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Baldwin Wake

Male Abt 1238 - Bef 1282  (~ 44 years)


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  • Name Baldwin Wake 
    Born Abt 1238  of Liddel, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef 10/10 Feb 1281/2 
    Person ID I7035  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Ela de Beauchamp,   d. Bef 10/10 Jan 1266/7 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F3134  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
      “BALDWIN WAKE (or LE WAKE), Knt., of Liddel, Cumberland, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Eastwick, Hertfordshire, Bourne and Deeping, Lincolnshire, Buttercrambe, Cottingham, Kirkby Moorside, and Muscoates (in Kirkdale), Yorkshire, etc., son and heir, born about 1238 (aged 38 in 1276). He married (1st) ELA DE BEAUCHAMP, daughter of William de Beauchamp, Knt., of Bedford, Bedfordshire, Shelsley Beauchamp, Worcestershire, etc., by his 2nd wife, Ida, daughter of William Longespee, Knt., Earl of Salisbury (illegitimate son of King Henry II) [see BOTETOURT 6 for her ancestry]. They had three daughters, Joan, Ida, and Elizabeth (wife of John de Horbury and Richard le Rous). In 1257 he confirmed the grant of Simon Danesy to Nuneaton Priory, Warwickshire of land in Alsthorpe (in Burley), Rutland. He joined the rebel Barons against King Henry III in 1264. He was taken prisoner in 1265 being eventually tried and pardoned. About 1266 he acknowledged a debt of 100 marks to John de Balliol, he and his men having carried away of the goods of the said John 100 marks of lawful money, four hauberks, three pairs of iron coverlets, one pall, and other items from his park at Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire. His wife, Ela, died before 10 Jan. 1266/7. He married (2nd) before 5 Feb. 1267/8 HAWISE DE QUINCY, daughter and co-heiress of Robert de Quincy, Knt., of Wakes Colne, Essex, Ware, Hertfordshire, etc., by Ellen, daughter of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of North Wales [see WALES 7 for ancestry]. She was born about 1250 (aged 14 in 1264). They had two sons, John, Knt. [1st Lord Wake] and Hugh, Knt., and at least two daughters, ___ (wife of Thomas de Grelle, Knt., Lord Grelle) and ___. Hawise inherited the manor of Stevington, Bedfordshire in 1264, on the death of her uncle, Roger de Quincy, Knt., 2nd Earl of Winchester, by virtue of a prior settlement. In 1266 she received the manors of Wakes Colne, Essex, Winterbourne Stoke, Wiltshire, etc., on the partition of her father's lands. In 1267 he quitclaimed to Roger, Prior of Trentham, all his right to the advowson of the church of Stenigot, Lincolnshire. In 1271 he sold the manor of Stanigod, Lincolnshire to Robert de Grimescroft and Maud his wife for 40 marks of silver. He presented to the church of Blisworth, Northamptonshire in 1273. In 1274-5 the Master and fraternity of the Hospital of St. Leonard of Chesterfield arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against him and Nicholas Wake touching a tenement in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. In the same period, John de Hay arraigned a jury against him and others touching a tenement in Thrapston, Northamptonshire. In 1275-6 John de Euwyas arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against him and others touching a tenement in Kirkby Moorside, Yorkshire. In the same period, Robert de Grey arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against him and others touching a tenement in Sculcoates, Yorkshire. He was summoned to serve against the Welsh in 1277. In 1277-8 the Prior of Shelford arraigned an assize of novel dissseisin against him regarding common of pasture in South Rauceby, Lincolnshire. In 1277-8 Gilbert de Louth arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against him and others touching a tenement in Ness-in-Ryedale and Seimelingfeld, Yorkshire. In 1278-9 he sued Robert de Mulcastre regarding 30 acres of land and 15 acres of meadow in Stubhill, Cumberland. In 1280 Baldwin and his wife, Hawise, sold the manors of Bidford, Barton, and Marlcliff, Warwickshire and Suckley, Worcestershire to Robert de Burnell, Bishop of Bath and Wells, for £1000. The same year Baldwin obtained a charter of free warren in the manor of Stevington, Bedfordshire, in which he also exercised view of frankpledge. In 1280-1 Nicholas son of Geoffrey de Bradefeld arraigned an assize of novel dissseisin against him regarding land in Kirkby Moorside, Yorkshire. In 1280-1 he and his wife, Hawise, arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against Radulph Pyrot and others touching a tenement in Turvey, Bedfordshire. In 1281 he further received a license to fortify a chamber in his marsh of Stevington. In October 1281 the king ratified the demise of John de Aysse, Vicomte of Tartas, to Baldwin Wake and Hawise his wife of custody of the manor of Southoe, Huntingdonshire which he had of the gift of the king by the extent of £40 2s. 8d. yearly to hold during the minority of the heirs of Margery, Countess of Derby. SIR BALDWIN WAKE died before 10 Feb. 1281/2. His widow, Hawise, was heiress in 1283 to her sister, Joan de Quincy, wife of Humphrey de Bohun, Knt. She is mentioned in the Parliament proceedings at Michaelmas 1283 as `Hawisia Wake." Hawise, died shortly before 27 March 1284/5.
      Dugdale Antiqs. of Warwickshire (1730): 95 (Stuteville ped.). Bridges Hist. & Antiqs. of Northamptonshire 1 (1791): 334-337. Betham Baronetage of England 1 (1801): 238-243 (sub Wake). Baker Hist. & Antiqs. of Northampton 1 (1822-30): 563 (Beaumont-Quincy ped.); 2 (1836-41): 239-240 (Bruere or Briwere ped.). Chauncy Hist. Antiqs. of Hertfordshire 1 (1826): 394-406. Clutterbuck Hist. & Antiqs. of Hertford 3 (1827): 287-288 (Beaumont-Quincy ped.). Burke Dict. of the Peerages... Extinct, Dormant & in Abeyance (1831): 442-443 (sub Quincy). Cussans Hist. of Hertfordshire 1(1) Braughing Hundred (1870): 130-138. Harvey Hist. & Antiqs. of the Hundred of Willy (1872-8): opp. 4 (Beauchamp ped), opp. 146 (Quincy ped.). Fourth Rpt. (Hist. MSS Comm. 3) (1874): 443-444 (charter of Baldwin Wake). Reliquary 17 (1876-7): 211. Annual Rpt. of the Deputy Keeper 44 (1883): 62, 266; 45 (1885): 220, 301; 47 (1886): 299, 326; 50 (1889): 133, 233. Yeatman Hist. of the Borough of Chesterfield (1890): 112-122. Page Three Early Assize Rolls for Northumberland (Surtees Soc. 88) (1891): 268, 298. Giffard Episc. Reg. Diocese of Worcester, Reg. of Bishop Godfrey Ward 2(2) (Worcester Hist. Soc. 15) (1899): 100. C.P.R. 1272-1281 (1901): 459-460. Cal. IPM 2 (1906): 258-262. Wickwane Reg. of William Wickwane, Lord Archbishop of York, 1279-1285 (Suttees Soc. 114) (1907): 95, 110. Yorkshire Deeds 1 (Yorkshire Arch. Soc. Recs. 39) (1909): 54-55. C.F.R. 1(1911): 159 (Hawise granted £1140 by order of King Edward I by "reason of her consanguinity" [to the king]). VCH Bedford 3 (1912): 9-15, 44-45, 100-104, 295. VCH Hertford 3 (1912): 380-397. Chambers Beaucharnps (Bedfordshire Hist. Rec. Soc. 1) (1913): 1-25. Clay Extinct & Dormant Peerages (1913): 228-229 (sub Wake). VCH Yorkshire N.R. 1 (1914): 517-523. Foster Final Concords of Lincoln from the Feet of Fines AD. 1244-1272 2 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 17) (1921): 186, 198, 211, 226, 267-268. Fowler Cal. IPM 1 (Bedfordshire Hist. Rec. Soc. 5) (1920): 206-209. Arch, Aeliana 3rd Ser. 21 (1924): 83 (seal of Baldwin Wake - Green, round, 27 mm., armorial, six shields in a circle their points to the centre, each charged with two bars and in chief three roundels. Legend: + SIGILLL' : BALDWINI : WAKE.). VCH Worcester 4 (1924): 355. Davis Rotuli Ricardi Gravesend Episcopi Lincolniensis (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 20) (1925): 4, 120, 133. VCH Buckingham 3 (1925): 387-391. C.P. 6 (1926): 107-109 (sub Grelle), 463 footnote f (sub Hereford); 12(2) (1959): 299-301 (sub Wake). C CR. 1256-1259 (1932): 164-165. Stokes et al. Warwickshire Feet of Fines 1 (Dugdale Soc. 11) (1932): 206. VCH Huntingdon 2 (1932): 346-354. Richardson & Sayles Rotuli Puri Anglie Harlem's Inediti 1274-1373 (Camden Soc. 3rd Ser. 51) (1935): 16. VCH Rutland 2 (1935): 112-119. VCH Warwick 3 (1945): 52-53. Early Yorkshire Charters 9 (1952): 18-23, chart facing 1. Paget Baronage of England (1957) 37: 1-8 (sub Beauchamp); 464: 1-8 (sub Quincy); 565: 1-9 (sub Wake). Sanders English Baronies (1960): 10-12, 37, 107-108, 129. Clay Early Yorkshire Fams. (Yorkshire Arch. Soc. Recs. 135) (1973): 85-86. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln n.s. 3(4) (1989): 708 (sub Quency). Kirby Hungerford Cartulary (Wiltshire Rec. Soc. 49) (1994): 22-27, 29-30. English Yorkshire Hundred &Quo Warranto Rolls (Yorkshire Arch. Soc. Recs. 151) (1996): 162-465. Brault Rolls of Arms Edward I 2 (1997): 440 (arms of Baldwin Wake: Or, two bass and in chief three roundels gules). VCH Essex 10 (2001): 116-122. Brand Kings, Barons & Justices (2003): 244. National Archives, SC 8/151/7540; SC 8/331/15692 (available at www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search.asp).
      Children of Baldwin Wake, Knt., by Ela de Beauchamp:
      i. JOAN WAKE, married (1st) MICHAEL PICOT (or PIGOT), of Doddington, Lincolnshire [see BRAYBROOKE 9]; (2nd) RALPH PAYNEL, of Higham Gobion, Bedfordshire [see BRAYBROOKE 9].
      ii. IDA WAKE, married JOHN DE STONEGRAVE, of Stonegrave, Yorkshire [see PATESHULLE 9].
      Children of Baldwin Wake, Knt., by Hawise de Quincy:
      i. JOHN WAKE, Knt., 1st Lord Wake [see next].
      ii. HUGH WAKE, Knt., of Winterbourne Stoke and Compton, Wiltshire, Knight of the Shire for Wiltshire, younger son. He married JOAN DE BELAUNEY (or BOLENY, BOLNEY), daughter of Baldwin de Belauney, Knt., of Belanney (in Southwick), Hampshire, Battlesden, Bedfordshire, and Belauney or Bolneys (in Haversham), Buckinghamshire. Her maritagium included lands in Boulsbury (in South Darnerham), Hampshire and 1/5 virgate in Fisherton de la Mare, Wiltshire. They had one son, Hugh, Knt., and one daughter, Mirabel (or Muriel). He fought in Scotland in 1298. SIR HUGH WAKE died shortly before 18 May 1312. His widow, Joan, married (2nd) before 24 May 1325 NICHOLAS DE BRAYBROOK (living 1328). Joan died shortly before 20 June 1329. Betham Baronetage of England 1 (1801): 238-243 (sub Wake). Harvey Hist. & Antigs. of the Hundred of Willey (1872-8): opp. 146 (Quincy ped.). Gough Scotland in 1298 (1888): 13 (Hugh Wake styled "brother" [fratre] by John Wake in 1298). Index of Placita de Banco 1327-13282 (PRO Lists and Indexes 22) (1906): 716. VCH Hampshire 3 (1908): 163. Cal. IPM 4 (1913): 242; 5 (1908): 257; 7 (1909): 165. Clay Extinct & Dormant Peerages (1913): 228-229 (sub Wake). VCH Buckingham 4 (1927): 366-372. Moor Knights of Edward I 5 (H.S.P. 84) (1932): 136. C.P. 12(2) (1959): 301, footnote d. VCH Wiltshire 8 (1965): 39; 15 (1995): 277-278. Hanna Cartularies of Southwick Priory 2 (Hampshire Rec. Ser. 10) (1989): 61 (charter of Baldwin de Belauney). Thompson Hundreds, Manors, Parishes & Church (Bedfordshire Hist. Rec. Soc. 69) (1990): 24. Kirby Hungeord Cartulag (Wiltshire Rec. Soc. 49) (1994): 22-27, 29-30. Brault Rolls of Arms Edward I 2 (1997): 441 (arms of Hugh Wake: Or, two bars and in chief three roundels argent, over all a bend azure).
      Child of Hugh Wake, Knt., by Joan de Belauney:
      a. MIRABEL (or MURIEL) WAKE, married (1st) HUGH DE SAINT JOHN, Knt., 2nd Lord Saint John of Basing [see PAULET 9]; (2nd) THOMAS DE ASPALE, Knt., of Lackford, Suffolk [see PAULET 9].
      iii. ___ WAKE (daughter), presumably married THOMAS DE GRELLE (or GRELLEY), Knt., of Manchester, Lancashire [see LA WARRE 11.I].
      iv. ___ WAKE (daughter), living 24 Sept. 1291. C.P.R. 1281-1292 (1893): 445.”

      2. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
      “IDA LONGESPÉE. She married (1st) RALPH DE SOMERY, of Dudley (in Sedgley), Staffordshire, Little Linford and Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, etc., son and heir of Ralph de Somery, of Dudley (in Sedgley), Staffordshire, Fllesborough, Newport Pagnell, and North Crawley, Buckinghamshire, Warley, Worcestershire, etc., by Margaret, daughter of daughter of William le Gras, of Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, Little Dalby, Leicestershire, Waleswood, Yorkshire, Seneschal of Mortain, 1193 Seneschal of Normandy. They had no issue. She married (2nd) about Jan. 1220 (date of fine) (as his 2nd wife) WILLIAM DE BEAUCHAMP, Knt., of Bedford, Bedfordshire, Shelsley Beauchamp, Worcestershire, etc., Baron of the Exchequer, Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, 1235-7, hereditary Grand Almoner at Coronation of King Henry III, son and heir of Simon de Beauchamp, of Bedford, Bedfordshire, by his wife, Isabel. He was born about 1186 (of age in 1206-7). Her maritagium included the manor of Belchamp, Essex. They had three sons, Simon, Knt., William, Knt., and John, and four daughters, Joan (nun at Chicksands), Maud, Beatrice, and Ela. He married (1st) before 1207 GUNNOR DE LANVALLAY, daughter of William de Lanvallay, by Hawise, daughter of Hugh de Buckland. William and Gunnor had one son, John (dead before 1232). He took part in King John's expedition to Poitou in 1214. He joined the baronial host at Stamford in 1215, and entertained them at Bedford as they marched on London. He was among the baronial leaders excommunicated by name in Dec. 1215. He forfeited Bedford Castle, together with the manor of Shelsley Beauchamp, Worcestershire, which lands was granted in 1216 to Falkes de Breaute. He was taken prisoner at Lincoln by the royal forces in May 1217, but made his peace before the end of the year. The honour of Bedford was restored to him in 1224. In 1244-5 he was with the army in Wales. SIR WILLIAM DE BEAUCHAMP died shortly after 28 Dec. 1260. Claiming to take her dower at her choice, his widow, Ida, raided the manor of Little Crawley, Buckinghamshire, "pulled down houses, cut down trees, and did other enormous damage," for which actions she was subsequently fined. She was living in 1266-7, but died testate before 1269-70.
      Dugdale Baronage of England 1 (1675): 223-224. Clutterbuck Hist. & Antiqs. of Hertford 1 (1815): 371 (Longespée-Zouch ped.). Bowles & Nichols Annals & Antiqs. of Lacock Abby (1835): 162-164 (biog. of Ida Longespée). Roberts Excerpta è rotulis finium in Turri Londinensi asservatis, Henrico Tertio rege, AD 1216-1272 2 (1836): 259-260. Foss Judges of England 2 (1848): 234-235 (biog. of William de Beauchamp). Brewer Monumenta Franciscana 1 (Rolls Set. 4) (1858): 286 (letter to William de Beauchamp), 301 (letter to Ida, wife of William de Beauchamp). Hutchins Hist. & Antiqs. of Dorset 3 (1868): 287 (Salisbury-Longespée ped.). Harvey Hist. & Antiqs. of the Hundred of Willey (1872-8): opp. 4 (Beauchamp ped.). Notes & Queries 6th Ser. 12 (1885): 478. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 1. Feet of Fines for Essex 1(1899): 58, 109, 222, 241, 256. CaL IPM 1(1904): 72-73, 146, 205. VCH Bedford 2 (1908): 339-340; 3 (1912): 9-15. D.N.B. 2 (1908): 33 (biog. of William de Beauchamp). C.C.R. 1234-1237 (1908): 119 (Ida, wife of William de Beauchamp, styled "king's kinswoman" [consanguinee regis]). Chambers Beauchamps (Bedfordshire Hist Rec. Soc. 1) (1913): 1-25. Bedfordshire Hist. Rec. Soc. 2 (1914): 90 (chart). VCH Buckingham 4 (1927): 409-422. VCH Worcester 4 (1924): 331-334. C.C.R. 1264-1268 (1937): 352 (Ida styled "king's kinswoman"). Carter & Mander Adds. to Gravbrook's “The Barons of Dudley)" (Colls. Hist. Staffs. 1941) (1942): 28-29, 35-36. CP. 11 (1949): 381-382 footnote k (sub Salisbury); 12(1) (1953): 111 (sub Somery). Paget Baronage of England (1957) 37: 1-8 (sub Beauchamp). Sanders English Baronies (1960): 10-12. VCH Oxford 7 (1962): 5-16. Curia Regis Rolls 16: (1979) 62. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 3(2) (1983): 356a (sub Longespée). Leese Blood Royal (1996): 54-56. Notes & Queries n.s. 47 (2000): 411-414. Ramparts 13(2) (2002): 5-13. Lawrence Letters of Adam Marsh 2 (Oxford Medieval Texts) (2010): 390 (letter to Ida, wife of Sir William de Beauchamp dated c.1254).
      Children of Ida Longespée, by William de Beauchamp, Knt.:
      i. MAUD DE BEAUCHAMP, married (1st) ROGER DE MOWBRAY, Knt, of Thirsk, Yorkshire [see MOWBRAY 2]; (2nd) ROGER LE STRANGE, Knt, Lord Strange [see MOWBRAY 2].
      ii. ELA DE BEAUCHAMP, married BALDWIN WAKE, Knt., of Liddel, Cumberland [see WAKE 8].
      iii. BEATRICE DE BEAUCHAMP [see next].”