Richard de Welles 7th Baron Welles / 1st Baron Willoughby [42371] ²⁵

   Cause of his death was beheaded.

  General Notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_de_Welles,_7th_Baron_Welles

he came to be on good terms with the Yorkist King Edward IV, but was executed after then being associated with plotting against him.

Richard's son Robert, however, took part in Warwick's plots, and in March 1470 attacked the house of Sir Thomas Borough, a knight of the king's body, wrecking it, and driving its owner away. Edward now summoned Richard Welles (the father), and his brother-in-law, Sir Thomas Dymock, to London. At first Welles pleaded illness; but afterwards went, and took sanctuary at Westminster.
Richard left sanctuary on promise of a pardon. Edward made him write to his son, telling him to give up Warwick's cause, and then took him down to Lincolnshire. Angry at the obstinacy of the son, the king beheaded Lord Welles and Dymock at Huntingdon.

http://fabpedigree.com/s088/f020511.htm
beheaded bef. Battle of Stamford

  Medical Notes:

beheaded bef. Battle of Stamford

  Noted events in his life were:

• Summoned: Parliament, 26 May 1455. Richard was summoned in her right to Parliament as Lord Willoughby from 26 May 1455 to 28 February 1466.

Richard married Joan Willoughby Baroness Willoughby [46552] [MRIN: 551611133], daughter of Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby of Eresby [46551] and Elizabeth Montague Baroness Willoughby of Eresby [46550], before 9 Jan 1446. (Joan Willoughby Baroness Willoughby [46552] was born about 1425 and was buried before 13 Feb 1461.)

Richard next married Margery Strangeways Baroness Willoughby [29754] [MRIN: 551609335], daughter of Sir James Strangeways Knight [29751] and Elizabeth Darcy [29750], on 10 Aug 1468. (Margery Strangeways Baroness Willoughby [29754] was born about 1434 in Ripley, Yorkshire, England and died after 1475.)