Baron Wake of Liddell

Summary

30th September 1295. 1st. John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell [aged 27] created. See 1295 Edward I Creates New Barons 36th Parliament.

4th October 1300. 2nd. Son Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell [aged 3] succeeded.

31st May 1349. 3rd. Sister Margaret Wake Countess Kent [aged 52] succeeded.

29th September 1349. 4th. Son John Plantagenet 3rd Earl Kent [aged 19] succeeded. See The Black Death.

26th December 1352. 5th. Sister Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 24] succeeded.

7th August 1385. 6th. Son Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent [aged 35] succeeded.

25th April 1397. 7th. Son Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey [aged 23] succeeded.

7th January 1400. 8th. Brother Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent [aged 16] succeeded. See Epiphany Rising.

15th September 1408. Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent abeyant. See Battle of Île de Bréhat.

Before 24th September 1291 John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell [aged 23] and Joan Fiennes Baroness Wake Liddell were married. She by marriage Baroness Wake of Liddell. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 24th June 1295 King Edward I of England [aged 56] created new baronies through writs for summons to his 36th Parliament

John Montfort 1st Baron Montfort [aged 31] was created 1st Baron Montfort. Alice Plaunche Baroness Montfort by marriage Baroness Montfort.

Walter Fauconberg 1st Baron Fauconberg [aged 75] was created 1st Baron Fauconberg.

Thomas Furnival 1st Baron Furnivall [aged 35] was created 1st Baron Furnivall. Joan Despencer Baroness Furnivall [aged 37] by marriage Baroness Furnivall.

Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter [aged 48] was created 1st Baron Fitzwalter. Eleanor Ferrers Baroness Fitzwalter by marriage Baroness Fitzwalter.

Ralph Basset 1st Baron Basset Drayton [aged 31] was created 1st Baron Basset Drayton. Hawise Grey Baroness Basset Drayton [aged 40] by marriage Baroness Basset Drayton.

The following Baronies may have been created at the 36th Parliament or the 37th Parliament summoned on 30th September 1295.

John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell [aged 27] was created 1st Baron Wake of Liddell.

Andrew Astley 1st Baron Astley [aged 49] was created 1st Baron Astley.

Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley [aged 49] was created 1st Baron Berkeley. Joan Ferrers Baroness Berkeley by marriage Baroness Berkeley.

Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton [aged 55] was created 1st Baron Grey of Wilton. Maud Fitzhugh Baroness Grey Wilton [aged 73] by marriage Baroness Grey of Wilton.

John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings [aged 33] was created 1st Baron Hastings by a summons to Parliament. Isabel Valence Baroness Bergavenny Baroness Hastings by marriage Baroness Hastings.

Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby [aged 32] was created 1st Baron Neville Raby. Euphemia Clavering Baroness Neville Raby [aged 28] by marriage Baroness Neville Raby.

John Beke 1st Baron Beke [aged 72] was created 1st Baron Beke (although there is some doubt whether he was created Baron).

Fulk Fitzwarin 1st Baron Fitzwarin [aged 43] was created 1st Baron Fitzwarin.

Around 4th October 1300 John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell [aged 32] died. His son Thomas [aged 3] succeeded 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell.

After 1305 Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell [aged 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 [aged 24] and Maud Chaworth [aged 22]. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King John of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 31st May 1349 Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell [aged 52] died. He was buried at Haltemprice Priory [Map]. His sister Margaret [aged 52] succeeded 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell.

On 29th September 1349 Margaret Wake Countess Kent [aged 52] died of plague. Her son John [aged 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.

On 26th December 1352 John Plantagenet 3rd Earl Kent [aged 22] died. He was buried at Greyfriars Church, Winchester [Map]. Earl Kent extinct. His sister Joan [aged 24] succeeded 5th Baroness Wake of Liddell. Some source suggest she also succeeded as 4th Countess of Kent but this is inconsistent with 1. her husband being created Earl of Kent as a new creation, and 2. her son not succeeding to the original Earldom?

On 7th August 1385 Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 56] died at Wallingford Castle [Map]. She was buried at Blackfriars Friary, Stamford [Map] beside her first husband Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent. Her son Thomas [aged 35] succeeded 6th Baron Wake of Liddell.

On 25th April 1397 Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent [aged 47] died. He was buried in Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire [Map]. His son Thomas [aged 23] succeeded 3rd Earl Kent, 2nd Baron Holand, 7th Baron Wake of Liddell. Joan Stafford Countess Kent [aged 19] by marriage Countess Kent.

On 7th January 1400 at Cirencester, Gloucestershire [Map] Ralph Lumley 1st Baron Lumley [aged 40] was beheaded by the townspeople following an unsuccessful attempt to seize the town. Baron Lumley forfeit.

Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey [aged 26] was beheaded. He had to forfeit the honours and estates he had gained after the arrests of Gloucester and Arundel: Duke Surrey extinct. He retained those he had received before: His brother Edmund [aged 16] succeeded 4th Earl Kent, 3rd Baron Holand, 8th Baron Wake of Liddell. He was buried, or re-buried, at his foundation Mount Grace Priory, North Yorkshire [Map].

John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury [aged 50] was captured, tried and beheaded. Earl Salisbury, Baron Montagu, Baron Montagu, Baron Monthermer forfeit.

Bernard Brocas [aged 46] was captured.

On 15th September 1408 Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent [aged 24] was killed at Île de Bréhat. He was buried in Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire [Map]. Earl Kent extinct. Baron Holand, Baron Wake of Liddell abeyant. See Walsingham.