His father, a close associate of Thomas Cromwell, was a key figure in the Irish administration between about 1535 and 1542: initially opposed to the Dissolution of the Monasteries, he turned in time to profit handsomely, acquiring Grace Dieu in Dublin and Knocktopher in Kilkenny.
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He is remembered for building Turvey House and sheltering the future martyr Edmund Campion there; for his impressive tomb in Lusk Church; and for the eulogy to him in Holinshed's Chronicles.
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:*Sir William Welles, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, married to Anne Barnewall, daughter of Sir Christopher Barnewall, and had issue including Elizabeth, Lady Slane;