Robert Welles, 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby
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Robert Welles, 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (died 19 March 1470) was an English baron
. He was the son of Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles and Joan Willoughby, 7th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
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On the death of his mother in 1462, he became 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby
. He married Elizabeth Bourchier; they remained childless. Upon his death the barony was inherited by his sister Joan.
He was beheaded on 19 March 1470 in Doncaster
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Baron
Baron is a title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin baro meaning " man, warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English beorn meaning "nobleman"...
. He was the son of Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles and Joan Willoughby, 7th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
Joan Willoughby, 7th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
Joan Willoughby, 7th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby was an English baroness in her own right. She was the daughter of Robert Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby and Lady Elizabeth Montagu....
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On the death of his mother in 1462, he became 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby
Baron Willoughby de Eresby
Baron Willoughby de Eresby is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by writ in 1313 for Robert de Willoughby of Eresby Manor, near Spilsby, Lincolnshire. The fourteenth Baron was created Earl of Lindsey in 1626. His great-grandson, the fourth Earl and seventeenth Baron, was created...
. He married Elizabeth Bourchier; they remained childless. Upon his death the barony was inherited by his sister Joan.
He was beheaded on 19 March 1470 in Doncaster
Doncaster
Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"...
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