John Wake (1268 - abt. 1300)

Born 1268 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 10 Apr 1300 at about age 32 in Liddel, Cumberland, England

Biography

The exact birthdate of John Wake, 1st Lord Wake, is unknown. He was the eldest son and heir of Sir Baldwin Wake, Knt., and his second wife Hawise de Quincy.^[1]

He came of age in 1290.^[2] He was the first of his line to be recognized as a peer, "Lord Wake" in 1299.^[3]

Marriage and Children

John married, about 1286, Joan de Fiennes, the daughter of William de Fiennes and Blanche de Brienne.^[1] There were at least three children from this marriage:

1. Thomas Wake, 2nd Lord Wake; m. bef 9 Oct 1316 Blanche of Lancaster;^[1] d. 30 May 1349^[1]
2. John Wake; d. osp 30 May 1349^[1]
3. Margaret Wake, M(1) John Comyn;^[1] m(2) Edmund of Woodstock, earl of Kent^[1]

Death

John Wake, 1st Lord Wake, died soon before 10 April 1300.^[1]

On 8 September 1304, at the instance of Margaret the Queen, Joan, late the wife of John Wake was granted for the term of her life a weekly market on Wednesday at her manor of East Deping co Lincoln, and a yearly fair there.^[4]

Sources

See Also:

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author (2013), vol. 5, pp. 289-291 WAKE 9. John Wake.
2. ↑ Sanders, English Baronies, p.107
3. ↑ Complete Peerage, 2nd ed., vol. 12ii, p.301.
4. ↑ The Deputy Keeper of the Records (1908). Calendar of the Charter Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office, (Edward I, Edward II 1300-1326 Vol III). London: Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department. archive.org

• Chauncy, Henry. The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire (J.M. Mullinger, London, 1826) Vol. 1, Page 398