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This Wells coat of arms is attributed to Sir Philip de Wells of Lincolnshire. It is reported in both the Edward II roll (Edward II was king between 1307 and 1326) and the roll of parliament.

the description is "Argent, a lyon rampant tail forchée sable, a baston gules" which means a black lion with a forked tail on a a silver background and a red diagonal bar across the arms. The bar is a possible indication that Philip was either a younger son of one of the heirs to the Baron de Welles line or was possibly even illegitimate. At this point we know nothing more about him. He is certainly not the Philip de Welles who was a knight and bishop and thought to have been a brother to bishops Hugh de Welles and Jocelyn de Welles in the early 1200s.

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