Sir, Knight of the Shire 1377 James Bellers

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• Name	James Bellers  [1]
  Title	Sir, Knight of the Shire 1377
  Born	of Ab Kettleby   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1388  [3]
  Person ID	I7817	Paul's Tree
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	Ralph Bellars
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Agatha de Bingham,   b. 1310
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F4823	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lettice Prest,   d. Bef 1377
  Children	1. Elizabeth Bellers  [natural]
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2018
  Family ID	F4732	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From http://www.woodforde.co.uk/page03.htm Walter Prest junior had a second daughter, Lettice, who married (firstly) Sir James Bellers. Confirmation of this part of the pedigree of the Prest family is provided by an entry in the Fine Rolls dated 1377 in the form of a commitment `to Thomas Talbot and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of James Belers and Lettice late his wife, daughter and co-heir of Walter Prest of Melton Mowbray' Further confirmation is to be found in a complex De Banco Roll entry dated 1430 relating to land that formerly belonged to Walter Prest. This includes references to `Simon de Leek esq. and Joan his wife, kinswoman and heir of the said Walter, son of Walter Prest of Melton Mowbray.’ … the said Joan is the daughter of Elizabeth daughter of Lettice daughter of the said Walter, son of Walter Prest.' Sir James Bellers married secondly Margaret Bernake and had one son, John Bellers.

  
  

• Sources

  [S697] soc.genealogy.medieval. [S642] The History of Parliment. [S716] Leicestershire Pedigrees and Royal Descents, William George Dimock Fletcher, 1887, pp.22-24.