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 78 WELLES. restitation in blood and honouni, acquiring thereby the additional title of LORD WELLES. He m. secondly (lie. 10 Aug. 1468,(*) to mariy at her father's house at Harlesley), Maigaret, widow of John Inqlkbt, da. of Sir James STftANQWATa. He was beheaded, near Stamford,(^) 1 2 If arch 1 469, by order of Ed. IV., who had expected him to have restrained his son, tlien in rebellion against that King. AU hU konovn were thus, presumably, forfeited, tho' it was not till 1475 that a formal Act of Attainder was past His widow took the veil, 8 May 1475.(*) Sir Robkkt db Welles, only s. and h., having survived, tho' but for a short time, his father (beheaded for high treason as afsd.), may possibly be oonsidered to have became on his father's death, 12 March 1409, LOUD WILL- OUGHBY ANt> WELLES. He was at that time in command of the Lincolnshire insurgents,(<-') but was defeated and beheaded very shortly afterwards. He d. s.p., and was 6vr. at Doncaster. He was included with his father, in the act of attainder of 1475. He m. Elisabeth, da. of John (Bodbohiib), Lord Bbbnbrb. Her will directing her burial to be at Doncaster afsd., dat 2, and pr. 8 Oct. 1470. VIII. 14S2, 8 or 1. Sir Riohard Hastings, br. to William, Ist to Lord Hastihos, being 2d son of Sir Leonard HaaTiNOS, by AUce, da. 1503. of Thomas (Oamots), Lord Camoys, was 6. before 1450 ; made Knight Banneret (by Ed. IV.), 3 May 1461. He, having in. before 1470, Joan, the childless widow of Kichard Piqgot, of Londou,(<') sister and heir of Sir Robert de Welles, being only da. of Richard (dk Wbllbs), Lord Wkllbs and Willodqhby, both abovenamed, obtained in that year a grant of the lands which his said wife would have inherited, had it not been for the attainder^ of her said father and brother, and was sum. to Pari, aa a Baron from 15 Nov. (1482), 22 Ed. IV. to 9 Dec (1483), 1 Ric. III. by writs directed ** Richardo Hastingei de WdU$, ChVr" becoming thus LORD WKLL£S. As such, he was at the coronation of llio. III., 6 July 148S(') He appears, however, to have styled himself LORD WILLOUGHBY,(s) to whidi last Barony his wife, had it not been for the attainder, would have been equally entitled. He d. s.p.s.(^) Sep. 1603. Will dat. 18 March (18 Hen. VII.) 1602/3, pr. 1503. The will of his widow (the heiress of the Baronies of Welles and Willoughby), dat. 19 March 1504/5, was pr. 7 April 1505. Both were hur, at Qreyfriars, London. M.I. At his death the Barcny of Wdltt, if it be oonsidered (as is most probable), a creation de novo, originating in his writ of summons of 1482, became exiind, but the representation of the old Barony^ subject to the attainder of 1475 (which fauaus never (») Tea, Ebor. (Surtees Soc.), vol. iii, p. 339 and 848. (^) " Contrary to faith and good promise : the worst example that might be." [Polydore Vergd.} (o) He was '* a stout and valiant commander." (<>) The will of ** Richard Pygot, of Clerkenwell, London and of Yorkshire," proved 1494 (13 Vox), msv possibly be that of some relative. (•) " In the act of attainder in question, special provision is made that Richard Hastings should enjov certain manors which belonged to the attainted Barons, in consideration that he had married Joan, sister and heir of the Mid Robert de Welles, and also of his loyalty and service. BoL Pari. (14 Bd. IV.), vol. vi, 144." [Nioola$l O See voL iii, p. 8, note *' c," as to the 45 Peers then present. (s) The designation of Lord Wdlee, tho* that was " his scknowledged title, it appears he did not use, for he not only styled himself Lord WiUoughby [i.e., Richard Hsstings, Lord Willoughby], in his will, but his brother, Sir Ralph Hastings in his testament [dat. 17 Sep. and pr. 1 Dec. 1495, also] describes him as Richard Haetinye^ Lord WiOouyhhy '* [note by Nicolas to " TeU. Fc<."] So also U he described in the will of his widow, no allusion being made in any of the said wills to the title of Lord Welles. In the inscription on his monument he wss, however, styled " d'ns Ric. Hastyng, d'nns de Wyllybi et ds Welle, qui obiit Sept. 1508." (^) Anthony Hastinga, his only child, d. v. p., probably in infancy.