John Wake
1st Baron Wake of Liddell
Arms of John Wake, 1st Baron Wake. Or, two bars gules, in chief three torteaux.[1]
Baron Wake of Liddell
Reign1295–1300
PredecessorNone
SuccessorThomas Wake
Bornc. 1268
Died4 October 1300
SpouseJoan de Fiennes
IssueJohn Wake
Thomas Wake, 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell
Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell
Names
John Wake
HouseWake
FatherBaldwin Wake
MotherHawise de Quincy
ReligionRoman Catholicism

John Wake, 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (c. 1268 - 4 October 1300) was an English nobleman and soldier. He was one of the first barons created by writ of summons to Parliament in 1295 by King Edward I.[2]

Biography

John Wake was born around 1268, the son of Baldwin Wake and Hawise de Quincy.[2]

He married Joan de Fiennes by 24 September 1291. She was the daughter of William de Fenes and Blanche de Brienne.[2]

John Wake took part in military campaigns in Gascony from 1288 to 1297 and against the Scots from 1297 to 1300. He was appointed Joint Captain of March of Scotland in Cumberland and Westmoreland in 1297. He fought at the Battle of Falkirk in 1298.

In 1295 John Wake was made baron by writ.[3]

John Wake died around 4 October 1300. He was succeeded by his son Thomas Wake.[3]

Issue

John Wake and his wife Joan de Fiennes had the following children:

  1. John Wake – died between 1320 and 1349
  2. Thomas Wake, 2nd Lord Wake born c. 20 Mar 1297/98, d. 30/31 May 1349
  3. Margaret Wake, born c. 1300, d. 29 September 1349

In 1408 after the death of Edmund Holland, 8th Baron Wake of Liddell and 4th Earl of Kent, the title went into abeyance, which has never been terminated. Edmund had six sisters, the youngest Bridget was nun, the oldest predeceased him and the second had no children.

References

  1. ↑ Burke, John. A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. England. United Kingdom, H. Colburn & R. Bentley, 1831.
  2. 1 2 3 G. E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, UK: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume IX, page 281.
  3. 1 2 G. E. Cokayne, editor, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant, volume VIII (1898), pages 36-37, William Pollard & Co., Exeter; George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, London.
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