welles, 9th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby |
Father | Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles |
Mother | Joan Waterton |
Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles (c.1428–1470), was an English nobleman and soldier. From a Lancastrian family, he came to be on good terms with the Yorkist King Edward IV, but was later executed after being associated with a plot against Edward known as the "Welles Uprising".