Earwaker, J. P. <br/><br/>
A Lancashire benefactor of the last century. :  Richard Welles of Wigan. 

 -  Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Notes Vol 1,  1885 pp 1-2. 
 - Periodical Abstracts 
<br/><br/>Transcript of a mural in Wigan church, commemorating Richard Welles (1664-1708) and his wife Ellen (d 1707), and their donation of an organ to the church, and of a portion of Richard?s will. He was the son of Francis Welles of Sandbach.