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Biography of Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell 1297-1349

Paternal Family Tree: Wake

Maternal Family Tree: Clemence Roches Countess Blois

1326 Execution of the Despencers

1340 Battle of Sluys

1348-1350 Black Death Plague Outbreak

Before 24 Sep 1291 [his father] John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 23) and [his mother] Joan Fiennes Baroness Wake Liddell were married. She by marriage Baroness Wake of Liddell. He a great x 2 grandson of King John "Lackland" of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1297 Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell was born to John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 29) and Joan Fiennes Baroness Wake Liddell. He a great x 3 grandson of King John "Lackland" of England.

Around 04 Oct 1300 [his father] John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 32) died. His son Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell (age 3) succeeded 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell.

After 1305 Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell (age 8) and Blanche Plantagenet Baroness Wake Liddell were married. She by marriage Baroness Wake of Liddell. She the daughter of Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 24) and Maud Chaworth (age 22). They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King John "Lackland" of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

In 1320 Pope John XXII licensed Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell (age 23) to found an Augustinian Priory at Cottingham [Map] in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Thomas bestowed the manors of Newton, Willerby and Wolfreton on the Priory. The name Haltemprice originally Alta Prisa from the medieval French Haulte Emprise or "High Endeavour". Its first Prior was Thomas de Overton.

Execution of the Despencers

Froissart Book 1 Chapter 12. When the queen (age 31) and her barons and all her company were lodged at their ease, then they besieged the castle [Map] as near as they might. The queen caused sir Hugh Spencer (age 65) the elder and the earl of Arundel (age 41) to be brought forth before Edward her son (age 13) and all the barons that were there present, and said how that she and her son should take right and law on them according to their deserts. Then sir Hugh Spencer said, 'Madam, God be to you a good judge and give you good judgment1, and if we cannot have it in this world, I pray God we may have it in another.' Then stept forth Sir Thomas Wake (age 29), a good knight and marshal of the host, and there openly he recounted their deeds in writing, and then turned him to another ancient knight to the intent that he should bring him on that case fauty1, and to declare what should be done with such persons, and what judgment they should have for such causes. Then the said knight counselled with other barons and knights, and so reported their opinions, the which was, how they had well deserved death for divers horrible deeds, the which they have commised, for all the trespass rehearsed before to justify to be of truth;3 wherefore they have deserved for the diversities of their trespasses to have judgment in three divers manners-first, to be drawn, and after to be headed, and then to be hanged on the gibbet. This in likewise as they were judged so it was done and executed before the castle of Bristow [Map] in the sight of the king and of sir Hugh Spencer the younger (age 40). This judgment was done in the year of our Lord MCCCXXVI., on Saint Denis' day in October [Note. Saint Denis' day is 09 Oct not 27 Oct?].

Note 1. This should be, 'God give us a good judge and good judgment '; but Verard's edition, from which the translation was made, has 'vous' for 'nous.'

Note 2. This appears to mean, ' To the intent that he should find him guilty on the charge' ('fauty' for 'faulty'); but the original means, 'To the intent that he should declare upon his fealty (féaulté) what should be done with such persons,' etc.

Note 3. Or rather as follows: 'That the accused had well deserved death for divers horrible deeds which they had heard in that place rehearsed, and held them for true and manifest.'

Froissart Book 1 Chapter 12. Thus it befell of this high and hardy enterprise of sir John of Hainault (age 38) and his company. For when they departed and entered into their ships at Dordrecht, they were but three hundred men of arms; and thus by their help and the lords in England, the queen Isabel conquered again all her estate and dignity, and put unto execution all her enemies, whereof all the most part of the realm were right joyous, without it were a few persons such as were favourable to sir Hugh Spencer (age 40) and of his part. And when the king (age 42) and sir Hugh Spencer were brought to Bristow [Map] by the said sir Henry Beaumont, the king was then sent by the counsel of all the barons and knights to the strong castle of Berkeley [Map], and put under good keeping and honest, and there were ordained people of estate about him, such as knew right well what they ought to do; but they were straitly commanded that they should in no wise suffer him to pass out of the castle. And sir Hugh Spencer was delivered to sir Thomas Wake (age 29), marshal of the host. And after that the queen (age 31) departed and all her host toward London, which was the chief city of England, and so rid forth on their journeys, and sir Thomas Wake caused sir Hugh Spencer to be fast bound on the least and leanest 2 horse of all the host, and caused him to wear on a tabard such as traitors and thieves were wont to wear.

Froissart Book 1 Chapter 15. After that sir John of Hainault (age 39) was departed from king Edward (age 14), he and the queen (age 32) his mother governed the realm by the counsel of the earl of Kent (age 25), uncle to the king, and by the counsel of sir Roger Mortimer (age 39), who had great lands in England to the sum of seven hundred pounds of rent yearly. And they both were banished and chased out of England with the queen, as ye have heard before. Also they used much after the counsel of sir Thomas Wake (age 30), and by the advice of other who were reputed for the most sagest of the realm. Howbeit there were some had envy thereat, the which never died in England, and also it reigneth and will reign in divers other countries. Thus passed forth the winter and the Lent season till Easter, and then the king and the queen and all the realm was in good peace all this season. Then so it fortuned that king Robert of Scotland (age 52), who had been right hardy and had suffered much travail against Englishmen, and oftentimes he had been chased and discomfited in the time of king Edward the first, grandfather to this young king Edward the third, he was as then become very old and ancient, and sick (as it was said) of the great evil and malady. When he knew the adventures that was fallen in England, how that the old king Edward the second (age 42) was taken and deposed down from his regaly and his crown, and certain of his counsellors beheaded and put to destruction, as ye have heard herebefore, then he bethought him that he would defy the young king Edward the third, because he was young and that the barons of the realm were not all of one accord, as it was said: therefore he [thought] the better to speed in his purpose to conquer part of England. And so about Easter in the year of our Lord MCCCXXVII. he sent his defiance to the young king Edward the third and to all the realm, sending them word how that he would enter into the realm of England and bren before him as he had done beforetime at such season as the discomfiture was at the castle of Stirling [Map], whereas the Englishmen received great damage. When the king of England and his council perceived that they were defied, they caused it to be known over all the realm, and commanded that all the nobles and all other should be ready apparelled every man after his estate, and that they should be by Ascension-day next after at the town of York [Map], standing northward. The king sent much people before to keep the frontiers against Scotland, and sent a great ambassade to sir John of Hainault, praying him right affectuously that he would help to succour and to keep company with him in his voyage against the Scots, and that he world be with him at the Ascensionday next after at York [Map], with such company as he might get of men of war in those parts. When sir John of Hainault lord of Beaumont heard the king's desire, he sent straight his letters and his messengers in every place whereas he thought to recover or attain to have any company of men of war, in Flanders, in Hainault, in Brabant, and in other places, desiring them that in their best apparel for the war they would meet him at Wissant [Map], for to go over the sea with him into England. And all such as he sent unto came to him with a glad cheer, and divers other that heard thereof, in trust to attain to as much honour as they had that were with him in England before at the other voyage. So that by that time the said lord Beaumont was come to Wissant [Map], there was ready ships for him and his company, brought out of England. And so they took shipping and passed over the sea and arrived at Dover, Kent [Map], and so then ceased not to ride till: they came within three days of Pentecost to the town of York [Map], whereas the king and the queen his mother and all his lords were with great host tarrying the coming of sir John of Hainault, and had sent many before of their men of arms, archers and common people of the good towns and villages; and as people resorted, they were caused to be lodged two or three leagues off, all about in the country. And on a day thither came sir John of Hainault and his company, who were right welcome and well received both of the king, of the queen his mother, and of all other barons, and to them was delivered the suburbs of the city to lodge in. And to sir John of Hainault was delivered an abbey of white monks for him and his household. There came with him out of Hainault the lord of Enghien, who was called sir Gaultier, and sir Henry lord d'Antoing, and the lord of Fagnolle, and sir Fastres du Roeulx, sir Robert de Bailleul, and sir Guilliam de Bailleul his brother, and the lord of Havreth, chatelain of Mons, sir Allard de Briffeuil, sir Michael de Ligne, sir John de Montigny the younger and his brother, sir Sanses de Boussoit, the lord of Gommegnies, sir Perceval de Semeries, the lord of Beaurieu and the lord of Floyon. Also of the country of Flanders there was sir Hector of Vilain, sir John de Rhodes, sir Wu there was sir John le Belt and sir Henry his brother, sir Godfrey de la Chapelle, sir Hugh d'Ohey, sir John de Libyne, sir Lambert d'Oupey, and sir Gilbert de Herck: and out of Cambresis and Artois there were come certain knights of their own good wills to advance their bodies: so that sir John of Hainault had well in his company five hundred men of arms, well apparelled and richly mounted. And after the feast of Pentecost came thither sir Guilliam de Juliers (age 28), who was after duke of Juliers after the decease of his father, and sir Thierry of Heinsberg, who was after earl of Loos, and with them a right fair rout, and all to keep company with the gentle knight sir John of Hainault lord Beaumont.

On 16 Nov 1327 William Donn Burgh 3rd Earl Ulster (age 15) and [his sister-in-law] Maud Plantagenet Countess Ulster (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Ulster. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 46) and [his mother-in-law] Maud Chaworth. They were second cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

Around 1328 [his brother-in-law] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 18) and Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster (age 8) were married. She the daughter of Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 49) and Alice Comyn Baroness Beaumont. He the son of [his father-in-law] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 47) and [his mother-in-law] Maud Chaworth. They were fourth cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 06 Nov 1330 John Beaumont 2nd Baron Beaumont (age 12) and [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 12) were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 49) and [his mother-in-law] Maud Chaworth. He the son of Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 51) and Alice Comyn Baroness Beaumont. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

In 1337 [his brother-in-law] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 27) was created 1st Earl Lincoln. Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster (age 17) by marriage Countess Lincoln.

On 10 Mar 1340 Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 61) died at Buchan. His son John Beaumont 2nd Baron Beaumont (age 22) succeeded 2nd Baron Beaumont. [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 21) by marriage Baroness Beaumont.

Battle of Sluys

On 24 Jun 1340 King Edward III of England (age 27) attacked the French fleet at anchor during the Battle of Sluys capturing more than 200 ships, killing around 18000 French. The English force included John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Warwick (age 24), William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton (age 30), Henry Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Masham (age 27), William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby (age 10), John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle (age 22), Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford (age 38), [his brother-in-law] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 30), Walter Manny 1st Baron Manny (age 30), Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 32) and Richard Pembridge (age 20).

Thomas Monthermer 2nd Baron Monthermer (age 38) died from wounds. His daughter Margaret Monthermer Baroness Montagu 3rd Baroness Monthermer succeeded 3rd Baroness Monthermer.

14 Dec 1344 Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 38) and Isabel Despencer Countess Arundel (age 32) marriage annulled by Pope Clement VI on the grounds that he had never freely consented to marry Isabel. He, at this time, is believed to be having an affair with her first cousin [his sister-in-law] Eleanor (age 26) who he married four months later.

In or before 1345 Ralph Ufford (age 42) and [his sister-in-law] Maud Plantagenet Countess Ulster (age 34) were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 63) and [his mother-in-law] Maud Chaworth. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 05 Apr 1345 Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 39) and [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 26) were married at Ditton Church, Stoke Poges. She by marriage Countess Arundel Sussex. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 64) and [his mother-in-law] Maud Chaworth. He the son of Edmund Fitzalan 9th Earl of Arundel and Alice Warenne Countess Arundel. They were half third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King John "Lackland" of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 22 Sep 1345 [his father-in-law] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 64) died at Leicester Castle [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 35) succeeded 4th Earl of Leicester, 4th Earl Lancaster.

In Jun 1347 John Warenne 7th Earl of Surrey (age 60) died. His nephew Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 41) succeeded 8th Earl Surrey. [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 28) by marriage Countess Surrey. Conisbrough Castle [Map] reverted to the Crown.

In 1349 [his brother-in-law] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 39) was created 1st Earl Derby. Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster (age 29) by marriage Countess Derby.

On 31 May 1349 Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell (age 52) died. He was buried at Haltemprice Priory [Map]. His sister [his sister] Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 52) succeeded 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell.

1348-1350 Black Death Plague Outbreak

On 29 Sep 1349 [his sister] Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 52) died of plague. Her son John Plantagenet 3rd Earl Kent (age 19) succeeded 4th Baron Wake of Liddell and inherited her dower lands and the estates she had inherited from her brother Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell.

Around 12 Jul 1380 [his former wife] Blanche Plantagenet Baroness Wake Liddell (age 75) died. She was buried at Blackfriars Friary, Stamford [Map].

Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell 1297-1349 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

King John "Lackland" of England 1166-1216

Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw 1172-1240

Royal Ancestors of Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell 1297-1349

Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 4 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 10 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 5 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Ancestors of Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell 1297-1349

Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh Wake

GrandFather: Baldwin Wake

Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Stuteville

Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Stuteville

Father: John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell 2 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Saer Quincy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Quincy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Senlis

Great x 2 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Quincy

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester

Great x 4 Grandmother: Amice Gael Countess Leicester

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Grandesmil

Great x 3 Grandmother: Petronilla Grandesmil Countess Leicester

GrandMother: Hawise Quincy Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandfather: Iorwerth "Drwyndwn aka Flat Nosed" Aberffraw

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gwladus Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd

Great x 2 Grandfather: Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marared ferch Madog Mathrafal

Great x 4 Grandmother: Susanna Aberffraw

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elen ferch Llewellyn Aberffraw Countess Huntingdon and Mar Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King John "Lackland" of England Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Plantagenet Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Plantagenet

Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell 3 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Eustace Fiennes

Great x 3 Grandfather: Engeurrand "Crusader" Fiennes

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alix Unknown

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Fiennes

Great x 4 Grandfather: Guillaume Flanders

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sibylle Flanders

Great x 1 Grandfather: Enguerrand Ingleram Fiennes

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alberic Dammartin

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Dammartin

Great x 4 Grandfather: Renaud II Count Clermont

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Clermont

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois

GrandFather: William Fiennes

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Provence

Mother: Joan Fiennes Baroness Wake Liddell 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Erard Brienne II Count Brienne

Great x 2 Grandfather: John de Brienne I King Jerusalem

Great x 4 Grandfather: Amadeus Montfaucon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnès Montfaucon Countess Brienne

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Beaumont 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand II King Leon

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso IX King Leon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon

Great x 2 Grandmother: Beregaria Ivrea Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile

Great x 3 Grandmother: Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandMother: Blanche Beaumont 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Chateaudun V Viscount Châteaudun

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Preuiily Viscountess Châteaudun

Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Chateaudun VI Viscount Châteaudun

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jeanne Chateaudun

Great x 2 Grandmother: Clemence Roches Countess Blois