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Sir Richard Hastings Baron Welles (died 1503) was the son of Sir Leonard Hastings and a younger brother of William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings. He was a favourite of Edward IV who granted him the lands of the baronies of Willoughby and Welles after he had married the heiress Joan Welles. He fought at Tewkesbury. He died in 1503 and was buried at the Greyfriars London.